Filo Reading

Overview

Filo Reading is a floor lamp by Andrea Anastasio. It is an artistic work built on the idea of breaking a lamp into its individual components and putting each one back. Unconventional and with strong furnishing appeal, it is an abacus of colours in which even the electrical cable is decorative.

Construction

The base and an upright rod in metal hold the cable and the decorations. A round cable covered in coloured fabric runs to a black on-off switch and a black plug. Two decorative pieces are blown glass made entirely by hand without a mould, and a moulded porcelain cone contains the retrofit LED lamp. The light is semi-diffused and falls directly downward.

Specifications

• Size: 30 x 152 cm (D x H)
• Components: metal base and rod, porcelain cone, blown glass pieces, textile cable
• Lamp: retrofit LED, G9 fitting, 4 W at 3000 K giving 400 lm, included, on-off control
• Net weight: 5.7 kg

An abacus of colours

Filo Reading comes from the designer's idea of reducing a lamp to its constituent parts before reassembling them. The result is unconventional and has great decor appeal, and the electrical cable takes part in the decoration.

Hand-made glass elements

The two glass elements are crafted by hand and blown without a mould, with their shapes and decorations given during processing. The two colour versions vary the cable colour, the shape and colour of the glass pieces, and the base colour.