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Twiggy Lettura
Reading lamp by Marc Sadler for Foscarini: thin rod, large diffuser, light up and down
460 × 1610 × 460 mm
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Description
Overview
A thin rod and a large diffuser define Twiggy Lettura, a reading floor lamp from Marc Sadler for Foscarini. The diffuser lights both downwards and upwards. The formal concept of lightness behind the Twiggy lamps is carried here into a reading light.
Construction
Rod and diffuser are made of fibreglass-based composite material with a liquid coating. A polycarbonate translucent disc forms the top of the diffuser, with a PMMA disc below whose inner surface is polyprismatic. A round metal base with epoxy powder coating carries the rod. Along the transparent cable runs a dimmer, which adjusts the light gradually and doubles as ON/OFF.
Specifications
- Height: 161 cm; round base 46 cm across
- Lamp: E27 3 x 25 W maximum; bulb not included
- Colours: four
- Weight: 10.8 kg net
- Ratings: CE, II, IP20
Story
From lightness to a reading lamp
Sadler's concept of lightness, here a reading lamp with a slender stem under a wide diffuser, belongs to the Twiggy lamps made for Foscarini by the designer Marc Sadler.
Light in both directions
The wide diffuser lights effectively downwards and upwards, using a translucent upper disc and a lower disc whose inner surface is polyprismatic.
More by Marc Sadler
Twiggy Floor Lamp
Arc floor lamp by Marc Sadler (2006) on a composite stem flexible like a fishing rod
Twiggy Wood Lettura
Floor lamp by Marc Sadler for Foscarini with a limed maple oak diffuser, direct and indirect light
Tress Wall
Wall lamp by Marc Sadler for Foscarini with a woven fibreglass-composite diffuser
Tweet Chair
Tweet 894/2: stackable chair with upholstered shell and Ø11 mm steel rod sled frame.
Collection
Twiggy
The Twiggy family by Marc Sadler for Foscarini (2006): fourteen products on the Foscarini page, from floor and suspension lamps to wood and outdoor versions.
