L'applique A330S a été créée sur le même modèle que la suspension du même nom, surnommée « Golden Bell ». Tout comme la suspension, l'applique A330S a une qualité sculpturale qui peut être appréciée que la lumière soit allumée ou éteinte. Avec ses reflets dorés, le bord perforé de l'applique A330S crée un effet de halo mémorable et empêche l'éblouissement. Fabriquée à partir d'une seule pièce de laiton ou d'acier, l'élégante "Golden Bell" a été créée par Aino et Alvar Aalto pour l'intérieur du restaurant The Savoy à Helsinki en 1937 et a ensuite été présentée dans le pavillon finlandais de l'Exposition universelle de Paris la même année. La "Golden Bell" incarne l'esthétique épurée caractéristique d'Alvar Aalto, tandis que la lumière qu'elle fournit est à la fois chaude et diffuse.
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220-240v, e27 max. 12w, ip20, longueur du câble : 250 cm
Born in Kuortane in 1898, Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto is Finland's most famous architect, town planner and designer, and one of the pioneers of organic design. After studying architecture at the Technical University of Helsinki, he organised exhibitions and travelled around Europe, from Italy to Scandinavia. In 1923, he opened his own architectural practice in Jyväskylä and married Aino Marsio, who soon became his closest collaborator. In 1935, the Aalto couple founded the Artek company. Plywood and glass are his materials of choice for a design that is both functional and seductive, with organic forms. A prolific and innovative designer, his creations are recognised the world over, from the Tea Trolley to the Pendant Lamp luminaires, not forgetting the chairs with their L-shaped legs, which allow the foot to be attached directly to the tabletop and which he called "the little column". Alvar Aalto drew inspiration from nature and abstraction to create his designs, using innovative techniques and natural materials. These products had to satisfy his demand for quality and durability, so that they would symbolise "the modern culture of the home". His studies enabled him to create buildings for which he designed the furniture himself. In 1952, he remarried the architect Elissa Mäkiniemi, with whom he worked until her death in 1976.
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ARTEK
Founded in 1935, Artek is committed to "selling furniture and promoting a culture of modern housing through exhibitions and other educational means." The founders, Aino and Alvar Aalto, Maire Gullichsen and Nils-Gustav Hahl decided to undertake an artistic synthesis by combining architecture, design and urbanism.
Artek has produced the greatest classics of the 20th century, such as Chair 65 and Pendant Light A330. Timeless functionality and aesthetics define each product. Most of the creations were designed by Alvar Aalto, but Artek also worked closely with international designers such as Naoto Fukasawa and Enzo Mari.