Monthly Archives: March 2010
Arco Floor Lamp, 1962
| March 27, 2010 | Posted by admin under Design |
Designed in response to a particular lighting problem how to illuminate a dining table without relying on a permanently placed fixture suspended from the ceiling — Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni‘s Arco lamp has been frequently misunderstood as an exercise in pure form. The lamp has been shown as a sleek silvery arc thrust into…
Underwater Seascrapers of the Future
| March 12, 2010 | Posted by admin under Architecture |
Throughout history, through his need for civilization, man has created buildings that consume resources. The skyscraper is the epitome of this voracious consumption, its highly dense grouping of activities ie work, play, rest etc. has become an ominous harbingers of our ecologically bleak future. As a reaction to the modern skyscrapers and its dilemmas the…
