Vico Magistretti Lighting
Italian, 1920-2006
As one of the founding fathers of modern Italian design, prolific architect and industrial designer Ludovico Magistretti (known by his nickname Vico) was guided by his philosophy, “There is no excuse for bad design.” His architectural projects are widely revered, and an ingenious meld of form and function can be found in his stylish and deceptively simple table lamps, sofas, armchairs and other mid-century furnishings.
Born in Milan, Magistretti followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather (both architects) to study architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan. At the outbreak of World War II, he fled to Switzerland, and it was there he met his role model and mentor, renowned humanist architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers. Magistretti was inspired by Rogers’s vision to revive postwar Italy, and they collaborated on several reconstruction projects. Among Magistretti’s first architectural designs is a “poetic” round church, which he created for the QT8, an experimental Milanese neighborhood.
When Magistretti returned to Milan in 1945, he worked at his father’s architectural firm. It wasn’t until the early 1950s that he expanded his talents into design while working with furniture artisans.
In the 1960s, Magistretti began his 30-year working relationship with famed entrepreneur Cesare Cassina of the Cassina furniture manufacturing company. In their design approach, the two men shared a vision of the relationship between modernity and tradition and enjoyed a close bond (Magistretti designed Cassina’s luxurious villa in 1965). However, their friendship was not without contention.
Legend has it that upon seeing the prototype for Magistretti’s Maralunga sofa, Cassina hated it so much that he punched it, breaking the back of the sofa, which crumpled into itself.
“Right, great, it looks perfect to me like that,” an unfazed Magistretti allegedly responded, and the Maralunga’s slumped, adjustable-height backrest was born. Incidentally, the Maralunga sofa won Italy’s Compasso d’Oro award as did his Eclisse lamp for Artemide and his Atollo lamp for Oluce.
Magistretti died in 2006, but his designs live on in galleries, museums and private residences and offices around the world.
Find a range of vintage Vico Magistretti furniture and lighting on 1stDibs.
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Creator: Vico Magistretti
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Atollo
Large and Small Gold Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp -large and small- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti
Atollo
Small Metal Satin Gold Table Lamp by Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has become the archetype of the table lamp...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti Suspension Lamps
Sonora
Medium Gold by Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Suspension lamp 'Sonora' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1976.
Suspension lamp giving direct and reflected light. Turned aluminium reflector. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
The st...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Set of
Atollo
Medium and Small Black Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp -medium and small- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo ...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of
Atollo
Large and Small Black Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp large and small "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo has be...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of
Atollo
Large, Medium and Small Black Table Lamp Designed by Magistretti
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of three table lamps -large, medium and small model- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over th...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Italian Opaline Glass and Metal Omega Chandelier by Magisretti for Artemide 1962
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid century modern white opaline glass and metal Omega chandelier by Vico Magistetti for Artemide, 1962.
Omega chandelier characterized by an internally frosted glass diffus...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Set of
Atollo
Large, Medium and Small Gold Table Lamp Designed by Magistretti
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of three table lamps -large, medium and small model- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977. Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over th...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
White/Ivory 1960s Cetra Pendant Lamp by V. Magistretti for Artemide
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This vintage pendant was produced by Artemide with painted brass and metal shades and white opaline glass sphere. The white paint has turned yellow over time, taking on a pleasant an...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vico Magistretti Idomeneo Bed Light Oluce, Italy, 1985
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare Idomeneo 120 bed reading light designed by Vico Magistretti, manufactured by Oluce Italy 1985. This is a fantastic wall lamp great as a bed reading light because of the two full...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
"Idomeneo" Floor Lamp by Vico Magistreti for OLuce, Italy, 1980s
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Milan, IT
"Idomeneo" Floor Lamp by Vico Magistretti for OLuce.
"Idomeneo is a floor lamp specifically conceived as a reading lamp and consists of a glossy black anodised aluminium stem support...
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1980s Italian Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Snow Magistretti Oluce Italian Design 1970s Marble Perspex
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Brescia, IT
"Snow"
Vico Magistretti, by Oluce
1970s
Table lamp
Marble base, white perspex.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Marble
Artemide “Vico Magistretti “N 8 Ceilling Light Metal 1970 Italy
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Milano, IT
N 5 white and N 3 black ceilling light Vico Magistretti mo.
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Slalom Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, 1981
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Roma, IT
Slalom table light is a work realized by Vico Magistretti in 1981.
H. 45 x 24 x 25 cm.
Made by Oluce, Milan. Tubular metal, painted black and yellow, plastic, black.
Ref. Gramig...
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1980s Italian Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Eclisse Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Eclisse Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1967.
This Eclipse table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti features a rotating inner white shade that eclipses the light source a...
Category
1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Lyndon 160 Outdoor Wall Light by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lyndon outdoor wall light by Vico Magistretti. Current production by Oluce. Enameled metal, glass. Wired for U.S. standards. The Lyndon was originally designed in 1977 and developed ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Atollo 233 Satin Black Nickel by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Archetype of the table lamp and icon of Italian style. Atollo, designed in 1977 and winner of the Compasso d’Oro Award, completely revolutionised the way of imagining the classic bedside table lamp. Composed of essential geometric shapes, Atollo is a timeless decorative lamp that restores value by way of its very simplicity. Already available in three sizes and various finishes, it is now enriched with a new satin black nickel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
$3,576 Sale Price / item
15% Off
Italian mid-century modern wall lamps Omega by Magistretti for Artemide, 1970s
By Vico Magistretti, Artemide
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern wall lamps Omega by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1970s
Set of three iconic and fantastic wall lamps model Omega with a cylindrical diffuser and an intern...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Brass
Atollo 239 Satin Black Nickel by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Archetype of the table lamp and icon of Italian style. Atollo, designed in 1977 and winner of the Compasso d’Oro Award, completely revolutionised the way of imagining the classic bedside table lamp. Composed of essential geometric shapes, Atollo is a timeless decorative lamp that restores value by way of its very simplicity. Already available in three sizes and various finishes, it is now enriched with a new satin black nickel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
$2,501 Sale Price / item
15% Off
Vico Magistretti, Snow, Pendant Light, O
luce, 1974
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Paris, FR
Vico Magistretti (1920-2006)
Snow 401
A metal and methacrylate pendant light, the white methacrylate conical shade supported with a black lacquered metal sphere issuing a light bul...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Sonora Suspension Lamp in White Gold by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The story of Sonora is one of a pure geometrical shape, pursued by Magistretti throughout his entire life. The creative path followed by the architect and designer in his projects is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
$3,099 Sale Price / item
15% Off
Eclisse Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1967
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
This Eclisse table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti features a rotating inner white shade that eclipses the light source and allows the user to control the light issued as desired.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Lyndon 160 Outdoor Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lyndon-160 outdoor lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce. This wall-mounted outdoor fixture has one globe of transparent polycarbonate. The metal body is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal, Zinc
$2,146 Sale Price / item
15% Off
Vico Magistretti, Chandelier Model Saturno, Venini, Out Production, Italy
By Venini, Vico Magistretti
Located in Milan, Italy
A chandelier model Saturno designed by Vico Magistretti and produced by Venini, Murano, 1990. Out production.
Category
1990s Italian Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Rare Chrome "Cirene" Pendant Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, Italy, 1960s
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Milan, IT
Rare chromed version of "Cirene" pendant lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide.
Chromed brass frame and opaline glass shade.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Glass
Cream
Atollo 237
Mushroom Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, Italy 1977
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Chicago, IL
An iconic Italian Modernist table lamp designed by Vico Magistretti for Oluce in 1977. Known as the "Atollo 237," this lamp is celebrated for its minimalist yet bold geometric struct...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti, a Wall-Light, "Kuta", Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Paris, FR
A white and black metal wall applique, the white disk shape reflector supported by a cylindrical branch fixed to a half-spherical wall-mount.
Produced par O’luce, Italy.
Circa 1979...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of
Atollo
Large and Small Gold Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp -large and small- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977.
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of
Atollo
Medium and Small Gold Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp -medium and small- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Vico Magistretti Outdoor Wall Lamp
Lyndon
Large by Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wall lamp 'Lyndon' designed by Vico Magistretti in 1980.
Outside wall lamp. Zinc-plated and black lacquered metal structure, globes in transparent p...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Set of
Atollo
Large and Small Gold Table Lamp Designed by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two table lamp -large and small- "Atollo" designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977
Manufactured by Oluce, Italy.
Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, over the years, Atollo h...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Clitunno floor lamp by Vico Magistretti, for Artemide, 1964
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Vigevano, PV
Clitunno floor lamp by Vico Magistretti, for Artemide, 1964
beautiful floor lamp icon of Italian design. first edition
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
Nemo Kuta Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti
Located in New York, NY
KUTA table
Table lamp with an aluminum circular reflector which shields the lighting distribution, giving the effect of a solar eclipse. The circular screen is painted in white and black, the stem and the metal small parts and hemispherical support are chromed. Table version with base in white marble.
E26 A60 indirect 100W
120V switch on cable
IP 20...
Category
2010s Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
$846 / item
Kuta Wall Light by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kuta wall light by Vico Magistretti. Current production designed and manufactured in France by Nemo Lighting. Circular reflector in aluminum, which shields the lighting distribution,...
Category
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
$700 / item
Table / wall lamp, model Eclisse by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1970
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Amstelveen, NL
Vico Magistretti (1920 - 2006) was an Italian industrial designer, furniture designer, light designer and architect.
The Eclisse lamp is designed in 1965 while travelling in the Mi...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
"Slalom" Metal Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti, Italy, 1980s
By Vico Magistretti, O-Luce
Located in Milan, IT
Slalom table lamp by Vico Magistretti for O-Luce.
No-stop drawing for this pure shaped lamp with adjustable shade and structure.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
Pair of Slalom Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of postmodern table lamps by Vico Magistretti for Oluce, c.1981, Italy. The lamps feature a metal enameled body and shade in both black and yellow. The shades rotate to offer di...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Pair of ca 1980 White Aluminum Vico Magistretti for Oluce Atollo 233 Table Lamps
By Vico Magistretti, Oluce
Located in Mexico City, MX
A pair of Italian Atollo 233 white aluminum ca. 1979 lamps by Vico Magistretti for Oluce. The lamps have the shape of mushrooms and hold 2 bulbs each.
Vico Magistretti (1920 - 2006...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Aluminum
$4,800 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Clitunno Floor Lamp in Bronze Edition by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, 1963
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Barcelona, ES
Clitunno floor lamp designed in 1963 by Vico Magistretti for the Italian company Artemide. Rare edition in bronze finished and opal glass.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Steel
Vintage Telegono Table Lamp by Vico Magistretti Design for Artemide Italy 1969
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Biella, IT
Telegono table lamp by Vico Magistretti design for Artemide Italy year ’69
all is in original condition and working,
the pl...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Plastic
Red Telegono Lamp for Artemide by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A colorful vintage telegono table lamp, designed by renowned Vico Magistretti for Artemide in 1969. Base is red while the shade is white. Shade.adjusts up and down.
Category
1960s Futurist Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Plastic
Sonora Suspension Lamp in Black Gold by Vico Magistretti for Oluce
By Oluce, Vico Magistretti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The story of Sonora is one of a pure geometrical shape, pursued by Magistretti throughout his entire life. The creative path followed by the architect and designer in his projects is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Metal
$3,099 Sale Price / item
15% Off
Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamp "Snow" by Vico Magistretti for O-Luce, Italy, 1970
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern floor lamp "Snow" by Vico Magistretti for O-Luce, Italy, 1970.
Large white plexiglas shade and a circular Carrara marble base.
Condition :
Good condition
Des...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Marble
Large Ceiling Lamp PENTACLINIO, designed by Vico MAGISTRETTI for Artemide, 1961
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Ceiling lamp, designed by Vico Magistretti in 1961. Italy, Artemide.
The 'Pentaclinio' ceiling lamp by Magistretti, uses 5 double diffuser glass shades. Opaline glass pieces and brus...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Vico Magistretti Lighting
Materials
Opaline Glass
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