Axolight Bul-bo Lamp
Bul-bo Lamp
BUL-BO LAMP
Designer By Gabetti E Isola
The Bul-Bo lamp belongs to the series of furnishings designed for the Olivetti Residential Center in Ivrea (Turin) by the architectural firm Gabetti & Isola (Roberto Gabetti, Aimaro Isola, Guido Drocco, Luciano Re) between 1968 and 1971.
The context in which the designers worked was still strongly influenced by the enlightened mind of Adriano Olivetti, who died a few years earlier.
DESIGNER
GABETTI E ISOLA
Roberto Gabetti and Aimaro Isola – both Professors at the Faculty of Architecture of the Turin Polytechnic - formed, from 1950 to 2000, one of the most fertile professional associations in the panorama of modern and contemporary architecture.
The many projects they created since the beginning of the activity are characterized by the attention dedicated to the themes of the landscape and the environment at different scales.
Most of their works have been displayed and commented on in exhibitions and have been published in architectural magazines and national and international publications, giving rise to an articulated debate on the relationship between modernity and tradition.
Some monographs dedicated to them have thoroughly analyzed their approach. Their works of design and architecture are exhibited at the MOMA in New York, at the Center Pompidou in Paris, at the Accademia di San Luca and at the Maxxi in Rome.
Luciano Re was part of the studio at the turn of the 60s and 70s, then dedicating himself to university teaching. Guido Drocco shared his entire career with Gabetti and Isola until 2000, supporting her with important personal professional achievements and also holding roles as a university professor.
INFORMATION
PRODUCTION TYPE
Bul-Bo Lamp
ARTICLE
Bul-Bo
TYPE
UT
TYPOLOGY
Floor Lamp
MODULE
Built in LED
SOURCE
LED Light Fixtures
BAG FINISHINGS
NE Nero/black
LED SOURCE
LED 15.6W
CCT
1 - 2700K
2- 3000K
BUL-BO
Dimmer Included
DESIGNERS
- Gabetti Roberto
- Isola Aimaro
- Drocco Guido
- Re Luciano
RATINGS
- CCT 3000 K * 2700 K
- Adjustable Led source position
- Supply voltage 100-240Vac
- Switch mode: dimmable
- Steel-Aluminum body
COLORS
- AL Polished Aluminum
- NE Intense Black
MATERIAL
- Steel
- Aluminum
UTBUL-BO
Collection consisting of steel and aluminum adjustable floor lamp. Available in two colours. Built-in dimmable LED source
DIMENSION
- Width: 102 cm / 40.15”
- Height: 233 cm / 91.73”
STORY BEHIND THE PRODUCT
With the creation of Bul-Bo, a playful, ironic and functional lamp was created, in perfect coherence to that climate of “rebellion against schemes” which, in the second half of the 1960s, would have left an indelible mark on costumes. 50 years later, Axolight re-proposes this iconic lighting object by introducing contemporary elements in the philological respect of the original design.
“To create the new Bul-Bo, a lamp already patented – explains the Axolight team and to apply contemporary materials and production processes to it, we found it vital and decisive to resort to an extremely emotional maieutics exercise that led us to the reconstruction of the design thinking of the creators of the work. Having given a second life to a lamp so important for the history of modern design – which, fifty years after its first edition, remains incredibly strong, non-conforming, free and revolutionary – makes us proud, thrilled and enriched”. “In developing the new Bul-Bo, Axolight set itself the goal of recreating an object externally faithful to its original form, but able to fulfil its modern lighting function”.
GALLERY
