Late 70s and early 80s Icon. Every loft should have one!
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Design Charles and Jane Dillon 1975
Concept A comet transformed into a lamp, a flying light. The hanging lamp Cometa has put its stamp on a whole generation.
You can hang this flying lamp and adapt it to your particular taste. Contrary to what is normally the case with hanging lamps, the red cable hangs nearly to the floor. The Cometa has a diffuser of white cloth in the shape of a kite, which hangs from the ceiling by a cable that supports the four parts of the frame. An inverted hammered aluminium cone hides the light bulb and functions as a reflector. The red cable hangs like the cord of a kite. The prototype of the kite lamp was an inspired present. Charles Dillon worked on it all night to give it to his wife Jane the following morning. As the lamp comes in the form of a kit, the user has to become part of its creation, approaching it like an enjoyable hobby, like putting together a real kite. The lamp was designed in 1970s England, during the last years of Pop, out of which emerged alternative and radical design movements and others that experimented with a return to fine craftsmanship. The Cometa is a high flying lamp which wakes the imagination, a comet of light, a parachute, an umbrella which projects a fine light and shadow.
Dimensions 100cm square, Depth 25cm
Lamp Type Max 100w GLS E27, includes in-line switch.