{"id":94,"date":"2012-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/?p=94"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:41:12","slug":"ode-to-the-flexo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/hogar\/oda-al-flexo","title":{"rendered":"Ode to the flexo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ode to the flexo<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Of all the lamps<\/strong> of the world, the flexo<\/strong> is the most popular, long-suffering and useful you can imagine. It never fails, it looks good everywhere (offices, children's rooms, counters, workshops, studios...).<\/h2>\n\n\n
5 March 2012 by Monapart<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Flexo<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The flexo is a lamp that doesn't lose focus, it is functionality and rationality taken to the extreme, and it doesn't lose focus either, as it always points its gaze where it is of most interest. There are an infinite number of models, shapes and colours<\/strong>but they all have one thing in common, a flexible handle that allows the light to be directed where it is most convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"desk<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The lamp Anglepoise<\/a><\/strong> is considered the mother of all flexos. Designed in 1930 by George Carwardine<\/strong>The car industry engineer, and mass-produced by the British company Herbert Terry<\/strong>immediately became the world's most famous table lamp<\/strong>selling non-stop to this day. A few years later (1937), Jacob Jacobsen<\/a><\/strong> acquired the patent and turned the design on its head to conceive the Luxo L-1<\/strong>But the source of inspiration remained the same: the human arm, with springs instead of counterweights to keep the articulating arm in position. Like its predecessor, this lamp is still in production, it is an icon of the Nordic design<\/strong> and has sold more than 25 million units worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"anglepoise<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other famous models of flexo lamps include the lamp Tizio<\/a><\/strong>designed in 1972 by the engineer Richard Sapper<\/strong>the father of numerous design icons and responsible for the worldwide success of the Italian brand. Brionvega<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tizio<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We continued in Italy, and found the Berenice<\/a><\/strong>of Alberto Meda and Paolo Rizzatto<\/strong>designed in 1985 and winner of the prestigious Compasso d'Oro<\/strong> two years later (1987) for the innovative minimalism of its design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"berenice<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These same designers also won in the 2008 edition with the model Mix<\/a><\/strong> (2005), a lamp that allows a choice between cold or warm light, but always with LED lighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mix<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We cannot forget the Ptolemy<\/a><\/strong>of Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina<\/strong>a contemporary of the Berenice and also winner of the Compasso d'Oro in 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tolomeo<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And many, many, many more... Although you should know that the most famous flexo lamp in the world is not Italian, nor did it win the Compasso d'Oro, and it makes us laugh out loud... What a thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Pixa\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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