A new, new Tolomeo. Sort of.
I present on your consideration the Tolomeo lamp.
Tolomeo was designed by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina in 1986 for the Artemide company. The took the articulated architect's lamp and raised the design quotient by a couple of notches. The Tolomeo launched a renewed interest in the shape of an articulated desk lamp and 24 years after De Lucchi and Fassina unleashed the original Tolomeo, everybody it seems has a version of it floating around out there.
In 2006, Philippe Starck designed a series of Tolomeo-inspired articulated lamps for FLOS, and Starck called the series Archimoon .
Well Starck and FLOS just joined forces with another German company, Dedon to breathe some new life into the Archimoon series.
I love the Archimoon Grande outdoor and the addition of the Dedon flourish absolutely throws those lamps over the threshold. Dedon makes amazing rattan furniture and sun shades and the usage of a herbal colour with this mechanical lamp is a winner all around.
That patio in Chelsea's now not hurting matters both.
So I ask you, is that this an homage to the Tolomeo or is it a knock off?