Taraxacum amazing suspension

Taraxacum 88 is the curious name of a amazing pendant lamp, Ceiling and large wall designed in 1988 by Achille Castiglioni for Flos. Characterized by its 60 lamps generate a large amount of light, being able to evenly illuminate the environment ‘dark. The idea of this lamp was designed to create a lighting fixture to replace traditional lamps, with many lights and very decorative, and then to hold the same feature decorative lighting, making it a simple and unified.

The inspiration from which the idea is contained in its name: the very common dandelion flower, the stamens of thick transparent globe, united with the nucleus unstable, ready to fly away at the first breath of air ( as it was for another lamp, Ikea Ps).

Taraxacum is a lighting fixture designed as iteration of the same basic elements. Equilateral triangles in aluminum polished, hinged getting the figure of the Platonic solid closer to the ball: the icosahedron, consisting of 20 faces of polished aluminum frame.

The structure acts as a skeleton to screw in light bulbs and to cover the electrical connections, it becomes almost invisible with the light source on or off.

By varying the side of the triangle, the icosahedron is made in three sizes: on each triangle there may be three, six or ten light bulbs in the larger version for a total of 200 bulbs.

This is another classic catalog Flos, Beautiful and radiant with the light off and turned on by itself also makes a fine show at the brand-new store in New York, perfect for large spaces and important environments.