Pipistrello by Martinelli Luce is a whimsical table lamp created by the Italian designer Gae Aulenti in 1965. The name of the luminaire, Pipistrello, comes from the Italian word for bat, alluding to the playful and distinctive shape of the opal white shade that resembles the wings of a bat. The height of the lamp can be adjusted with the telescopic steel base, and especially at its maximum height, the lamp can also be used as a floor lamp.
Pipistrello table lamp, black
Martinelli Luce
Description
Pipistrello by Martinelli Luce is a whimsical table lamp created by the Italian designer Gae Aulenti in 1965. The name of the luminaire, Pipistrello, comes from the Italian word for bat, alluding to the playful and distinctive shape of the opal white shade that resembles the wings of a bat. The height of the lamp can be adjusted with the telescopic steel base, and especially at its maximum height, the lamp can also be used as a floor lamp.
Product details (19)
- Material
- Body: stainless steel, diffuser: opal white methacrylate
- Colour
- Glossy black, steel, white
- Width
- 21.65 in (55 cm)
- Diameter
- 21.65 in (55 cm)
- Height
- 25.98–33.86 in (66–86 cm)
- Bulb base
- E14
- Light source
- 4 x 5W LED (included)
- Lifetime
- 25,000 h
- Luminous flux
- 4 x 470 lm (1880 lm)
- IP rating
- 20
- Protection class
- I
- Voltage
- 230 V
- Certifications and labels
- CE marked: tested and approved according to European standards
- Plug
- EU plug
- Cable length
- 96.46 in (245 cm)
- Cable colour
- Black
- Weight
- 22.05 lbs (10 kg)
- Dimmable
- No
- Adjustable height
- Yes
- Product ID
Designer
Gae Aulenti (1927-2012) was a notable Italian architect whose work includes industrial design, furniture, lighting, graphics, stage design and interior design. One of her best-known projects was the new layout for the Musée d‘Orsay, a former railway station in Paris. Aulenti graduated from the Milan Polytechnic in 1953 and during her career, she also worked as an art director at the Casabella-Continuità magazine, a lecturer of architecture in various universities and the vice-president of the Italian Association Of Industrial Design (ADI). In 2012, she received the career prize at the Milan Triennale. She has also received the prestigious Japanese Praemium Imperiale award, the knighthood of the French Legion of Honour, and the Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects.
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