Taccia Lamp

Taccia by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos, lit, with its white reflector over a clear glass bowl above the ribbed metal base. The brothers designed it in 1958 and Flos put it into production in 1962. The glass bowl simply rests on the base and can be turned to aim the light, while the fluted aluminum column is profiled to shed the bulb's heat. It looks like an upturned spotlight on a classical column, and that mix of engineering and monument is the Castiglioni signature.