Architect, urban planner, glass, furniture and landscape designer, and interior decorator — Tomaso Buzzi was a 20th-century renaissance man. Buzzi, along with his frequent collaborator Gio Ponti, led Italy’s Novecento Milanese movement of the 1920s and ‘30s — an approximate equivalent to France’s Art Deco movement. While Buzzi is prized for chairs, tables and other furnishings that modernized the majestic lines of 18th-century designs, he is best known for the remarkable, jewel-toned glassware he produced in a two-year stint as the artistic director of the Venini glassworks on the Venetian island of Murano.
Buzzi was born in 1900 in the town of Sondrio in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. He studied at the Milan Polytechnic, and soon after he graduated joined a lively Milanese decorative arts scene. In 1927, he and Ponti joined fellow designers Paolo Venini and Michele Marelli to form a design collaborative called Il Labirinto (the Labyrinth), Italy’s answer to the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1932, when Venini's glass company lost the design services of the sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi, who left to start his own factory, he turned to Buzzi. The young architect’s careful study of lighting design and a love for experimentation yielded major innovations in Murano glass fixtures. The forms of his wares were inspired by sources from antiquity as diverse as Persian urns and animal-shaped Etruscan jugs. Buzzi developed a complex glass-layering method that produced deep, glowing pastel colors that ran from pink to peach, to sea-green and slate blue.
Buzzi furniture has a noteworthy elegance and nobility. Delicate chairs with arrow-shaped backs and elaborate burled wood armoires are typical of his aesthetic, and would add a sophisticated note to any room, modern or traditional. And an exemplary piece of Buzzi’s vibrant, lustrous glassware would merit a place of honor in every design collection.
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Model No. B-30 Floor Lamp by Franco Buzzi for Oluce
By Tomaso Buzzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model No. B-30 floor lamp by Franco Buzzi for Oluce. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1950s. Enameled metal, brass, marble base. Original co...
Marble, Metal, Brass
$2,074 / item
H 80.7 in Dm 6.7 in
Tito Agnoli Model #387 'Agnoli' Floor Lamp in Nickel and Travertine for Oluce
By Tito Agnoli, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tito Agnoli model #387 'Agnoli' floor lamp in nickel and travertine for Oluce. Designed in 1954, this ultra-refined lamp is now considered to be a key forerunner of minimalism. Executed in nickel-plated metal and travertine base. This newly produced authorized re-edition features a detachable Cornalux glass element covering a G9 bulb capable of directing beautifully diffused light in a highly precise manner. The bulb can be rotated and adjusted up or down Model 387 has always been referred to as the 'Agnoli,' named after its designer Tito Agnoli. It is one of the most historic lamps in the Oluce catalog. As a precursor of minimalism, the Agnoli lamp used the “Cornalux” light bulb, capable of directing light in an extremely precise manner, by mounting it on top of a sliding mechanism positioned on a stem. The sophisticated travertine base represents the component that adds a touch of elegance to an object in which simplicity and functionality become elements of pure poetry. Price is per item. Three lamps in Los Angeles...
Travertine, Metal, Nickel
Agnoli Floor Lamp by Tito Agnoli for Oluce
By Tito Agnoli, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Agnoli floor lamp by Tito Agnoli for Oluce. The lamp gets its name from the designer who was nominated twice for the Compasso d’Oro award and was...
Metal
Alba Floor Lamp by Mariana Pellegrino Soto for Oluce
By Oluce, Mariana Pellegrino Soto
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alba floor lamp designed by Mariana Pellegrino Soto for Oluce. The shape of the lamp is reminiscent of a drop of water and the world of nature. This la...
Metal
Superluna Floor Lamp by Victor Vasilev for Oluce
By Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Superluna floor lamp by Victor Vasilev for Oluce. Inspired by Vico Magistretti’s work, Vasilev focused on iconic shapes to improve the potential of the ...
Metal
Coupe Floor Lamp '3320/R' by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Coupe floor lamp (3320/R) designed by Joe Colombo for Oluce. The Coupe series of lamps is considered as a variation of the spider lamps. The simplisti...
Metal, Chrome
Joe Colombo Model #3319 'Spider' Floor Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo model #3319 'Spider' floor lamp in black for Oluce. Executed in black metal and chrome, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury and an icon for Colombo. A highly adjustable floor lamp, the shade can be rotated up/down and right/left. Originally designed in 1965, this iconic light is still made...
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
LAS Floor Lamp by Mist-O for Oluce Black/Grey
Located in Las Vegas, NE
Its modern and graphical aluminium structure and sharp lasered profile underline a careful design and analysis, developing in horizontal and vertical lines. The three lighting soluti...
Aluminum
'1953' Floor Lamp by Ostuni E Forti for Oluce
By Oluce, Giuseppe Ostuni
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'1953' floor lamp by Ostuni e Forti for Oluce. A tribute to the masters of lighting, names that have contributed to the history of design and of Oluce itself, this iconic re-editio...
Metal
Colombo Floor Lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce
By Joe Colombo, Oluce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Colombo floor lamp by Joe Colombo for Oluce. This lamp gets its name from the designer who was one of Italy's most iconic designers. The design o...
Aluminum
Joe Colombo Model #3321 'Coupé' Floor Lamp in Scarlet Red for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo Model #3321 'Coupé' floor lamp in scarlet red for Oluce. Comprising a lacquered metal base, chrome stem, and adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminum, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury and a defining icon for Colombo. With a highly adjustable floor light...
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Switch Floor Lamp by Nendo for Oluce
By Oluce, Nendo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Switch Floor Lamp by Nendo for Oluce. Nendo is one of the most skilled Japanese design firms working today. Revisioning a traditional lamp style with a m...
Metal
Joe Colombo Model #3321 'Coupé' Floor Lamp in Black for Oluce
By Oluce, Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Colombo Model #3321 'Coupé' floor lamp in black for Oluce. Comprising a lacquered metal base, chrome stem, and adjustable reflector in lacquered aluminum, this is one of the most refined Minimalist Italian designs of the midcentury and a defining icon for Colombo. With a highly adjustable floor light...
Metal, Chrome, Aluminum
Venini Floor Lamp by Tommaso Buzzi
By Tomaso Buzzi, Venini
Located in Naples, IT
Architect, urban planner, glass, furniture and landscape designer, and interior decorator Tomaso Buzzi was a 20th century renaissance man. Buzzi, along with his frequent collaborator Gio Ponti, led Italy’s Novecento Milanese movement of the 1920s and 1930s. An approximate equivalent to France’s Art Deco movement. While Buzzi is prized for chairs, tables and other furnishings that modernized the majestic lines of 18th-century designs, he is best known for the remarkable, jewel-toned glassware he produced in a two-year stint as the artistic director of the Venini glassworks on the Venetian island of Murano. Buzzi was born in 1900 in the town of Sondrio in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. He studied at the Milan Polytechnic, and soon after he graduated joined a lively Milanese decorative arts scene. In 1927, he and Ponti joined fellow designers Paolo Venini and Michele Marelli to form a design collaborative called Il Labirinto (the Labyrinth), Italy’s answer to the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1932, when Venini's glass company lost the design services of the sculptor Napoleone Martinuzzi, who left to start his own factory, he turned to Buzzi. The young architect’s careful study of lighting design and a love for experimentation yielded major innovations in Murano glass fixtures. The forms of his wares were inspired by sources from antiquity as diverse as Persian urns and animal-shaped Etruscan jugs...
Brass