DE S CRIP T ION

In the 1990s, Rodolfo Dordoni designed a collection of table, oor and suspensionlamps for Foscarini in brightly coloured blown glass, named after the nsturalelements: Fruits, Blossom and Buds. Today, Buds has been restyled again,interpreting contemporary taste with a sophisticated wealth and focus onmaterials. The star of the design remains blown-glass, with a ve-layer hand-crafted process, which is immediately evident thanks to the larger cut of thedi user. With the new rangfe of colours - cold brown, cold grey, bamboo greenand white, with a straw-yellow internal nish - Buds takes on a dual value: it iswarm when the lamp is on and cold when o .

MAT E RIALS

Blown glass and PMMA

COLORS

Warm White, Grey

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Table lamp with di used light. Hand-blown cased ve-layer glass di user with glossy nish. The internal glass layer is a pale,straw-yellow colour to make the light warmer and the colour more intense. The "warm white" version appears ivory in hue whenthe lamp is on and it remains white when o . The base consists of a totally transparent PMMA cylinder, milled according to apattern and with a mirror- nish polish applied by hand. The support base is covered with a transparent anti-static protective

lm. The glass is secured to the base by means of a cup-shaped ring nut; there is an on/o switch on the transparent electricalcable which leads out of an oblique groove in the base. The base is packed in a customised product pouch with speci cscratch-resistant material which should be used to clean the base itself. Since the aperture of the glass is rather noticeable, thelight bulb remains clearly in sight and thus plays an aesthetic role. For this reason, a retro t LED or uorescent light bulb withwhite globe with a diameter of 12 cm should be used in Buds 1 and 2 - and with a diameter of 9 cm in Buds 3.

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S CHE MAT IC & LIG HT E MIS S ION MAT E RIAL

Blown glass and PMMA

COLORS

LIG HT S OU RCE

23WE27Dimmer incluso

CE RT IFICAT IONS

E NE RG Y E FFICIE NCY

A+, A

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RODOLFO DORDONI

With an array of activities ranging fromarchitecture, to product design, artisticdirection, and the setting up of showroomsand exhibitions, Rodolfo Dordoni has put hisname to some of the most signi cant andfamous Italian design projects, includingLumiere:

a contemporary restyling of the classicbedside lamp, made in blown glass and die-cast metal, which has become one of thebiggest successes in the Foscarinicollection. Again in blown glass, a materialcapable of conveying emotions of timelessbeauty, is the Buds collection.

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