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israeli designer yaacov kaufman re-designs the historic luxo lamp L1 by jac jacobsen developed in 1937 .....................................................................
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yaacov kaufman the flowing shape of the viviana pantograph arm is a contradiction to the traditional two parallel bars found in most lamps. the twisted bars of the viviana create a balancing friction between them. this project is part of my general interest and involvement getting into the functioning members and parts of the table lamp, and from its functions or their mutations the design is 'extracted'. the source of inspiration has been the classical and unique virtues of the world's first, original architect luminaire L-1, design jac jacobsen, 1937, manufactured by luxo – combined with elements of art! the near-weightless arm is supported by the design of the shade, the material combinations offer a choice between chromium/satin, aluminium grey, chromium/satin with an anodized shade, or varieties with an opalescent glass shade – all designed for a 60W incandescent lamp. --- yaacov kaufman lived in poland 1945 to 1957. immigrated to israel, 1957. lives in tel-aviv. works in jerusalem, tel-aviv, milan. graduated the bat-yam institute of art, sculpture department. prof. of industrial design at the bezalel academy of art and design, jerusalem. in 1987 he published a book 'chair' issued by bezalel academy for art & design, jerusalem. he owns a number of patents concerning motion structures applied for arm-lamps, furniture and exposition design ; ergonomic sittings ; design oriented technologies such as composite wooden surfaces and others. design projects in collaboration with italian and european manufacturers : lumina italia, tecno, arflex, porro, luxo, ... http://www.yaacov-kaufman.com  luxo founded by norwegian industrialist jac jacobsen in 1937, luxo ASA (known as jac jacobsen AS until 1966) pioneered the development of portable, individually adjustable, desktop lighting products that employed a unique counterbalanced arm mechanism. that original task light design, named the luxo L-1 because of the 'luxurious' quality of its highly directional light, was an immediate commercial and aesthetic success. http://www.luxo.com ---  ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? ------- |
 yaacov kaufman  viviana lamp, design by yaacov kaufman manufactured by luxo  shade detail  arm detail  prototypes of shades  prototypes of arms |
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