bottega veneta recreates gino sarfatti’s model 600 lamp for flos with bouncy leather base

Bottega veneta and flos reinterpret model 600 lamp

Bottega Veneta pairs up with Italian lighting design brand Flos to recreate Gino Sarfatti’s iconic Model 600 table lamp. Designed in 1966, which is the same year that Bottega Veneta was founded in Vicenza, a bouncy interwoven leather base covers the bottom part of the reinterpreted Flos lamp, so it can tilt or tumble in any direction without completely falling. The use of leather isn’t new to the Flos lamp because Gino Sarfatti applied it to his original design. This time, Bottega Veneta brings over their signature Intrecciato (interwoven) and in Intreccio Foulard editions for the collaboration, adding their own flair to the Model 600 lighting design.

campaign and product images courtesy of Bottega Veneta, archival images courtesy of Flos

Homage to gino sarfatti lighting design 

An adaptable light angle is also on the table for the recreation of Bottega Veneta and Flos’ Model 600 lamp. The original design of Gino Sarfatti has a shield surrounding the bulb, and the fashion house and lighting brand maintain this, but with a more-curved, trowel-like reflector. It projects the beam in a certain direction, all the while spreading it out upwards for more ambient lighting. With this design, the user may be able to swivel the lighting away from them and reduce the intensity of the brightness manually. 

The Bottega Veneta and Flos lamp comes with the most recent LED technology for the light bulb. The teams manage to shape it to the original one Gino Sarfatti used. The lighting design is ideal for both floor or table use, and potentially wherever the user wants to place it. There are small and large versions of the lamp, and it is available in black, grey, red, emerald green, and signature Bottega Veneta green. For the recreated lamp, Bottega Veneta and Flos pay homage to Gino Sarfatti’s work and pull it off as they retain and reimagine some of his native visual elements.

Bottega Veneta recreates Gino Sarfatti’s Model 600 Lamp for Flos

a bouncy interwoven leather base covers the bottom part of the reinterpreted Flos lamp

the use of leather isn’t new to the Flos lamp because Gino Sarfatti applied it to his original design

Bottega Veneta uses their signature Intrecciato and in Intreccio Foulard editions for the collaboration

an adaptable light angle is offered through the trowel-like reflector

Gino Sarfatti’s Model 600 Lamp

Gino Sarfatti designed the Model 600 table lamp for Flos in 1966

portrait of Gino Sarfatti

project info:

name: Model 600 Lamp

brands: Bottega Veneta, Flos | @flos

designer: Gino Sarfatti