Gubi - Pedrera table lamp PD1

 

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The Pedrera lamp originated in the middle of the 1950s. At that time it was innovative in its expression and material, and today it is a classic. The through thought and sophisticated design didn’t lose its charm along the years.

Pedrera suits perfectly in every living area and it offers the furnishing a smooth and pleasant atmosphere. The small Pedrera table lamp PD1 finds a wonderful place on tables, sideboards and shelves. There it stays at the background and looks discretely like a sculpture with its distinctive expression. When the light is turned on the inner screen spreads a soft and pleasant shine forming a fascinating sample with the outer screen.

The Spanish architect Barba Corsini designed the lamp in the year 1953. He was asked to design attic apartments in Gaudis famous living building “La Pedrera” in Barcelona by the real estate company that leads the building.

For the Pedrera building, Barca Corini consequently designed thirteen individual apartments that conserved the numbers 1 to 14 because of superstition reasons. Moreover he designed a lamp and furniture series that also contain the Pedrera lamps for these flats.

The inspiration for the lamp series from Barba Corsini came from the slim, cylindrical chimneys from the Pedrera building. The Pedrera table lamp that is manufactured by the Danish company Gubi today received his name thanks to its origin.

Design: Barba Corsini

Barba Corsini was born in the year 1916 in the Spanish city Tarragona and he passed by in the year 2008 in Barcelona. Corsini's father was an architect; for the young Corsini it was natural to begin architecture studies in Barcelona in the year 1932. Designer Barba Corsini