An exhibition in Milan celebrates Arredoluce, famous lighting design brand

From April 5 to May 12, 2024, on the occasion of Milan Design Week 2024, FRAGILE, a gallery of historical and contemporary Design opens its new exhibition space in Via Simone D’Orsenigo, 27 with the exhibition “ANNI LUCE. ARREDOLUCE. 100 LAMPS,” curated by Anty Pansera. FRAGILE, with its new location in a 1950s industrial space designed by Elio Frisia, presents itself as a more intimate space to explore an extraordinary collection of Italian design objects and collectibles. The inaugural exhibition “ANNI LUCE. ARREDOLUCE. 100 LAMPS” celebrates the gallery’s history and evolution through an exhibition dedicated to Arredoluce, a historic lighting brand founded in 1943 by Angelo Lelii. Buyers Alessandro Padoan and Alessandro Palmaghini collaborated with Anty Pansera and Nanda Vigo on the research that led to the publication of “Arredoluce Catalogo ragionato 1943-1987,” a comprehensive work documenting the company’s history and products.

Through the lamps on display, therefore, the exhibition tells the extraordinary and very special story of an “enterprise” that is still too little known, that of Angelo Lelii: an adventure in the world of light, three decades long, that is fully part of the “history” of Made in Italy and its pioneering entrepreneurs. Famous were the collaborations that Angelo Lelii managed to activate with the great designers of the 20th century. Arredoluce collaborated with notable figures in Italian design: with Castiglioni for the Tubino of 1949, with Gio Ponti for many interior designs and exhibitions such as those with “Domus.” Also important was the union with Ettore Sottsass Jr in the 1950s and with Nanda Vigo for almost a decade. The exhibition “ANNI LUCE. ARREDOLUCE. 100 LAMPS” presents Arredoluce’s most significant productions, including iconic pieces such as the 1947 Triennale floor lamp, famous for appearing behind Peggy Guggenheim in a documentary. Other lamps on display include Stellina, part of the supply sent to the Kennedy family, and the 1962 Cobra with a swiveling globe. Another prominent work is Golden gate, designed by Nanda Vigo in 1970.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by Nomos.

“Quality in the details and finishes that, to this day, represent a ”cipher“ of the recognizability of Arredoluce products: the brass turned from solid, the welds so perfect as to be invisible that they unmask remade/copied products. And the switch: unmistakable. ”Lelii’s lamps, in short, stand out for their extremely simple design, their apparent ’minimal’ complexity, and their strong sense of unadorned sensibility," writes curator Anty Pansera.

An exhibition in Milan celebrates Arredoluce, famous lighting design brand

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