Lapo Binazzi
Paramount

Paramount table lamp
Self-produced as UFO and included in Studio Alchimia’s Bau.Haus collection
1972-3
Ceramic, silk, metal and lightbulbs
24 x 24 × 31 inches
60.9 x 60.9 x 78.7 centimeters

Price and detailed condition available upon request

Gruppo UFO, of which Lapo Binazzi was a founding member, was concerned with research into signs and language. As such, many of the group’s designs are a play on popular symbols of the day. The Paramount lamp shown here comprises a ceramic base in the shape of a snow-covered Matterhorn or Mount Fuji and a shade in the shape of a “parapioggia” (umbrella). All together, Binazzi gives us a literal visualization of the movie company’s name “Para” + “Mount.” Ingenious!

A rare, early example, this work has been confirmed by Binazzi as a piece originally distributed by Studio Alchimia.