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In Venetian dialect caiigo means fog and the blown glass used for the lamp's diffuser emerged from a tradition which stretches back a thousand years in this lagoon city. Its characteristic nuanced effect, somewhere between white and transparent, is the result of the artisan expertise of master glass-makers who make every single lamp unique. Its magic and the artisan process which made it gives a touch of poetry to its LED light which shines optimally downwards melding perfectly with its precious blown glass. Evocative both off and on, capable of bringing sensations from memory and nature to mind, Caiigo is a versatile centre stage element both at home and in contract settings, on its own, in linear compositions or grouped together.

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Materials Blown glass and aluminium Colors Shaded white Brightness light diffused light 2D/3D drawings photometric info assembly instructions download area

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Caiigo, suspension designer Marco Zito Architect, graduated under Vittorio Gregotti at the IUAV. Since 1996 he has been teaching in the faculty of Design and Arts of IUAV Venice and Industrial Design degree course of the San Marino University, as well as at the Industrial Design Centre of Montevideo (Uruguay), as invited lecturer. He received many recognitions (Design Index ADI 2004, selected for “Steelon”; prize at “Batimat 2005” design for innovation trophy, Paris; the “lettere” illuminated system design; Design Index ADI 2007, selection for “lettere”). The studio, in Venice, specialises...

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