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Memphis Milano

Santa Ana Ceiling Light by Matteo Thun

10-16 Weeks

Who knows if the form of Santa Ana by Matteo Thun intentionally echoes that of the UFO spotted in 1965 in the Californian city with the same name? A ceiling lamp that utilizes white as its only colour to bring out the physical and sculptural force of the ceramic material of the shade that defines the composition, based on the circle and the repetition of the sphere. Thun – the son of ceramists – takes a creative approach to his relationship with this material: he has often stated that he has a preference for craftsmanship, for things “made by hand.”

Ceiling lamp in ceramic, designed in 1983.

Power MAX 4.2W
Voltage EU: 230V
Temperature 3000K
Light source 1x LED GLS E27 4W (EU incl.)

Ø11.8" x 5.9"

ceramic

Italy

Power MAX 15W / Voltage EU: 230V / Temperature 3000K / Light source 1x LED GLS E27 4W (EU incl.)

Matteo Thun is an Italian architect and designer, born and raised in the bilingual German and Italian region of Alto Adige. Thun studied under the guidance of Oskar Kokoschka and Emilio Vedova at the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in Architecture at the University of Florence in 1975 with Adolfo Natalini.

He moved to Milan in 1978, met Ettore Sottsass and started working in his studio. In 1981 he was among the protagonists of the first Memphis. The following year, the Universitätfürangewandte Kunst in Vienna appointed him to the chair of Industrial Design and Ceramics. In 1984 he opened his own studio in Milan. In 2001 he founded Matteo Thun + Partners, a multicultural architecture and design studio, based in Milan and Shanghai. The studio's work focuses on the aesthetic durability, technological longevity and future durability of buildings and products.

He has won the ADI Compasso d'Oro Award for Design Excellence three times, as well as the Good Design Award and the Simon Taylor Award for Lifetime Achievement, both in 2011. He was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in New York in December 2004 and is a member of the RIBA, the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Condition: New