Interview with designer Fabio Lenci and New arrivals on palainco.com

Recently we had the pleasure to interview Fabio Lenci, one of the most versatile Italian designers, about the lamps he designed in the 1960s and 1970s for manufacturer Guzzini. He has been working for over fifty years in design and is not thinking about retiring yet!

In our interview we have included some original sketches which led to famous lamps like Lampione and Lucciola and other interesting material from the 1970s.

We hope you will enjoy and hope to ‘meet’ you soon on www.palainco.com!

Ingrid Stadler & Koos Logger

“I try not to fall in love with my products” – an interview with designer Fabio Lenci

Fabio Lenci is an incredibly versatile designer. In his long career he has designed, among others, bathrooms, airplanes, household objects and furniture. His designs were displayed in exhibitions around the world. In 2016 he was awarded the prestigious Compasso d’Oro for his career in design. In the 1960s Italian producer Guzzini asked him to design lamps…

Symfoni ceiling light by Preben Dahl for Hans Følsgaard Belysning, 1960s

Danish mid century ceiling light model Symfoni designed by Preben Dahl in the early 1960s and produced by Hans Følsgaard Belysning. This model is hard to find and this piece is in extremely good condition, which makes the lamp a real collectors piece. The lamp is part of the Symfoni lighting series, consisting of ceiling lights…

Lucciola table lamp by Fabio Lenci for Harvey Guzzini, 1970s

Exceptional and very rare Lucciola (in English: firefly) table lamp designed by Fabio Lenci for Harvey Guzzini in 1971. Fabio Lenci designed three different models of the Lucciola: a floor lamp, a table lamp and a bedside lamp. The lamp on offer is the bedside lamp. Lucciola was one of the first home appliances to…

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