iGuzzini Dada Flush Mount

Materials: Square white curved acrylic plastic lampshade. White painted square metal (iron) ceiling mount. White painted metal choke ballast. Lamp starter. Some plastic and metal parts.

Height: 15 cm / 5.90”

Width: 50 x 50 cm / 19.68 x 19.68”

Electricity: 2 circular fluorescent lamps. 1 x 32 watt, 1 x 40 watt, 220 volt.

Period: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: The internal design team of iGuzzini (Ufficio tecnico interno).

Manufacturer: iGuzzini illuminazione S.p.A, via Mariano Guzzini, 37, 62019, Recanati, Italy.

Other versions: The iGuzzini Dada flush mount exists with incandescent light bulbs E27, 60 watt and 100 watt. Also produced with 1 circular fluorescent lamp. The smaller versions are 37 x 37 cm and 24,4 x 24, 4 cm (model 5345). Sometimes used as a wall lamp. Produced for a long time, from 1979 until 2005.

The iGuzzini Dada flush mount has many similarities with the Martinelli Luce Bolla Flush Mount, designed by Elio Martinelli.

iGuzzini illuminazione

iGuzzini illuminazione was established in June 1958 by Raimondo Guzzini (born 1928) under the name Harvey. Harvey is derived from the famous movie ‘Harvey’ with James Stuart and the invisible rabbit Harvey from 1950.
The initial production of enamelled copper objects was supplemented by decorative luminaires.
In the early sixties it became a family business when his 5 brothers joined the company. In 1962 Luigi Massoni was attracted to lead the design team. He worked for Fratelli Guzzini and Harvey Guzzini until 1976. Luigi Massoni designed many iconic lamps in that period. They are on display here on Vintageinfo.
The company still exists and changed the name in 1974 into iGuzzini and in 1981 to iGuzzini illuminazione.

MEBLO

Harvey Guzzini lamps were also sold under the brand name MEBLO. MEBLO is a Slovenian (Yugoslavia) company.

The MEBLO factory was founded in 1948 when Gorizia craftsmen joined forces and founded the Furniture Factory, later named Edvard Kardelj (communist leader and national hero of World War II). In 1950 the name changed in MEBLO.

At first, they made exclusive furniture, which was later supplemented with upholstered furniture, lighting, plastic and mattresses.

MEBLO also produced plastic chairs and tables, plasticised metal garden tables and chairs, plastic chairs for sports halls, plastic flower beds, mirrors and plastic bathroom equipment (design by Luigi Massoni), wooden set of club tables, shelves, buffet carts and mirrors (design by Gianfranco Frattini).

The last lamps were produced around 1990, 1991 until the break-up of Yugoslavia.

Today the company is named MebloJOGI. It only produces mattresses for beds.

Sijaj Hrastnik

Before Meblo started to produce Harvey Guzzini lamps, Sijaj Hrastnik, another Slovenian company sold them in Yugoslavia.

Acrylic

Acrylic glass (PMMA – polymethylmethacrylate) is well known by the trade names Acrylite, Altuglas, Crylux, Cyrolite, Lucite, Optix, Oroglas, Plexiglas, Perspex and Sumipex.

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Lamps in the movies

Very similar lamps as this iGuzzini Dada flush mount were used as a prop in the 1969 French comedy film Hibernatus. Starring Louis de Funès, Michael Lonsdale and Claude Gensac.