Vintage Xl Luigi Massoni Pendant made by Guzzini,1960 This is a beautiful hanging lamp Design by Luigo Massoni by Guzzini, Italy He is from the Alvise series. This orange lamp was designed in the 1960s. Made of orange plastic hood with a white sphere in it, the chrome ring at the top is characteristic. This lamp gives off beautiful light due to the white bulb in it. It has a normal E27 fitting. Luigi Massoni (1930-2013) was trained as an architect and designer at the Collectivo di Architectura in his native Milan. In 1957 he started his design career by making – together with Carlo Mazzeri – an ice bucket and a cocktail shaker for Alessi, which is still in production today. In the same year he started his collaboration with Carlo de Carli. Together with De Carli, he founded the magazine ‘Il Mobile Italiano’ and initiated the ‘Standard’ furniture biennale in Mariano Comense. Throughout his career, Massoni served clients such as Boffi, Gabbianelli, Poltrona Frau, Sirrah, Venini and Guzzini. As art director for Guzzini (1963-1976), he was responsible for the company’s corporate image and design policy. In that capacity, he hired designers such as Gio Ponti, Gae Aulenti and Fabio Lenci. He also designed a number of iconic pieces for Guzzini himself