Santa & Cole: Josep Torres Clave Gatcpac Floor Lamp

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Josep Torres Clave: Gatcpac Floor Lamp
Santa & Cole, Spain.

The GATCPAC lamp is a focus of indirect light with an adjustable shade, expressing the utility of machines for living. A worldly object made entirely of aluminium, it exudes a sense of history.

Opposed to nineteenth century decoration, Josep Torres Clave was the driving force behind GATCPAC (Grup d'Arquitectes i Tecnics Catalans per al Progres de l'Arquitectura Contemporania) and the post-war rationalism: standardisation, mass production, the importance of the group over the individual.

GATCPAC was the most active section of the GATEPAC (Grupo de Arquitectos y T�cnicos Espa�oles para el Progreso de la Arquitectura Contempor�nea), created in 1930 and promoted by Josep Llu�s Sert and Fernando Garc�a Mercadal. The group's main goal was to contribute to the advancement of a new architecture which could adapt to new times. It defended a revised rationalism, close to the style and machine-age aesthetic of the Bauhaus: "The machine has propelled us violently forward into the most intense stage of geometric development we have ever experienced".

Conceived as a machine a illuminer, strikingly modern in its admirably pure and clean stripped down lines, this lamp for indirect light with its adjustable shade was used by various members of the GATCPAC in a variety of versions and for a full range of purposes, becoming one of the hallmarks of the group.

The bell-shaped shade points to the lamp's function. An upper lever allows you to shift its position. With its ascetic, machine-age air, the GATCPAC lamp is a fine example of precision, rigour and clarity of design.

Technical information:
Adjustable lampshade
Max. 150 W Halogen E 27. Dimmer

Material:
Metal polished aluminium structure

Size: 78 3/4 height x 16 1/4" diameter

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