Cirene
Cirene is a lamp designed in 1965, obtained by "superimposing portions of a sphere", and comes in three different models: a pendant, ceiling-mounted or floor lamp for outdoor (Cirene Giardino) use. The pendant lamp is made of chrome-plated brass and translucid plexiglass, while the hanging version is made of white lacquered aluminium with a plexiglass diffuser.
The garden version is a floor lamp in white lacquered aluminium and iron with an opaline plexiglass diffuser mounted with a round fluorescent bulb and, thanks to the adjustability of the length of the floor support (100 cm or 220 cm), it can produce two different lighting effects: a more diffused light to light the path and, by lowering the support, an oblique light to light the greenery.
Brass, plexiglass. Chrome-plated
Lacquered aluminium and plexiglass diffuser). White
Lacquered aluminium and iron, plexiglass. White
Coerenza nel design di Vico Magistretti, in Ottagono 1, aprile 1966
Cirene una lampada, in Ottagono 2, luglio 1966
A. Mosca, Il Vico: "l'architetto", in Casa Amica, ottobre 1979
Per chi deve scegliere lampade di serie, Domus gennaio 1966, 436, pp./nn. 328
Vanni Pasca, Vico Magistretti. L'eleganza della ragione, Milano, Idea Books 1991, pp./nn. 64
