A lamp with an inimitable style, Bourgie is one of Kartell's best sellers, skilfullly combining classic style, richness and tradition with innovation and irony. The baroque style base is composed of three interconnecting decorated layers, while the large lampshade is made with a pleated effect, to create a myriad play of reflections when the lamp is turned on. The lamp shade's unique attachment system makes three different heights possible which can be adjusted according to the desired use: 68, 73 and 78 centimetres. Bourgie becomes a gorgeous decorative desk or table lamp. Thanks to its flexibility and strong communication value, it can be used on an side-table in the living room, to create atmosphere on your nightstand, as a standing sculpture or for reading. Following the major success of the transparent, black, gold and chrome versions, Kartell is now offering a new "gorgeous garment" that is opaque white on the outside and gold inside.
Ferrucio Laviani is part of a generation of young Italian designers who came to prominence in the early 90's when the Memphis movement made its mark on international design. Born in 1960, Laviani studied both architecture and design in Milan, graduating with a degree in architecture in 1986. Soon thereafter, he took part in the "12 Newcomers" Memphis collection in 1986 and the "Living on Earth" Memphis collection in 1987, launching his career with ties to the Colourful and idiosyncratic design movement. Laviani went on to design whimsical, Colourful furniture and objects that reminds us of its exuberant and expressive mission. Laviani's Orbital Lamp of 1991, perhaps his best known design, used colour-saturated biomorphic shapes for the glass shades, and an angular, tapering metal base, bringing to mind the organic emphasis and optimism of the '50s, while his Max table combines multi-use practicality with his signature curvilinear forms. Ferruccio Laviani marks the transition between his generation and those before him through his collaborations with his elders and mentors. He's worked with Kartell, Foscarini, Achille Castiglioni, and Ettore Sottsass. Along with his talented colleagues, Laviani exemplifies the best of Italian design, present and future.