Achille Castiglioni designed this lighting for the Milan International Lighting Fair and was immediately selected for the Museum Triennale to illuminate some of its galleries. The chandelier Taraxacum ’88 (the name coming from Latin and stays for “dandelion”) is made of 20 equilateral triangles forged in polished aluminum, and each has three, six, or ten bulbs. A certain number of triangles are connected to form an icosahedron, a polyhedron with twenty facades. 

This lighting is produced in three different sizes, for a total of 60, 120 or 200 bulbs Globolux. Castiglioni created the lamp Taraxacum ’88 to substitute the classical chandelier with more lights, emphasizing the decorative element. 

According to the classification that Castiglioni has made with his projects, the lighting Taraxacum ’88 can be classified as “redesigned objects", meaning traditional objects that the designer perfected and renewed following the needs and technical developments of the moment. This lamp is produced since 1988 by the Italian based company FLOS. 

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