The fluidity of its movements and its total stability make this flexible fitting a light source which can be moved anywhere without cluttering your desk or taking up too much valuable space. Its integrated LED technology allows one to direct the beam with the utmost precision, for a light that is both focused and warm, yet highly useful. The Polo comes with a diffuser made from injected aluminium, arms and built-in swivel joints CNC milled from an aluminium block, and a rotary switch located in the upper part of the headstock. Available in both black and white, it is supplied with a range of accessories: base, clamp, table or wall bracket, and, more recently, a floor stand, which makes it an ideal contender as a reading lamp.
The designer says… To my way of thinking, a good idea or concept is essential in industrial design, but the industrial process chosen is crucial, as the how determines the what: the industrial process determines the final appearance and the values it expresses. I believe that this flexible lamp is a perfect example of how I see products: before deciding on the parts of the final form, I was quite clear about how it was to be made, as the type of manufacturing and the materials chosen had defined a particular way of communicating, more technical but also emotive, stronger, with less parts… technically simple… attractive. I had been sketching it for years, and I like to see that certain aspects have remained the same: the mechanical system which controls friction (a simple clip system which uses a screw to set the necessary pressure), the technology for producing the arms (injectionmoulded aluminium featuring the joint and arm in a single piece) and also the system for pulling the springs located inside (a stainless steel strip).
The shade is a very important part of a product of this kind because it is the part with which the user interacts the most. In this case, I wanted the shade to recall, in a way, the old flexible lamps, to which its size and shape refers, though the light source is certainly very different. The switch is where I express this aspect the most, using a wheel system to turn it on and off, deliberately avoiding electronic mechanisms. I wanted the “click” sound every time the lamp was turned on or off, mechanically recalling those early articulated lights.
