Gino Sarfatti, Arteluce, pendant light in white, enameled metal. Diameter: 62 cm Beautiful and very famous pendant light designed by Gino Sarfatti. The item has an ingenious mechanism to support the white disc. Original item, complete and in working order, there is a small crack in the bulb holder. Born in Venice in 1912, Gino Sarfatti studied naval-aviation Engineering at the University of Genoa. In 1939 he founded Arteluce, a modern lighting solutions company that would soon reach worldwide fame and become a meeting point for many leading designers of the time. Sarfatti designed over 400 lamps during his career, devoting himself to technical research, materials and manufacturing, as well as product testing. Around the mid-50s, he began working with Plexiglas, and by the early 1970s, he became a pioneer of integrating halogen light bulbs into lighting systems. Prominent designs included the Sarfatti pendant light in 1958. Sarfatti and Arteluce won several prizes, including the 'Compasso d'Oro' (an Italian industrial design award) in 1954 and 1955. Flos acquired Arteluce in 1973, prior to Sarfatti's death in Gravedona in 1985. Bibliography: C. Diegoni, Gino Sarfatti, Ed. Leibovitz 2008, p. 139