'Helice' floor lamp by Marc Newson

Newson, Marc

1993

Floor lamp, 'Helice', metal / glass / plastic, designed by Marc Newson, made by Flos, Australia / France / Italy, 1993

Powerhouse

A tall, slender, silver floor lamp with a wide, flat base and a disc-shaped top. A black cord and switch are visible at the base. Floor lamp, 'Helice', manufactured in aluminium with a metallic silver-grey coloured finish, the surface coated in glossy clear lacquer, the lamp stands on a weighted base of lenitcular form (a compressed sphere) and has a shade of similar form and dimension supported on a tall and slender cylindrical stem, the stem has thickened ends which taper towards the middle and rises from a central aperture in the base to a central aperture in the shade, the lenticular shade is fitted with a bowl-like inset in deep blue glass below a tungsten globe and reflector and there is a clear glass disc covering the open top of the shade which is held