cappello™
table lamp
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cappello is lit by LED and shaded by a paper cap, or "cappello" in Italian. A simple magnetic connection allows the paper cap to slide to any position along the steel wire that springs from the Carrara marble base. This connection lets the cap tilt, adjusting the direction of light and giving the little lamp a gestural, anthropomorphic quality. A custom dimmer controls the lamp's warm glow.
The marble base is an artifact of design history. It is a byproduct of the manufacturing process for Arco, the iconic floor lamp designed by the Castiglioni brothers in 1962. The base of cappello will have machine marks from extraction. As an object that tells a story, molo has chosen not to polish these marks away.
cappello is a modest tribute to Achille Castiglioni, his brother Pier Giacomo and Ingo Maurer, designers that molo admires for the way they found inspiration in everyday life to create designs that move the heart.
Design by Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen
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A custom dimmer featuring one-button functionality cycles cappello luminosity from off to full brightness and back.
The unpolished marble base is an artifact of design history, playfully repurposed.
cappello has a wonderful anthropomorphic quality, especially evident when grouped together in pairs.
readymade
cappello is an assemblage of found objects. In the spirit of Castiglioni and Maurer, the marble bases, piano wire, and paper miso bowl were reimagined to create the lamp.
colour temperature (4000K, 3000K, and 2700K)
4000K mimics mid-day sunlight, making it perfect for the spaces we occupy during the day. It helps promote awareness and productivity in offices and other commercial environments.
The warmth of 2700K or 3000K is suited to spaces where we wind down in the evening, such as bedrooms, living rooms, or restaurants.
discover
cappello presents a playful opportunity to continue the design process. molo encourages discovering new bases made from objects that inspire or delight.
95+ CRI
Colour Rendering Index (CRI) measures the ability of a human-made light source to reproduce the colours of the object it illuminates accurately. With a maximum score of 100, CRI values that are 90 and above are considered excellent, while scores below 80 are generally considered poor. CRI is measured in relation to the colour temperature of the light source and its equivalent daylight spectrum. All molo lighting, including cappello, is made with 95+ CRI LEDs.
