Kartell Planet LED table lamp ball, yellow

With a crystal effect: LED table lamp Planet - design by Tokujin Yoshioka

When he was designing his new series of lights for the Italian company Kartell, the designer Tokujin Yoshioka asked himself whether a lampshade made of modern plastic can produce sparkling lighting effects just like those produced by a crystal lampshade. The Planet model, as he later called this design, required elaborate experiments with a synthetic resin. For a sparkling effect can only be created by using materials with different thicknesses. You can marvel at the result of the many experiments in the LED table lamp Planet. When it is turned on, it provides a sparkling and glittering light effect which is similar to that of a crystal light.

The company Kartell, which is based in Milan, is known for its designer pieces made of plastic, which include lights, as well as furniture and household items. The development of lights started with the model 4006 by Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni in 1959. Another classic series of lights is the Tic Tac series, which was created in 1970. Many of Kartell’s designer pieces have not only won various design awards, but can now also be admired in museums as modern classics.