Hebi model lamps by Isao Hosoe, circa 1970

Pair of Hebi clamp lamps: one of the most famous designs by Isao Hosoe, exhibited notably at the Brooklyn Museum in New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. A simple design conceived from a flexible tube coated in brown ABS plastic, featuring a pivoting half-spherical diffuser made of painted aluminium. Embossed on the base of the publisher. Edition: Valenti Luce, Italy, circa 1970. Adjustable height: 105 cm. Bibliography: 1000 lights, Charlotte & Peter Fiell, Taschen p 464-465.