Jacques BINY (1913-76) Lita 0160 Zodiac clamp spotlight Vintage black Zodiac

Jacques biny (1913-76) lita 0160 zodiac black gold vintage clip-on spotlight zodiac 0160 by lita with its lens french design year of design: 1950s designed for: interior color: matte black base: e27 material: metal number of bulbs: 1 country of origin: france max. Power: < 60 w source included: yes bulb type: any type of bulb condition: see photos and description dimensions: l 15cm X h 10cm X d 10cm jacques biny is a major french luminarist of the trente glorieuses period. Unlike other designers, he is also a publisher (industrial mass manufacturer) and has collaborated with some of the best young designers of his time such as michel buffet, gustave gauthier, jean boris lacroix and charles ramos. Together, they embark on the adventure of modern mass-produced lighting. A graduate of the école nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in paris, jacques biny initially settled in valence, his hometown, to work as a decorator. Faced with a lack of lighting fixtures on his construction sites, he decided to design his first models, which he offered to his clients. In 1950, following this fruitful experience, he returned to paris and five years later founded his own modern lighting manufacturing workshop, luminalite. Since then, the latter has assiduously participated in all the major national trade fairs, produced nearly 400 models in his factory on rue de la folie regnault over nearly thirty years, and energetically engaged in community circles, wholeheartedly defending the new science of contemporary lighting. Modern and pioneering, the "designer-editor" created a sophisticated range of "rational lighting fixtures" intended for the home and used the latest cutting-edge materials such as micro-perforated sheet metal or plexiglass. Under his pencil, the forms progress and become more radical. The function and the sobriety of the lines are essential.