GATCPAC Floor Lamp

GATCPAC Floor Lamp by Santa And Cole
Designer by Josep Torres Clave

Torres Clave, an architect who was taken from us too early in the Spanish Civil War, founded GATCPAC, a group that sought to foster rationalist architecture in Catalonia and thus sympathized with the German Bauhaus and the modern movement.
Along with his colleagues Sert, Subirana and others he designed a lamp that they offered as a gift in the buildings they erected, occasionally customizing one detail or another as if laying down their collective signature.
This is the GATCPAC lamp that Santa & Cole are re-editing according to Torres Clavé’s plans, thought to be the first and the original lamp of the many variations the group produced.
It has a metal base and a tall shaft with a broad cross-section like an unsheathed column. At the top, a joint that can be adjusted by hand grips a dome-shaped shade that can be directed upwards (for indirect light) or to one side or the other (for direct light).
This feature transforms it into a household light – a machine à illuminer – with a strict purpose, far from Greek or Roman historicist evocations. A flawlessly modern piece.
The GATCPAC lamp is part of the Design Classics collection, a series of objects created at different times of modernism with the twofold aim of strengthening historical memory – which is sometimes endangered – and putting forward critical discussion on creation in industrial design beyond mere trends.

Materials
Metal polished aluminum structure with adjustable lampshade.

Dimensions
Overall: 16.1 in Dia x 81.5 in H
Base: 15.7 in Dia
Cable Length: 78.7 in

Lamping
1 x 13.5W 120V E26 (medium base) LED lamp (not included)
1 x 20W 120V E26 (medium base) Compact Fluorescent lamp (not included)
1 x 150W max 120V E26 (medium base) Incandescent lamp (not included)

Ratings
Location Rating: UL Listed

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