Sonora - 490/493

Suspension lamp, giving direct and diffused light, in blown PMMA.‎4901 x max 150W - E27↑ 335 cm Ø 90 cm4932 x max 150W - E27↑ 351 cm Ø 133 cmStructure: metalStructure color: whiteDiffuser/Reflector: PMMADiffuser/Reflector color: opaline, painted white, blackCertifications: CE, ULThe story of Sonora is the story of a pure geometric shape, the hemisphere, pursued by Magistretti for almost thirty years as an obsession and available in many materials and sizes.‎ Created in 1976 using turned aluminium, it already measured 100 cm.‎ In 1990 it was offered in etched blown glass and in 2003 in methacrylate.‎ Three years later, this last variant measured 133 cm, acting as a demonstration of exceptional technology.‎ Sonora, awkwardly imitated throughout the world, is certainly one of the most popular lamps designed by Magistretti, who recognised in it the ability to illuminate, and especially characterise, an entire environment: a kind of volume that is contained in another volume that is the room.‎