Start by comparing two different approaches to lighting, then look closely at the Arco and Tolomeo Table as individual designs. A guide to ceramics and glass adds questions of material, care and food contact before three product dossiers turn to a tea cup, an espresso maker and modular storage. Each object is considered through its own documented design and use.

Italian Design in Everyday Objects
A practical reading path through light, materials and familiar objects for the home.
In this collection
Arco and Tolomeo: Two Ideas in Italian Lighting DesignOpen with two contrasting ways of shaping light.
Flos ArcoSee how Arco answers one spatial brief.
Artemide Tolomeo TableCompare Tolomeo Table as a separate articulated design.
Choosing Italian ceramics and glass for the homeUse material, care and food-contact questions as a second lens.
Ginori 1735 Oriente Italiano Indaco Tea CupLook at decoration and form in one tea cup.
Alessi 9090Follow use and mechanism through an espresso maker.
Kartell Componibili ClassicFinish with a storage system whose configurations are specific.
