French lighting manufacturer Sammode has relaunched a collection designed in the 1950s by Pierre Guariche, including a standing lamp with a perforated "sail-like" diffuser.
The selection of desk lamps, floor lamps, wall lamps and pendants reissued in 2019 by Sammode are typical of Guariche's innovative approach to mass-produced furniture and lighting.
Among the relaunched designs is the G30 standing lamp (pictured above and top)
A pioneering force in French industrial design during the postwar period, Guariche set up his own design agency in 1951 to create furniture and lighting that utilised the latest manufacturing processes to make them as affordable as possible.
Nearly 70 years later, Sammode has chosen to return some of Guariche's most iconic lighting designs into production using contemporary components and technologies. The G3 wall lamp has a perforated metal grille that creates a soft, diffused light
Each of the products displays an intelligent use of materials to produce an appropriate and comfortable level of light.
The lamps are also defined by their use of rational forms and clever mechanical details such as adjustable balance arms, cantilevers and counterweights.
A glass Fresnel lens casts a diffused light down onto the space below G13 ceiling lamps
"Pierre Guariche designed the full range of luminaires to cover all the needs identified for a given space," said Sammode Studio in a statement accompanying the products' rerelease.
"His lum...