“Lampada Yellow Gold”, created in 2002, was one of nine pieces designed by Mendini for his collection “Furniture of Man” with Galerie kreo and Bisazza. In the collection, Mendini created the portrait of contemporary man, with a series of nine elements: a face, a glove, an shoe, an evening jacket, a neoclassical teacup, a bedside lamp, a manager’s briefcase, a Borsalino hat and a star. Emblematic of the designer’s ingenious and joyous spirit, the “Lampada” is at once a standalone object and the intimate companion to Mendini’s contemporary man.

“Over a period of approximately ten years I designed and created a series of nine figures in Bisazza gold mosaic tesserae. I called them Furniture for Man. They are all placed on parallelepiped bases made of rough galvanized sheet metal, serving as cabinets. These items of furniture feature nine elements which symbolize or describe contemporary man: his face, a glove, an elegant shoe, an evening jacket, a neoclassical teacup, a bedside lamp, a manager’s briefcase, a Borsalino hat and a star.” — Alessandro Mendini