Fall for a design icon! Mathieu Matégot, a famous designer from Hungary, was one of the major players in post-war design. His involvement in innovative techniques and original forms made him one of the major players of 50s design, leaving his footprint on the French style from this fertile post-war period. His stroke of genius was to use, from 1945, before everyone else, and in an original way, perforated sheets, a material discovered during his captivity in Germany. Inventing a new technique, he created a new material: first he perforated the traditional sheet with cloverleaf patterns then with small square or round holes. In 1952 he gave this extremely fine, tulle-like, openwork mesh the pretty and evocative name of “Rigitulle”. He developed a machine capable of bending, folding and shaping sheet metal like fabric, which gave him a lot more freedom of expression. The collection of Satellite lights was designed in 1953. Full of grace, this large wall light decorates the wall with its original and bold presence. At the end of two long slender arms, two Rigtulle oblong lampshades are suspended: light and airy, this fine, openwork, pleated steel sheet looks like lace. The lampshades filter the light through thousands of minuscule holes, therefore creating magical interplays of shadows, for a creative and light finish. His experience as a set designer gave Matégot a taste for the interplay of shadow and light and therefore he did not consider a lamp as a simple practical item. Rather he thought of it as a key player of any interior design. A light must not only provide lighting, but also brilliance, surprise and joy. When it is switched off, the Satellite wall light looks like a modernist abstract sculpture. Now reissued, the Satellite wall light remains timeless! Jacob Gubi, artistic director of GUBI: “It is an innovative, striking and bold design, conceived in a period when post-war France was looking to the future, regaining hope and optimism. I hope that the Satellite wall light will provide as much joy today as it did back then.’’

In detail:

Variation : Black

Brand : Gubi

Designer : Mathieu Matégot

Type : Wall light with plug

Colour : Black lampshades / Black wall structure

Material : Lampshades: lacquered perforated stainless steel sheet – Structure: lacquered stainless steel – Fabric cable

Dimensions : L 166 x H 119 cm – Lampshades: Ø 22 x H 28 cm – Arm: L 100 / 90 cm – Cable: L 180 cm

Weight : 8.8 lb

Characteristics : 1953 reissue – Equipped with cable with plug (mains power) – Cable switch – Bulbs not included: 2 x E27 5 W LED or 60 W – Supplied with EU plug: EU to UK plug adapter included

Country of Manufacture : China