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Two volumes, 1084 pages, 1377 illustrations. hardcover and linen binding.

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Founded in 1945 by Giuseppe Ostuni (1907–1994), O-luce is the oldest Italian design company still operating in the lighting world, a unique production excellence which translates passionate aesthetic and technological research into the potential of light into actual form. Over the years, O-luce has succeeded in building a collection structured like a tale, rich and multifaceted, inhabited by products that transcend fashion to become Italian design icons. This catalogue raisonne consists of two volumes. Volume 2 is the actual catalogue raisonné of the lighting units (563 items), short biographies of the designers, references, chronology of published O-Luce lighting units, bibliography and index of names. The designers involved are Joe Colombo, Franco Buzzi, Tito Agnoli, Marcello Minale, Antonello Vincenti.