GUBI PRESENTS

Satellite Collection

Wall lamp available late February 2021

During a period of forward-looking post-war optimism, Mathieu

Matégot (1910–2001) put his own material innovation, Rigitulle, to

work in his Satellite Collection, named with a nod and a wink to the

scientific progress in France at the time. Rigitulle enabled Matégot

to reinvent the traditional lampshade, conceiving a playful new

typology for lighting.

The Satellite Wall Lamp – which can also be mounted on the ceiling –

comprises two arms, each finished with an individual ovoid Rigitulle

shade. The shades are identical to those used in the Satellite Pendant,

where they are topped with a shallow ‘hat’ to deflect light back into

the room, but without the ‘hat’, they have a very different expression.

Matégot didn’t consider a lamp merely a functional object, but rather

a key player in any interior scheme. It had not only to provide lighting,

but brilliance, surprise and delight. As a result, the Satellite Wall

Lamp is almost an abstract modernist sculpture in monochromatic

black and white when switched off. Turn it on and its playful and airy

construction radiates beguiling patterns of light, creating a dynamic

and playful, yet subtle ambience.

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