O-LUCE di Giuseppe Ostuni Catalogue Raisonné, catalogue raisonné in two volumes
Thomas Bräuninger tells the story of Giuseppe Ostuni (1907-1994), born in Trieste. A treasure trove of historical documents and illustrations. A comprehensive look into the history of the company O-LUCE (1947-1982) – and only the original version with the hyphen!
Volume I paints a comprehensive picture of O-Luce's company history and offers a glimpse into the life of its founder, Giuseppe Ostuni. Originally from Trieste, he founded his company O-Luce in Milan at the age of 40 and became a pioneer of innovative, modern lighting units. Ostuni's brother Angelo and Franco Buzzi made O-Luce famous beyond the borders of Italy and significantly shaped lighting design in the early 1950s. New materials, such as Plexiglas and industrial glass, and new lighting technologies, such as Cornalux and halogen light, decisively influenced the design of modern luminaires, and here, too, Ostuni and his young designers, above all Tito Agnoli, Joe Colombo, and Bruno Gecchelin, were at the forefront of lighting design. With over 600 drawings, photographs, and documents, many of which have never been published before, this is a fascinating chapter in the history of Italian design.
Volume II presents all the sources and historical evidence on which the Catalogue Raisonné is based. Following a detailed overview of Ostuni's system, biographies of his most important designers are introduced. The main part of the second volume is the Catalogue Raisonné itself, divided into four sections: wall lamps, table lamps, floor lamps, and ceiling lamps, comprising a total of over 560 lamps. Each lamp is described with its model number, designer, year of design, material, dimensions, and—where published—bibliographical information. Volume II also includes a critical chronological overview of the O-Luce lamps published at the time in specialist literature, journals, and catalogs. A selected bibliography and a comprehensive index of the relevant illustrations mentioned conclude the second volume.
Author and editor: Thomas Bräuninger
Publisher: Lumi Press, Luxembourg
2021, printed in Germany!
O-LUCE DI GIUSEPPE OSTUNI. A catalogue of works. Volume I
29.5 x 29.5 cm. 480 pages with 642 illustrations, mostly in color, some full-page, bibliography, index, cloth binding - text in German and English. 3.4 kg
O-LUCE DI GIUSEPPE OSTUNI. A catalogue of works. Volume II
29.5 x 29.5 cm. 604 pages with 735 illustrations, some in color, some full-page, 563 titles, bibliography, index, short biographies, cloth binding - text in German and English. 3.8 kg
Thomas Bräuninger tells the story of Giuseppe Ostuni (1907-1994), born in Trieste. A treasure trove of historical documents and illustrations. A comprehensive look into the history of the company O-LUCE (1947-1982) – and only the original version with the hyphen!
Volume I paints a comprehensive picture of O-Luce's company history and offers a glimpse into the life of its founder, Giuseppe Ostuni. Originally from Trieste, he founded his company O-Luce in Milan at the age of 40 and became a pioneer of innovative, modern lighting units. Ostuni's brother Angelo and Franco Buzzi made O-Luce famous beyond the borders of Italy and significantly shaped lighting design in the early 1950s. New materials, such as Plexiglas and industrial glass, and new lighting technologies, such as Cornalux and halogen light, decisively influenced the design of modern luminaires, and here, too, Ostuni and his young designers, above all Tito Agnoli, Joe Colombo, and Bruno Gecchelin, were at the forefront of lighting design. With over 600 drawings, photographs, and documents, many of which have never been published before, this is a fascinating chapter in the history of Italian design.
Volume II presents all the sources and historical evidence on which the Catalogue Raisonné is based. Following a detailed overview of Ostuni's system, biographies of his most important designers are introduced. The main part of the second volume is the Catalogue Raisonné itself, divided into four sections: wall lamps, table lamps, floor lamps, and ceiling lamps, comprising a total of over 560 lamps. Each lamp is described with its model number, designer, year of design, material, dimensions, and—where published—bibliographical information. Volume II also includes a critical chronological overview of the O-Luce lamps published at the time in specialist literature, journals, and catalogs. A selected bibliography and a comprehensive index of the relevant illustrations mentioned conclude the second volume.
Author and editor: Thomas Bräuninger
Publisher: Lumi Press, Luxembourg
2021, printed in Germany!
O-LUCE DI GIUSEPPE OSTUNI. A catalogue of works. Volume I
29.5 x 29.5 cm. 480 pages with 642 illustrations, mostly in color, some full-page, bibliography, index, cloth binding - text in German and English. 3.4 kg
O-LUCE DI GIUSEPPE OSTUNI. A catalogue of works. Volume II
29.5 x 29.5 cm. 604 pages with 735 illustrations, some in color, some full-page, 563 titles, bibliography, index, short biographies, cloth binding - text in German and English. 3.8 kg
