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Modulon - a cube divided into the dimensions of the golden mean. The golden mean is achieved with a geometric construction (see illustration) that has a divisor of approximately 0.618 (the shorter part of a line segment has the same relationship to the longer part as does the longer part to the whole). 16 building blocks of seven different masses can be arranged to form many different proportions according to the harmonic principle.

Ligth source: 18 W fluorescent lamp. Colour: chrome.

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tubo is a table-lamp. On the occasion of the International Design Contest "Lighting Fixtures
1985" the very well known juny (Achille Castiglioni, Trix and Robert Haussmann, Margit Staber-
Weinberg, Peter Pfeiffer) assigned this lamp its first prize for sober elegance of form and the pleasant light emitted by the lamp.

presented at:


Die Neue Sammlung, Design in der Pinakothek

der Moderne, München


tubo by Jo Niemeyer

tubo by Jo Niemeyer

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