Cornucopia Wall Light by Alvaro Catalán de Ocón for ACdO/, 2017

About This Piece

Contemporary Design

Cornucopia is the Spanish word to describe a typical wall mirror used in baroque times that reflected the light of a candle magnifying its brightness. People's lives and daily rituals radically changed when 150 years ago the candle was replaced by the Edison light bulb. Now that the iconic Edison lamp is ceding its place to new and more ecological technologies the designers here have chosen to use a low voltage version of this mass-produced masterpiece that consumes very little energy and therefore is still the norm and commercialized. In the same way as the candle was once replaced by the Edison lamp (losing its functional sense but still used for special occasions), the makers have looked to give a second life to the Edison light bulb recalling the physical gesture and ritual that for centuries the candle has required in order to be lit up.

The Cornucopia lamp is made in signed editions of 100 pieces. As with books, once the present edition is finished another is started. The first edition was produced in 2011 and this third edition is from 2017.

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Creator	Alvaro Catalán de Ocón
Manufacturer	ACdO/
Design Period	From 2000
Year	2017
Production Period	2010 to Present
Country of Manufacture	Spain
Identifying Marks	Signed by maker Stamped by maker
Style	Contemporary, Minimalist
Detailed Condition	New — This is a new (unused) item of contemporary design.
	The vendor has confirmed this piece is in working order.
Edition Number	3
Plug Type	European Plug (up to 250V)
Product Code	TVI-280886
Additional Information	Open Edition
Materials	Brass, Glass, Steel Bar
Color	Silver
Width	11 cm 4.3 inch
Depth	11 cm 4.3 inch
Height	13 cm 4.9 inch
Seat Height	61.0 inch
Weight Range	Standard — Between 40kg and 80kg
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Shipping & Delivery

Ships from	Spain
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About the Creator

Alvaro Catalán de Ocón

Spanish designer Alvaro Catalán de Ocón was born in Madrid in 1975. He studied business management at the Complutense University of Madrid from 1995 to 1999—earning a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Administration—before going on to study product design at the Institute Europeo di Design in Milan (2000-2001) and Central St. Martins in London (2001-2004). He graduated from the latter with honors and a Bachelor’s degree in Product Design. (Notably, his thesis project, the Glow Brick, is still manufactured and distributed today by Suck UK.) In 2004, Catalán de Ocón launched his own studio in Barcelona. In 2009, he relocated to Madrid, where he also teaches (since 2009) students pursuing thesis projects in the Master Product Design Lab at the Instituto Europeo di Design.

Catalán de Ocón designs furniture, lighting, and accessories. He embraces clean, elemental aesthetics, and his work is often characterized by a sense of playfulness. He is best known for his PET Lamp (2012), an ongoing project that marries industrial design and traditional craft techniques. For each lamp, artisans in South America and beyond hand-weave palm tree fibers and discarded plastic bottles to create one-of-a-kind, colorful lamps. The project debuted at Galleria Rossana Orlandi in Milan in 2013, and has since gone on to earn the AD prize for Best Emerging Design Studio (2014); the CODESPA prize in the category of SME (small and medium enterprises, 2013); as well as nominations for the London Design Museum’s best product of the year (2013); the Delta Award (2014); and the German Design Award (2015).

Catalán de Ocón’s work has been presented at several institutions and events across the globe, including, but not limited to: the Double Game solo exhibition at Galeria Muñoz-Machado (Madrid, 2015), The FAB Mind exhibition at 21_21 Design Sight (Tokyo, 2014), Waterweavers exhibition (NY, Madrid, and Washington, 2014-2015), and at Galleria Rossana Orlandi (Milan, 2011-2014), ShowMe Gallery (Portugal, 2013), Mint (London, 2012), David Gill (Miami Art Basel, 2011), Galería OA (Madrid, 2010), and ICFF (New York, 2005). He has also curated a number of exhibitions, including the 2010 Finnish Design Week exhibition, Helsinki – Madrid Findesign, in Madrid, co-curated with Pedro Feduchi and Kari Korkman.