- Giuseppe Ostuni -

Giuseppe Ostuni

Italy

Available Works

Vintage
326 - Giuseppe Ostuni - Floor light - Galerie kreo

Giuseppe Ostuni

Vintage
344  - Giuseppe Ostuni - Floor light - Galerie kreo

Giuseppe Ostuni

Biography

A passionate autodidact, Giuseppe Ostuni created the lighting company O’Luce in 1945 — which, alongside Arteluce and Arredoluce, remains one of the most iconic lighting companies to have flourished in 1950s Italy. As the oldest Italian design company to remain active today, O’Luce continues to produce lights resulting from the collaboration of both young and established designers.

Very quickly, O’Luce was picked up by the magazine Domus, ensuring esteem and recognition in Italy and the world. Over the years, the company built a collection of lamps that includes numerous icons of Italian design, including Ostuni’s own “Ochetta” lamp, but also Joe Colombo’s “Acrylic” lamp, which won a gold medal at the Milan Triennale in 1962...

A passionate autodidact, Giuseppe Ostuni created the lighting company O’Luce in 1945 — which, alongside Arteluce and Arredoluce, remains one of the most iconic lighting companies to have flourished in 1950s Italy. As the oldest Italian design company to remain active today, O’Luce continues to produce lights resulting from the collaboration of both young and established designers.

Very quickly, O’Luce was picked up by the magazine Domus, ensuring esteem and recognition in Italy and the world. Over the years, the company built a collection of lamps that includes numerous icons of Italian design, including Ostuni’s own “Ochetta” lamp, but also Joe Colombo’s “Acrylic” lamp, which won a gold medal at the Milan Triennale in 1962.

In his own work produced by O’Luce, Ostuni likes to reveal the qualities of metal, namely its ability to reflect light. His lamps almost always have a brass structure and a colored lacquered metal shade, rising like telescopes with bent shafts and adjustable heights. The shades are often adjustable, which makes his creations very functional.

Group Shows

Giuseppe Ostuni - Design Miami/ Paris 2023
Fair

October 17 - October 22, 2023

Giuseppe Ostuni - PAD London 2023
Fair

October 10 - October 15, 2023

Giuseppe Ostuni - TEFAF New York 2023
Fair

May 11 - May 16, 2023

Giuseppe Ostuni - Design Miami/ Basel 2022
Fair

June 13 - June 19, 2022

Giuseppe Ostuni - Art Paris Art Fair 2021
Fair

September 08 - September 12, 2021

Giuseppe Ostuni - artmonte-carlo 2021
Fair

July 15 - July 17, 2021

Giuseppe Ostuni - à table !
Group Show

April 07 - July 30, 2017

Giuseppe Ostuni - One piece a day
Group Show

September 12 - October 22, 2016

Giuseppe Ostuni - Lumières à l'italienne
Group Show

February 12 - March 20, 2016