Rinaldo Cutini is an Italian designer of lighting and decorative objects, active during the 1960s and 1970s, renowned for his modern and experimental lamps and sculptural lighting designs. He collaborated with the Italian company New Lamp, creating iconic models that reflect the aesthetic of Italian mid‑century design and innovative formal experimentation with metallic surfaces and geometric light forms.


Among his most celebrated creations are lamps such as the “Luna” and “Luna Kinetic”, featuring chrome metal structures, opaline glass diffusers, and details that play with reflections and movement. Each piece functions as both a sculptural object and a functional light source, making Cutini’s designs highly distinctive in vintage lighting.


Cutini’s work exemplifies the modern Italian design of the 1960s, combining materials like steel and glass with an innovative visual language that continues to be appreciated by collectors and enthusiasts of vintage lighting design.

Item nr. 25094

Mirrored metal kinetic lamp model Luna

Designer

ProductionNew Lamp
Italy 1963

MaterialMirrored metal

DimensionDia. 51 x HT 43 cm

SOLD; Now located in Lugano, Switzerland


Rinaldo Cutini is an Italian designer of lighting and decorative objects, active during the 1960s and 1970s, renowned for his modern and experimental lamps and sculptural lighting designs. He collaborated with the Italian company New Lamp, creating iconic models that reflect the aesthetic of Italian mid‑century design and innovative formal experimentation with metallic surfaces and geometric light forms.


Among his most celebrated creations are lamps such as the “Luna” and “Luna Kinetic”, featuring chrome metal structures, opaline glass diffusers, and details that play with reflections and movement. Each piece functions as both a sculptural object and a functional light source, making Cutini’s designs highly distinctive in vintage lighting.


Cutini’s work exemplifies the modern Italian design of the 1960s, combining materials like steel and glass with an innovative visual language that continues to be appreciated by collectors and enthusiasts of vintage lighting design.

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Rinaldo Cutini is an Italian designer of lighting and decorative objects, active during the 1960s and 1970s, renowned for his modern and experimental lamps and sculptural lighting designs. He collaborated with the Italian company New Lamp, creating iconic models that reflect the aesthetic of Italian mid‑century design and innovative formal experimentation with metallic surfaces and geometric light forms.

Among his most celebrated creations are lamps such as the “Luna” and “Luna Kinetic”, featuring chrome metal structures, opaline glass diffusers, and details that play with reflections and movement. Each piece functions as both a sculptural object and a functional light source, making Cutini’s designs highly distinctive in vintage lighting.

Cutini’s work exemplifies the modern Italian design of the 1960s, combining materials like steel and glass with an innovative visual language that continues to be appreciated by collectors and enthusiasts of vintage lighting design.

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