GRILLO, AUGUSTO - Heliopolis The Colours Of The Sun In A Lamp

Milan, Sperling & Kupfer. 1996, 3rd Edition. (ISBN: 8820025248) Paper, TEXT IN ENGLISH. This book describes Heliopolis the lamp that reproduces the colours of the solar spectrum and the story of its creation. Includes excerpts of talks given by a wide range of speakers on light and anthropology, light and astronomy, the light of the spirit and more. Also material on the various different projects of the designers who were part of the competition workshop for designing new approaches using Heliopolis. Illustrated with many color photos, artwork, diagrams and includes a 3.5" floppy disk that contains coverage of the workshop with all the speeches given. Heady stuff. Fine.