Teamwork with my colleague Jens Schardetzki under the guidance of Prof. Frank Zebner to “redesign” the Tizio by Richard Sapper from 1972. We had several hands-on of the original to check out how well it functions and how it looks and feels in different poses / from different viewing angles, read all relevant texts we could find to get Sapper’s thoughts and other people’s opinions, referred to some 30 lights that are relevant to the Tizio in one way or another to better know what a Tizio is and where our “redesign” should go. The final dicision was, while keeping the electric connections cable-free, to make an elegant one-beam construction with integrated counterweights that reminiscent of Tizio’s parallel arm construction when in its “typical pose” (pic 2), and to use a table clamp without screw / with a built-in power adapter and a touch switch.

The arms of the new light measure the same with Tizio’s thinnest / longest arms in cross section, which is 12mm x 4mm. The dimension of the new light lies slightly under that of the Tizio, as respect to the original. A more detailed, somewhat provisional construction is made afterwards by myself (Jens was then doing an internship) as I regard this as an inseparable part of the concept.

LEDs to use: LUXEON Rebel, Neutral-white / Warm-white. Original with 140° viewing angle; through correction lens a 60° viewing angle, which is similar to the Tizio, can be archieved; this can also be adjusted to meet other needs. Some tungsten must be used for the counterweights. (Aug 2007)

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Meanwhile (Jun 2008), this project is being further developed. By interest please contact me.