{"product_id":"italian-dafne-floor-lamp-by-olaf-von-bohr-for-valenti-1972","title":"Italian 'Dafne' Floor Lamp by Olaf Von Bohr for Valenti, 1972","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare ‘Dafne’ floor lamp by Olaf von Bohr, designed in 1972 and produced by Valenti. Sculptural yet minimal, it features a twin-blossom shade in molded acrylic, perched atop a slender chromed steel stem and round ivory-enameled base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach shade offers independent illumination—glowing upward and downward for a softly diffused ambient effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Salzburg and trained first as a woodworker, Olaf von Bohr’s path to design began with his hands. He studied furniture-making in Munich before moving to Milan in 1954, where he entered the orbit of Gio Ponti at the Ponti Fornaroli Rosselli studio. A brief chapter at La Rinascente and Kartell followed, grounding him in both retail innovation and the emerging language of Italian modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1960, von Bohr had established his own studio—restless, curious, and deeply committed to understanding not just how objects looked, but how they were made. He followed each phase of production alongside engineers and craftsmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis collaboration with Ecolight—soon to become Valenti—began in 1967, yielding a series of now-iconic designs: Dafne, Medusa, Heron, Shell. Pieces that bridged sculptural form and technical clarity, and helped define the mood of Italian Space Age lighting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Loop Loft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49836427641143,"sku":null,"price":4600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/0135\/0967\/files\/uwJoBT4OBBGNUX6KTmHg_YuYQsrA2eb8C8kpnvjqrfQ.jpg?v=1748542662","url":"https:\/\/thesouthlooploft.com\/products\/italian-dafne-floor-lamp-by-olaf-von-bohr-for-valenti-1972","provider":"South Loop Loft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}