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1985

MENORAH

It reinterprets the seven lamps of the traditional Jewish ritual, offering suggestions for mass-produced objects is the theme of the research, promoted by Izzica Gaon of the Israel Museum of Jerusaem, in which have competed 11 non-Israeli designers and 7 students of the Bezaltech Acdemy of Art and Design.

Castiglioni designs a candelabrum with seven arms, consisting of two identical semicircular pieces in metal sheets pressed in a single die and jointed with rivets. Cup-shaped to accommodate the candleholders, the three samples are prototyped in makralon sheets, but thought to have its final production in similar plastic materials or different metal sheets. The handgrip-foot of the candelabrum is a manufacture rubber handle (similar to the handlebar grips of a motorcycle).