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"Thought by Achille Castiglioni and Piergiacomo Castiglioni in 1958, Taccia has been designed in 1959. A few years after the creation of its prototype, the table lamp was produced by the manufacturing company Flos. Taccia is composed of a base in anodised extruded aluminium that in some items is varnished in black. On the base there is a bell-shaped glass cup which has a concave aluminium white varnished disk on its top. A light bulb is hidden inside the metal base which is shaped to form some prominent ends that facilitate the diffusion of the heath coming from the light. The transparent glass bell is placed smoothly on the base, and can be oriented to direct the light in many directions. Achille Castiglioni during an interview about Taccia in 1970 said "we regard it as the Mercedes of the lamps, a symbol of success: maybe because it looks like a classic column. Of course we weren't concerned about prestige when we designed it. We intended to obtain a surface which would remain chilly. As many other products designed by Achille Castiglioni Taccia has become an extraordinary design work which does not conform with any temporary fashion, and today is marketed with an enormous success."