Within the galaxy of Italian design in the decades of the 1970s and 1980s, certain iconic lamps were created. Mezzaluna, a floor lamp with a crescent shaped diffuser, was designed in 1975 by Bruno Gecchelin. The lamp became a symbol of a decade,but was eclipsed by outdated halogen lighting. In 2024, the lamp is reissued with integrated Led technology, a reissue that pushes it back on track.

An industrial designer who worked at Olivetti in 1962 where he met Ettore Sottsass with whom he worked for fifteen years, Bruno Gecchelin established his own design studio in Milan in the mid-1970s. With clients such as Arteluce, Venini, Poltrona Frau , Tronconi, OLuce, led many long-term partnerships, such as the one with Guzzini, crowned by two Compasso d'Oro, in 1988 and 2002.

Among the many lamps designed by Gecchelin, the metal floor lamp Mezzaluna(half moon) was originally manufactured by Skipper, an Italian company very active in the furniture sector at the time. Featuring halogen lighting, available in white or black, and offered as a wall or ceiling light, the Mezzaluna was a huge commercial success that goes down in the annals of design.

In 2022, true to the spirit of his design exploration, excited by the desire for a powerful lamp, Frédéric Winkler began to re-examine the possibilities of the 1980s lamps that still shine in his memory. Chief among them, Mezzaluna, symbol of an era. Surely something could be done.

Bruno Gecchelin was contacted through his son Lorenzo, also a designer, and the re-release of the Mezzaluna began to take shape adapting it to LED technology. Fortunately, its design has stood the test of time without compromising its concise and eloquent aesthetic. Excited, father and son Gecchelin revisited their work, making some tweaks and adjustments needed for the LED conversion. After several months of work, its official reissue puts Mezzaluna back on track. For their first collaboration with a French firm, Bruno and Lorenzo Gecchelin are excited. Designed to illuminate an entire room, Mezzaluna features a selection of filterable atmospheres. Another point of view: that of colors. Besides the original white and black, Mezzaluna achieves its new revolution in red, yellow, blue or chrome.