Despite the huge success of his design work from the 1960s onwards, Magistretti continued to work as an architect, producing some extraordinary (and much undervalued) buildings in Milan and in other parts of Italy. Twelve of Magistretti's projects are now housed in the permanent design collection of Moma, in New York, including his famous lamps and his one-piece Selene plastic chair, and he won numerous awards across the world for his work. He thrived on simplicity and elegance, where the complexities of production were hidden. His Eclisse lamp, for example, disappears into itself, hiding both the light and the lamp structure itself (all under the user's control). He drew from Milanese culture in his desire to realise projects. Very few of his ideas went unproduced.