martinelli luce ’toggle’ design by neil poulton, 2021

’toggle’ was designed to be a versatile little nightime reading lamp, able to be mounted in multiple orientations.

the lamp’s signature detail – the ’toggle’ switch – was stolen from gibson’s iconic les paul guitar – the switch which lets you toggle between pickups now redeployed as an oversized, easy-to-flip on-off switch.
’toggle’ is made of sustainable, recyclable die-cast aluminium, painted in white, anthracite or light grey – with a satin polycarbonate diffuser, led light source and built-in power supply.

the result is a friendly little wall lamp – a tactile product for an increasingly contactless world.

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martinelli owned photos ©martinelli luce
gif animation, portrait, lead picture ©neil poulton

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’you turn me on, I’m a radio’ – joni mitchell, 1972.