Model 2065 pendant – black cord – Astep

The Model 2065 was designed by Gino Sarfatti in aluminum and PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), a material that offers the transparency of glass combined with great lightness.  

Its contemporary version is made from Green Cast®, a 100% recycled and recyclable PMMA, patented and manufactured in Italy, which offers exactly the same aesthetic and functional qualities as the original PMMA, but with added environmental credentials. 

Since its creation in 2014, Astep has been committed to reducing the ecological impact of its production through a focused design approach.

Over the years, this has translated into a focus on innovative design and technological solutions (for products and packaging) and materials research.

The aim is to reduce ecological impact and move towards circular production, while guaranteeing the same performance and aesthetics expected of good design solutions.

Astep offers a wall-mounted Model 2065 version to complement the pendant version.

Gino Sarfatti is one of the most important figures in the history of Italian industrial design.

Throughout his career, he has developed over 700 luminaires as the creative driving force behind Arteluce, the company he founded in 1939, which brought first-rate lighting into the 20th century by combining innovative ideas with revolutionary design.

Born in Venice in 1912, Gino Sarfatti studied to become an aeronautical engineer until family circumstances forced him to move to Milan, where he had his first encounter with lighting, an engineering project to transform a glass vase into a lamp.

This encounter with lighting design and engineering marked the course of his life. Throughout his career, Gino Sarfatti has explored and been inspired by new product typologies, innovative materials, lighting technologies and production techniques.

His hybrid, entrepreneurial talent as a designer and engineer enabled him to create refined products, both aesthetically and functionally.

In 1973, he retired to Lake Como and Flos acquired Arteluce and its extensive catalog. Gino Sarfatti died in Gravedona in 1985.