It was during last summer, a dinner on Carlo’s mansion over the lagoon, I naively asked Carlo if he would like to make a brass chandelier design for me and the lab I use.
Carlo Nason is on the lighting designer wall of fame, known worldwide for his innovative designs in glass during the roaring decades of Italian design. He worked on some metal projects. I remember the Nana collapsible desk Lamp made for Lumenform, in a Memphis style.
Caro took the challenge and next day he showed me his sketches. The idea is not to group the arms into a base and a common pole stem, but to have all the arms becoming stems. Like a bundle of stems, in Italian fascio or fascina, so the wordplay name Fascino (Charm) for the chandelier.
The lab owner was thrilled to be working on a Carlo Nason design as well as I am honored.
Each arm diverges with a different arm and can be rotated on its axis. The result is a random orientation of the light output. In one picture I placed all on one side and one on the other, just to show the infinitive possibilities of this design, There is brass a disc to keep the upraising arms parallel. Shades are in black painted aluminum. There will be an ivory version soon.
A wonderful midcentury interpretation.

Technical data:
Total drop can be shortened.
Carries 8 E14/E12 sockets.
Inside of the shade can be ivory in order to increase light output.
Copyright Carlo Nason
Measure of diameter is made considering the arm most open.