Italian interior lighting designer Diego Mardegan creates gorgeous chandeliers and wall lights that reflect an artist at the top of his craft. Though working in the 21st century, Mardegan’s stunning brass fixtures draw inspiration from retro mid-century modern works as well as early modernist design. His timeless lighting is characterized by exquisite attention to detail, each fixture a masterpiece in its own right.
Mardegan’s work expresses a love of Italian design movements from the 1940s to the 1970s, which he studied at the Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts at the Biennale Library in Venice. This led him to search for artisans who could replicate the manufacturing and finishing techniques used during these periods. Mardegan’s lighting designs are also inspired by sources such as vintage clothing, which can be seen in his use of fabric shades featuring throwback patterns. He is likewise known for creating shades from parchment paper, giving the fixtures a softer and more delicate appeal.
Two other standout features of Mardegan’s design are asymmetry and adjustability. Shades of various sizes often give his pieces an off-kilter yet somehow perfectly harmonious look. Many also come with features like stems that can be removed to turn a chandelier into a flush mount, shades on articulated joints that allow them to point in different directions and individually adjustable chandelier drums.
Mardegan is known to work only with galleries that he selects personally. One is Galerie Glustin Luminaires, which carries many exclusive pieces from this master of the lighting world. Designer Stephanie Kienle Gonzalez of Rizzoli International Publications lights up the den of her Manila home with a custom chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires.
On 1stDibs, find a selection of Diego Mardegan lighting.
Sergio Mazza Delta Grande Artemide Ceiling Lamp
By Sergio Mazza
Located in Weesp, NL
1960 Delta Grande ceiling lamp by Sergio Mazza for Artemide. Wire suspension lamp extra large in matt nickel-plated brass. Opaline upper light shade with lower light shade in presse...
Crystal, Brass
Ceiling Lamp Spider 7 Still Arms by Serge Mouille
Located in Geneve, CH
Ceiling lamp spider 7 still arms by Serge Mouille Dimensions: D 220 x H 70 cm Materials: Brass, steel, aluminum One of a King. Numbered. Also available in different color. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for the USA for instance. The Serge Mouille Spider ceiling light...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Serge Mouille Spider Five Broken Arms Ceiling Lamp
By Serge Mouille
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Spider five broken arms ceiling lamp designed by Serge Mouille / collection Serge Mouille. Made by hand in Mouille's original workroom. Each lamp has a personal serial number and a...
Bronze, Steel
$4,495 / item
H 43.31 in W 49.22 in D 39.38 in
Brazilian Contemporary Sculptural Steel Pendant Light - Max
By Cristiana Bertolucci
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
This pendant is named Sacurá Max. It is a Sculptural light pendant in steel. It can be paited in black, white ou brown (corten). It has 6 domes. The mall cotton domes in various colo...
Steel
Ceiling Lamp Spider 5 Still Arms by Serge Mouille
Located in Geneve, CH
Ceiling lamp spider 5 still arms by Serge Mouille Dimensions: D195 x H70 cm Materials: Brass, Steel, Aluminum One of a King. Numbered. Also available in different color. All our lamps can be wired according to each country. If sold to the USA it will be wired for the USA for instance. Designed with 5 steel rods of different lengths, this Serge Mouille Spider ceiling light...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
ESA Chandelier by Diego Mardegan
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
ESA Chandelier by Italian Artist Diego Mardegan This exquisite chandelier features a seven-arm structure powder coated in white, from which hang diamond-shaped sconces. Each module...
Metal, Brass
Ceiling Light by Gaetano Sciolari for Stilnovo
By Stilnovo, Gaetano Sciolari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ceiling light by Gaetano Sciolari for Stilnovo. Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa 1950. Aluminum frame with anodized copper finish, featuring a unique etched spiral within th...
Copper, Steel
Ceiling Lamp Spider 5 Broken Arms by Serge Mouille
Located in Geneve, CH
Ceiling lamp Spider 5 broken arms by Serge Mouille Dimensions: D150 x H135 cm Materials: Brass, steel, aluminium One of a King. Numbered. Also available in different colour. A...
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
$581Sale Price|20% Off
H 47.25 in W 19.3 in D 19.3 in
Mid-Century Modern Chandelier, Acrylic, Italian Design, 1960s
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Ceiling lamp, methacrylate. Good conditions.
Acrylic
$908Sale Price|57% Off
H 40.56 in Dm 27.56 in
Daniela Puppa Ceiling Lamp Fontana Arte Italian Design Olimpya
By Daniela Puppa
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Daniela Puppa ceiling lamp Fontana Arte Italian design Olimpya.
Chrome
Spider Special 150 Ceiling Light Parchment Italian Design by Diego Mardegan
By Diego Mardegan
Located in London, GB
A striking bespoke ceiling light fixture titled “Spider Special 150.” This piece features six handcrafted parchment shades arranged on a brass metal frame. Each shade is meticulously...
Brass
Customizable Spider 200 parchment ceiling light by Diego Mardegan
By Diego Mardegan
Located in London, GB
Customizable Spider 200 parchment ceiling light by Diego Mardegan Spider 200 ceiling light is made of a brass structure, the arms are painted in opaque ivory colour and are fixed on...
Brass
Customizable Spider 180 Ceiling Light by Diego Mardegan, Brass & Brown Parchment
By Diego Mardegan
Located in London, GB
A very stunning ceiling light fixture tiled "Spider 180". "Spider 180" light is made of a brass structure, the arms are painted in opaque ivory colour and are fixed on an iron disk ...
Brass
Customizable Spider 180 ceiling light brass parchment design by Diego Mardegan
By Diego Mardegan
Located in London, GB
Customisable Spider 180 ceiling light brass parchment design by Diego Mardegan Italy Spider 180 Edition light is made of a brass structure, the arms are painted in opaque ivory colo...
Brass
Customizable Spider 200 cream silk & parchment ceiling light by Diego Mardegan
By Diego Mardegan
Located in London, GB
Customizable Spider 200 cream silk & parchment ceiling light by Diego Mardegan Spider 200 ceiling light is made of a brass structure, the arms are painted in opaque ivory colour and...
Brass
Special Edition Spider Ceiling Light brass silk Italian Design by Diego Mardegan
By Diego Mardegan
Located in London, GB
A very stunning ceiling light fixture special edition spider ceiling light with six sand coloured silk on parchment shades held to a brass metal f...
Brass
