Model 2050 Suspension Light

Designer: Franco Albini & Franca Heig
Design year: 1963/2021

The re-edition of the iconic Model 2050 by Franco Albini and Franca Helg incorporates environmental sensitivity by using Green Cast, a 100% recycled and recyclable material made in Italy, with properties identical to classic methacrylate. The brushed finish of the Green Cast in the new 2050 diffuser.

With the re-edition of the iconic Model 2050 by Franco Albini and Franca Helg, Astep continues its work of rediscovery of great Italian masters of light while also pursuing the same pioneering spirit in materials research that animated Albini, Helg and Sarfatti. It does so by bringing environmental sensitivity into the equation through using Green Cast, a material that is 100% recycled and recyclable, patented and made in Italy, featuring identical properties of classic methacrylate. With its brushed finish, the Green Cast used for the new 2050 diffuser restores a timeless elegance. 

Franco Albini (1905-1977) was a great Italian architect, a leading figure of Rationalism, one of the undisputed fathers of industrial design. His projects, the result of the partnership with Franca Helg (1920-1989), range from large to small scale, from the arrangement of the stations of the Milan Metro line 1 together with graphic designer Bob Noorda, to the realization of urban, building and museum interventions throughout Italy.