Antago, the new series of luminaire-style table lamps by Hamburg-based Viocero, is supple and smooth. Its success derives in large part from the repetition of its elements, both in regard to its consistent shape and its uniform materials. The piece is sort of like one extended variation on a theme, with the thin cylindrical base widening into a larger cylindrical shade, the brushed aluminum below blossoming into the woven metalloid fabric up top. The consistency is at the heart of Antago’s charm, as it establishes a clean, no-frills look that easily complements much modern decor.

Antago. Designed by Viocero.

A Contemporary Luminaire with A Modular Twist

But if you’d like some variation with your variation, Antago’s sister concept has your solution: Antago ID boasts the same shape and materials palette as Antago, yet offers a mix-and-match approach to contemporary customization. The scheme lets you choose your preferred colors and materials, dimmer unit, and power cord. This degree of customization matches the rigor with which Viocero creates each lamp. The company’s production process emphasizes quality control, assembly by hand, and a downplaying of automation, all of which lets the artisanal quality of Antago shine through: “Highest quality of all components, extremely narrow tolerances in the unusual finishing and grafting processes, principally hand made assembling and manufacturing only by specialists and master craftsmen.”

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About the Manufacturer: Viocero is a Hamburg-based manufacturer of lighting and lighting accessories. While the avant-garde aspect of the technologically advanced metalloid fabric in the Antago lampshade might suggest otherwise, the company takes an artisanal approach. Though their Antago series boasts cutting edge materials, the lamps and modular components undergo a rigorous process of quality control, with attention to up-close-and personal assembly—“perfecting simplicity which is hard to reach with conventional production processes. Perfection down to the last detail. Customization on demand and thus a high degree of customer orientation.”