the Castiglioni brother’s vase is an ingenious

small solid that plays on the onlooker’s visual

perceptions, acquiring a different presence at

every glance, so that its outlines, really always

the same, appear to be constantly changing.

Exactly fifty years after the conception of

this wonderful design invention, CEDIT has

decided to celebrate its partnership with the

genius of Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

by issuing an accurately reproduced new

edition of Lapis, in its three original sizes and

with a colour range that has been updated

but is still strongly inspired by the first series.

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In line with the precise strategy followed

since its relaunch, CEDIT pays homage to

3 - The original colours of the 1968 edition – grey, brown and

red, all tending to be dark – were called “Fumo”, “Castoro” and

“Ciliegia”; today’s colours – grey, dark blue and red – have been

given the names “Fumo”, “Notte” and “Ciliegia” respectively.

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