Davide Groppi - Ovo suspension lamp

A light intended as an ingredient of the kitchen, used gracefully, but at the same time with determination, on the tables, on the threshold and on the paths. Starting from the idea that the egg is one of the fundamental components of the kitchen.

Massimiliano e Raffaele Alajmo

A young story that seems to us longer than it is: that of an artisan atelier from which a style of sobriety, elegance, talent, virtuosity, inspiration, all seasoned with a technique evolved over time, designed and rethought to achieve perfection in the enhancement of the dish. And so they are also involved in devising a light point that represents them:OVONELPIATTO.

Davide Groppi

From the end of the eighties, starting from a very small laboratory in the historic center of Piacenza, he invents and produces lamps with the homonymous brand. Over time, creative and entrepreneurial independence has allowed him to develop original and recognizable projects, distributed all over the world. Projects that come from the heart and the brain, intuitions that emerge from a certain way of being and thinking, where simplicity, lightness, emotion, invention and amazement are the fundamental elements. Davide Groppi's lamps arise from the need to give shape to a need or a meaning. His inspirations are art, ready-mades, magic, the desire to make things with your hands or simply the desire to play and joke with light. For Davide Groppi, light is a wonderful opportunity to seduce and excite. Davide Groppi has always worked with a close-knit group of collaborators, with whom he shares all the ideas. During his many years of activity, he has developed projects and installations together with various design companies including: De Padova, Boffi, Paola Lenti and Christofle. There are countless jobs around the world: homes, shops, museums. The activity in the hospitality sector is significant. Some of the most important starred chefs have chosen Davide Groppi's light for their restaurants: Albert Adrià, Massimo Bottura, Massimiliano Alajmo, Moreno Cedroni, Carlo Cracco, Gennaro Esposito, Giancarlo Perbellini, Ciccio Sultano and many others. PRESS  Davide Groppi's work has been repeatedly recognized through publications and awards. We recall the Edida prize, in 2011, for the Sampei lamp; the Design Plus Award, in 2014, for the Neuro lamp; the double XXIII ADI Compasso d'Oro, in 2014, for the Nulla and Sampei lamps; the ADI Compasso d'Oro Honorable Mention in Tetatet, in 2016. The ADI Compasso d'Oro award is considered the most historic and prestigious design award in the world. From June 2019, Sampei lights up the Studio alla Vetrata of the President of the Republic, as part of the "Quirinale Contemporaneo" project.