Rare Gamma3 Helmet Lamp Prototype – Italian Futuristic Glass Lighting

A sculptural yet functional collector’s piece for interiors that celebrate bold Italian design.

This striking lighting prototype is attributed to Gamma3 Illuminazione, a design-focused Italian lighting manufacturer active from 1970 through the late 2010s in Due Carrare (Padova). Known for bold experimentation, Gamma3 developed avant-garde fixtures that challenged conventional forms—often partnering with their technical fabrication arm, Gammadeltagroup S.R.L.

Their collaborative legacy includes showroom concepts, limited-run experimental pieces, and connections to design giants like Flos, LucePlan, and Foscarini, positioning Gamma3 at the center of the Space Age and functional modernist wave that swept Italian interiors in the 1970s and ’80s.

This particular lamp—crafted from glass and metal, and shaped like a motorbike helmet—features an adjustable visor that shifts both illumination and sculptural presence. It evokes mechanical influences and minimalist elegance seen in the works of contemporaries like Luciano Bertoncini, though no designer attribution is formally confirmed. Unlabeled but sourced from a dealer who connected its origin to Gamma3, it reflects a prototype spirit: experimental, functional, and uniquely rare.