ib2Nordic: The hand of the designer

Thursday, November 11, 2010

The hand of the designer

Biography:
Giuseppe Zecca was born in Sondrio in 1934. Having trained as a painter, he moved to Milan in the late 1950s and frequented the circle of artists gravitating around Lucio Fontana, establishing an artistic and intellectual camaraderie with, amongst others, Piero Manzoni and Ettore Sordini. After a brief period working as a graphic designer, in 1958, at the behest of Luigi Bassani, he joined the BTicino Group, the leading Italian name in civil and industrial electrical equipment. In 1964, he was appointed Manager of BTicino's Industrial Design department and, since 1971, has been working freelance. In 1988, he established the Zecca & Zecca practice, specialising in product design and development. For his Living series (1985) and his My Home domotics project (1999), and for his innovative formal and technological qualities, he was awarded the Compasso d'Oro by the jury of the ADI – Associazione per il Disegno Industriale.

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About us

Ib2 Sistemas was founded in Barcelona in 1994 and in 2010 it started in Finland with a new name ib2 Nordic. From the beginning, ib2sistemas has based its work on learning and product knowledge. In 2001 Ib2 sistemas joined the Technical Service of Bticino, receiving instruction for its entire range of products (repair and maintenance, data networking and automation). Ib2 Sistemas is responsible for the area in northeastern Spain. In these years of cooperation with Bticino we have increased our experience and we have advanced together with Bticino in the innovation of its products, so being able to give our customers a personalized and professional advice on our resources and needs.

Bticino History

To become a leading brand in the Italian electrical industry, the future Bticino began in 1936 as A.L.Bassani, from the name of its founders Arnaldo and Luigi Bassani. Initially centred on the production of clothing accessories, then metal hardware for a variety of applications, in 1943 it specialized its production in electrical components for the home. From the very beginning, the focus on the industrial project as a whole has been a distinguishing factor of the Company's modus operandi. In the immediate postwar period, Bticino contributed significantly to the modernization of the building heritage with innovative products that often anticipated market choices and evolution. Bassani Ticino (a name that would be adopted after 1974) was the first manufacturer in Italy to conceive of electrical components - from the "electrical panel" to the light switch - as industrial product design, not only in the perspective of standardized production and low cost, but in terms of their environmental significance, as components in a greater living system. The results of this strategy have been evident in the industrial equipment that Bticino has designed and manufactured since the early 1950's: from the switch with fuses in 1953 to the Salvamotore in 1960, to the development of a series of devices for electrical panels which responded to standards of flexibility and modularity, introduced in the mid-Sixties with Minitiker and Megatiker. In these products, the aesthetic and functional features evolve significantly, adding new performance factors such as modularity and compactness. Bassani Ticino, which historically advanced a capillary international export policy, achieving a leadership position in many geographical areas, became part of the French group Legrand in 1989, changing its name to Bticino.

Bticino in the world

In more than 70 countries and distribution of products in nearly 180 countries, Bticino is synonymous with quality , technology and Italian design. Is your talent to combine the functionality and ease of installation with the style that really sets the organization apart . Thanks to the study of forms , materials and colors , these factors generate a new vision of design - a design that , by Bticino, does not play a merely decorative role , but also contributes to the advancement of new solutions that improve the quality of living and working . This vision is the starting point for continuous updating of the product line (20 % annually) and most importantly , the development and launch of new technologies that benefit consumers . Home automation has been the main driver of innovation of new products in recent years. Since 1989, Bticino has been part of the multinational Legrand Group, world leader for electrical devices at low voltage.