Tatu, Spanish for armadillo, is a friendly mammal with a shell on its back that protects it when it rolls up into a ball. André Ricard had the idea for Tatu during a transoceanic flight; while reading about Argentinean wildlife, he observed that the light above his seat did not disturb his sleeping wife who was sitting next to him.

To comemorate the 90^th birthday of André Ricard, a key figure in the history of industrial design in Spain, we present Petit Tatu, a smaller, wall-mounted version of the lamp. Like its desktop equivalent, this wall light’s ability to fully rotate and its easy adjustability —of both light intensity and spot size—will delight users.