Artemide. Icons of Italian light.
Artemide stands for Italian lighting design like scarcely any other brand. Since 1960, luminaires that have written design history have been created in the greater Milan area – carried by the philosophy of “The Human Light”: light oriented towards people.
What Artemide stands for.
Artemide was founded in 1960 by the engineer Ernesto Gismondi and quickly became a driving force of Italian design. With “The Human Light”, the company formulated early on an attitude that is more relevant today than ever: light is conceived from the human being – from perception, wellbeing and daily rituals.
The house's classics are icons of design history: the “Tizio” by Richard Sapper (1972), the “Tolomeo” by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina – honoured with the Compasso d'Oro – and the “Eclisse” by Vico Magistretti, whose rotating inner sphere modulates the light like a solar eclipse. Many of these designs are represented in the collections of MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Alongside the classics, Artemide conducts intensive research into new technologies and works with international architecture practices and designers on the lighting tools of tomorrow.
Founder Ernesto Gismondi (1931–2020), aerospace engineer and entrepreneur, shaped Artemide for six decades. He gathered the great designers of his time around the brand: Richard Sapper, Vico Magistretti, Michele De Lucchi and many more.
Artemide thus became a house in which engineering and poetry hold equal rank – and luminaires become tools and icons at once.
Artemide in your project.
We plan independently of any manufacturer, choose the right luminaire for each room and task – and take care of sampling and sourcing.