Design
Artemide fine designer lighting embodies a thoughtful blend of principles; the brand’s approach combines responsible, human-focused design with material savoir faire. Serving both the residential and commercial markets, Artemide’s Design Collection encompasses an exemplary array of table lamps; floor lamps; wall lights; ceiling lights, and suspension lamps.
Artemide has achieved world renown by creating award-winning collaborations with some of the most revered talents of all time. As a result, many pieces within Artemide’s vast offering of designer lighting are considered icons of contemporary design. It is not uncommon to find them exhibited in the collections of most major museums of modern art and design. For example, the Tizio Desk Lamp—designed by Richard Sapper in 1972, and the Tolomeo Desk Lamp—designed by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina in 1986—are both included in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Continuing that tradition, each creation in the Artemide Design Collection has been envisioned by a legendary creator, prominent design talent, or sought-after design team.
Within Artemide’s coveted collection of table lamps, you’ll find icons like Sergio Mazza’s Alfa Table Lamp—with its ribbed, opaque crystal glass diffuser—or Nesso Table Lamp, the instantly recognizable, mushroom-esque design of molded ABS thermoplastic by Giancarlo Mattioli and Gruppo Architetti Urbanisti Città Nuova. At the same time, you’ll discover new classics such as the pill-shaped, portable Gople Table by Bjarke Ingals Group’s (BIG), and Empatia Table by Carlotta de Bevilacqua Paola di Arianello, a hand-blown glass diffuser that displays LED light in an ombré progression from opaque to transparent.
Artemide’s floor lamps, too, features more than a few legends in the making. Technology is in rare form with the Pipe Floor by Herzog & de Meuron, where a flexible arm holds a perforated, aluminum reflector diffuser; likewise, Huub Ubbens’ and Michele de Lucchi’s Castore Floor—a hand-blown, spherical diffuser that emits a soft glow atop a stem of steel tubing covered in polycarbonate sleeve—is pure simplicity in its finest light.
To captivate the eye while casting a soothing ambient light from your walls, Artemide wall lights truly shine. Watch how a prototypical resin bulb base is transformed into a design icon with the Teti Wall by Vico Mastretti; take notice of the edgy yet understated Mesmeri Wall by Eric Solè; or discover the many twists and turns of Bjarke Ingals Group’s (BIG) La Linea Wall.
When it comes to ceiling lights, Artemide’s Design Collection continues to rise above. Captivating designs such as Pio and Tito Toso’s otherworldly, textural Meteorite Ceiling; Ross Lovegrove’s sculptural, mirrored Skydro Ceiling; and the delicate, organic Arrival Ceiling by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba are sure to hold your upwards gaze. The same can be said for Artemide’s stunning array of suspension lamps. Neil Poulton’s interplanetary Scopas Suspension; Ernesto Gismondi’s monolithic Nur Suspension; and Copernico Suspension by Carlotta de Bevilacqua—a mesmerizing fixture made up of concentric, laser-cut ellipses—are as aesthetically impactful as they are functional.
