Artemide
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Privately held | |
| Founded | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Pregnana Milanese, Italy |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ernesto Gismondi, Carlotta de Bevilacqua |
| Products | Lighting |
| Website | artemide |
Artemide (Italian pronunciation: [ar'temide]) is a design-oriented Italian manufacturer founded by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza in 1960. Based in Pregnana Milanese, a suburb of Milan, the company specialises in the manufacture of lighting designed by designers and architects.
Company history
The company is known for the
desk lamp designed by Richard Sapper in 1972 and the Tolomeo desk lamp, designed by Michele De Lucchi
and Giancarlo Fassina in 1986.
Other designers who have collaborated with the company include
Artemide lamps are in permanent museum collections, including the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Montreal,
.Accolades
The company has won accolades, including the Compasso d'Oro award for lifetime achievement in 1995 and the European Design Prize in 1997.
In 2006 Artemide won two Best of The Best
designer Neil Poulton and by architects Herzog & de Meuron
.
In 2013 Artemide won the
IF Product Design Award for the lamp Cata designed by light designer Carlotta de Bevilacqua.[3]
See also
- List of Italian companies
References
- ^ "Genesy Lamp - Design - Zaha Hadid Architects". www.zaha-hadid.com. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ "Looking For Light: Carlotta de Bevilacqua". port-magazine.com. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
- ^ "Cata". iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
