- Artemide
Infobox Company
company_name = Artemide S.p.A.
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company_type =privately held
foundation = 1958
location =Pregnana Milanese ,Italy
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products = lighting
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homepage = [http://www.artemide.com/ www.artemide.com]
footnotes =The Company
Artemide is a
design -oriented Italianmanufacturer founded by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza in 1958. Based inPregnana Milanese , a suburb ofMilan , the company specialises in the manufacture oflighting designed by famous international designers andarchitects .The Designers
The company is probably still best known for the
Tizio desk lamp designed by Richard Sapper in 1972 and theTolomeo desk lamp , designed byMichele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina in 1986, both of which have become icons of Italian modern designOther Designers who have collaborated with the company include
Mario Botta ,Sir Norman Foster , Michele De Lucchi,Richard Sapper ,Ettore Sottsass , Enzo Mari,Neil Poulton ,Karim Rashid andLuigi Serafini .The Awards
The company has won numerous 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 BestRed dot design award s for lamps designed by designerNeil Poulton and byarchitects Herzog & de Meuron .The Museums
Artemide lamps are included in the permanent collections of many museums, including the Musée des Artes Décoratifs de Montreal,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art inNew York ,The Museum of Modern Art inNew York and theGalleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna inRome .External links
* [http://www.artemide.com/ artemide.com]
* [http://www.artemidestore.com/ artemidestore.com] The official USA online shopping store of Artemide Inc.
* [http://www.space1999.net/~sorellarium13/ SORELLARIUM: 13] A site about Artemide furniture extensively used in the sci-fi classic SPACE: 1999ources
* [http://www.artemide.com/ http://www.artemide.com] The official Artemide SpA international website.
* [http://www.artemide.us/ http://www.artemide.us] The official Artemide Inc. national website for the USA.
* http://www.fosterandpartners.com
* http://www.neilpoulton.com
* http://en.red-dot.org
* http://www.karimrashid.com
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