Artemide Lighting / The company was established in 1960 by aeronautical engineer Ernesto Gismondi and architect Sergio Mazza.
Throughout its history, Artemide has attracted some of the best names in the design industry including Michele De Lucchi, Livio Castiglioni, Gianfranco Frattini, Vico Magistretti, Richard Sapper, and more recently Carlo Colombo, Zaha Hadid, Herzog &amp; de Meuron, Ross Lovegrove, Karim Rashid and Issey Miyake. 
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