Artemide Tolomeo

Artemide Tolomeo


Giancarlo Fassina, Michele de Lucchi

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Artemide Tolomeo: Popular Collections


Giancarlo Fassina Giancarlo Fassina
Michele de Lucchi Michele de Lucchi

The Tolomeo lights by Artemide count among the most popular designer lights worldwide and were designed in 1987 by Michele de Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina. They are designer classics of Italian light design and are among the most successful light fixtures by the traditional label Artemide. The collection today includes numerous variants for different uses in the office or at home. It has won several significant design prizes: the iF Product Design Award, the Red Dot Design Award and the prestigious Compasso d’Oro.

Characteristic of the Tolomeo design are the flexibly adjustable aluminum structure with articulated arms and spring system, as well as the rotatable, conical shade. The light can be adjusted flexibly and the structure holds every position stable. Thanks to this convincing functionality and to the design's minimalist elegance, the success of the Tolomeo lamp has never failed even after more than thirty years.

The Tolomeo lights were originally designed as desk lamps, but the collection now also includes a large number of models for other fields of application that at the same time feature slight modifications and further develop the original design.

The desk lamps with the small aluminum shade exist today in four sizes: the smallest version Micro, the larger versions Midi and Mini as well as the original size. There are also several versions with a larger shade made of parchment paper or silk satin, including the Tolomeo Mega collection and the lights from the Tolomeo Basculante series with a swinging shade. Thanks to their homely character, they are perfectly suited for living rooms and bedrooms. The suspensions Tolomeo Sospensione, the Tolomeo Lettura reading lights, the Tolomeo Parete wall lights, the compact Tolomeo Faretto wall spotlights and the Tolomeo Pinza clip lights transfer the timeless, functional Tolomeo design to other areas of application, so that Tolomeo can take on almost any task in private living spaces, in public spaces or in office buildings.

In addition to models for exchangeable lamps, there are also versions with permanently installed LEDs and some with other useful lighting functions: the "Tunable White" technology for setting the colour temperature or a movement detector system that automatically switches off the lamp and thus saves electricity.

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