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A vision towards the future
Ernesto Gismondi & Carlotta de Bevilacqua, photographed by Pierpaolo Ferrari
Artemide has been involved in the last 60 years in designing and producing light through a synthesis of humanistic vision, scientific research, manufacturing, techne (the art of know-how) measured with the values of environmental and social sustainability.
Today, more than ever, light is a unique energy. Light makes the world visible and supports spaces perception, it interacts with life, with psychological and physiological well-being, dialogues with the environment through intelligences, can transmit data and information. Today, through the results of Artemide's research the light of the patented technology Integralis can also sanitize spaces and bring people back to experience them together.
2020 was a complex year on a global, corporate and personal level. The pandemic has changed our daily life and has led us to redesign the balance of production and trade. The death of Ernesto Gismondi, founder and president of Artemide, my life partner, marked the end of this year. Ernesto Gismondi taught us to look to the future with a visionary and innovative spirit, curiosity, commitment and a solid foundation of know-how. Thanks to this we have reconsidered the role of the company and of shedding light in a new dimension of the rhythms of life starting from the limits, fundamental elements of every project. Crisis means a break with the past and an opportunity for rebirth in the present towards the future.
There wouldn’t be Artemide without technology and innovation. Since its foundation, Ernesto Gismondi has always combined knowledge and know-how. He immediately invested in research on production technologies, on materials and on the most innovative sources, opening a dialogue with the main Italian and international architects aiming in an interpretation of the different cultures of light. Artemide has always listened to the world. In fact, the project is not the object itself, it interprets cultural, technological, humanistic and sustainable contemporaneity to illuminate the future.
The depth of knowledge allows us to immediately apply research and invention patents in our products. The lighting sector has seen a very important technological acceleration: first the LED and electronics revolution and the photonic one are now redesigning the design and production boundaries, offering us the opportunity to interpret the true meaning of design as a project capable of giving a perspective, distribute quality and improve life.
Products and services that we can offer today are the tools of a broad awareness, they generate sustainability by contributing to a positive energy balance of the spaces they illuminate. Artemide declares its perspective towards the future more and more explicitly: a values-driven approach to design, pushed not only by scientific research and technological and productive competence but also by a humanistic and ethical approach.
Artemide is “The Human & Responsible Light”. The path towards a project that is aware and careful to man and the planet is a reality that in recent years we have wanted to witness and measure through the Sustainability Report.
It is a commitment that has led to the achievement of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications. In 2019 Artemide joined the United Nations Global Compact confirming the goal of promoting, together with its collaborators, a solid and sustainable development project on which to base the strategy and the day-by-day functioning of the company.
Vision, project culture, competence, know-how, made in Italy together give life to a "good light" that can contribute to a better and sustainable life for man and the planet, distributing value by restoring not only function but also emotion and beauty.
Thus Artemide's light projects the future into the present.
Carlotta de Bevilacqua
Ernesto Gismondi
Entrepreneur, aerospace engineer, inventor and university professor for over 60 years Ernesto has guided Artemide with a visionary spirit, anticipating the future of the light in the present.
A great protagonist in the history of design and a brilliant multifaceted figure, he has integrated research, technological innovation and beauty by editing timless products.
Witness of the Made in Italy in the world,Ernesto Gismondi has promoted the culture of design while interacting with the most important international architects and illuminating every space of human life.
A pioneer in interpreting the values of environmental and social sustainability, his example will be the guide for the future of Artemide.
Ernesto Gismondi
Discovery - Ernesto Gismondi Photo by Pierpaolo Ferrari
