Artemide 2021 Sustainability Report User Guide
- June 13, 2024
- Artemide
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Artemide 2021 Sustainability Report
Product Information: Artemide Sustainability Report 2021
Index
The Artemide Sustainability Report 2021 provides an overview of the
company’s vision towards the future and highlights its commitment to
sustainability in various aspects. The report covers topics such as the
company’s identity, sustainability management, lighting culture, product
quality, customer care, environmental responsibility, social responsibility,
and more.
A Vision Towards the Future
The Artemide Sustainability Report highlights the company’s strong recovery
after the pandemic and its efforts to redesign production and trade for a more
sustainable future. The report emphasizes Ernesto Gismondi’s visionary and
innovative spirit, along with the company’s commitment to sustainability and
energy efficiency.
Artemide’s Identity and Innovation
Artemide is a company that combines technology, innovation, knowledge, and
know-how. Since its foundation, Artemide has invested in research on
production technologies, materials, and light sources. The company
collaborates with leading architects to interpret different cultures of light
and continuously listens to the world.
Design as a Project for Quality and Life Improvement
The lighting sector has experienced technological advancements that have
expanded design and production boundaries. Artemide sees design as a project
capable of distributing quality and improving life. The company believes that
its products and services contribute to sustainability by promoting a positive
energy balance in illuminated spaces.
Sustainability Plan and Reduction of GHG Emissions
Artemide has a Sustainability Plan that outlines concrete programs to
coordinate future actions towards reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The
company aligns its efforts with the objectives of the Paris Agreement to
contribute to a more sustainable future.
President & CEO’s Message
Carlotta de Bevilacqua, the President & CEO of Artemide, emphasizes the importance of vision, design culture, competence, know-how, and the “made in Italy” factor in creating good light that enhances both functionality and emotional beauty. Artemide’s commitment to sustainability projects the future into the present.
Ernesto Gismondi’s Perspective
Ernesto Gismondi, the founder of Artemide, highlights the importance of
innovation beyond technology. He believes that innovation of thought is
crucial for progress and success.
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Index
A vision towards the future
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Sustainability highlights
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01 Artemide: the Human & Responsible Light
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01.1 Our identity between innovation and design
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01.2 Sustainability management & economic responsibility
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01.3 Sustainable culture
52
02 Values, knowledge & know-how to realize universal projects
72
02.1 Lighting culture between research and innovation
108
02.2 Action for Eco-effectiveness
150
02.3 Designed in Italy, produced in Europe, worldwide distributed 170
02.4 Product quality and certifications
186
02.5 Customer care
192
03 Environmental responsibility. More with less
196
04 Social responsibility. Our team
214
04.1 The well-being and development of our employees
215
04.2 Occupational health and safety
228
Correlation table between material aspects and GRI indicators
238
Attachments
242
Methodological Note
266
GRI Content Index
268
Independent Auditors’ Report
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A vision towards the future
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Ernesto Gismondi & Carlotta de Bevilacqua, photographed by Pierpaolo Ferrari
Artemide has been designing and producing light for more than 60 years through
a synthesis of humanistic vision, scientific research, manufacturing, techné
(the art of know-how) weighed together with the values of an environmental and
social sustainability. Today more than ever, light is a circular energy that
adds value. Light makes the world visible and supports the perception of
space, interacts with life, with psychological and physiological well-being,
dialogues with the environment through intelligence, it can transmit data and
information. Today, through the results of Artemide’s research with the light
of the patented Integralis technology, it can also sanitise spaces and bring
people back to experience them together.
2021 was a year of strong recovery after the pandemic led us to redesign the
balance of production and trade, now once again challenged by the ongoing
conflict. 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 wisdom we have reconsidered the role of the company and of
light in a new dimension that is even more strongly oriented towards
sustainability and attention to energy.
There would be no Artemide without technology and innovation. Since its
foundation Ernesto Gismondi has always combined knowledge and know-how. He
immediately invested in research on the most up-to-date production
technologies, on the most innovative materials and light sources, opening a
dialogue with leading Italian and international architects to interpret the
different cultures of light. Artemide has always been listening to the world.
The lighting sector has seen a major technological acceleration that has
expanded the design and production boundaries, giving us the opportunity to
interpret the true meaning of design as a project capable of distributing
quality and improving life. The products and services we can offer today are
tools for broadening awareness, generating 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 expertise 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 the human and the planet is a reality
since 2018, we have sought to testify 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 company’s strategy and daily operations.
Today, this commitment is also embodied in a Sustainability Plan that defines
concrete programmes to coordinate future actions towards a reduction of GHG
emissions in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
Vision, design 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 returning not only function but also
emotion and beauty. Thus Artemide’s light projects the future into the
present.
Carlotta de Bevilacqua
President & CEO
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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.
“We do not live on light bulbs alone, we live on innovation, which is not only
technological. It is mainly innovation of thought.”
Ernesto Gismondi
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Discovery – Ernesto Gismondi Photo by Pierpaolo Ferrari
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Innovation and Made in Italy
Invention patents 2019-2021 18 of which 8 in 2021 in Italy
Patents registered and kept until 31.12.21 121
(114 as of 31.12.20)
Revenue dedicated to Research and development 4.8%
(5.5% in 2020)
Design awards received since 1960 +289
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patent registered until 31.12.21
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between 2019-2021
8
in 2021 in Italy
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Environment1
Purchase made to suppliers in the European Union 95% of which Italian
suppliers 79%
Reduction in energy intensity (energy consumed per unit of output) equal to
18%
0.056 GJ against 0.069 GJ in 2020
Waste is destined for recovery 95%
Reduction in indirect Scope 2 market-based CO2 emissions 95%
84 tCO2e against 1,585 tCO2 in 2020
1 For any details related to the perimeter limitations of the environmental
data, see the section “Environmental responsibility. More with less” of the
document.
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Reduction of indirect emissions of
CO2 Scope 2 – Market based (tCO2e)
2,012
1,924
1,855
1,585
84
Energy intensity (GJ/product unit)
0.071
0.069
0.056
-18%
-95%
2019 2020 2021
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
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Our people
Employees 640
Permanent contract 88%
Women employees 47%
Men employees 53%
Training hours 3,338 h
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Global presence
Revenues 115 mln
(94 mln in 2020)
Distribution in 109 Countries Showrooms 14
Export quota 75.2%
Montreal, Quèbec Factory
(Canada)
Hicksville, Headquarters &
warehouse NY (USA)
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Saint Florent Factory (France)
Telgate Factory Bergamo (Italy)
Paks Factory (Hungary)
RTIFICATION LAB
QUALITY LA
ARTEMIDE HEADQUARTERS
Pregnana Milanese Milan
B.
Vetrofond Glass Factory, Veneto (Italy)
ENGINERING LAB.
PRO
TOTYPE LAB.
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LOGISTIC HUB
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01 Artemide
The Human & Responsible Light
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Life will be better with the right light. ADV Campaign, The Human Light, 1998
ARTEMIDE: THE HUMAN & RESPONSIBLE LIGHT
01.1 Our identity between innovation and design
Heritage Innovation
Founded in 1960 by the Engineer Ernesto Gismondi, Artemide has been a leader
in lighting design ever since. Synonymous with innovation and Made in Italy,
its products are considered icons of contemporary design at an international
level. Based in Milan, Artemide is recognized across the world for its
expertise in lighting design, thanks to its innovative approach and products,
which are an expression of its continuous research and high manufacturing
quality.
A leading player in research in the field of light, Artemide has registered
numerous invention patents for its technological, mechanical and
optoelectronic innovations. Technological development, collaborations with
great architects and sociocultural research are an integral part of Artemide’s
approach to its innovative projects, which capable, even over the course of
time, of illuminating the future. Throughout its path of innovation, it has
forged research partnerships with prestigious Italian and international
Universities: thanks to its technological and scientific innovation,
Artemide’s Human and Responsible Light philosophy rethinks products’ relation
to the environment, resources and energy in terms of ecosystem in fostering a
better quality of life. In this way, Artemide not only contributes to the
wellbeing of the places and people directly associated with it, but to the
wellbeing of the community as a whole. Light can regenerate spaces, stimulate
the creation of new relationships and even bring us back to living together in
safety. Based on research conducted by Artemide, the patented Integralis
technology can use light to sanitise spaces, restoring our personal and shared
spaces.
Light is a means of communication between people and spaces, providing new
experiences and emotions and transforming
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“It is precisely the word Italy that takes us back to the place where design
was born. Design means a project, it is always born from a synthesis of
scientific research, humanistic vision, manufacturing, “téchne” (the art of
making), which today is increasingly measured against the values of
environmental and social sustainability. Artemide has been designing and
producing light design for 60 years, and through Italian knowledge and know-
how it dialogues with the international project.”
Carlotta de Bevilacqua
President & CEO Artemide
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La Linea, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group Photo by Giovanni Gastel
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Made in Italy
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flagship stores
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every space into a place where people would want to live. Its products
encapsulate the technological qualities of performance and aesthetics into a
light capable of exciting as well as ensuring perfect functionality and
perception.
In recent years, Artemide has explored new boundaries in research in the
fields of photonics, where light goes beyond the product: through the Internet
of Things (IoT), interactive management systems (Artemide App) and information
(Geo Li-Fi) and communication (Li-Fi) applications.
Artemide’s Made in Italy culture has been its cornerstone since the very
beginning of the brand during an era that marked the development of Industrial
Design in Italy. This is continuously nurtured by the centralized product
development process, which occurs at the Milan headquarters, from idea to
realization. In addition to the manufacturing facility, the headquarters in
Pregnana Milanese also host the renowned Innovation & Design Center, which
houses the Research & Innovation and Product Development departments, where
the design phase is continuously supported by Quality and Certification
Laboratories on site. Artemide also owns 50% of a historic glassworks factory
in Veneto. At the same time, Artemide has long chosen to internationalise its
production: in addition to Italy, its production facilities are located in
France, Hungary and Canada.
Artemide generates approximately 75% of revenues in foreign markets thanks to
a widespread international distribution presence that includes 14 flagship
showrooms in some of the world’s most important cities and a wide network of
retailers and distributors, supported by global partnerships with many of the
most prestigious architecture and design offices. Each showroom is also a
center of expertise and confirms Artemide’s philosophy of offering not only
products but also services and advice, becoming a reference point for an
informed choice of lighting, offering complete and personalised support to
professionals in the sector.
In 2021 the Group’s development strategy in the project segment was carried
forward, with a focus toward Retail and Office applications through the
expansion of international partnerships with brands, architects and lighting
designers. In addition, increasing attention was paid to the e-commerce
channel.
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As of 31 December 2021, the Group employed 640 people, 56 of whom in Research
& Innovation and Product Development activities, confirming the key role of
innovation as a driver of success. With its laboratories, Artemide is a
leading player in the field of light research, contributing to the growth of
scientific and technological knowledge. At the same time, it opens up to
humanistic culture with workshops, seminars and collaborations to develop far-
reaching considerations on contemporary society, evolving needs and social
scenarios.
An unmistakable sign of its role throughout the history of international
design lies in the display of its products in the most important contemporary
art museums and world collections, among which the MoMA (Metropolitan Museum
of Art in New York), the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Museo Nazionale
della Scienza e della Tecnica, Triennale Milano, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte
Moderna in Rome and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
Artemide offers a range of products in which cutting-edge technology and long-
standing expertise converge to meet the lighting needs of numerous sectors:
Residential, Hospitality, Retail, Museum, Office & Education, Public Spaces,
Health & Care, Urban and Landscape Outdoor.
The lighting appliances designed, produced and marketed by Artemide can be
traced back to product collections such as Design, Architectural Indoor and
Outdoor and Danese Milano, which also includes interior design elements. In
addition, Artemide is able to develop and produce bespoke solutions created on
specific requests and needs.
In recent years, the collections have witnessed an increasing integration
thanks to an open and transversal approach to lighting and other products.
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single-branded showrooms
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Paris
New York City
London
Chicago
Treviso
Zurich
Rome
Vienna
Toronto
Frankfurt
Hongkong
Copenhagen
Dubai
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design awards
Prizes and awards
The numerous international awards received by Artemide over the years
highlight how the Group’s philosophy and values lead to the creation of
products capable of becoming icons of Italian design around the world.
Award-winning products stand out for their unique concept and ability to
represent excellence in creativity, technology, manufacturing and research.
The 2021 winners included Bontà by Davide Oldani with the Wallpaper Design
Award, Flexia by Mario Cuccinella with the Archiproducts Design Award, and La
Linea by BIG with the NYCxDesign Award.
These are all products that, for different reasons, are perfect examples of
the sustainable design that Artemide pursues. Recognition to the company for
Sustainability also comes from Pambianco’s LeQuotabili 2021 award given for
“high transparency of climate performance and use of electricity from
renewable sources.”
Among the numerous awards received in the past years are the prestigious
Compasso d’Oro 2018 award to the Discovery project, signed by Ernesto
Gismondi, who received the same year from the Industrial Design Association
the Compasso D’Oro for Lifetime Achievement for his goals and merits as a
multifaceted personality: aerospace engineer, university lecturer,
entrepreneur and designer.
In 1994 Artemide had already received the Compasso d’Oro Lifetime Achievement
Award in addition to awards for products such as, apart from the
aforementioned Discovery, the IN-EI collection (2014, by Issey Miyake), Pipe
(2004, by Herzog & de Meuron), Tolomeo (1989, by Michele De Lucchi and
Giancarlo Fassina) and the iconic Eclisse (1967, by Vico Magistretti), all of
which received the Compasso d’Oro award. More details can be found in the
dedicated “Awards” section of the Artemide website. Artemide has also received
the prestigious European Design Prize in 1997 and in 2013 the “Premio Leonardo
Qualità Italia 2012” as well as numerous other important international awards
that confirm its contribution to the cultural and creative strengthening of
Italy. In addition, in 2020 Carlotta de Bevilacqua received the CEO Italian
Awards for representing Italian design in the world over the years.
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Eclisse PVD, Vico Magistretti Photo by Pierpaolo Ferrari
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7 Compasso d’Oro awards 9 Compasso d’Oro honourable awards 5 “Triennale di
Milano” Award 20 Reddot Design Awards 9 Reddot Design Awards – Best of Best 34
Reddot Design Awards: High Design Quality 32 IF Product Design Award 2 IF
Product Design Award – Best of Best 17 Design Plus Light + Building 10 Good
Design Chicago Award 1 Green Good Design Award 1 European Design Prize 97 9 Wallpaper Design Awards 1 European Design Awards17 3 Architectural SSL 3
Archiproducts Design Awards 1 Denmark Design Award 2 NYCxDESIGN Award
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1967
Eclisse, Vico Magistretti
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1994
Artemide
PREMIO TRIENNALE DI
MILANO XIV EDIZIONE
1987
Tolomeo, Michele De Lucchi Giancarlo Fassina
2004
Pipe, Herzog & de Meuron
2013
IN-EI Collection, Issei Miyake + Reality Lab
2014
Demetra, Naoto Fukasawa
2004
2014
Objective Family, Jean Nouvel
2017
Unterlinden, Herzog & de Meuron
2004
2017
2019
Alphabet of Light, BIG
Gople, BIG
2004
2004
2019
La Linea, BIG
2021
Flexia, Mario Cucinella
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National and international events and fairs
Every year Artemide participates in several trade fairs around the world where
it not only presents products and lighting systems, but also advanced
interactive solutions, which are the result of continuous research,
experimentation and technological innovation. In 2020, the national and
international scenario was characterized by the progressive propagation of
Covid-19 and the consequent restrictive measures for its containment that were
implemented by the Governments of the affected countries. The Covid-related
emergency has greatly accelerated numerous changes that were already underway,
particularly in the digital field.
The possibility of participating in digital trade fairs and conferences has
opened up great opportunities. Where possible, Artemide has sought to combine
a digital presence with live meetings in safety and in compliance with the
rules. These new opportunities are seen as tools that can contribute to
renewing and enriching the trade fair experience without replacing it.
Artemide has always supported and participated in trade fairs and cultural
events, which are considered not only commercial occasions but also moments of
exchange and sharing.
These events are extremely important not just for the promotion of the brand
and the Group’s products, being important showcases in which the new
collections are presented, but also act as spaces for meeting and exchanging
visions and knowledge, capable of promoting Italian Design.
As demonstration of this commitment, Artemide already during 2020 committed to
participating in the 2021 edition of Euroluce. Developments in the healthcare
situation led to its postponement to September and to the introduction of a
new exhibition formula with the “Supersalone.”
On this occasion Artemide confirmed its participation by combining a presence
in the exhibition center with the opening of an exhibition space in its
Headquarters.
The new Artemide Exhibition Centre, designed by MC A – Mario Cucinella
Architects, is a permanent yet evolving exhibition area
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to showcase light in all its forms. Directly connected to the Innovation
Centre in the Headquarters in Pregnana Milanese, it is a direct expression of
Artemide’s know-how, whose ideas, skills, and core values such as
sustainability it will show. The new Artemide Exhibition Centre is a place
designed not only to present Artemide collections and services, but it is also
a space in which to host and listen to the world, closely linked to a center
of expertise capable of translating ideas and distributing them. It is a space
open to dialogue, exchange and relationship that wants to strengthen the
territorial network related to design in the city of Milan where this was born
thanks to a special coincidence of Politecnico di Milano school and business,
knowledge and knowhow that from the beginning has been a driver of innovation.
Artemide shares the commitment of the city’s institutions in supporting Milan
as the international capital of Design. Today, more than ever, Milan affirms
its central role in interpreting the culture of design and entrepreneurship
and translating it into the beauty of an innovative and sustainable future.
Milan was also the protagonist in 2021 of the Milan Design City held in April
also with in-person meetings at the Milanese showroom in Corso Monforte. In
2021, the public healthcare situation allowed a gradual resumption of events
in many countries, and Artemide participated in London Design Week in England,
Workspace Expo Paris in France, in Copenhagen’s Trend & Traditions and the 3
Days of Design exhibition with an event in its showroom.
During the 2021 edition of Dubai Design Week, coinciding with EXPO 2020,
Artemide inaugurated its completely renovated showroom in the city’s Design
District and was featured in the “Thru” installation at the entrance to
Downtown Design Dubai. In Dubai, Artemide has a historic and established
presence thanks to its offices and showroom that are a center of expertise, a
reference point for architects and lighting designers.
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New Exhibition Centre Artemide HQ, Milan
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01.2 Sustainability management & economic responsibility
Artemide Factory, Photographed by Elliott Erwitt, 2001
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MOG and Code of Ethics
Corporate Governance, Ethics and Integrity
As of December 31st 2021, Artemide Group is comprised of Artemide Group S.p.A.
and its 18 subsidiaries. The Group’s organizational structure follows a
traditional system characterized by the presence of a Board of Directors,
Shareholders’ Meeting and a Supervisory Board. At the beginning of 2022, in
conjunction with the approval of the Artemide Group’s Sustainability Plan
2022-20302, the Board of Directors and the CEO, began a process of formalizing
roles, responsibilities and strategic direction within a new Group
Sustainability Governance for which completion is expected in fiscal year
2022.
The Group’s corporate governance consists of a set of policies, guidelines and
procedures, each of which describes and codifies a different activity and is
constantly updated and shared within the Artemide Group.
In accordance with the Legislative Decree no. 231/01, Artemide SpA and all
Italian companies have adopted an Organizational, Management and Control Model
(MOGC) that dictates the main rules of conduct for all employees of the
Company and defines the so-called “sensitive” activities (at risk of crime
231), the associated management processes and controls. The Model 231 is
updated periodically in line with changes to the regulatory landscape.
Specifically, the document was further updated in 2021 and was approved by the
Board of Directors on March 30, 2022.
The whole Group has adopted a common Code of Ethics, last updated in March
2016, which encompasses the set of rules on which the founding values of
Artemide are based, as well as indications regarding the prevention of
misconduct. The recipients of the Code of Ethics are all those who, directly
or indirectly, permanently or occasionally, work with or for Artemide.
Artemide’s values, based on fairness and ethics towards customers, human
resources and suppliers are:
Customer-orientation. Understanding the market in which the Group operates and
considering the impact of any action and behavior on customers. Taking
advantage of all the opportunities that arise in the interest of the customer
and their needs.
2 For more information on the Artemide Group’s Sustainability Plan 2022-2030 (approved on January 28 2022 by the Board of Directors), please refer to the chapter “Sustainability Plan 2022-2030.”
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Responsibility and striving for results. Striving resolutely for results,
making a personal commitment to the definition of the programs, monitoring
development and generating concreting results.
Transparency. Being open and fair about financial results. Being prepared to
disagree if there are alternative courses of action. Accepting different
points of view and encouraging change. Mutually exchanging information at all
levels of the organization.
Innovation. Being the first to imagine radically new solutions for products,
services and processes that can actually be implemented. Pursuing excellence
without accepting current standards as a satisfactory level. Continuously
seeking for opportunities to develop the existing processes and systems.
Integration. Realising how a specific behaviour fits within the broader
business framework. Working across and within business functions and
geographies towards a common goal. Increasing efficiency while minimizing the
duplication of efforts.
Speed. Perceiving the urgency of developing solutions that satisfy clients
while anticipating competitors. Reacting quickly to development needs,
effectively identifying the most appropriate solution.
Professional excellence. Attaining the technical expertise and leveraging it
to be the leader. Working methodologically, following rules and taking
satisfaction in what you do.
The Group recognizes the importance of free, open and fair competition;
therefore, the Group’s companies repudiate any form of unlawful conduct and
abuse of dominance. Artemide rejects any form of bribery of public and private
entities. Italian or foreign companies are committed to complying with the six
principles expressed by the UK Bribery Act 2010 to prevent bribery; this
policy is the subject of a specific training plan. During 2018, in relation to
recent regulatory updates on whistleblowing, Artemide has adopted a system to
report irregularities and potential wrongdoing by employees and third parties,
supplementing the channels already provided for reporting to the Supervisory
Board.
Artemide Factory, Pregnana Milanese
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Covid-19 health crisis
In support of the Group’s founding values of respect for people and the
environment, the Code of Ethics encompasses the commitments and rules that the
Group has adopted, with a particular focus on sustainability. Investments and
business choices are addressed with consideration for the environment and
public health, as well as the needs of local and domestic communities, while
supporting scientific, cultural and social initiatives. Furthermore, the
companies of the Artemide Group consider environmental issues when making
decisions, also through the adoption of special technologies and production
methods that make it possible to reduce the environmental impact of their
activities even beyond what mandated by law.
In its daily activities, Artemide has always given primary importance to the
health and well-being of its workers.
Since January 2020, the national and international scenario has been
characterized by the progressive propagation of Covid-19 and the consequent
restrictive measures for its containment put in place by the governments of
the countries concerned.
During 2021, thanks to the introduction of the first vaccination campaigns,
national restrictions and those established in Artemis have been tightening,
allowing a gradual return to normality.
In this context, Artemide has continued to invest in the health and well-being
of all its employees, consultants and clients, keeping in place safeguards to
protect employee health and business continuity, and continuing with its smart
working program, launched in 2020. In addition to complying with all current
protocols, Artemide is supported by the advice of specialists from St. Raphael
to best protect all its employees.
In fact, “Artemide has not been halted”. It worked according to a “European
project” with production units and a network of Italian and European suppliers
that made it possible to continue operations in almost total continuity even
in terms of production, while investing first and foremost in the health and
wellbeing of all its employees, consultants and customers, anticipating the
necessary measures in advance.
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This set of measures was constantly updated and periodically reported to the
Board of Directors, the Board of Statutory Auditors, the Control Committee and
the Supervisory Board. This experience has reaffirmed and strengthened the
values that guide the Artemide perspective. Well-being, sustainability and
transparency in all that concerns the company and its products are central and
necessary values. Now, more than ever, they are key to a better future.
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Stakeholder’s map and materiality analysis
Artemide is well aware of the role that customers and all the stakeholders
play in the Group’s choices when defining and pursuing its objectives. For
this reason, by actively listening to the needs of its stakeholders, it is
able to anticipate their expectations with the goal of defining a strategy
that aims at creating value in the medium to long term.
Artemide has always paid particular attention to listening, fostering dialogue
and the transparent reporting of its activities through specific engagement
activities that seek to understand and anticipate new trends and needs on the
behalf of the customer and final consumer. In particular, the Group has
numerous internal communication tools that provide a space for sharing ideas,
suggestions, contents and updates. The Group has always invested in research
and development with the aim of ensuring a strong relationship of trust with
its customers and providing them with the best possible experience in terms of
quality and service offerings.
Artemide constantly communicates with the media and trade magazines, through
interviews, presentations and dedicated events, also participating in talks
and conferences both in-person and online. Moreover, the brand is committed to
contributing to the promotion of information campaigns relating to
technological innovations, sector news or any actions taken in favour of the
community and environment. This is done to encourage greater transparency and
involvement of the main stakeholders within the Artemide reality.
Active is Artemide’s involvement in the entrepreneurial network created by
industry associations such as Fondazione Altagamma, FederlegnoArredo, Assil.
In particular, Carlotta de Bevilacqua, President of Artemide, is a member of
the Advisory Board of Altagamma Sustainability, which has as a strategic
objective the definition of a Charter of Values to take concrete actions, such
as to lead 112 top Italian companies toward a common, unanimous focus on
safeguarding people, communities and the environment.
The main communication initiatives are reported in the table below:
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Stakeholders
Engagement tools and communication
Customers End-users
Human Resources
Architects and designers
Schools and universities Centres of research Media Suppliers Local Community
Industry associations Financial Institutions
Regulatory entities and Public Administration
Website, social media and catalogues Events invitations, fairs and collections
presentations Custom design solutions
Meetings at the showrooms Websites, social media and catalogues Campaigns of
communication Artemide Cloud
Constant dialogue with HR and the other functions Training programmes Channel
for the gathering of violations and regulation signals of the Group Artemide
Cloud
Cooperation on research and development of new design solutions Sharing of
ideas on the use of space In-depth product webinars
Internships and traineeships promotion Projects with important universities
and schools in Italy
Definition and sharing of technical and qualitative standards Sharing of know-
how
Interviews Company events and trade fairs Press conferences and workshop
Constant dialogue and specific meetings
Donations and Sponsorships Collaborations with organisations and non-profit
entities
for supporting solidarity initiatives
Policy making and sharing Cooperation in the implementation of initiatives
aimed at sustainable development
Institutional website One-to-One Meetings Cooperation and financing of
initiatives related to sustainable development
Relations with government entities Formal communications
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Materiality matrix
By conducting a materiality analysis, Artemide defines and updates the
spectrum of material issues for the Group and its stakeholders on which the
report focuses.
As of 2020, due to global events, the topic of “Health and Safety” has become
increasingly relevant to the Group within its materiality matrix. With
reference to 2021, the Group confirms the themes that emerged from the
materiality analysis process conducted in 2018 and the changes implemented
thereafter. For more details, see the Artemide Group’s 2018 Sustainability
Report published on the website.
The topics were identified by defining the material aspects in light of the
economic, social, governance and environmental impacts. This process included
a benchmark analysis with the main peers and competitors in the sector and an
in-depth analysis of the various sources within and outside the Group with the
aim of identifying and updating sustainability trends in the sector.
Subsequently, an internal stakeholder engagement activity was used to assess
the relevance of each material issue for Artemide and its stakeholders, in
accordance with the reporting standard.
The figure below shows the materiality matrix where the main issues, the
subject of this report, have been grouped into four macro-categories:
Identity, Ethics and Value Creation Products and Services Social
Responsibility Environmental Responsibility
For each macro-category, material issues have been identified and are
positioned in the matrix according to their relevance for the Group and its
stakeholders in light of the markets in which the Group operates.
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Materiality analysis of the Group Artemide 2021
Key: Identity, Ethics and Value Creation Products and Services Social
Responsibility Environmental Responsibility
Relevance for Stakeholder
Made in Italy
Innovation & Patenting
Products quality and safety
Customer care
Sustainable materials
User Experience
Responsible Design
Responsible communications and fostering sustainability culture
Social value of innovation
Employees Health & Safety
Integrity and ethic in conducting business
Responsible
Employees engagement, well-being and development
management of production processes
Inclusion and
diversity
Responsible
Logistics &
supply chain
Transports
Responsible consumption and emissions of Artemide Group
Light intelligence
Economic performance and value creation
Values and Brand Identity
Responsible lighting
Relevance for Artemide
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Distribution of generated value
Value Generated and distributed to the stakeholders
Artemide’s product offering strives for sustainability, implementing
innovations that seek to improve products’ energy efficiency by reducing their
energy consumption.
Through its activities, Artemide generates economic resources that are
subsequently distributed among the main categories of stakeholders such as
employees, shareholders, its communities and the public administration, in the
form of raw material purchases, employee salaries and tax contributions.
The breakdown of the economic value generated and distributed has been made by
reclassifying the items in the income statement of the Group’s consolidated
financial statements as of 31 December 2021. This year, the total economic
value generated by the Group is equal to EUR 120,870 mil, of which
approximately 90% was distributed and 10% was retained by the Group.
In particular, the largest share of economic value was distributed to
Suppliers, for a total of 62% of the aggregate value; this item includes
purchases of raw, ancillary and consumable materials and other operating costs
such as service costs, lease and rental costs and miscellaneous operating
expenses.
The next stakeholder category to which a significant share of economic value
was distributed was personnel, accounting for more than 30% of the economic
value distributed by the Group. This share includes costs incurred for wages
and salaries, social security contributions, severance pay and other
personnel-related costs. A 1% share attributable to finance charges was
distributed to the lenders. The remaining economic value was distributed to
the community in the form of donations, sponsorships and contributions. The
remuneration distributed to the public administration turns out to be 5%.
Finally, 10% constitutes the economic value retained by the Group, with
reference to the result for the financial year allocated to reserves,
depreciation, provisions and write-downs.
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Economic value generated and distributed by the Group by December 31, 2021
Key: Economic value distributed Economic value retained
10%
90%
Remuneration of suppliers Remuneration of personnel Remuneration of the Public Administration Remuneration of investors Remuneration of shareholders Remuneration of Community
5.1 % 1.0 % 1.1 % 0.3 %
30.3 %
62.1%
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Social committment
The Group has focused on promoting and developing activities that contribute
to the social, economic and cultural development of the communities in which
it operates. Artemide contributes to educational/formative initiatives aimed
at the development of people and the territory and supports numerous
initiatives of a social, cultural and scientific nature by making
contributions and donations amounting to over EUR 336,000.
For Artemide, research and attention to the culture of projects are aimed not
only at corporate growth but also at the open sharing of knowledge and skills.
For several years now, Artemide’s support for institutions such as the
Politecnico di Milano and other schools and universities has also taken the
form of participation in courses with seminars and workshops held by company
professionals.
Many activities in support of the community are carried out through technical
partnership whereby Artemide, thanks to its know-how in lighting, seeks to
requalify spaces favouring better environmental quality, usability and the
development of a new sociality.
As further evidence of the social commitments of a company that has
transformed the way of thinking about light by putting human needs at the
centre of all its projects, since 2015 Artemide has, on various occasions,
supported Food for Soul, the nonprofit organisation founded by chef Massimo
Bottura. With its lighting projects, Artemide has contributed to making the
spaces of Refettorio Ambrosiano in Milan, Refettorio Felix located in the
historic St Cuthbert’s centre in London, in 2021 lit the Geneva Refectory and
is collaborating on the creation of new community canteens.
Artemide has also demonstrated its support for local social cooperatives
through the entrustment of work orders to ensure their working continuity by
involving disadvantaged groups. Other local sponsorships concerned local
schools and in particular the schooling activities of a comprehensive
Institute of Pregnana Milanese.
Artemide regularly supports various non-profit organisations through donations
of products for events and fundraising charity auctions.
In 2021, Artemide renewed its support for Telethon fundraising in partnership
with BNL with a donation.
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Biennale di Venezia GenerAction Artemide
Artemide also supports social and cultural activities in partnership with
important industry associations such as Altagamma and FederlegnoArredo
promoting a shared commitment.
Also in 2021, Artemide has renewed the collaboration started in 2015 with la
Biennale di Venezia to support one of the most prestigious Italian and
international cultural institutions in promoting new visions in art and
architecture. This choice expresses an ongoing commitment to supporting
culture. It is a support dictated by a sharing of values and closeness of
themes. La Biennale di Venezia focuses on ethical issues and social research.
“How will we live together?” invites us to reflect on living spaces and
togetherness according to new associative geographies to address the current
crises with inclusiveness and spatial identity. A future-oriented attitude
that in art, as in design, leads to experiences that are capable of changing
the way everyday life is interpreted with new energies.
In 2019 and 2020 Artemide implemented the GenerAction project. An innovative
project that aims to support and highlight the passion for humanity and the
future of the planet of Gen Z, the generation of girls and boys who have
recently come of age. Artemide gives voice to young Centennials, who have
distinguished themselves in different fields thanks to their personal skills
and innovative ideas, supporting their studies and research paths.
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GenerAction Artemide is an innovative project that aims to support and
highlight the passion that Generation Z expresses for humanity and the future
of our planet. Artemide gives voice to young Centennials who have
distinguished themselves in various fields thanks to their skills and ideas
and supports their studies and research. GenerAction is an ongoing project
that listens to and welcomes Generation Z from all over the world.
GenerAction Artemide
Eliott Sarrey, French, 18 years old
Eliott is a robotic enthusiast and the winner of the Google Science Fair
Incubator price. He created Bot2Karot, the first robot able to manage
your garden by smartphone control.
ADV, GenerAction Artemide, 2019-2020
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01.3 Sustainable culture
Artemide Factory, Photographed by Elliott Erwitt, 2001
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Sustainable values
Artemide’s path towards sustainability continued throughout 2021 and the
objective of transparency with respect to its work has been translated into a
reporting process for the initiatives and projects carried out by the Group in
the field of materials innovation, eco-effectiveness, Made in Italy and
respect for the environment and its people aspects that are essential to the
company’s success and to all stakeholders, which the Group discloses in its
fourth Sustainability Report.
For Artemide, sustainability is a domain that stretches beyond the safeguard
of resources and the natural habitat, to a definition of efficiency intended
as an improvement in the quality of life, and of savings as an essential
premise of every act of design.
Artemide spreads the culture of light by believing in values that have become
primary requirements at every stage of design and production: tradition and
innovation for improving the quality of its products, technological research
and social and environmental responsibility. In its communication campaigns,
Artemide has always emphasized values that go beyond the product: over the
years, there have been a succession of communication choices regarding the
qualities of light, their positive relationship with people, innovation and
sustainability, but also ethical and social issues.
In fact, the Artemide Group believes in sustainable global growth in the
common interest of all stakeholders and is aware of the impact that its
activities have on the economic and social development and general well-being
of the communities within which it is embedded. For this reason, business
choices take into account the respect owed to the environment and public
health, as well as the needs of local and national communities.
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United Nation Global Compact
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In 2019, Artemide signed the United Nations Global Compact, expressing its
support for the ten principles that include human rights, labour, environment
and anti-corruption. Artemide’s commitment is to internalise the principles of
the Global Compact as a key element of the strategy, culture and activities
that the Group is implementing.
In the pursuit of a model of sustainable and inclusive development, the
commitment to supporting human rights is a fundamental element of the Group’s
business management system, as expressly required by the Code of Ethics and in
line with the provisions of national labour legislation and the CCNL. To this
end, the Artemide Group places particular importance on the recognition and
protection of Human Rights, committing to the promotion and protection of a
safe working environment, where the physical, moral and cultural integrity of
people are highly valued, and always ensuring equal opportunities, without
prejudice on the grounds of nationality, language, gender, race, religious
belief, political and trade union membership, physical and psychophysical
conditions.
This objective is also pursued in its external dimension, in relations with
suppliers and partners as well as in the definition of its own business
operations.
With a view to defining an integrated action plan for people, the planet and
prosperity on a global level, since 2019, Artemide has begun a process of
defining its own objectives in the field of sustainability, starting with an
analysis of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) unanimously adopted by
the Member States of the United Nations in 2015, and forming part of the
United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Ensuring the
achievement of the SDGs requires a collective effort to reduce inequality,
poverty and unemployment, and to promote a development path that minimizes
negative impacts on the environment, favoring the promotion of research and
innovation, decarbonization and the establishment of sustainable production
and consumption patterns.
The essential characteristic of the SDGs is that they are universal,
interconnected and indivisible: they must take into account the specific
territorial realities and are potentially applicable everywhere, at a global,
national and local (regional and/or urban) level.
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In seeking to create shared value through the development of products and the
implementation of innovative and sustainable production processes, Artemide
has identified the Objectives for its contribution: this process has taken
shape by analysing the interconnections between the international framework
and the Group’s material issues, identified through the materiality analysis
as previously described in section 1.2.
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SDGs Material topics
Economic performance and value-creation Integrity and ethic in conducting
business Values and Brand Identity Responsible communications and fostering
sustainability culture Made in Italy Innovation & Patenting Light Intelligence
Responsible design Products quality and safety Customer care User experience
Responsible supply chain Employees engagement, well-being and development
Employees Health and Safety Inclusion and diversity Social value of innovation
Suistainable materials Responsible management of production processes
Responsible consumption and emissions of Artemide Group Responsible lighting
Logistics & Transport
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Artemide’s activities are born out of “know how”, a concept that combines
manufacturing with deep knowledge and a tangible awareness of the impacts
resulting from the manufacturing of its products.
Firstly, there are the impacts on employment and economy through inclusive
growth and the enhancement of people’s professional development, while
respecting the values of belonging and Made in Italy;
Secondly, the impacts on people and health, through the dissemination of well-
being and the ensuring of intuitive access to major technologies and
innovations, carried forward in increasingly smart and sustainable
environments;
Thirdly, in order to realize these benefits, it is necessary to act with
consideration of one’s own environmental impacts, thereby reducing emissions
and establishing, as Artemide has done, a constant dialogue with the
surrounding environment and the surrounding reality.
Finally, Artemide products extend their impact in terms of sustainability to
all the applications in which they are involved. The efficiency of the product
is not reduced to a figure that concerns the company but is reflected in its
use and consumption, bringing a positive result in the energy balance of the
spaces in which it is applied thus “generating sustainability”.
The priorities for Artemide and its stakeholders reflect the Objectives
identified and outlined above, to which the Group believes it can make a
greater contribution through its innovation, its people, its sustainable
products and technologies, and thanks to its ability to create a “good light”
aimed, above all else, at nurturing the psychophysical well-being and health
of people while respecting the limited resources of our planet.
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The potential contribution of Artemide’s activities to sustainable development
Spreading «good light» is essential for man and fundamental for life
Sustainable and almost entirely Made in Italy supply chain respecting the
values of belonging
Lean Manufacturing, with a view to optimising operational processes and
systematically reducing time, material and energy
Positive employment and economic impact on local communities, constant even in
the period of crisis related to Covid-19
Revenues in partly devoted to research and development of new technologies
Impacts on employment and
economy
Innovative technology and responsible product design to achieve human psycho-
physical well-being and protect his health by sanitizing
Constant monitoring of changing lifestyles to conceive innovative solutions of
interaction between light, humankind, architecture and nature
Safe and healthy workplace for employees through accident prevention
programmes, behavioural safety laboratories, and Covid-19 prevention protocols
Partnerships with non-profit organisations and bodies to support initiatives
with positive socio-economic impacts for local communities
Impacts on people and health
LED base lighting systems with solar photovoltaic technology that aim to
reduce the environmental impact when using the product
Outdoor design with interactive «smart» and safe intelligences that do not
alter urban areas and promote a sustainable dimension for cities and their
people
Search for new and more efficient production technologies, materials and
finishes with low impact on the environment
Logistics optimisation of product delivery and related packaging
Activities of relamping and minimizing waste and refuse in operating offices
Implementation of measures for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions with
interventions aimed at improving energy efficiency and the adoption of energy
from renewable sources
Impacts on the environment
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3. Good Health & Wellbeing
5. Gender Equality
7. Affordable & Clean Energy 8. Decent Work & Economic Growth 9. Industry,
Innovation & Infrastructure
11. Sustainable Cities & Communities 12. Responsible Consumption & Production
13. Climate Action
16. Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
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Best Practice
The Group has embarked on and will continue to pursue, a path towards
sustainability that acts on two fronts in parallel the search for people’s
maximum wellbeing and the respect for the environment.
This leads the Group to realize its commitment through a concept of design
quality that is constantly renewed and self-sustaining:
Continuous understanding and interpretation of the diverse and ever-changing
lifestyles to conceive innovative solutions of interaction between light, man,
architecture and nature. Attention to the efficiency of the lighting solutions
proposed, from the consumption of the single product in use, to the
intelligence of the lighting project, through opto-electronic and material
innovations that optimise performance, to the integration of management
systems that can interact with the environment and the users Research into new
and increasingly efficient production technologies and into materials and
finishes with a low environmental impact through the use of innovative
production processes, thanks to agreements with suppliers who share Artemide’s
innovative approach and attention to reducing the size of packaging and using
sustainable packaging made of recycled and recyclable materials Commitment to
the development of information tools and documents, at the service of the
designer, and detailed technical product sheets illustrating the energy
performance of the use phase and the material composition of the products
Constant monitoring of technological and cultural feedback from different
markets.
“In the relationship that is created between light and mankind, the ability to determine one’s space must be viewed through a lens of respect for the planet, fostering a positive energetic balance and committing to the upkeep of its resources.”
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Carlotta de Bevilacqua
Presidente & CEO Artemide
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Discovery Integralis by Ernesto Gismondi Photo by Giovanni Gastel
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A sustainable journey
1960
1967 First Compasso d’Oro
1972 Headquarters
Pregnana Milanese
In Milan, Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza founded Artemide; the first lamp was born, Alfa, designed by Sergio Mazza in 1959.
The first important award for one of the products that have become icons of the Artemide collection. Eclisse designed by Vico Magistretti invites to a new human interaction with light.
The Pregnana Milanese plant is inaugurated, where the Artemide Headquarters are still located to this day. From the start, Engineer Ernesto Gismondi invested in growth and in valorising competencies, know-how and internal production.
1994 Compasso d’Oro
to the Career
1996 The Human Light
1996 Metamorfosi
Artemide receives this prestigious award “for its articulated contribution to the culture of furnishing, for the often advanced use of materials and technologies, also through Ernesto Gismondi’s design skills, and for the overall quality of production and image.”
A new manifesto identifying the vision of Artemide: light at the service of humans and their needs. Through a research workshop, Artemide states that humans, with their activities and rhythms, are at the centre of the project. The focus is not the product, but its performance and the relationship with those who experience its light.
The Metamorfosi collection introduces coloured light as a tool not only for emotional and scenographic purposes, but also for human psychophysical well- being, opening up the possibility of choosing scenarios that follow our life, our emotions.
2007 Analysis LCA
2008 Human and
Responsible Light
2008 Brief manifesto on
Good Light
In collaboration with the Milan Polytechnic, research was carried out to assess the life cycle impact on the environment of Tolomeo (launched in 1987). Its sustainability was demonstrated and guidelines for the development of new products were outlined, emphasising the fundamental importance of the efficiency of the product and its correct use.
“Responsible” becomes an integral part of The Human Light concept that identifies Artemide’s project. Artemide’s light opens up to the world of which humans are part of and is committed to become an actor aware of the destiny of the natural, social and civil environment. It becomes an act of responsibility. The concept of environmental quality, combined with conscious consumption, officially becomes the unit of measurement of the perceptive, expressive and emotional experience of the project.
“Duties, principles and rights” are stated to bring the project into the realm of values but are interpreted as a system open to comparison and constructive dialogue. The grid of values expressed in the Manifesto indicates a vision that guides the technological trajectory and the project towards responses to the needs of individuals while respecting the limited resources of the planet.
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Key: Company Milestones Design Milestones
Environmental & Ethics actions Cutting-Edge interactions Innovative Vision Manifesto
1972 Tizio
1987 Artemide R&D centre
“Giacinto Gismondi”
1987 Tolomeo
Designed by Richard Sapper, a highly innovative table lamp designed from the 12 Volt halogen source.
The centre of activities related to product development. The Centre, with its optics, electronic design, materials and light source divisions and a workshop specialising in the creation of prototypes, demonstrates how, for Artemide, the realization of a project has always based on research, expertise and innovation.
Thanks to the collaboration with Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina, Artemide launches Tolomeo, a lamp that, over the years, has become an iconic “Made in Italy” symbol, commonly present in homes and workplaces around the world. Two years later, Artemide won the Compasso d’Oro with Tolomeo.
2000 LED Engine
2002 Environmental
total quality
2006 My White Light
Presentation of the first two LED lamps, Sui and Kaio, designed by Carlotta de
Bevilacqua and Ernesto Gismondi respectively. The “Led Revolution” began, well
before the European Directives on energy saving, and over time became the
preferred solution for energy saving, efficiency and quality of light.
2008 Code of Ethics
The collection was created to allow the integrated management of important
environmental parameters such as air, light and sound. The lighting design
opens up to embrace an idea of total environmental quality that depends not
only on lighting performance but also on sound and air quality for all-round
well-being.
2010 RWB patent
Artemide opens up a new frontier in lighting: the My White Light line is
presented. The research is carried on over the years, starting from coloured
fluorescent tubes with the possibility of obtaining, by adding red, green and
blue lights in different and appropriate quantities, the different intensities
and chromatic temperatures of white light, and the most current developments
of Tunable White technology, with applications of high-end technologies both
in terms of LED solutions and in terms of management drivers.
2011 TCO
The Italian companies of the Artemide Group have adopted their own organizational, management and control model (MOG) pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001 and a common Code of Ethics that is constantly updated to incorporate the legislative changes on the subject.
A specific combination of “red + white + blue” LEDs generates light that is not only suitable to the presentation of nature but also to its development. It defines an emission capable of supporting the correct human perception while creating spectacular and exciting effects through dynamic colours and colour temperatures.
A calculation tool that was offered throughout the transition phase from traditional technologies to LED technology in order to assess and compare the energy and economic impact of different lighting solutions over time. Developed by Artemide, it is a digital tool aimed at encouraging a conscious choice for the most efficient design solutions, allowing the verification of their economic sustainability based on real or hypothetical conditions of use.
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2012 IN-EI
A fabric made of recycled PET capable of maintaining, through special folds, a
3D geometry and of folding into a flat pack, creating a collection of lamps
based on material innovation and sustainability, developed by Issey Miyake +
Reality Lab.
2014 Acoustic Quality
2015 New Innovation
Centre & Laboratories
The desire to offer total environmental quality is reflected in the development of products that combine light and sound absorption.
Opening of a new centre with state-of-the-art testing laboratories accredited by certification bodies according to international standards of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Underwriters Laboratory (UL) and Intertek to support all stages of product development from research to market release. Here, qualified technicians carry out photometric tests, electrical and electromagnetic safety tests, mechanical tests, and tests on the quality of materials and finishes.
2017 Target Point
2017 Visible Light
communication
2017 Artemide App &
new intelligences
Target Point is an advanced interaction system that brings parametric design to the service of Human Light through devices and sensors that allow the interaction between the desired and the designed light and the surrounding environment. It records environmental variations and integrates them in the lighting to maintain a dynamic balance with respect to pre-set targets for the maintenance of a physiological or chromatic quality of perception.
Visible light is used for data transmission. Transmission takes place bi- directionally, without altering the optical properties and lighting performance of the device. Artemide opens up new scenarios for integrating light into intelligent projects that need to manage high baud-rates in a timely and secure manner in private or public contexts.
Artemide App is presented, an intuitive management system capable of dialoguing with all the products in the Artemide collection to make everyone the author aware of their own lighting scenarios. It is an advanced design tool that integrates intelligences to offer services beyond light.
2019 Artemide GenerAction
2020 INTEGRALIS®
2021 100% Renewable Energy
in Italy and almost 100% Renewable Energy in Hungary
Artemide is committed to communicating and supporting the projects of young people from Generation Z around the world who have distinguished themselves through their innovative ideas in support of humanity and the future of the planet.
Artemide presents Integralis, a patented light technology that combines sanitising effectiveness with lighting performance and beautiful design
In 2021, 100% certified renewable energy was purchased for the Italian plants. Since 2021, the Hungarian plant has also been partially certified.
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2015 First IoT experience
2016 Feeding Living Beings
The Ameluna App is presented, Artemide’s first application for controlling light, which then evolved into Artemide App. It is the first step in the definition of an intelligent system linked to the photonic interpretation of light, nowadays essential to offer new interactions and experiences while favoring a better energy balance.
Explores the breakdown of the light spectrum and its effects on humans, animals and plants. It identifies and uses only the wavelengths needed to see, to grow, to feed on the benefits of light, breaking them down into “artificial rays” whose colours remain visible before merging, by chromatic addition, into white.
2019 Sustainability Report
Publication of Artemide’s Group first Sustainability report.
2019 United Nations
Global Compact
Artemide joins the United Nations Global Compact, committing once again to the
adoption and implementation of sustainable and socially responsible policies.
Next steps
2022 The Sustainability Plan
The year 2022 opens with the approval by the Board of Directors of the
Sustainability Plan 2022-2030, with the aim of translating the Group’s
strategic vision of sustainability into actions. In particular, work has begun
on environmental product certification and mapping of product collections with
respect to environmental protocols applied to buildings. This analysis is
aimed at improving the design approach to sustainability. In addition, the
installation of the photovoltaic system at the Pregnana Milanese headquarters
will lead to an important step toward reducing environmental impact.
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The Sustainability Plan 2022-2030
Since the 1990s Artemide has been committed to a sustainable vision. In recent
years this path has been accelerated through the formalization of concrete and
measurable actions to reduce its impact on the environment.
To make its efforts more effective, during 2021 the Group began drafting its
Sustainability Plan, which was approved by the Group’s Board of Directors on
January 28, 2022.
In line with the industrial strategy and the provisions of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, established in September 2015 by the governments of
the 193 member states of the UN, with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals and
169 targets, Artemide has developed its Sustainability Plan 2022-2030.
The Plan is based on five ESG commitment areas linked to one or more medium-
long term targets with the aim of actively participating in achieving the
environmental protection and social inclusiveness goals defined at the
European Green Deal. Governance, Environment, People, Production and Product:
these are the areas to which the company is committed in the Sustainability
Plan 2022 – 2030 and which characterize the present and future of Artemide’s
business.
Based on the analysis of priorities and in synergy with the Strategic Plan,
Artemide’s Sustainability Plan, articulated in specific targets, contributes
to the following SDGs goals:
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3. Good Health & Wellbeing 4. Quality Education 5. Gender Equality 7. Affordable & Clean Energy 8. Decent Work & Economic Growth
9. Industry, Innovation & nfrastructure 12. Responsible Consumption & Production 13. Climate Action 16. Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
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Sustainability Governance
16. Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
Indeed, Artemide’s strategy setting reflects a full adherence to a circular
industrial model, in which investment in research and innovation plays a
central role in the development of energy and resource-efficient products.
Within the Plan were defined a series of actions, including measures to
enhance development opportunities arising from the provision of sustainable
products and services, as well as the adoption of measures to intensify the
transition to procurement policies directed toward the use of clean energy and
the use of low-emission technologies. As part of this, an investment plan for
research and innovation was presented to mobilize new resources for the green
and digital evolution of products and processes.
Below are the targets set by Artemide and the related actions to be taken in
order to achieve them, divided by subject area. Each year these targets are
updated and new ones are set following a process of continuous alignment to
ensure that strategic lines are consistent with the results achieved. In this
way, sustainability can be further integrated along the entire value chain.
In order to develop and maintain a governance system aligned with national and
international best practices, the Board of Directors and CEO of Artemide
initiated in 2022 several activities to update and formalize policies and
procedures, with the goal of finalizing them by 2025, including: the
formalization of a Sustainability Governance, the establishment of a committee
dedicated to ESG issues, the update of the Code of Ethics, and the drafting of
the Group Sustainability Policy.
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7. Affordable & Clean Energy 9. Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure 12.
Responsible Cosumption & Production 13. Climate Action
Internal production and supply chain
12. Responsible Cosumption & Production
With the aim of improving its impact on the environment, Artemide has taken
and planned several actions to reduce its emissions by 25% by 2025 and 50% by
2030. Specifically, during 2021 it purchased 100% renewable and certified
energy at its Italian and Hungarian factories. The same process was initiated
also for the factories in France. In addition, during the year, Artemide
embarked on the construction of a photovoltaic system at its headquarters in
Pregnana Milanese. The actions that will be implemented starting in 2022 and
completed by 2025 aimed at reducing Artemide’s emissions mainly concern:
energy requalification of buildings by providing for thermal insulation and
renovation of air conditioning and heating systems;
the completion of the relamping of lighting systems in the Group’s offices;
the drafting of the Group Car Policy and the adoption of sustainable mobility
measures;
Scope 3 emissions reporting with indirect emissions reduction plan.
By 2025, Artemide aims to achieve additional environmental ISO certifications
and membership in an environmental rating program.
In order to make an increasingly conscious commitment to responsible use of
water resources in the workplace, Artemide will implement practices to reduce
water consumption at all locations.
Through Sustainable Manufacturing Artemide aims to optimize its manufacturing
processes. Actions to be taken in the coming years to achieve this goal
include the implementation of input, output and manufacturing process studies,
the use of renewable, recyclable and recycled raw materials, and the
optimization of production processes in terms of raw materials, energy
consumption and waste production.
Moreover, Artemide will be extending its commitment to sustainability to its
supply chain as well, selecting new suppliers according to ESG criteria and
formalizing a Code of Conduct for its contractors.
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Product
9. Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure 12. Responsible Cosumption &
Production
Research & Innovation
3. Good health & Wellbeing
People
5. Gender Equality
In terms of reducing the impacts of Artemide products, the Sustainability Plan
aims to structure increasingly conscious and sustainable design. Among the
main initiatives planned are life cycle environmental certification for a
selection of products, use of sustainable packaging, continuous improvement of
energy and lighting performance responding to national and international
certifications related to products and buildings.
Artemide is committed to promoting research and innovation activities in
collaboration with Universities and Research Institutes. In particular, the
development of patents and products of INTEGRALIS® technology aimed at
improving human health with a focus on applications in Health & Care will
continue.
Always committed to valuing people and protecting their individuality inside
and outside the company, Artemide has set a series of goals aimed at further
improving occupational health & safety, strengthening welfare programs,
safeguarding and promoting diversity and inclusion.
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Values, knowledge & know-how to realize universal projects
Ernesto Gismondi with the R&D Team, at the entrance of “Giacinto Gismondi
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Application fields
Artemide represents the culture of Italian know-how and has always been
synonymous with Innovation and Made in Italy. In every Artemide light there is
a balance between technology, intelligence, creativity, quality, attention to
people and sustainability of the project.
There is the energy of a company that believes and invests in research that
supports Made in Italy and produces in Europe. Made in Italy remains at the
heart of the Group’s path and enables it to preserve a wealth of knowledge of
inestimable value.
Artemide is the protagonist of lighting projects both in public and private
application field: Residential, Office & Education, Retail, Hospitality,
Health & Care, Museum, Public Spaces, Urban and Landscape Outdoor. The
completeness of the range of its collections is a focal point in satisfying
the needs of every space, combining typology, functionality, performance,
applications, aesthetics and, above all, latest-generation intelligent
services for users with ethical and sustainable values. Artemide goes beyond
the classic distinctions between technical and design products, opening up a
different approach to lighting spaces. The competence in designing and
producing light is key and is expressed in the ability to develop custom
solutions according to a complete, integrated and transversal vision, from the
product to its application.
Today Artemide is able to design not only the most suitable light for any
space but also a platform of open possibilities for the creation of new
services with high added value. Suitable for being integrated with many
products and services of the collection, these technological solutions combine
an innovative interpretation of the interaction with advanced digital
protocols such as the Artemide App, Geo-LiFi, Li-Fi, IoT interaction sensors.
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Artemide offers an immersive lighting experience thanks to the performance of
its products and their interaction with the Artemide App. Using dynamic light
that is attentive to the human scale of the project, Artemide’s products are
modeled on paths and activities, drawing a perceptive and socially interactive
rhythm. Thanks to sensors and intelligent services like the Artemide App, the
artificial light engages with the natural light and the environmental
conditions, favoring a positive energy balance. A wide variety of products
answers multiple requirements of those spaces with solutions that are
functional, minimal, integrated or scenic and remarkable. Artemide not only
acts on light but also takes care of environmental quality through its
acoustic collection, which aims at diminishing the sound reverberation or the
integration of sensors for the air quality.
San Silvestro Cathedral – Italy
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Office & Education
Artemide develops systems that satisfy the changing needs of workspaces, which
are becoming more digitalized, but often also contaminated and scattered. At
the heart of each product is the quality of the light, which should be
correctly perceived and supportive of users’ well-being, while being
considerate of UGR, contrast and chromatic rendering parameters. The products
are designed to model an uneven and inconsistent scenery of light calibrated
on the needs and the dynamics of the activities, the occupation of the spaces
and the natural light. Artemide goes beyond the traditional interpretation of
light in the working spaces with professional high performing products that
are remarkable and scenic and provide lighting with a unique emotionality.
Look at me, Alida Catella, Silvio De Ponte Corporate Office, Italy
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Alphabet of Light System, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group Featherstone Street – UK
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Eggboard, Progetto CMR Progetto CMR Offices, Italy
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Romo Headquarters, UK
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Retail
Artemide offers highly specialized lighting: a complete offering of product
families for diverse applications, flexible systems, and wide range of
standard possibilities in the choice of light performance. Artemide’s products
are essential and are characterised by high performance and efficiency, making
them suitable for any type of retail space: fashion, jewellery, beauty,
technology, automotive, food. Artemide is also able to customize the qualities
of the light, from the design of optics that shape the emission to the
selection of the most suitable light spectrum to enhance the product on
display. Artemide introduces new user experiences with services that go beyond
lighting thanks to new intelligenct services such as Artemide App or Geo Li-
Fi. Artemide App grants unprecedented freedom when changing the lighting
scenarios, while doing so with simplicity and ensuring significant savings
during the installation and use phase. It is a tangible tool at the service of
the designer, which is also capable of providing the user with feedback and
usage data.
A.39, Carlotta de Bevilacqua Gople, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group Audi showroom –
UK
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A.24, Carlotta de Bevilacqua Buccelati Showroom – UK
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A.24, Carlotta de Bevilacqua ALphabet of Light, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group Discovery, Ernesto Gismondi Green Pea, Italy
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A.24, Carlotta de Bevilacqua Sharp Wallwasher, Carlotta de Bevilacqua Ponzio
Showroom, Italy
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Museum
Artemide lighting offers control over every detail, making it perfect for the
highly specialised lighting conditions required by museum spaces. In addition
to the quality of the light emission, it builds on several innovations to
provide an interactive and engaging experience. Target Point, integrated in
Artemide App, allows the lighting to engage with the environment while keeping
the works at a constant luminosity and colour temperature. Thanks to Geo Li-
Fi, the light can guide the visitor through the museum’s expositions and
contents, while returning information on visitor flows to the museum’s
administrators.
Custom Project, Italo Rota, Alessandro Pedretti Museo del ‘900 – Milano
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Custom Projector, Pietà Rondanini Museum, Project by Michele De Lucchi, Italy
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Hospitality
A complete range of products responds to the multiple needs of these spaces with solutions that are functional, minimal and integrated or scenic and surprising. Artemide is specialised in the creation of bespoke products that are perfect for characterizing spaces or satisfying specific lighting or image requirements. New intelligent services such as Artemide App offer dynamic and involving experience and more. They provide useful services to the administrators of the spaces by returning information on their use. The freedom to configure and program scenarios is within everyone’s reach with Artemide App.
Unterlinden, Herzog & De Meuron Caffetteria Palazzo Butera, Italy
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Alphabet of Light, BIG 21 WOL Hotel, Italy
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Health & Care
Artemide offers lighting solutions that are attentive to people’s psycho-
physical wellbeing, thanks to the possibility of choosing the right
wavelengths of light and managing them to follow the rhythms of life and
activities. The application of INTEGRALIS® technology opens up countless
applications in healthcare facilities, where the healthiness of spaces is
central and must be combined with the creation of pleasant and welcoming
environments.
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A.39, Carlotta de Bevilacqua Healthcare Department, Canada
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A.39 Pure Integralis, Carlotta de Bevilacqua IRCCS Besta Foundation,
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Tagora Pure Integralis, S./R. Cornelissen Korian – Santa Lucia, Italy
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Residential
Artemide offers a wide collection with countless solutions adaptable to every space and moment of everyday life in a way that everyone can be the author of their own light. Technology and innovation are translated into an aesthetic that fosters a relationship with the lighting. Artemide’s iconic creations are timeless and longlasting products that accompany us through life thanks to their very high quality. Artemide Human Light is attentive to the physiological and psychological wellbeing of users; for instance, colour and different colour temperatures of white can help create dynamic scenarios in the home environment, while intuitively being controlled through the Artemide App.
La Linea, Big – Bjarke Ingels Group Private Residence – Italy
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Huara, ELEMENTAL Private Residence – Italy
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Tolomeo Integralis, Michele De Lucchi e Giancarlo Fassina Private Residence –
Germany
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Empatia Chandelier, Carlotta de Bevilacqua Private Residence, Germany
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Urban and
Landscape
Outodoor
The Artemide outdoor collection is designed for every type of outdoor space,
public or private, shaping any urban or natural landscape. It combines
technical performance with an approach that is attentive to nature and
innovative in its dialogue with control intelligence and its relation with the
surrounding natural environment or the smart city. It not only offers standard
solutions for paths, green areas, architecture but also custom solutions
dedicated to installations, monuments or landscapes. The quality of materials
and finishes is tested to resist weathering over time, even in the most
extreme conditions.
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“O”, ELEMENTAL Private Villa, Italy
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“Parrucca” Bespoke product by Herzog & de Meuron Stadtcasino Basel Switzerland
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Bespoke Projects
Artemide’s dedicated internal department develops custom projects and
individual solutions in collaboration with the research, development and
innovation team. Artemide is able to develop customised product solutions,
whether from both existing products in the catalogue or by designing and
producing bespoke solutions with specific requirements. Artemide’s
optoelectronic innovation capabilities, technological expertise and high-
quality manufacturing are available to customers and designers to support the
design of custom products, shape the behavior of light in spaces and its
interaction with humans and the environment. Artemide has traditionally
established important collaborations with international architecture and
lighting design studios and with the most prestigious brands, resulting in
unique solutions in terms of cultural, technological, material and design.
Many of these collaborations have given shape to products that are currently
offered in the catalogue. Other products that converge in the Scenarios
projects offer solutions that are no longer present in the catalogues.
Bespoke installation by Carlo Ratti MEET Center, Milano
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Pritzker Prize
Worldwide designers Listen to differences
The Group collaborates with designers and architects from all over the world,
mindful of how designers’ background enriches and increases the quality of
projects.
Thus, Artemide becomes a hub where different skill sets meet: our designers
not only share technical and production aspects with us but also contribute to
increasing the cultural network that grows around our company. In this way, a
technical meeting may give rise to a new product or a new collaboration.
Similarly, a discussion on a prototype may lead to new ideas for innovative
materials or more sustainable production solutions. The design process is
viewed as a chance to meet, discuss, fostering the professional and
experiential exchange between experts of different backgrounds and cultures.
The principle that ideas are “lighter than matter” is manifested fully in this
collaborative process. Diversity is thus taken as a key resource, leading to
the creation of products with exceptional aesthetic, technological and
environmental qualities. London, Paris, Copenhagen, New York, Chicago Shanghai
and Tokyo are just some of the cities where the members of Artemide’s creative
community are based.
Artemide has always collaborated with architects who design the spaces of our
future living; today no fewer than six winners of the prestigious Pritzker
Prize have designed products from the Artemide collection: from Aldo Rossi to
Norman Foster, Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel and
Alejandro Aravena.
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Elemental
Ernesto Gismondi BIG – Bjarke Ingles Group
Mario Cucinella
Herzog&de Meuron
Foster+Partenrs
Zaha Hadid
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02.1 Lighting culture between research and innovation
Sui, Portable LED Lamp, Photographed by Elliott Erwitt, 1999
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Artemide has always paid particular attention to research and innovation,
which are considered key factors for the success of the brand. In this
context, research and development activities are of fundamental importance for
the conception and design of Artemide products, which are characterized by a
high design content and a high level of technological innovation. Research &
Development activities are carried out in the Group’s Innovation Centers,
which play a crucial role in fine-tuning each new product from concept to
industrial production. Innovation lies in the need to develop a unique product
from the technical, material, finish, performance and management points of
view, but above all one that offers new perspectives on the interaction
between light, man and space and on the interpretation of the project/product.
In more recent years, Artemide has been devoting itself to important research
topics on photonics and new technologies to outline the future vision through
a new way of interpreting and experiencing light. During this year, Artemide
confirmed significant investments in research and development aimed at
maintaining and strengthening its skills and introducing new, highly
innovative products. Overall, Research & Development investments constitute
approximately 4.8% of its turnover: the willingness to move into new frontiers
of design where central is no longer just the product itself, but new
management and information intelligences. Artemide’s research, as The Human
and Responsible Light philosophy states, is not only aimed at the
technological aspects of the components of a lighting fixture, but also at all
the possibilities of interaction between man and space through light, its
performance and its perceptive, psychological and physiological implications,
and even at investigating aspects that involve health and safety.
The driving force behind innovation is commitment combined with a sincere
desire to offer an alternative to what already exists. The innovator is indeed
the one who is able to dream of something different, something better that
goes beyond what is presently understood.
Therefore, at the basis of the innovation process, we always find a vision,
which must then be translated into technical specifications that satisfy the
functioning expected of the product/system.
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“For us innovation is the starting point of a project. It is based on research
and on scientific thought, thus on the ability to see things differently than
before. Rather than being only rigourous research, science is also vision. It
can expand our knowledge for discerning the future, it can open new borders.
Thanks this scientific and technological innovation, light allows us to re-
consider the environment, its resources and the energy project in ecosystem
terms for a better life quality for human beings but also for all the other
beings of the planet”
Carlotta de Bevilacqua
President & CEO Artemide
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In particular, in the field of lighting, conceiving an innovative product is
an activity that involves several people from different backgrounds, who may
not necessarily be product technicians. Several methods may guide the
innovation process. The most frequent is the ability to apply new technologies
that are present in the marketplace in a critical and creative way, which may
not derive from a single, specific field. In other cases, the lighting market
witnesses a process of integration, taking more or less mature technologies
from adjacent sectors. In particular, as will be discussed in the next
paragraph, the main lines of research, developed thanks to relations with
international partners and innovators, have concerned Light Intelligence
solutions including Artemide App, Target Point, Geo Li-Fi and Li-Fi.
A historic example for Artemide was the use of halogen sources derived from
the automotive world and of automatic wax buttons readapted as early as 1972
in the Tizio lamp, nominated for the Compasso d’Oro award in 1979 and winner
of numerous other international awards. It resulted in a lamp with a low-
voltage halogen source, no power supply wires and a metal structure acting as
a current conductor, which allows for considerable freedom and perfect
balancing, while using buttons as both mechanical and electrical joints. The
Tizio would later become one of the world’s best-selling lamps and, at the
same time, a “cult” object, demonstrating how that which is “innovative”
reaffirms its uniqueness over time.
The ideas that lead to the development of new products are also developed by
collaborating with external parties who help shed light on new needs and
opportunities; hence the value of collaborations with leading architects and
designers. The design of a new concept is then carried out according to
different phases that include activities’ systematic development and their
subsequent verification – according to technical criteria in line with the
initial product specifications – and that consider, as further specified in
the documents relating to the company’s Quality System, not only costs and
investments, but also important aspects of sustainability.
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Communication
Health
Light is a circular energy that gives back multiple values
“The Living Chapel” Laudato Sì Garden by Mario Cucinella Architects Porto
Caleri, Rosolina, Italy
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Humankind Nature
Space
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LED revolution Photonic revolution
The so-called LED revolution of the 2000s marked a turning point in the field
of lighting, leading to a disruptive approach to product design, mechanics and
optoelectronics. These aspects of the product are now considered highly
interconnected variables in lighting design, with a view to maximizing
luminous and material efficiency, enabling miniaturization and longer
duration.
The Photonic Revolution introduced a new paradigm shift for what is now
regarded as the century of photonics. Today, Artemide is able to write in the
language of light, through which lighting fixtures may be connected together
or to other smart devices, exchanging data and information through a
continuous parametric dialogue. The new technologies allowing communication
between objects have opened up innovative and unexpected scenarios both in
terms of user experience and of business model by companies, revealing the new
frontiers of light as a service.
The Apps and services that integrate these new technologies are conceived as
open platforms, continuously updatable in terms of performance, but above all,
scalable over time and in terms of network of interaction and compatibility
with other systems. To achieve these results, the design process takes place
according to the principle of Open Innovation, a strategic and cultural
approach that allows Artemide to create added value by choosing to implement
its vision – born of internal ideas and resources – with solutions, tools and
technological skills that may originate externally, particularly from
startups, universities, research institutes and inventors with whom the Group
collaborates.
The key criteria in the development of these new technologies is
sustainability. The energy infrastructure to be provided within a lighting
space becomes the functional support for value-added services, thus avoiding a
waste of resources and minimizing costs. The integration with different types
of sensors (daylight, presence, environmental quality meters, etc.) makes it
possible to save energy based on the variables allowed by the environment,
providing continuous, real-time metering of energy consumption.
These technologies reaffirm the central role of individuals and their self-
determination through time and space, by enabling them to truly become authors
of their “lighting landscape”, while encouraging a more responsible and
sustainable behavior.
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Collaboration researches
The Research and Development department has several collaborations to generate
interdisciplinary research and projects aimed at improving the efficiency of
products as well as develop a design expertise that can respond promptly to
the ever-changing needs of sustainability.
These collaborations have always been a feather in Artemide’s cap and start
with the Metamorphosis collection. Through working groups with professionals
and with Milan’s leading universities, a line of research has been traced over
the years with regard to the evaluation of human physiological responses to
light, the cognitive and emotional responses of the individual in environments
conditioned by light and lighting scenarios, up to the improvement of
environmental quality and the protection of human health through the
sanitizing property of light.
Among the main research partners, there are scientific and medical
personalities of national and international significance as well as qualified
institutes in addition to major universities such as Politecnico di Milano,
the San Raffaele Hospital, Università degli Studi di Padova and Università
degli Studi dell’Insubria in Varese.
In particular, with the latter, a strong collaboration has been carried out,
which is still ongoing, with LightCube and with the Department of Molecular
Medicine (Università degli Studi di Padova) and the Department of
Biotechnology and Life Sciences (Università degli Studi dell’Insubria) for the
development of INTEGRALIS®, in order to support the innovative design vision
of this technology with a rigorous and repeatable scientific background.
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Prometeo – Aldo Rossi Metamorfosi Collection
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Gople Lamp is a new witness of Artemide’s research path on light quality and
colour. Its system RWB (Red- WhiteBlue), patented in 2011, is a shift in
paradigm. It is a new way of interpreting colourful light to have a light that
cares about the wellbeing of people but also of the environment. Through its
direct and controlled emission RWB is unified with a white light which is also
indirect, diffused and manageable separately.
Spectral Light Exhibiton, Philippe Rham, 2016
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Light and colour temperature
Circadian Rhythm
Light as a wavelength: perception, psycho-physiological well-being and health
From the first research on the color of light and its psychophysiological
influences on man that gave rise to the Metamorfosi project, Artemide research
has subsequently investigated with “My White Light” the effects of white light
on circadian rhythms and perception, developing families of products with
proprietary technologies based on fluorescent sources. These studies were then
renewed in the light of new LED technologies with Metamorfosi 2.0 and Artemide
TW (tunable white) and in specific functionalities, such as the “Circadian
Cycle”, incorporated in the Artemide App for IoT management of products and
lighting scenarios. Many last-generation product families incorporate TW and
RGBW technologies in order to assure an excellent quality of light in every
space, guaranteeing the highest visual and perceptive comfort. Increasingly
transversal product families, more expressive such as Discovery or with more
technical and architectural performance such as the Vector 75 projector
accompany humans in the different spaces and moments of life, supporting the
lighting needs of the project and at the same time ensuring their
psychophysiological well-being through the use of color or dynamic white
light.
This feature was developed using patented software that controls light based
on the principles governing our circadian cycles.
Psychophysical wellbeing depends on complex “internal clock”, synchronized
with the natural cycle of night and day through natural stimuli such as
sunlight and ambient temperature, affecting hormonal responses and the sleep-
wake cycle, both strongly influenced by light. Building on geo-localisation
and temporal location, the Artemide App regulates the intensity variation and
colour temperature of artificial light to best suit these rhythms.
The parameters relating to geographical and temporal contextualisation are
supplemented by behavioural models that recognise three different types of
representative lifestyles in order to calibrate the lighting to the rhythm of
the activities that each person carries out. The modulation of light starts
with a warm, soft glow upon awakening which, to stimulate activity, gradually
shifts towards cooler tones throughout the morning, recreating a pause with
warm light towards the middle of the day, moving towards a second peak of
stimulation with cold light in the afternoon and ultimately providing a more
relaxing atmosphere towards the end of the day.
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Light and nature INTEGRALIS®
In addition to this complex programming, the user is able to adjust the range
of temperature and intensity, as well as the duration over which the light
modulation moves. In this way, everyone can achieve their lighting needs in a
way that follows the course of circadian cycles in relation to their daily
life habits.
A comprehensive consideration of human well-being has increasingly been
broadened to the entire ecosystem. In 2010, for instance, the RWB (Red-White-
Blue) patent combined light that promotes plant growth with correct perception
for humans. The research on “Spectral light” carried out in cooperation with
Philip Rham investigated the perception of all living beings.
Research into the effects of light on human well-being and the environment has
opened up important perspectives to help people live more safely in spaces
while protecting their health. Well before the emergency dictated by Covid-19,
Artemide’s scientific research focused on the study of the effects of light on
pathogenic microorganisms, leading in 2020 to the development of INTEGRALIS®
technology. INTEGRALIS® is a patented light technology that combines and
integrates the visible and invisible spectral range in an innovative formula
that can sanitize and improve the environmental qualities of space. Selected
frequencies of visible light inhibit the development and growth of bacteria,
fungi and mold, and UV light deactivates pathogenic microorganisms.
INTEGRALIS® works on the concept of “dose”, that is, it adapts the intensity
of the sanitizing action to the rhythm of permanence and absence of people in
the spaces, to the typology of the environments and to the objective of the
intervention.
Different methods of sanitization can be applied individually or integrated
with each other by combining technologies, power, time and results.
In spaces where the presence of people is constant during the day, but to be
interrupted in the evening – such as offices or stores, museums and
educational spaces – it is possible to implement sanitization at night with
maximum intensity of radiation.
In that same space, during the day, it is possible to opt for a nonoffensive
radiation to preserve the sanitization, thanks to the special spectral
component of the patented technology INTEGRALIS®.
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INTEGRALIS®
A light for a safe environment
INTEGRALIS® combines sanitizing efficacy with luminous performance and design
beauty. INTEGRALIS® also integrates itself in both the environments and
moments of life by interpreting the rhythms and needs of humankind.
INTEGRALIS® was born from Artemide’s scientific and technological research and
humanistic and social vision. INTEGRALIS® is an innovative and a sustainable
light platform aimed at a conscious and responsible use towards the
environment.
01 INTEGRALIS® is sanitizing light
02 INTEGRALIS® follows the rhythm of human presence in spaces
03 INTEGRALIS® is sustainable design
04 INTEGRALIS® is an open platform
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Discovery Space – Ernesto Gismondi Photographed by Giovanni Gastel
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W/cm2
IRRADIANCE
RADIANT POWER / UNIT AREA
the radiant power/unit area* to be irradiated in a certain time to reach the
desired microbial photoinactivation
- also used as mW/cm2
t(s)
TIME
irradiation time to reach the desired microbial photoinactivation
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J/cm2
ENERGY DOSE
ENERGY / UNIT AREA
the necessary energy dose to achieve inactivation of potential pathogenic
microorganisms
THE GOOD LIGHT TO SUPPORT
DAILY HUMAN ACTIVITIES
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INTEGRALIS® Eco-System
VISIBLE LIGHT
NOT VISIBLE LIGHT
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INTEGRALIS® for Health & Care – Korian
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Artemide’s expertise and know-how also translate into customized design
solutions through dedicated consultations in order to give a measured response
to the needs of each space and rhythm of life.
In 2021, the INTEGRALIS® family is completed with a wide range of products for
both general light and dedicated applications (e.g., only violet light-only
products dedicated purely to a sanitizing action). According to a sustainable
vision of knowledge sharing, the INTEGRALIS® technology is designed to be
integrated into already existing catalog products and families to which the
specific light engine with antimicrobial properties has been applied, thus
sharing as much as possible the optical, mechanical and optoelectronic
technological innovations (which are often invention patents) peculiar to the
host products.
In this way, the level of innovation related to a product is constantly
implemented according to a process of continuous sharing of scientific and
technological know-how.
In the application field, 2021 marked an important turning point in the
diffusion of INTEGRALIS® in Health & Care thanks to important projects with
internationally relevant partners.
With The Korian Group, a European leader in care and assistance services in
the field of Health & Care Residences, Artemide presented one of the first
important projects realized with the INTEGRALIS® collection, which concerns
not only the installation of fixtures but the experimentation of this
innovative technology in a living and active space.
The project with Korian stems from an affinity of values not only with respect
to attention to human, offering rehabilitative stimuli giving great value to
psychological well-being, but also in respect of the environment. It is
developed within meaningful spaces that are diversified in terms of type and
frequency of use so that data can be obtained on the incidence of INTEGRALIS®
technology in a real living space and not only in controlled laboratory
situations.
Today, the project involved three accommodation facilities with different
characteristics: San Giorgio and Santa Lucia in Milan, Heliopolis in Binasco.
Within them, multiple points of intervention were selected based on occupancy,
the life rhythms of the guests and the work rhythms of the operators covering
a diversified spectrum of length of stay, personal or collective types of use,
internal presence or also open to people from outside the facility.
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INTEGRALIS® for Health & Care Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Therefore, a room with a private bathroom, a gym, a bar, a kitchen, and a
meeting room were selected in which to apply Pure Integralis technology, as
well as an elevator in which to act with Violet Integralis technology, also
employed to reinforce the sanitizing effect in the bar counter area; all
managed through the Artemide App ensuring full security even in the presence
of people. In all these spaces, the app is accompanied by a precise and
extensive screening program to provide contextualized and verifiable data.
Environmental sampling began prior to the installation of the INTEGRALIS®
technology, and since these were highly controlled spaces, it was possible to
compare the results obtained with both human attendance recorded at the same
time in the different spaces and with historical data.
The biweekly sampling program included surface swabs and active air sampling.
This experimentation validated the results obtained in the laboratory tests,
thus opening up a new application scenario for this technology as a tool for
prevention and health protection, interpreting Korian’s desire to be at the
forefront of proposing innovative solutions to better take care of its guests.
Another important step for the application of INTEGRALIS® in Health&Care is
obtaining the Nulla Osta from the Ethics Committee of the I.R.C.C.S. Carlo
Besta Neurological Institute Foundation to the installation of INTEGRALIS®
devices within the Department of Neurosurgery with the aim of conducting a
single-center observational clinical study, sponsored by Artemide, which aims
to verify the possible reduction of environmental contamination and manifest
colonization and infection in patients undergoing neurosurgery. In detail, the
study involves the evaluation and comparison of data between two different
neurosurgical departments of which only one is equipped with INTEGRALIS®. It
is also planned to compare the results obtained from culture analysis
performed directly on environmental surfaces with the data in the
Institutional database regarding patient infections. The study, including both
the data collection and analysis phases, will have an approximate duration of
15 to 21 months.
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Gamut Index
Research into perception finds ready application in retail. Thanks to the
opto-electronic expertise matured by studying existing sources and their
characteristics, Artemide is able to identify and provide the LED light source
that ensures the correct balance between the different variables that
influence the end users’ perception. It is therefore possible to evaluate a
range of LED sources in terms of Fidelity Index (Rf) and Gamut Index (Rg), and
particularly in terms of spectral quality in order to establish, working with
customers and in function of their needs, a light source that conveys colours,
materials and textures in a way that enriches the space around them.
The spectral quality of the sources used in Artemide products is such that the
chromatic response of the illuminated objects is particularly similar to
reference sources, such as traditional warm incandescent light or the more
neutral sunlight. It is thus possible, thanks to the use of such sources, to
recreate different atmospheres, such as the warm light once used, rich in red
radiation, or the more modern and balanced natural daylight, capable of making
colours more natural. This research investigates the nature of light and its
wavelength.
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Light solutions with customized spectra
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Issey Miyake Flagship Store Milano
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Light and data
Light as a quantum: innovative photonic interactions
Artemide has embraced the photonic era by creating a new generation of
lighting, scientifically backed by quantum physics. Composed of energy
particles or quanta, light may become “intelligent” with particular enabling
technologies acting as an information carrier for advanced IoT applications.
As a manufacturer of high-end lighting fixtures, Artemide has entered a new
dimension in lighting, evolving into a company that also provides services. A
dimension linked to the new productservice paradigm that is changing the
nature and perception of light in different spaces.
Today’s leading edge lies in the “intangible” with products capable of
carrying and exchanging data act as the link between humans and their shifting
environments. In this way, promoting a higher environmental quality and more
responsible energy consumption. Everything may now be remotely monitored with
maintenance occurring in real-time.
For this reason, the integration with sensors and smart systems becomes
fundamental and indispensable, allowing the user to interact with light in new
ways, from motion activation to smart devices, voice command and beyond. This
scenario calls, on the part of the company, for concrete agility in the
management of tools to support the customer such as continuous platform
updates, help-desk services, prompt support and maintenance.
The innovation of these services is encapsulated in a twofold added value: on
the one hand, they open up unexpected experiences and new imagined
interactions for the end-user that can grow and change organically as needs
change over time, and on the other hand, the great sustainability of such
solutions, encapsulated in the fact that they employ the necessary light
infrastructure without additional complexity in terms of arrangements,
facilities, and scheduling. Light thus becomes the bearer of both meaning, for
a contemporary storytelling of life in/out spaces, and value for our common
future.
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Artemide App
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The Artemide App revolutionizes the approach to lighting control and makes it
possible to exploit fully the precise management capabilities offered by LED
technology, while keeping the user at the center. Everyone can become the
author of their own lighting landscape, controlling up to 500 lights for each
network, adjusting single lights or groups thereof (homogeneous or
heterogeneous), activating “interactive actions” in real time, which require,
in some cases, a collaboration between BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and Wi-Fi.
“Interactive actions” refers to the possibility of managing light intensity,
colour temperature and colour point in addition to the application of static
or dynamic scenes. A special interface dedicated to the control of RWB
technology and plant growth has been introduced into the Artemide App
ecosystem.
In particular, this advanced interface allows the user to choose a set-up
dedicated to humans (based on TW dynamic light) or plants (based exclusively
on RWB technology), assisted by light “recipes” recommended by Artemide or
freely managing colour and intensity parameters. To make light control even
more immediate and intuitive, interaction controls were also developed with
occupancy sensor, wireless wall switch, and voice control with Alexa or Google
Home.
The Artemide App also uses stand-alone or integrated sensors to interact with
environmental variables through “parametric actions”: in fact, it is possible
to monitor air quality indices such as humidity, VOC (Volatile Organic
Compounds) and CO2 (carbon dioxide) levels and temperature of an environment,
to set the behavior of light through dialogue with a Daylight sensor up to
having information, through the Heat Maps function, on how users move in a
given space over time and set up scheduling that calls up scenes based on the
day of the week.
Artemide has also implemented a Circadian Cycle functionality, which
recommends specific light combinations associated with the psychophysical
well-being. A special algorithm, developed internally and based on different
inputs entered by the user, elaborates custom light combinations to support
the user’s physiological wellbeing, while providing a wide choice in the
variation of the light scenes.
A proprietary cloud system ensures the reliability of the service, making
network information secure and allowing the administrator user to manage their
network and restrict other users access to
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Artemide App INTEGRALIS®
its settings. A Multi-Network control on a Wi-Fi basis broadens the range of
possibilities by enabling the management of different networks, even if
located on different floors, from a single point. Especially for contract
projects, the Multi-network command and the ability to create Multi-Network
groups, i.e. sets of groups belonging to different networks/floors, allows to
take full advantage of the Artemide App platform to create a sustainable and
engaging light experience for those who enjoy the space.
Artemide App also allows the advanced management of INTEGRALIS®, activating
different real-time sanitizing modes or recalling pre-set scenarios through
the specific digital interfaces or wireless wall switches. In the design of
the dedicated interfaces, declined on the different INTEGRALIS® technologies
available, the effort of Artemide was concentrated in creating formulae of
white light containing the correct sanitizing dose, compatible with the human
presence, thus ensuring the safety of the individual. Keeping the safety of
the system as a fundamental requirement, the control infrastructure, based on
Artemide App, has been developed in a scalable way so that it can adapt to
different project variables. This infrastructure allows the interaction
between INTEGRALIS® luminaires and the different inputs coming from elements
placed in the space that constitute the nodes of an evolved network, such as
presence sensors or door contacts, which send signals to the control interface
enabling different sanitization modes depending on the space occupancy. The
levels of security provided by the system can be two: basic, involving
interaction with commercial security systems (e.g., presence sensors or door
contacts) or evolved through the device called the INTEGRALIS® Control Unit,
an intelligence developed totally in-house that provides a double level of
security for enabling NIGHT mode, as well as the possibility of setting
different management parameters.
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Target point
Artemide Target Point, a feature of the Artemide App, is a system of appliances and sensors that regulate desired light and projected light within the surrounding environment. This system’s innovation lies in the ability of adjusting the parameters of choice in accordance with a point of interest rather than the appliance itself. The targets are the environmental parameters, a concept that goes beyond a normative value of lightning or color rendering. Target Point leads to a continuous exchange of information between lighting and the environment by recording environmental variations and integrating them to maintain a dynamic balance against preset targets. This translates into a dynamic perception of the light’s physiological or chromatic quality. With Target Point, technology is at the service of users becoming a tool to achieve a state of physiological well-being and enhancing how spaces are experienced.
Target Point, museum application. Parametric dialog between a Tunable White
artificial light and enviromental phenomena.
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Geo Li-Fi
Offering unprecedented possibilities for interaction within spaces, Geo Li-Fi is the ideal technology for a variety of applications: in museums, whereby the very beam that illuminates the artwork can transmit targeted information to the observer, or in retail spaces or public environments, guiding the visitor by providing useful services and added value. Through visible light, modulated according to a coded logic, location data can be activated. The frequency of these light pulses is imperceptible to the human eye but generates a signal that can elaborated by the camera of any smart device. Communication takes place via wireless connection while the light source, equipped with the Geo- LiFi device, acts both as a light coordinate for geo-positioning and as a trigger, for the wireless reception of contents, which are visible through a special App on the user’s device. This may be static content such as a message, an image or dynamic content such as a video. It can also link to external web sources, becoming a bridge to wider applications. The content can also be customized according to the profile of the end user, thus opening up to new pathways of interaction between light, space and information.
Geo Li-Fi, retail & social space application
Geo Li-Fi, museum & supermarkets application
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Li-Fi Smart City
Li-Fi makes it possible to transfer data wirelessly thanks to the rapid
intermittence of LEDs at a frequency that is not visible to the human eye.
Compared to conventional wireless solutions, Li-Fi does not generate
electromagnetic fields and ensures higher security standards by limiting
network access to a defined physical area outside which light cannot be
modified or intercepted, let alone data of any kind.
Artemide is developing outdoor lighting solutions capable of giving character
to the urban lighting environment, communicating with city management systems
and individual users to generate different types of lighting effects depending
on the inputs, and distributing data and energy.
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Li-Fi, Personal workplace Li-Fi, Meeting room
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SENSEable Village
The cities of the future are a pivotal field of innovation, a meeting point
for numerous issues relevant to the people’s lives (data, mobility, pollution,
safety) that affect different stakeholders. For years, Artemide has been
active in the design of an outdoor light designed to follow the needs of urban
areas not only with functional solutions, but also with interaction and energy
intelligence in promoting a new, sustainable and social dimension for cities
and people.
Starting from the notion that a network of energy and lighting devices could
become a new technical platform upon which to develop innovative services for
the city, Artemide’s ambition is to create new services for the citizens of
smart cities by enabling new collaborative and business models, which will
encourage organizations to reach beyond their specific field of expertise and
collaborate with actors from other sectors.
“It is the space where the interaction between humans, nature and technology
enhances the quality of life.”
SENSEable Village Manifesto
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The flow of light
Unique among the streets of Milan’s “Quadrilatero”, the fifteenthcentury Via
Gesù stars in innovative lighting project, which aims to enrich the
idiosyncrasies of this unique street, dotted with refined boutiques, artisan
shops and antiques dealers. Located alongside the neo-Renaissance house
Bagatti Valsecchi Museum and the Four Seasons Hotel Milano, once the Convent
of Santa Maria del Gesù, it is also increasingly becoming an ideal space for
the many of resident families.
An initiative that tangibly applies the concept of Smart City, of which the
Municipality of Milan has long been a promoter, bringing information,
relationships and culture together through light.
A constant “river of light” is created by Nur lamps “light” in ancient
Egyptian designed as a special Outdoor version for Via Gesù, which takes
visitors through a new perceptive experience along the street that links the
prestigious Via Montenapoleone to the equally exclusive Via della Spiga. The
same fixture projects luminous blades of different colors on the facades of
the buildings, controllable through the Artemide App, creating a scanning of
space and a perspective view that mark the path, revealing to the passerby the
history of the places and the beauty of the facades and balconies of these
architectures.
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The flow of Light, controlled by Artemide App
VALUES, KNOWLEDGE & KNOW-HOW TO REALIZE UNIVERSAL PROJECTS The flow of Light, Via Gesù, Milan
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Innovation patents and Utility Models
Registered models
Protection of Know-how
Among the essential elements to Artemide’s success are its know-how and
intellectual property, which includes trademarks, product design, innovations
in materials, components and system solutions. Therefore, the protection of
expertise and the rights of third parties is of utmost importance. To this
end, Artemide has always followed a strategy based on registered industrial
property rights, i.e., rights that allow exclusive use of the technological or
application solutions developed. Over the years, Artemide has obtained
numerous patents in optics, mechanics and electronics and, in recent years,
digital management and interaction sensors.
Today, technology transfers occur ever more rapidly, allowing Artemide to
promptly apply and distribute the innovations developed through research.
Patented solutions expand the knowledge base of the company with wide
repercussions on the different collections where they are often embedded
different products.
Artemide primarily holds invention patents on its proprietary or inuse
technological solutions. As of December 2021, the Group held 121 invention
patents and utility models, covering 56 different technical solutions.
The breakdown between the national domains of the patents included in the
portfolio as of 31.12.2021 is as follows: Italy (where the first filing
occurs) represents 32%, Europe 55%, and the U.S. 13%.
With regard to the design patents used to protect the aesthetic of products,
Artemide considers it of primary importance to provide each design with a
registered patent title. The Company policy is to register new products
designs within one or more multiple design patent registrations in the
European Community each year. The registered patents are fundamental for the
protection of original products from counterfeits, especially in online
markets, which the Company has been overseeing for 10 years through an
international partner that is specialized in brand monitoring. This activity
allows the removal of counterfeit products from the online sales platforms
with the highest volumes.
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Ratio of Patent Nationalities
Ratio of patent nationalities included in the portfolio as of 31.12.2021:
Italy (where the first deposit is made): 32% Europe: 55% U.S.A.: 13%
Italy 32%
USA 13%
World
Europe 55%
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PATENT OF INVENTION: PRODUCTS APPLICATION
Mesh/App Circadian
Target Point
INTEGRALIS® Hybrid Sanitizing light
INTEGRALIS®
Control Unit
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2016
AMELUNA OLMO LoT
AoL LETTERS HYDRA
SPECTRAL LIGHT A.SHARPING SHARP VECTOR PAD FLOOR
CUSTOM PRODUCT
2017
A.24 AoL STAND ALONE
A.39 HARRY H.
A.15 QUANTUM DISCOVERY
2018
DIAMANTE AoL SYSTEM SILENT FIELD EGGBOARD BAFFLE
SERIES Y HUARA
DISCOVERY VERTICAL
2019
LA LINEA DISCOVERY SPACE
ANTARTIKOS COHERENCE
VITRUVIO TURN AROUND
2020
FLEXIA DISCOVERY FLOOR
2021
A.39 REFRACTIVE FUNIVIA SLICING
VINE LIGHT
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Light transmission Magnetic track and joint Dynamic beam Light box Spectrum
factorization Sharp optics Electromechanical connection Asymmetric emitting
surface Thermic control Flexible light structure LED AC management Hybrid LED
OLED optics Dynamic modular light Magnetic track UGR compliant emitting
surface Flexible joint Modular touch light Strip led for long run Micro
flexible track 360° emission lens Collimated beam lenses Hybrid RGBW circuit
Collapsible structure
Refractive optics Structural and electical net Optical structure Controlled
optic
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Alphabet of Light, BIG – Bjarke Ingles Group Photographed by Pierpaolo Ferrari
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02.2 Actions for Eco-effectiveness
Logico, photographed by Elliott Erwitt, 2001
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Téchne
Artemide’s design is grounded in the ability to anticipate change through
innovation, culture and creativity, manufacturing and sustainable economics,
thus combining action with expertise. Science is strictly linked to “téchne”,
a term in ancient Greek, which means “the art of doing” and “passion for
knowledge”. It implies how creativity and competence are not only a
prerequisite for technology, but also a language and a form of expressing
beauty. For Artemide, research and vision, guided by an open approach, have
always been key tools in interpreting and translating contemporaneity,
transforming “téchne” into quality, art and emotion.
The true value of Italian design is the unique coincidence of scientific,
technical skills and humanistic heritage; it is a culture capable of creating
an economy of knowledge through the beauty of innovative products and emotion
as concrete answers to the needs of man and the planet.
All of Artemide’s choices have been focused on a single objective: the
commitment to improving humankind’s quality of life and its relationship to
the environment through a responsible design.
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The present and future of light builds on this vision through the following
values:
Responsible Design = Reduce to innovate, more with less. New projects are acts
of responsibility towards the planet and translate into creative innovation:
less materials and no energy waste, without compromising performance, quality
and beauty. A critical and more efficient approach that goes to the heart of
the project and extends fully to its application. Artemide promotes the
culture of light and offers tools for a conscious choice and a mindful use of
light, qualifying it in terms of energy and economic savings.
Long Duration = Long duration of the project. Emancipation of the logic of
consumption, through the quality of the product. A careful selection of
innovative materials and an intelligent design help to create a lasting
emotional bond with the product. Durable projects mean quality.
Incremental systems = Projects as open platforms. The product is not a closed
system, but an open and net-positive system that can constantly grow and
update itself through maintenance and updates.
Good Light = Reconnecting with nature. Light is indispensable for all living
beings. By studying its relationship with humans, space and the environment,
it is possible to create a light that takes care of the psycho-physiological
well-being also in relation to the rhythms of natural light. A good light can
also abet the growth of nature and its photobiological processes, respecting
the planet and all its inhabitants.
The entire Artemide collection is an expression of responsible and careful
design. There has always been a drive to develop new products with an
intrinsic attention to the environment. Artemide is committed to continuous
research in an attempt to develop lighting systems that pursue the maximum
energy efficiency. Artemide pushes the boundaries of design beyond the product
itself through the design of interactive systems that adapt to spaces.
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“O” Suspension, Elemental
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“Enduring Beauty An innovative vision to design a sustainable beauty”
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Vector by Carlotta de Bevilacqua, LEED compliant. Photographed by Pierpaolo
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Life Cycle Assessment
Sustainable approach
Artemide pays particular attention to sustainability and, as stated in its
environmental philosophy, the Group is committed to designing products that
minimize their environmental impact by following three key principles:
energetic evaluation impact: Life Cycle Assessment and Energy Metric Centric
material selection definition of the productive processes
The Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) lays the grounds for the definit