Artemide Tolomeo Classic Table Lamp
Designed with the utmost simplicity, Tolomeo is inspired by the mechanism of industrial fishing nets, its diffuser being supported fully by a hidden tension chord. The lamp is very flexible, a crucial feature for targeted lighting. Tolomeo’s familiar, supple shade hides all internal structures and is meant to be manoeuvred with one hand, in any position, guaranteeing perfect stillness. Tolomeo is a mixture of technology and domesticity, casting quality light that relaxes the eye.
MEASUREMENTS:
- Height: 64.5 cm / 25.4 inch
- Width: 78 cm / 30.75 inch
- Shade Diameter: 15 cm / 5.9 inch
MATERIALS:
- Tension cables in stainless steel
- Fully adjustable articulated arm structures in extruded aluminum
- Joints and tension control knobs in polished die-cast aluminum
- Internal tension springs and external tension control cables in stainless steel
- Tiltable diffuser in stamped anodized matte aluminum
HELPFUL NOTES:
- 100W LED, CFL, Incandescent E26/A19
- Bulb not included
- On/off on head
- Black or white versions still have silver finish base, joints and hardware
- Diffuser tiltable and 360 degree rotatable
- cULus Listed
Giancarlo Fassina
Italy, 1935
Giancarlo Fassina was born in Milan, Italy. He obtained a degree in architecture at the Politecnico University in Milan. He has worked on several projects involving industrial design and has created lighting for Artemide and other companies.
He received a Compasso D'oro award for his Tolomeo Series of lamps that he designed together with Michelle de Lucchi.
His early industrial design experience began with a company manufacturing calculating machines and a household appliance manufacturer. In 1970 Fassina joined the Italian lighting company Artemide, helping with both the restructuring of the technical design sector and organizing the internal department of product models and development. Throughout the 1980s, he designed large-scale lighting systems for exhibits and buildings across Italy.
Michele De Lucchi
Italy, 1951
Michele De Lucchi studied architecture in Padua and Florence. In 1973 he joined forces with other designers and architects to form Cavart, a radical design group that put on “happenings” and held seminars in Padua. In 1978 De Lucchi moved to Milan, where he worked for Kartell in their proprietary studio, Centrokappa. There he met Ettore Sottsass, and joined the Studio Alchimia designers.
In 1980 Michele De Lucchi joined the Memphis group, designing a sofa and the First Chair in 1983. In the late 1980s Michele De Lucchi turned to lighting design. Tolomeo, a stringently, functional aluminum task lamp, designed in collaboration with Giancarlo Fassina, for Artemide in 1987, became an international bestseller. In 2003 the Castore Lamp series was launched. They consisted of milky white, hand blown Murano glass, with no perceptible transition between foot and lampshade.
Founded in Milan by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza in the 1960s, Artemide is a worldwide leader in lighting design, committed to technological innovation, research, and human interaction. Artemide aligned with the Memphis Design Movement and was an early proponent of LED technology. Ethical conduct and social responsibility are at the heart of Artemide’s values.
Artemide’s expansive catalog spans Logico’s organic and elegant hand-made blown glass diffusers to the Castore family’s clean and simple spheres. They have created award-winning, iconic collaborations with some of the world’s most talented designers, including Naoto Fukasawa, David Chipperfield, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, Karim Rashid, and Herzog & De Meuron, upholding Italy’s reputation for excellence and innovation.
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