ARTEMIDE


Wish You Were Here / Carolina Gismondi de Bevilacqua i de


Given the Compasso d’Oro prize in 2018 – Italy’s oldest design award – Artemide’s patented optical principle Discovery has been applied to a whole range of product concepts, including the latest, Wish You Were Here. Whatever the product, the micro-optic diff user appears almost invisible until the light is switched on. The LEDs in the outer rim then inject light into the central diff user surface. This also ensures both a precise light output and visual comfort. Until now it has been used two-dimensionally – the flat disc of the Suspension pendant version for example – but Wish You Were Here folds the surface of the transparent plate to create a tabletop structure. Measuring 260x156x216mm, the luminaire basically is the diff user, apart from the slim bar at the top for the cable housing, available in silver, bronze or black finish.


Lune d’acqua / Benedetta Tagliabue, Ersilia Vaudo


The sphere at the centre is held by two rings, and is free to spin suspended at the centre of their intersection. The ring that encloses the sphere houses the LEDs that inject light into the internal surface. When switched off , it remains transparent. Once illuminated, it becomes animated with light emitted through micro-incisions, revealing the soft and three-dimensional wave of its geometry.


The rings play a structural role, propping up the central core on a tilted axis, and adding dynamism and reflections on their polished, mirrored surfaces. The focus is on the relationship between the central light and the shadows it casts in the surrounding space. It is sizeable: the sphere’s diameter is 350mm, and it measures 370x550x440mm overall. artemide.com


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