Artemide Presents A Tribute To Richard Sapper

NEW YORK - Jan. 26, 2016 - PRLog -- Richard Sapper (1932-2015) a German industrial designer who created iconic products for everyone from Alessi to IBM to Mercedes designed the award-winning Tizio lamp for Artemide in 1972.

As a lifelong friend of Artemide's founder Ernesto Gismondi, we offer a tribute to our colleague Mr. Sapper by inviting you to fill Instagram with your Tizios through February 8, 2015.

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Artemide is a worldwide leader in lighting design with an unparalleled commitment to technological innovation and research. Founded in 1960 by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza, the company specializes in the manufacture of lighting designed by architects. Based in Milan, Artemide has collaborated with some of the world’s most talented designers including Naoto Fukasawa, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, Karim Rashid and Herzog and de Meuron. Among Artemide’s extensive product line are two icons of modern Italian design: the Tizio Desk Lamp designed by Richard Sapper in 1972 and the Tolomeo Desk Lamp designed by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina in 1986, both of which are included in the permanent collections of museums around the world.