The origins of the brand’s name
Ameluna, Mercedes-Benz Style, Photo: Pierpaolo Ferrari
Artemide stands for visionary lighting technology and outstanding Italian lighting design. But where does our company’s name come from?
As a global player in high-quality designer lighting and architectural illumination, Artemide is synonymous with “made in Italy” design, innovation and quality. Our unique products combine bold design and visionary technologies with traditional craftsmanship and an outstanding finish. As a provider of integrated lighting solutions, we place particular value on our products being as energy efficient as possible and maintain a focus on the responsible use of resources.
Copernico, Carlotta de Bevilacqua, Photo: Paolo Dell‘Elce
Artemide was named after the goddess Artemis, one of the most important deities in Greek mythology and the goddess of hunting, forests and the moon. She is also the twin sister of Apollo, the god of light, who happened to give his name to NASA’s Apollo space programme that first took man to the moon. That the USA’s next moon mission planned for 2024, during which the first woman will be landing on the moon, bears the name Artemis was something that the visionary space engineer and Artemide company founder Ernesto Gismondi could not possibly have known when he named his company in the 1960s.
