The Discovery family, awarded with the 2018 Compasso d'Oro, is continuously growing, in order to
offer an ever more engaging and qualitative relationship between the spaces and our perception.
Discovery is a non-intrusive element, absent and immaterial, it acquires volume when switched on,
thanks to the light drawn by its central emitting surface.
In past years it has been presented in different round versions: horizontal, vertical with three
different diameters, and wall/ceiling appliance, with white light adjustable in intensity.
Discovery becomes squared or rectangular. It is no longer only a frame capable of interacting with
the surrounding environment, framing for example perspectives, points of view or details, but it
creates scenes capable of shaping spaces through the presence or absence given by its different
levels of transparency.
Today Discovery is also available in a floor version with a rectangular frame which, when tilted,
can be fixed to the wall.
In addition, the square and rectangular versions become Discovery Spot with the inclusion of the
Vector Spot accent light, designed by Carlotta de Bevilacqua. This fits into a circular hole created
in the emitting surface, thus allowing its orientation
Not only a new shape, but also the introduction of coloured and Tunable White light, which make
it an even more magical and scenographic element. The combination of RGBW LEDs (red, green,
blue, white) allows any colour hue and saturation, in addition to pure white. The Tunable White
version varies the colour temperature from warm white to cold white.
The construction principle remains the same of the previous versions. An ultra-light aluminium
ring hosts a LED strip that injects light into a clear PMMA surface, with a pattern of distributed
micro-incisions for maximum efficiency and uniformity.
These generate a precise and punctual light extraction, following a balance of the flows with
respect to the emitting surface which guarantees a perfect visual comfort, an enveloping and
constant light on both sides.
Performance and flows are high, but the effect is absolutely comfortable, so much so that it even
complies with UGR standards for workplaces in any installation position.
Already since the first versions of Discovery Artemide has broken the classic patterns and
preconceptions - that usually present a clear division between design appliances and more
technical performances of systems for the workplace -, now with the introduction of colour it also
opens to new applications and scenarios increasingly more aimed at well-being and emotionality.
Since the 1990s Artemide has worked on Human Light, marking a fundamental turning point in the
way of interpreting light and its relationship with man. It introduced not only the use of coloured
light but also a different relationship with the light object.
Discovery Space introduces a new perceptive experience. In its continuous relationship between
man and the environment, it becomes a constructive material of the space, it limits territoriality
and it influences moods, it supports the flow of life rhythms, behaviours, and emotions, and it
ensures a correct vision when carrying out different activities.
Discovery is controllable with Artemide App. This evolved interaction system means that everyone
is increasingly free to modify his or her own scenarios in an active and conscious way, for the
sake of both a psychological and physiological personal well-being and of a dynamic and engaging
design of spaces.
Discovery is more and more the perfect synthesis of the values, knowledge, innovative research
and know-how of Artemide.
The great optoelectronic skills, combined with a thorough culture of design and with technological
know-how, produces perfectly transversal and surprising solutions, which translate innovation into
DISCOVERY
Ernesto Gismondi
A R T E M I D E
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