The numerous international awards received by Artemide over
the years highlight how the Group’s philosophy and values lead
to the creation of products capable of becoming icons of Italian
design around the world.
Award-winning products stand out for their unique concept
and ability to represent excellence in creativity, technology,
manufacturing and research. Gople Portable won the
Archiproducts Design Award in 2020 while La Linea won the
Denmark Design Awards 2020 and the Wallpaper Design
Award 2020. Both are projects resulting from the collaboration
with BIG. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is a group of architects and
designers working in the fields of architecture, urban planning,
research and development with offices in Copenhagen, New
York City, London and Barcelona. With them, Artemide has for
some years now been developing innovative lighting solutions
that have been highly successful for their ability to intelligently
and sustainably interpret contemporary and future spaces.
In addition to the awards for its products, in 2020 Artemide also
received the Pambianco "Le Quotabili20" award and the CEO
Italian Awards. Pambianco celebrated the 15th edition of the
"leQUOTABILI20" award and gave Artemide a "special prize" by
naming it as the most attentive company to Sustainability.
The Forbes CEO Awards recognise the best top managers
leading Italian companies who, during the 2020s, stood out for
their boldness and initiative, consolidating the competitiveness
of their businesses on international markets and, at the same
time, making them better places to work and more attentive to
people's needs. Carlotta de Bevilacqua received the CEO Italian
Awards for representing Italian design around the world over the
years.
Carlotta de Bevilacqua has also been included by Forbes in the
"100 successful women of 2020".
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Prizes and awards
The numerous awards received in recent years include the
prestigious Compasso d'Oro 2018 award for the Discovery
project, designed by Ernesto Gismondi, who in the same
year received the Compasso d'Oro Career Award from the
Associazione per il Disegno Industriale for his achievements and
merits as a polyhedral personality: aerospace engineer, university
lecturer, entrepreneur and designer.
In 1994 Artemide had already received the Compasso d'Oro
Lifetime Achievement Award in addition to awards for products
such as, apart from the aforementioned Discovery, the IN-EI
collection (2014, by Issey Miyake), Pipe (2004, by Herzog & de
Meuron), Tolomeo (1989, by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo
Fassina) and the iconic Eclisse (1967, by Vico Magistretti), all
of which received the Compasso d'Oro award. More details can
be found in the dedicated "Awards" section of the Artemide
website. Artemide has also received the prestigious European
Design Prize in 1997 and in 2013 the "Premio Leonardo Qualità
Italia 2012" as well as numerous other important international
awards that confirm its contribution to the cultural and creative
strengthening of Italy.
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