Social committment
Cultural and social
initiative
The Group has focused on promoting and developing activities
that contribute to the social, economic and cultural development
of the communities in which it operates. Artemide contributes to
educational/formative initiatives aimed at the development of
people and the territory and supports numerous initiatives of a
social, cultural and scientific nature by making contributions and
donations amounting to over EUR 71 thousand.
For Artemide, research and attention to the culture of projects are
aimed not only at corporate growth but also at the open sharing
of knowledge and skills. For several years now, Artemide's support
for institutions such as the Politecnico di Milano and other schools
and universities has also taken the form of participation in courses
with seminars and workshops held by company professionals.
In 2019 Artemide was a key partner of ASP (Alta Scuola Politecnica)
for the course "Light and sense-able interactions in the city
of the future". In 2020 Artemide was a partner company of the
Final Synthesis Laboratory "Light and interactivity" of third year
students at the Faculty of Industrial Design of the Politecnico di
Milano, supporting the students with its design expertise.
Many activities in support of the community are carried out
through technical partnership whereby Artemide, thanks to its
know-how in lighting, seeks to requalify spaces favouring better
environmental quality, usability and the development of a new
sociality. Lighting becomes a tool for wellbeing, illuminating, for
example, "caring" spaces such as the TOG (Together To Go)
Foundation, which aims to cure children with nervous system
disorders.
As further evidence of the social commitments of a company that
has transformed the way of thinking about light by putting human
needs at the centre of all its projects, since 2015 Artemide has,
on various occasions, supported Food for Soul, the non-profit
organisation founded by chef Massimo Bottura. With its lighting
projects, Artemide has contributed to making the spaces of the
Refettorio Ambrosiano in Milan, the Refettorio Felix located in the
historic St Cuthbert's centre in London welcoming and familiar,
and is collaborating on the creation of new community canteens.
Artemide has also demonstrated its support for local social
cooperatives through the entrustment of work orders to
ensure their working continuity by involving disadvantaged
groups. Other local sponsorships concerned local schools and in
particular the schooling activities of a comprehensive Institute
of Pregnana Milanese. Artemide regularly supports various non-
profit organisations through donations of products for events
and fundraising auctions, which unfortunately, given the current
health emergency, were not held in 2020.
In 2020 Artemide supported with a donation the Telethon
fundraiser in partnership with BNL.
Also in 2020, Artemide has renewed the collaboration started
in 2015 with the Venice Biennale to support one of the most
prestigious Italian and international cultural institutions in promoting
new visions in art and architecture. Due to the international
context, the Venice Biennale has been postponed to 2021 and
Artemide has nevertheless confirmed its contribution. This choice
expresses an ongoing commitment to supporting culture. It is a
support dictated by a sharing of values and closeness of themes.
The Venice Biennale focuses on ethical issues and social research.
"How will we live together?" invites us to reflect on living spaces
and togetherness according to new associative geographies to
address the current crises with inclusiveness and spatial identity.
A future-oriented attitude that in art, as in design, leads to
experiences that are capable of changing the way everyday life is
interpreted with new energies.
Artemide is a partner of Triennale Estate "A garden of voices
and colours", renewing a long collaborative relationship with
this prestigious cultural institution. Artemide's collaboration with
Triennale Milano confirms a synergic sharing of themes linked to a
local reality, Milan, which opens up to an international environment,
welcoming new stimuli and relaunching innovative solutions and
ideas, acting as an engine of innovation for the future.
As part of the Triennale Estate programme, a number of presently
central themes will be addressed with a multidisciplinary approach.
Artemide supports culture in all its different expressions, believing
in transversality and the sharing of knowledge and innovation.
Biennale di Venezia
Triennale Estate
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