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Pritzker Prize
Worldwide designers – Listen to differences
The Group collaborates with designers and architects from all over
the world, mindful of how designers’ background enriches and
increases the quality of projects.
Thus, Artemide becomes a hub where different skill sets meet: our
designers not only share technical and production aspects with us
but also contribute to increasing the cultural network that grows
around our company. In this way, a technical meeting may give rise
to a new product or a new collaboration. Similarly, a discussion on
a prototype may lead to new ideas for innovative materials or more
sustainable production solutions.
The design process is viewed as a chance to meet, discuss,
fostering the professional and experiential exchange between
experts of different backgrounds and cultures. The principle that
ideas are “lighter than matter” is manifested fully in this collaborative
process.
Diversity is thus taken as a key resource, leading to the creation
of products with exceptional aesthetic, technological and
environmental qualities. London, Paris, Copenhagen, New York
and Chicago Shanghai, Tokyo and Dubai are just some of the
cities where the members of Artemide's creative community are
based.
In 2018, the collaboration with Alejandro Aravena’s Elemental
studio, winner of the 2016 Pritzker Prize, added a sixth winner
of the prestigious award to the list of designers who have signed
products in the Artemide collection: from Aldo Rossi to Norman
Foster, Jacques Herzog & Pierre de Meuron, Zaha Hadid and
Jean Nouvel.
In 2020, as in 2019, 3 new contracts were signed with external
designers related to intellectual property rights on the products,
normally Intellectual Property transfer contracts. The sharing
of values is what drives the birth of these new collaborations as
happened with Mario Cucinella, an Italian architect internationally
known for his sustainable approach.
Elemental
Herzog&de Meuron
Ernesto Gismondi
BIG - Bjarke Ingles Group
Mario Cucinella
Foster+Partenrs
Zaha Hadid
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