02.1 Lighting culture
between research and innovation
Innovation Centre
Artemide has always paid particular attention to research and
innovation, which are considered key factors for the success of
the brand. In this context, research and development activities
are of fundamental importance for the conception and design
of Artemide products, which are characterized by a high design
content and a high level of technological innovation.
Research & Development activities are carried out in the Group's
Innovation Centers, which play a crucial role in fine-tuning each
new product from concept to industrial production. Innovation
lies in the need to develop a unique product from the technical,
material, finish, performance and management points of view,
but above all one that offers new perspectives on the interaction
between light, man and space and on the interpretation of the
project/product.
The 'Giacinto Gismondi' Innovation Centre in Pregnana Milanese,
as indicated in the Sustainable Journey (see 'Sustainable Culture'
section) boasts the optics, electronic design and materials and
finishes divisions and, since 2015, includes a new center with
accredited testing and certification laboratories.
In recent years, Artemide has focused on important research
topics in photonics and new technologies to support its future
vision – a new way of interpreting and living light. During this
year, Artemide confirmed significant investments in research and
development aimed at maintaining and strengthening its skills and
introducing new, highly innovative products. Overall, Research &
Development investments constitute approximately 5.5% of its
turnover: substantiating the willingness to explore new boundaries
in design, where the focus is not limited to the product anymore
but integrated with intelligent apps and information management.
Artemide’s research, as The Human and Responsible Light
philosophy states, is not only aimed at the technological aspects of
the components of a lighting fixture, but also at all the possibilities of
interaction between man and space through light, its performance
and its perceptive, psychological and physiological implications,
and even at investigating aspects that involve health and safety.
Sui, Portable LED Lamp, Photographed by Elliott Erwitt, 1999
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