Modern lights for chic homes

Modern lights for chic homes
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“Dalu” by Vico Magistretti. The lamp is composed of a body made of moulded, thermoplastic material. It is available in transparent red, transparent orange, white and black
One of the most popular brands for both home and architectural lighting needs is Artemide.

Founded in 1959 by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza, the Artemide Group today has 19 subsidiary and affiliated companies as well as 35 exclusive distributors throughout the world.

At the Artemide showroom spanning 371.6sq m (4,000sq ft) in Kuala Lumpur, the brand’s modern classic designs will appeal to architects, interior designers as well as sophisticated home-owners.

Museum-quality design icons such as the Tizio, Tolomeo, Aggregato and Callimaco are just a few of the Artemide lights that revolutionised lighting design.

Artemide’s innovative products have won the brand numerous awards such as the Compasso d’Oro Award and the Reddot Design Award in collaboration with renowned designers like Richard Sapper, Michele de Lucchi, Neil Poulton, Herzog & de Meuron, Ora Ito and Vico Magistretti.

Tizio by Richard Sapper. Designed in 1972, the Tizio is the first low voltage halogen light source that works with wireless electrical conduction
Artemide has production centres in Italy, France, Germany, the USA, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The group acquired cutting-edge companies such as Megalit (established 1995) for indoor architectural application needs and DZ Light (established 1999) for outdoor architectural application accessories.

The Artemide Malaysia showroom at Jalan Sungei Besi, is part of the 3,716sq m (40,000sq ft) Lightcraft KL Sdn Bhd building. It is touted as one of the biggest Artemide centres in South-East Asia.

Besides selling the latest lighting fixtures from modern chandeliers to art gallery track lights, Lightcraft also offers consultancy services to developers and entrepreneurs.

They undertake to light up everything from hotels to restaurants and shopping complexes. Yet, the average home-owner can still find something to suit his needs at the two showrooms.