Artemide Empatia Suspension Lamp
Empatia is inspired by the association between the great glass-blowing tradition and the LED technology of Artemide. High interest in the expression potentials of this material resulted into co-operation with master glass blowers to gain full control of the special suppleness of Venetian glass and to work on the balance between surface and light, between subtle densities and transparencies. Hence clear, pure craft objects, each of them unique in all respects. Transparency and opacity are wisely dosed to obtain a glass that reflects light without glaring and without losing efficiency. High-performance LED-based light engine created separately from the glass emission body in favor of higher thermal efficiency and performance.
MEASUREMENTS:
- Diameter (Empatia 16): 16 cm / 6.3 inch
- Diameter (Empatia 26): 26 cm / 10.25 inch
- Diameter (Empatia 36): 36 cm / 14.2 inch
- Standard Cable Length: 50 - 220 cm / 19.75 - 86.6 inch
MATERIALS:
- Base in die-cast aluminum
- Diffuser in handblown glass clear towards the top and frosted at the bottom
- Light pipe in low absorption coefficient methacrylate
- Plate within diffuser in aluminum
HELPFUL NOTES:
- Empatia 16: LED-I 11W 3000K >80 CRI 566.9lm
- Empatia 26: LED-I 16W 3000K >80 CRI 710lm
- Empatia 36: LED-I 24W 3000K >80 CRI 1273.3lm
- Integrated light source
- dimmable 2-wire
- cULus Listed
- Diffuser allows for reflection of light without glaring and without losing efficiency
- Light pipe guides light to the diffuser
- Please contact us for extra long cable lengths

Carlotta de Bevilacqua
Italy, 1957
Born in Italy, Carlotta de Bevilacqua graduated in 1983 with an architecture degree from the Politecnico in Milan. As a designer she developed important research on lighting, developing innovative concepts and products for Artemide. Until 2004 Carlotta de Bevilacqua was Chief Executive Officer for the Brand Strategy & Development organization within the Artemide Group, with responsibilities in the areas of marketing, communication, and long-term vision.
Carlotta de Bevilacqua’s work ranges from architecture to interior and product design. Her clients include Artemide and Danese.

Paola di Arianello
born in Genoa, 1982
Paola di Arianello studied Industrial Design at first at the Faculty of Architecture of Genoa and at the University of Lapland - Lapin Yliopisto (Faculty of Art and Design), and then at the Politecnico of Milano. Since 2008 she works with Carlotta de Bevilacqua with whom she develops various projects in the field of lighting design. Her design is inspired by fundamental values like clarity, simplicity, concreteness, quality, communication, taking into account very different functional and psychological needs of people.

Founded in Milan by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza in the 1960s, Artemide is a worldwide leader in lighting design, committed to technological innovation, research, and human interaction. Artemide aligned with the Memphis Design Movement and was an early proponent of LED technology. Ethical conduct and social responsibility are at the heart of Artemide’s values.
Artemide’s expansive catalog spans Logico’s organic and elegant hand-made blown glass diffusers to the Castore family’s clean and simple spheres. They have created award-winning, iconic collaborations with some of the world’s most talented designers, including Naoto Fukasawa, David Chipperfield, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, Karim Rashid, and Herzog & De Meuron, upholding Italy’s reputation for excellence and innovation.
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