Artemide Mercury Mini Ceiling Lamp
A masterpiece in contemporary lighting design Lovegrove took his inspiration from the simple elements of nature to create a large set of floating pebbles suspended from a disc. Made up of injection moulded thermoplastic elements with a mirror like finish these pebbles are suspended from a round, stainless steel disk and appear to be like large globules of mercury floating in the air. The light source itself is emitted from the plate from which the globules are suspended.
MEASUREMENTS:
- Height: 56.2 cm / 22.1 inch
- Diameter: 70 cm / 27.6 inch
MATERIALS:
- Lighting unit in die-cast aluminum
- Reflective units made of injection-molded thermoplastic material with metallic finish
- Reflector in stainless steel
HELPFUL NOTES:
- 29W LED-I 2700/3000K >93 CRI 1346lm
- Integrated light source
- Dimmable 2-Wire
- cULus Listed
Ross Lovegrove
Wales, 1958
Born in Cardiff, Wales Ross Lovegrove graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with a degree in Industrial Design. He completed a Masters of Design from the Royal College of Art, London, in 1983.
In the early 1980s he worked as a designer for Frog Design in West Germany on projects such as Walkmans for Sony, computers for Apple Computers, and then he moved to Paris as consultant to Knoll International. Ross was invited to join the Atelier de Nimes along with Jean Nouvel and Phillipe Stark.
Returning to London in 1986 he completed projects for Kartell, Luceplan, Peugeot, Vitra, Tag Heuer, Herman Miller, Artemide, and Tokyo Ito Architects in Japan. Winner of numerous international awards his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and the Design Museum in London, when in 1993 he curated the first permanent collection.
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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