The object
Michele De Lucchi co-designed Artemide’s Tolomeo articulated desk lamp with Giancarlo Fassina, retaining shared authorship. Artemide identifies it as its best-selling lamp and a Compasso d’Oro winner; a 2022 profile records De Lucchi explaining the mechanism’s invention in his own words.
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What Michele did
co-designed the Tolomeo articulated desk lamp with Giancarlo Fassina
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Why it matters
Tolomeo became Artemide’s best-selling lamp and a widely adopted technical reinterpretation of the spring-balanced task lamp.
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Living-status check
Abitare published a May 10, 2024 interview with De Lucchi at his Milan studio about his active architecture and design work.