Image source: Artemide — Tolomeo
© Artemide and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research.
Collection Story
Launch and awards
Artemide gives 1987 as the launch year of the Tolomeo lamp by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina; Wikipedia dates the design to 1986. De Lucchi and Fassina won the Compasso d'Oro in 1989 for Tolomeo.
The idea
A balanced-arm lamp with external steel tension cables attached to springs inside the arms; De Lucchi: "No desk lamp should make you use two hands to position it."
Members
Table sizes micro, midi, mini and classic, plus Basculante, Mega, floor, wall, Pinza and suspension versions.
Pieces in this collection
Specifying pieces from Tolomeo for your design project?
INTEBEE is the FF&E specification platform for interior designers: spec sheets, finishes, floor plans and client-ready PDFs in one place.
