Nemo Lighting
- Creation date
- 1993
- Country
- Italy
In 1993, Franco Cassina, owner of Cassina SpA, and designer Carlo Forcolini created Nemo Lighting. This project is based on innovation and research into the forms and functions of light, while offering quality lighting. Today, the Italian publishing house is one of the world leaders in luminaires, with the aim of offering both designer and cutting-edge lighting. Since 2012, Nemo Lighting has been headed by Federico Palazzari, the brand's president and CEO. Two showrooms are currently located in Paris and Milan.
Nemo Lighting offers two distinct collections: the Contemporary Design Collection and the Masters Collection.
The former features a wide range of products by designers from all over the world: Foster+Partners, Charles Kalpakian, Martino Gamper, Jehs + Laub, Massimiliano Fuksas, Jean Marie Massaud, Roberto Paoli, Rudy Ricciotti, Arihiro Miyake and Javier Mariscal. Examples include the Crown, Ellisse and Kepler suspensions, all real stars of the brand.
The second collection, Masters, features luminaires by such great names as Vico Magistretti, Franco Albini and Kazuhide Takahama. Each has made a fundamental contribution to the creation and evolution of contemporary design. In this collection, Nemo offers a selection of iconic architectural works from the 1950s. Among the best-known are the Marseille lamps, the Borne Béton and the Projecteur collection by Le Corbusier, and the Potence Pivotante lamps by designer Charlotte Perriand. Two great personalities in the world of design...
