Artemide Ruby Red Collection – Design Icons in Intense Red
With the Artemide Ruby Red Collection, some of the most famous icons of Italian design are given an expressive new identity. A deep, glossy ruby red covers familiar forms and turns colour itself into a design element: it emphasises contours, enhances the sculptural effect and makes design classics from different decades appear surprisingly contemporary. The limited collection brings together famous Artemide lights such as Dalù, Ilio, Nesso, Nessino, Teti and Tolomeo Micro with selected design objects by Danese Milano. The result is an interplay of light, colour and Italian design history that ranges from a luminous accent on a sideboard or desk to a striking statement in the living room. Discover the Ruby Red Collection at Leuchtenland.com and experience familiar design icons from a new perspective.
Ruby Red – When Colour Retells Italian Design Classics
What happens when designs that have long been part of international design history are given a new colour? The Ruby Red Collection shows how strongly colour can change our perception of form and space. The rich, glossy red does not override the original identity of the lights, but instead highlights characteristic features in a new way. Different designs and eras enter into an exciting dialogue as a result.
On the Dalù table lamp by Vico Magistretti from 1969, Ruby Red underlines the flowing, almost sculptural silhouette. Nesso and its smaller sister Nessino, both designed in 1967 by Giancarlo Mattioli and the Gruppo Architetti Urbanisti Città Nuova, gain visual depth through the deep red tone. In combination with light, vivid reflections appear on the glossy surfaces, further emphasising their organic silhouette. The Ilio floor lamp by Ernesto Gismondi creates a deliberate contrast. Its slim, cylindrical silhouette gains significantly more presence through Ruby Red and sets a powerful vertical colour accent in the room. Teti, designed by Vico Magistretti in 1970, shows how effective a particularly simple form can be: as a wall or ceiling light, it creates a striking colour accent while also placing the bulb at the centre of attention.
The Tolomeo Micro also gains a surprisingly expressive character from the new finish. The smallest version of the famous Tolomeo table lamp combines articulated arms, tension cables and a movable lamp head to create a technically inspired construction whose individual elements stand out particularly clearly in the rich red. In this way, the Ruby Red Collection spans a spectrum from organic pop aesthetics and purist geometry to functional industrial design.
What all the designs have in common is their ability to remain contemporary even decades after they were created. Ruby Red does not turn them into new lamps; rather, it opens up a fresh perspective on already familiar forms. In restrained interiors in particular, the red Artemide designer lamps can act as deliberate eye-catchers; combined with one another, they create an expressive ensemble with its own chromatic identity.
Danese Milano in Ruby Red – Italian Design Beyond Light
The overarching colour concept of Ruby Red does not end with lighting. Selected design objects by Danese Milano transfer the expressive colour world to functional everyday objects and add another facet of Italian design culture to the collection. As part of the Artemide Group, Danese Milano combines clear forms, refined details and industrial production with a design approach that still feels effortlessly modern decades after its creation.
The Dedalo umbrella stand, designed by Emma Gismondi Schweinberger in 1966, transforms a functional object for the hallway and entrance area into a sculptural design object. Its characteristic openings and curved form are emphasised with particular plasticity by the glossy Ruby Red surface. The Dedalino pen holder, also designed in 1966, translates the design idea of Dedalo into a compact format for the home office, children’s room and hotel. Timor adds another classic to the collection. Enzo Mari designed the perpetual calendar in 1967 as a flexible object for lasting use: fan-like cards show the day of the week, date and month and can be reset again and again. In Ruby Red, the functional calendar becomes a striking accessory for the desk, sideboard and shelf.
Together with the Artemide lights, Dedalo, Dedalino and Timor show how naturally good design can combine different functions. The uniform colour creates a visual link between lighting objects and home accessories—ideal for anyone who wants to present not just individual classics at home, but a coherent design world.
Frequently Asked Questions About the Artemide Ruby Red Collection
What is the Artemide Ruby Red Collection?
The Ruby Red Collection brings together selected lighting classics by Artemide and design objects by Danese Milano in one shared, limited-edition colour version. The intense, glossy red unites designs from different decades into a distinctive design world and makes the characteristic forms of the original designs appear in a new light.
Which Artemide lights are part of the Ruby Red Collection?
The Ruby Red Collection includes the Artemide Dalù table lamp, Ilio floor lamp, Nesso table lamp, Nessino table lamp, Teti wall and ceiling light and Tolomeo Micro table lamp. The designs come from different decades and therefore represent a variety of styles—from organic and sculptural to technical and minimalist.
Is the Artemide Ruby Red Collection limited?
Yes, Artemide presents the Ruby Red Collection as a limited edition. Anyone who prefers a particular design classic in the Ruby Red version should therefore pay attention to the current availability of the desired model.
What is special about the colour Ruby Red?
Ruby Red is a strong, glossy shade of red that creates different reflections depending on form and the incidence of light. This makes the contours of the lights and design objects appear particularly sculptural and present.
Which designers are behind the lights in the Ruby Red Collection?
The collection brings together designs by important Italian designers and architects. Dalù and Teti are by Vico Magistretti, while Ilio was designed by Artemide co-founder Ernesto Gismondi. Nesso and Nessino were designed by Giancarlo Mattioli and the Gruppo Architetti Urbanisti Città Nuova. Tolomeo was created by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina.
Are Danese Milano design objects also part of the Ruby Red Collection?
Yes. In addition to Artemide lamps, the Ruby Red Collection also includes selected design classics by Danese Milano. At Leuchtenland.com, you will find the Dedalo umbrella stand and Dedalino pen holder by Emma Gismondi Schweinberger, as well as the Timor perpetual calendar by Enzo Mari, in the characteristic ruby red.
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