Ernesto Gismondi

Ernesto Gismondi (25 December 1931 – 31 December 2020 ) was an Italian designer, founder of Artemide. Gismondi was best known for designing light fixtures.

Biography Graduated at the Politecnico di Milano in 1957 in aeronautical engineering, and received his degree in missile engineering at the Scuola Superiore di Ingegneria Missilistica in Rome in 1959. The following year, together with designer Sergio Mazza, he founded Studio Artemide S.a.s., from which the Artemide Group was established, introducing the use of plastics for the design of objects inspired by his knowledge of missile engineering. Premio Ernst & Young Imprenditore dell'Anno 2008 per la categoria Innovation Premio Ernst & Young L'Imprenditore dell'Anno 2009 per la categoria Communication iF Product Design Award 2014 Red Dot Design Award 2017 Premio alla carriera Milano Award 2017 Premio Compasso d'Oro per Discovery Sospensione (2018) Premio Compasso d'Oro alla Carriera (2018)