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The Masters Collection: Le Corbusier, Perriand, Magistretti... Immortal Lamps
The identity core of Nemo is the Masters collection — a unique selection of lamps designed by the great masters of twentieth-century design, produced in agreement with the official archives and the authors' foundations. Le Corbusier with his Lampe de Marseille is the perfect example of the industrial aesthetic of the 1950s brought into the private home. Charlotte Perriand, pioneer of functional design and the first woman to collaborate with Le Corbusier. Vico Magistretti — the father of some of the most copied lamps in the history of Italian design. Franco Albini, with his rigorous structural balance, whose rationalist design icons are faithfully reissued. And Kazuhide Takahama, who fused Eastern tradition with European modernism to create pieces of essential, sculptural form — Japanese design refinement applied to Italian sensibility. Every lamp in the Masters collection is a living historical document: pieces that do not follow trends because they preceded them, designed in an era when the project was synonymous with research, not production.
Contemporary Icons: from Foster+Partners to Jean Nouvel
Alongside the masters of the past, Nemo builds the future through collaborations with the most authoritative designers on the international scene. Foster+Partners — authors of some of the world's most iconic architecture — sign pieces that bring into the residential context the same rigorous geometry of their great architectural projects. Jean Nouvel, Pritzker Prize laureate 2008, Mario Bellini, Andrea Branzi, and the more recent Arihiro Miyake and Bernhard Osann complete a creative roster that transforms every new Nemo collection into a design event eagerly anticipated by industry professionals. The Nemo Studio division, born in 2020 with the acquisition of ILTI Luce, brings this vision to the most complex environments — museums, retail spaces, architectural outdoor lighting — with high colour rendering index (CRI) solutions and custom LED technology developed in-house.
Bring Nemo into Your Project
Our team will guide you in selecting the Nemo pendant, wall light, floor lamp, or table lamp best suited to your space. We reserve an exclusive price and a dedicated consultation for architects, interior designers, and private clients.
The Collections: Residential and Architectural Lighting of the Highest Order
The Nemo catalogue is structured around two main lines — (1) the tradition of the masters and (2) contemporary innovation — with the latest-generation LED technology and the possibility of project-specific customisation.
- Masters Collection: official reissues of the iconic lamps of the twentieth century — Lampe de Marseille (Le Corbusier), Sesann (Magistretti) — each piece produced in accordance with the original archives
- Contemporary collection: newly designed lamps that enrich the catalogue season after season, signed by Foster+Partners, Jean Nouvel, Mario Bellini, Andrea Branzi, Arihiro Miyake, Bernhard Osann, and other international designers
- Pendants: chandeliers and single and multiple pendant systems, designed for residential, hospitality, and contract environments, available in dozens of finishes and colour temperatures
- Wall lights and ceiling lights: wall and ceiling lighting for hallways, bathrooms, bedrooms, and living spaces; high colour rendering (CRI >90) with dimmable LED sources
- Table and floor lamps: sculptural pieces that function as autonomous furnishing objects, often drawn from the Masters collection or from new contemporary productions
- Nemo Studio architectural lighting: systems for museums, retail, hospitality, and outdoor use — spotlights, track systems, projectors, and custom LED lighting systems developed in-house with ILTI Luce technology
FAQ – Nemo: Your Questions, Our Answers
Who founded Nemo and what is its history?
Nemo was founded in 1993 in Milan by Franco Cassina, then owner of Cassina S.p.A., with the idea of creating an editorial project dedicated to design lighting. In 1997 it acquired Italiana Luce (PAF Studio); from 2012 it has been owned by Federico Palazzari, who led a season of strategic acquisitions: ILTI Luce (2020), Reggiani (2023), FontanaArte and Driade (2024), transforming Nemo into one of Italy's leading design lighting groups.
What is the Nemo Masters Collection?
The Masters collection is the line through which Nemo officially produces lamps designed by the greatest masters of twentieth-century design, in agreement with the original archives and the authors' foundations. It includes pieces by Le Corbusier (the celebrated Lampe de Marseille), Charlotte Perriand, Vico Magistretti (including Sesann and Sindbad), Franco Albini, and Kazuhide Takahama. These are objects that do not follow trends — they preceded them.
What is Nemo Studio and what does it produce?
Nemo Studio is the architectural lighting division born in 2020 with the acquisition of ILTI Luce of Turin, a historic company formerly part of the Philips Signify group. Nemo Studio specialises in lighting design for complex environments: museums, retail spaces, hospitality, and outdoor settings, with high colour rendering index (CRI) custom LED systems, track solutions, spotlights, and projectors integrable into any architectural project.
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