Naoto Fukasawa, born in Japan in 1956, is an industrial designer known for quiet, intuitive objects: things that feel obvious the moment you use them. For Artemide he has applied that thinking to light, and the results are some of the calmest lamps in the Italian house’s catalog.
Demetra
His best-known Artemide work is Demetra, a family of task lamps with a slim, jointed arm and a head that turns to put light where you need it. It won both the Red Dot Design Award and the iF Product Design Award in 2014, and it comes in every size a home needs: the Demetra Micro for a bedside, the Demetra Table Lamp and Demetra Pro for desks, the Demetra Wall Light and Demetra Spot for walls, and the Demetra Floor Lamp for reading.
“Naoto Fukasawa is an industrial designer known for quiet, intuitive objects.”
LoftModern, about the designer
Athena
The Athena floor lamp gives indirect, diffused light, and its minimal footprint is the whole point of the design: a slender column that lights a room without claiming floor space.
Itka
The Itka pendant carries the same restraint overhead, a simple form that lets the light do the talking.
- Demetra: Red Dot Design Award, 2014
- Demetra: iF Product Design Award, 2014
- Demetra: Design Plus Award, Light + Building, 2014
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Demetra Table Lamp by ArtemideFrom $508Shop now→
Athena Floor Lamp by ArtemideFrom $1,412Shop now→
Itka Pendant Light by ArtemideFrom $908Shop now→
Demetra Micro Table Lamp by ArtemideFrom $400Shop now→
Demetra Pro Table Lamp by ArtemideFrom $680Shop now→
Demetra Wall Light by ArtemideFrom $420Shop now→
Demetra Spot Wall Light by ArtemideFrom $412Shop now→
Demetra Floor Lamp by ArtemideFrom $784Shop now→
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Sources: LoftModern product listings for Artemide designs by Naoto Fukasawa, including the award notes in them.