Artemide founder Ernesto Gismondi dies at 89
Ernesto Gismondi, the Italian designer who founded lighting brand Artemide, has passed away aged 89. Gismondi founded Artemide in 1960 with fellow designer Sergio Mazza and built it into one of the most innovative and successful Italian lighting companies. Top image: designer Ernesto Gismondi. Above: Gismondi founded Artemide in the 1960s "With the death of Ernesto Gismondi, we lose one of the protagonists of that world of design that made Milan great," said Milan's mayor Giuseppe Sala. "Ernesto Gismondi, a great innovator and friend, has left us," tweeted Milanese architect Stefano Boeri. "...