Ernesto Gismondi is founder of what today has become the internationally successful Artemide Group, producing lamps of highest standard. At the International Steel Forum Design on 10 November 2005 in Düsseldorf, Ernesto Gismondi will lecture as an expert in the category “Luxury and Lifestyle” on the topic “Luminous innovations in steel.”   Gismondi was born in 1931 in San Remo, Italy, and studied aeronautical and missile engineering in Milan and Rome. In 1959, he founded the company Artemide. With his pioneering design spirit, Ernesto Gismondi ranks among the leading figures in the international design scene. He has created many classic lamp designs and the world of design cannot be imagined without his many years of design experience and expertise. Ernesto Gismondi was also a member of the legendary Memphis collective, founded by Ettore Sottsass in the early 1980s.