NEMO Creators & DesignersNEMO Designers & Visionaries
Masters of Light: From the pioneers of mid-century modernism to the technological avant-garde of today. Explore the visionaries behind the iconic NEMO fixtures we supply in Singapore.
Le Corbusier
"Our eyes are made to see forms in light; light and shade reveal these forms; cubes, cones, spheres, cylinders or pyramids are the great primary forms which light reveals to advantage; the image of these is distinct and tangible within us without ambiguity. It is for this reason that these are beautiful forms, the most beautiful forms."
NEMO Studio
"Shaping contemporary spaces with absolute precision and architectural light."
Bernhard Osann
"When I remove the superfluous and reduce the material to its minimum, objects are perceived as lines. By preserving only the essence, expand the borders of design freedom and forma mentis. Light becomes a narrative that is able to tell its own story."
Jehs + Laub
"Good design is self-evident."
Arihiro Miyake
"I am drawn to experimenting with techniques never tried before, which of course leads to challenging projects. NEMO represents for me the brand through which to develop and convey new innovative products."
Charlotte Perriand
"Charlotte Perriand’s lightings are timeless. They are at the same time functional and minimalist, designed, as her furniture, on an architectural scale. They aren’t lightings of a designer but of an architect, that play with volumes and dimensions, as an architectural element of a combination, to let space sing."
Franco Albini
"Rationalism is not a style, but a method."
Charles Kalpakian
"Suspended without gravity, enlightened with technology... Sculpting the light. There is a common goal with NEMO, there is always a link between my sculptural approach and NEMO’s innovation."
Federico Palazzari
"Innovation in lighting is about enhancing the architecture it inhabits."
Mario Bellini
"Design is a journey into the unknown."
Roberto Paoli
"Try to move while looking at the Tru and crossing an observation point. You find that you lose the perception of the vertical element holding the light source and the lamp will look like a very thin object mysteriously lit."
Piero Castiglioni & Roberto Menghi
"Light is the hidden dimension of architecture."
Vico Magistretti
"The most important thing for me is conceptual simplicity, which is usually translated into constructive clarity. A conceptually simple object could be made just using the telephone."
Studiocharlie
"Design is a visual language defined by clarity."
Álvaro Siza
"The value of traditions lies in their being open to innovation."
Rudy Ricciotti
"Architecture is an act of resistance."
Valerio Sommella
"Design is the formal exploration of technical possibilities."
Alon Rotman
"The tension of the line dictates the emotion of the light."
Guillaume Bloget
"A tool should be as beautiful as the work it produces."
Euga Design
"The topic of a decorative home lamp with led was still to be explored. We wanted to use a non-linear support, we thought to an aluminium disk. Needed something different from the idea of "coldness" of led light. Our challenge was to "dress" this disk of led."
Ilaria Marelli
"A slit of light in a monolithic mass: Ara is the contrast between the material and the immaterial that is the basis of every lighting project."
Jean Nouvel
"A simple and precise game. A game of coloured surfaces. On a bright line, everybody imagines his own skyline and his coloured lights. Blurry, contrasting, pure, rhythm, cold, warm, erotic…"
Lina Bo Bardi
"Architecture is created, ‘invented anew,’ by each man who attempts her, who roams her space, climbs a stair, rests on a balustrade, lifts his head to look, open, close a door, who sits down or gets up and makes intimate contact with, and at the same time create ‘forms’ in, the space."
Andrea Branzi
"A first Newton prototype was made in 2002, as a tribute to the discoverer of the gravity field, an apple reflects the light that passes through the diffuser disk. After seventeen years the lamp is now put back into production with NEMO. It is not the first time that my projects are appreciated after many years."
Carlo Colombo
"Elegance is the elimination of the unnecessary."
Javier Mariscal
"Its hat can be put on and taken off, its arms can be lifted or lowered. A lamp which in addition to providing a nice light, offers company…"
Kazuhide Takahama
"Kazuki belongs to a grouping that takes inspiration from traditional Eastern lamps, replacing rice-paper with fabric to get a unique way of spreading light. This is how Saori Q, Kazuki and Kaori were born: lamps that took the names of members of our family, in no specific temporal order."
Foster + Partners
"The smallest details of a building, from door handles to taps, are often taken for granted, but it is these small elements that building’s users get in direct contact with."
Mario Barbaglia
"The idea behind Bridge is to attach an optically cumbersome lamp to a cable called for a morphologically evanescent solution, that would make it light and airy."
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The Custodians of History
NEMO is globally recognized for exclusively producing the lighting fixtures of 20th-century design icons alongside contemporary trailblazers.
The history of NEMO is defined by two distinct pillars: The Masters and the Contemporary. By acquiring the exclusive rights to produce the lighting designs of Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, and Vico Magistretti, NEMO ensures that the pure architectural vision of the past is preserved and manufactured to modern safety standards.
Simultaneously, the brand pushes the limits of structural lighting with contemporary innovators. From Arihiro Miyake's continuous extruded loops in the Kepler, to the modular snowflake geometry of Jehs + Laub's Crown series.
At Illum-Tec Singapore, we are proud to represent this lineage. We don't just supply fixtures; we preserve the integrity of these designs by ensuring they are specified, installed, and controlled exactly as the creators intended.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who are the legendary designers in the NEMO Masters Collection?
The NEMO Masters Collection features authentic lighting designs from 20th-century architectural titans including Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, Vico Magistretti, and Franco Albini. NEMO holds the exclusive rights to produce these historical pieces.
Are the designer lamps sold by Illum-Tec authentic?
Yes. Illum-Tec Pte Ltd is an official project partner and authorized supplier for NEMO in Singapore. We guarantee that every fixture is an authentic original, covered by full manufacturer warranty.