







Client / Lumina Italia
Year / 2019
From a study of the eyes of bathypelagic (deep sea) fish:
two glass hemispheres coupled together, a chassis based on aeronautical technology, a whole world to be discovered inside, and the magic of an efficient lamp that illuminates without dazzling.
Client / Lumina Italia
Year / 1999
Nature, refraction, light.
When mathematics becomes transparency. The enchantment of a jellyfish photographed in Cornwall, Snell’s law of refraction, a formula that describes the flow of light through a mass of glass, and a special technology for constructing the object. Five years of research.
Client / Lumina Italia
Year / 2013
Efficiency and energy conservation, but above all a light that does not distort the colours of our environment.
Client / Artemide
Year / 1989
A head that rotates 360°, a joint that makes it possible to adjust the position of the lamp, and a switch that recalls the poetry of a birdhouse on a tree.
A small table lamp.
Client / Artemide
Year / 1993
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Client / Artemide
Year / 1994
A small folded arch supports the body of the lamp, from which the light shines through, protected by two mirror-finish sepals.
The shape of the base forms a sort of hypothetical shadow that contrasts with the light.
Client / Artemide
Year / 1989
A floor lamp placed up against the wall, a lightweight, sinuous structure, and an asymmetrical reflector designed to cast the beam of light towards the centre of the room.
Client / Artemide
Year / 1989
A partially reflective mirror regulates the flow of light (90% is reflected onto the wall, while 10% passes through).
The frame is made of shaped metal rods, with four springs, and the filament of the halogen bulb shows through, make it a decorative element of the object, without dazzling.
Client / Lancia
Year / 1999
Night design for the Lancia Thesis: night-time journeys in the flagship Lancia with a new three-dimensional perception of space. Work, rest, reflect. Observe the world outside, with internal lighting in the passenger compartment that respects the darkness.
Client / Concept
Year / 2002
Energy scavanging lets the seat breathe, without using electricity. Exploiting just the vibrations from the moving vehicle, the seat activates a pump system that removes perspiration from the traveller’s back.
Client / Maserati
Year / 2014
Study for a new design of the Maserati logo.
3 different concepts, each using a series of details to interpret a distinct way of presenting the brand.
Client / Enhance Vision System
Year / 2014
Natural, all-round vision, safe driving with no blind spots in front. A robust vehicle structure, and no electronics.
These are the four key elements of the EVS optical joint, designed and patented by the eponymous start-up. For a new travel experience.
Recession Design
Year / 2009
Simplicity itself and just the very basics for lighting up a room.
A wire suspended between two walls, a shaped methacrylate support, two lamp holders with light bulbs and a long power cable supported by hooks that reaches down to the ground.
Recession Design
Year / 2010
A bench and stool that can be seen through, a place of interaction where one can read, love, or meditate, without disturbing the landscape all around.
Tubes and plumbing joints screwed together, cut and threaded in standard sizes, accessible to everyone from DIY stores everywhere.
Client / Ferrero Rocher
Year / 2007
A luminous frame with a whole array of micro prisms focuses the external light into a radiant square, attracting the eye to the content of the box.
Client /Bocon
Year / 2001
The leaf shape is a guarantee of wholesomeness, just when the customer is choosing a product from the frozen-foods counter.
Client / Sorgenia
Year / 2011
Identity: nature, energy savings, technology.
Client / Sorgenia
Year / 2011
Identity: vision, aesthetics, energy savings
… It’s so beautiful you want to display it on the table…!
Client / Saes Getter
Year / 2007
Pinball-lab: a study for new actuators using shape-memory alloy, for consumer electronics.
5 mechanisms, 5 designs used by insects to move their exoskeleton.
Client / Favini
Year / 2015
Surface for Remake paper: a non-drawing, a point cloud with varying degrees of shadow grouped in different densities, to be printed or as a background for the display of objects, Carapace manages to disappear just where it encounters the subject.
Client / Fedrigoni-Fabriano
Year / 2010
“Light makes space vibrate”
A surface designed to interact with light.
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 1999
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2000
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 1999
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2003
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2003
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2003
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2000
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 2000
Client / Rubelli Studio
Year / 1999
Client / (Concept)
Year / 2020
Water that gushes from a branch planted in the ground: an asymmetrical structure that rises fluidly upwards.
Study for a tap that extends in height, giving greater space beneath the flow of water.
Client / (Concept)
Year / 2020
The geometrical design of the shell of a Clypeasteroida.
The study for a washbasin that extends lengthways, for confined spaces.
Two side surfaces are for items commonly used in the bathroom.
All the images belong to Emanuele Ricci Design Studio archives
Year / 2016
The perception of form by means of the ratio of light and shadow on its surface.
All the images belong to Emanuele Ricci Design Studio archives
Year / 2016
Light-colour-matter.
Analysis of the variables that cause different perceptions of colour depending on the substrate.
RGB profile, surfaces, material, and light.