--- title: "Alphabet of light" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/artemide/alphabet-of-light" language: "en" type: "product" description: "Alphabet of light - Designer Wall mounted lights by Artemide ✓ Comprehensive product & design information ✓ Catalogs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2017-04-26T15:14:00+02:00" modified: "2026-06-23T12:00:43+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410xAUTO_fit_center-center_90_none/Alphabet_of_light_1_170426_152051.jpg" --- [![](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/manufacturers/a/artemide/artemide-logo.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/artemide) # Artemide Alphabet of light Presented: [Salone del Mobile 2017, Milan](https://www.stylepark.com/en/fair/salone-del-mobile-2017-mailand) | Year of design: 2017 | Design: [BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/big---bjarke-ingels-group) ![Alphabet of light](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/Alphabet_of_light_1_170426_152051.jpg) [Interior lighting](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/interior-lighting) **›** [Surface mounted lights](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/surface-mounted-lights-1) **›** [Wall mounted lights](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/wall-mounted-lights-1) [Outdoor lighting](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/outdoor-lighting) **›** [Lighting objects](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/lighting-objects) Alphabet of light is a language based on light intended to convey freedom, an elementary principle generating an open system. BIG starts from an abacus of essential geometries to design a new font that translates into light, an alphabet used to write and to express one’s thoughts, a tool to give shape to spaces. It allows to design light in space with words, as well as with graphic signs. Two linear elements of different lengths and two round ones are combined with a system of letters, numbers, and symbols. The round elements, available in two diameters, can be separated into modules to join the linear elements together according to different angles, thus designing everchanging geometries. These simple base modules, with specific geometric proportions, can be combined with each other to create countless basic or more complex, linear or curved structures of light, thus producing suspension appliances matching with architectures or space functions. The idea of BIG joins the optoelectronic competence of Artemide to define an innovative construction principle and provide continuous and comfortable lighting. While it has a minimal presence, it encloses groundbreaking patented optoelectronic and mechanical innovation. ![Alphabet Of Light 3](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_697xAUTO_fit_center-center_90_none/Alphabet_of_light_3.jpg) - [Manufacturer's Product-Info](http://www.artemide.com/prodotti/scheda-architectural.action?request_locale=en_DE&data.catalogoId=0&idSubfamily=3382265) - [Manufacturer's website](http://www.artemide.com) All Alphabet of light products - [![Alphabet of light](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/Alphabet_of_light_1_170426_152051.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artemide/alphabet-of-light) - [![Alphabet of light linear](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/Alphabet_of_Light_Linear_1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artemide/alphabet-of-light-linear) - [![Alphabet of light](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/articles/_350x225_crop_center-center_none/Alphabet_of_Light_Circular_1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/artemide/alphabet-of-light-circular) - [All products by Artemide @ Stylepark](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/manufacturer/artemide) - [Artemide @ Stylepark](https://www.stylepark.com/en/manufacturer/artemide) Artemide Related Articles [AWARD NOMINATION Artemide: DREISPITZ by Herzog & De Meuron 8/28/2024 Herzog & De Meuron have designed a luminaire that embodies their architectural language. 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