Richard Sapper
- Birthdate
- 1932
- Nationality
- German
- Occupation
- Designer
The designer Richard Sapper, creator of the Tizio iconic table lamp, was born is 1932 in Munich and was born in 2015 in Milan.
Richard Sapper becomes known around the design and decoration world with the Tizio table lamp in 1972 for the Artemide Italian lighting.
This pionner lamp is the one of the first desk table lamp to use low voltage halogen bulbs with electrically conductive arms to eliminate the need for wires.
This lamp is very sold around the world and is product now in other models, like in LED version.
Richars Sapped draws other design icons like the Sapper office Chair collection for Knoll in 1979, the stopwatches collection for Heuer in 1976 or the Nena flexible chair for B1B Italia in 1984.
The designer is an industrial design consultant for IBM in 1980. He designs portable computers whose the Thinkpad 700C in 1992.
Richard Sapper has also created for transport. He works for Fiat and Pirelli.
He is associated with Gae Aulenti in 1972 for create an etude group on development of new urban transport systems.
The German design teaches in the Yale University, the Beijing University, the London Royal College of Art, the Milan Domus Academy, the Buenos Aires university.
Richard Sapper wins many prices whose 11 Compasso of Oro and the Lucky Strike prize by the Raymond Loewy fondation. He has also An achievement award for his work in the field of design in 2009.
