Founded in Milan in 1959, Artemide is synonymous with contemporary lighting. Its new Distillery District showroom, which opened in May 2007, continues the legacy with such design classics as Richard Sapper’s Tizio lamp ($490), one of the first low-voltage halogen desk lamps. The Logico Series is hugely popular with homeowners, who love its mix of soft esthetics and contemporary hardware, while designers embrace anything from the minimal Tolomeo Series. Wall sconces start at $100; $9,910 will get you Tian Xia’s lustworthy suspended fixture with a computer processor that changes both the lamp’s colour and the light it emits. Don’t miss the new Hydro Series by industry darling Ross Lovegrove.