{"id":3261,"date":"2025-12-04T04:27:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/12\/04\/design-sleuth-the-tolomeo-light-takes-a-turn\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T04:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:27:34","slug":"design-sleuth-the-tolomeo-light-takes-a-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/design-sleuth-the-tolomeo-light-takes-a-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"Design-Sp\u00fcrnase: Das Tolomeo-Licht nimmt eine Wendung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mirko Beetschen and Stephane Houlmann of&nbsp;Z\u00fcrich\u2019s Bergdorf Agency for Concepts and Communication&nbsp;recently collaborated with&nbsp;architect Nick Ruef on the remodel of&nbsp;a 200-year-old chalet in the Bernese Oberland. The result is a perfect juxtaposition of new and old, full of charm and character. After poring over the project more than once, a detail caught my eye: Several of the rooms feature Artemide\u2019s classic Tolomeo Wall Spot Light installed upside down, so that the design takes on a different look and is more maneuverable. Inspired by their genius idea, I ended up doing the same in my bathroom. Here\u2019s their project and mine.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs via Bergdorf Agency for Concepts and Communication, unless noted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.0063037872314px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1829083996366220180.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.0063037872314px\">Above: A kitchen nook lit by two inverted Tolomeo lights in the chalet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.0063037872314px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8833732433933129214.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.0063037872314px\">Above: Installed upside down, a Tolomeo lamp is used as a bedside light.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7921536275390000776.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p>Above: Another Tolomeo light crops up above the mirror in one of the chalet bathrooms\u2013this one, too, is inverted. (Like the palette and design elements? See&nbsp;Steal This Look: An Attic Bath in a Spectrum of Greens.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5584573679829439521.jpg\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Above: An Italian design classic, the&nbsp;Tolomeo Wall Spot Light&nbsp;from Artemide\u2013installed here the correct way\u2013is widely available, including from Y Lighting&nbsp;for $240.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8353116124493355895.JPG\"> <\/p>\n<p>Above: Inspired by the chalet project, I installed our bathroom lights upside down and directly on a mirror wall. By inverting the S bracket (the part that attaches to the wall), and by turning the shade 180 degrees, the lamp gets a new look and function. In the original, the shade\u2019s movement is limited, but the new orientation increases the handle\u2019s range of motion, enabling the shade to move freely. Photograph by Izabella Simmons.<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more of the remodeled chalet? Go to&nbsp;40 Shades of Gray: Unexpected Color in the Swiss Alps. Into grays? Here are 10 Shades of Gray picked by members of the Remodelista Architect\/Design Directory. And see Gardenista\u2019s&nbsp;Palette and Paints posts for more color inspiration.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mirko Beetschen und Stephane Houlmann von der Z\u00fcrcher Agentur Bergdorf f\u00fcr Konzepte und Kommunikation haben zusammen mit dem Architekten Nick Ruef ein 200 Jahre altes Chalet im Berner Oberland umgebaut. Das Ergebnis ist ein perfektes Nebeneinander von Neu und Alt, voller Charme und Charakter. Nachdem ich mir das Projekt mehr als einmal angesehen hatte, fiel mir ein Detail ins Auge: Mehrere [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-renovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}