Artemide Boalum led tube

Artemide Boalum is the legendary flexible LED light tube designed by Livio Castiglioni and Gianfranco Frattini in the 1970s, now part of the Artemide Masterpieces Collection. Crafted from translucent flexible PVC with resin terminals, Boalum is an almost indestructible sculpture of light, capable of adapting to any shape and setting. Its integrated 20 W LED source delivers a luminous flux of 780 lumens at a colour temperature of 2700 K (warm white), with a CRI 90 colour rendering index and a diffused light emission that wraps any room in soft, enveloping warmth.

Described by Domus magazine as "a snake of infinite light", Boalum instantly entered the history of Italian and international design, earning the BIO 5 Honour Nomination in Ljubljana (Slovenia) in 1975, and is today part of the permanent collections of institutions such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museum of Italian Design in Milan. Thanks to its extraordinary flexibility, it can be placed on the floor, laid on a table, suspended or coiled around an object, becoming a decorative element that transforms any space — from the living room to the bedroom — into a visually striking scene. The product comes with an integrated switch, operates at 220–240 V, has a diameter of 60 mm and a maximum length of 2000 mm; it is not dimmable and features insulation class II with a protection rating of IP20. Multiple units can be connected in series for a total of up to 4 Boalum elements, creating a continuous, shapeable light source of approximately 8 metres.