Tizio 50

Name: Artemide Tizio 50
Brand: Artemide
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James Bond in No Time to Die, 2021 — as worn by Daniel Craig

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The scene

In the early Jamaica stretch of No Time to Die, the Artemide Tizio 50 stands on the wooden desk in James Bond’s bedroom at the beach house built for his retirement hideaway. The room looks toward the water through broad louvred openings, and the desk carries a specific production-story meaning: set decorator Véronique Melery and production designer Mark Tildesley placed a replica of Ian Fleming’s writing desk from Goldeneye in Bond’s bedroom as a direct literary callback. In story terms, Bond is living alone here after leaving active service, before Felix Leiter’s arrival pulls him back into the field.

The lamp sharpens that idea of Bond in self-imposed retreat. Tildesley and Melery described the Jamaican house as an authentic local refuge shaped by the island’s history, with handwoven fabrics, jute rugs, natural wood and antique objects, so the Tizio reads as one deliberately modern, workmanlike note inside a deeply personal room. The lamp feels practical, not ornamental, consistent with a Bond who is trying to live quietly rather than theatrically.

On screen, the Tizio’s black, counterbalanced arms cut a crisp profile against the warm timber interior and the daylight beyond. Linus Sandgren has said the Jamaica material was conceived as romantic, and the house was positioned on a beautiful beach to capture that mood. The lamp’s lean geometry is framed against soft natural light, its engineered silhouette registering clearly within the airy, sun-washed bedroom.

In the early Jamaica stretch of No Time to Die, the Artemide Tizio 50 stands on the wooden desk in James Bond’s bedroom at the beach house built for his retirement hideaway.

The object

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The Artemide Tizio 50 is an iconic adjustable desk lamp designed by Richard Sapper in 1971 and introduced by Artemide in 1972. Conceived as a highly functional task light, it became one of the defining objects of late 20th-century industrial design. Artemide, founded in 1960 by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza, made the Tizio one of its signature long-running products, and the design is held in major museum collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Its construction is defined by a counterbalanced articulated arm system that allows wide, stable repositioning without springs or exposed wiring. A key technical innovation is that the parallel metal arms themselves conduct low-voltage current from a transformer housed in the base to the lamp head, eliminating the need for visible wires through the armature. The classic Tizio 50 uses the historic halogen configuration rather than the newer integrated LED update; Bond-focused identification of the screen-used version notes details consistent with the halogen model, including the small pin beneath the head and the characteristic red power button. Materials commonly associated with the model include black-painted aluminum arms, a black base, and die-cast counterweights.

In No Time to Die, the lamp appears in its classic black finish on Bond’s desk in his Jamaica home, with the arms opened to a long horizontal reach that clearly matches the standard Tizio 50 rather than the smaller Micro or 35 variants. Its crisp geometry and engineering-forward form complement the understated sophistication of Bond’s retreat while underscoring the practical, lived-in quality of the space.

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