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Frankfurt Finds Kevin Grant of lighting design practice LightAlliance talks us through some of his Light+Building highlights.
H
eavy snow in Frankfurt meant
fixing, ground spikes, diffusers, glare shields and
so we had one day less to
of mini-bollards, bollards, wall-lights and even
delayed and cancelled flights,
beam shapers). Their Belvedere and Bellhop family
cram it all in this time, but we
a 3-metre tall pedestrian scale column convey a
whole show…
iGuzzini provided another opportunity to see what
managed to get around the
simple design, but beautifully executed.
Aside from this year’s formal
their equipment can do in their Light Experience,
themes – ‘Connected – Secure – Convenient’ – there
and showcased CBD InOut HD60 – a customised
(between inside and out); ‘Control’ (not only digital,
RDM); Palco InOut extends their indoor collection
minimise physical size); and ‘Flexibility’ (in terms of
diameter up to 153mm and up to 8000 lumens), an
some of our highlights:
flood or profilers, and the ability to choose between
structure of light nodes, each containing three
Sometimes external gobo projectors can appear to be
control interface can be programmed in real-time
Gobo Spot by Selux, which follows the organic form
were other notable trends such as ‘Connection’
but advances with optics); ‘Compact’ (a real drive to
ability to select between spot, medium, flood, wide
Favo The Light Net by Sattler is a lightweight
two flux levels at different ambient temperatures.
individually controllable LED sources. Their intuitive
stuck on as an afterthought. Not so with the Olivio
or can react to dynamic triggers – creating a very
of their Olivio series luminaire family, with four
flexible and easily configurable system.
different lens options and active cooling onboard.
track that is only 15mm in height; and the Running
again this year, including the Unico modular
Magnet 2 system with SMART control app – allowing
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for outdoor use – available in six sizes (from 30mm
features, controls and physical interaction). Here are
Flos presented Zero Track – a surface mounted
Kevin Grant, Design Principal, UK Studio, LightAlliance
linear solution with RGB pixel control (via DMX-
There was lots of innovation on display from XAL downlight system with up to nine individually
remote control of each luminaires orientation and
controllable 38mm x 38mm inserts and a recess
Some nice Flos outdoor products were also launched,
unique – allowing for a wide range of lighting
Projector (directional) each with adjustable and
for trimless installation in plasterboard ceilings,
intensity.
depth of only 50mm. Each of the optics can be
such as Landlord Soft (slender diffuse disc) and
scenarios from a single luminaire; Cavo is a system
lockable heads, in various heights, and with a range of accessories (bollard, rubber belts for branch
with directional spotlights (using tool-free
magnetic fixings) and an option for indirect light