Trend book for lighting 2018

EXPERIENCE

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Smart cities Resilient cities Urban construction Eco cities Collaborative Cities

Population growth, increased living costs and migration

Urban centres currently occupy less than 5% of the world’s landmass. Nevertheless they account for around 70% of both global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission.

Innovation in urban infrastrucure and technology is essential when addressing this issue.

For instance, greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced by up to 1.5 billion CO2e annually by 2030, primarily through transformative change in transport systems in the world’s 724 largest cities

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mart Cities

The interplay between modern information and communication technologies and wireless sensor networks allows cities to become Smart Cities. Goods, people and traffic streams can be managed in a decentralised and adaptive way

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esilience

Political, technical and social crises, the consequences of climate change, energy transition and the aging of the urban population, resilient cities show themselves to be robust, adaptable and flexible, creating its own flow of energy and food as well as developing public transport and bicycle paths, cities become more independent.

Lifestyles are becoming ever more flexible and unpredictable. Flats and houses have to be changed as required. The living models of the core family are weakening, a wide range of concepts: from urban Small Space Living to community living models in the vein of the large families of the past, to temporarily living in completely pre-furnished spaces. Moreover, the use of living spaces are changing, space-optimising module solutions. In these advanced years, many people choose to live in community assisted living groups.

Hydroponic methods also make it possible to grow crops without soil

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ewliving Concepts

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colaborative Cities

Digitalisation is shaping the urban environment, Anyone is able to launch or support new city panning projects via crowdfunding platforms. Such commitment has provided islands of relaxation, such as the New York park on disused subway lines. By openly sharing their data, citizens help optimise transport planning or analyse air quality. Once assuring solutions are found, people willing to help the city finance projects come together and help enlarge the often limited public resources.

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co Cities

In the future, the number city dwellers will continue to increase.

Eco Cities aim to make urban growth environmentally sustainable, while increasing the quality of life for city dwellers. Measures such as energy-saving building construction, reducing inner city traffic, as well as recycling water, building materials and waste, keep the ecological footprint small. The local production of food also reduces transport and COâ‚‚ emissions

In Touch Geometric Boom

Kinship

Digital wave

Smart Intelligence Eco Active

Mood & Colour

Introduction

Experience 360 explores a desire to reconnect with products that speak to us on a physical and emotional level. Feel becomes a central focus – both literally, through tactile surfaces, and figuratively, through mood enhancing elements. In this trend, interiors become calming, energizing or stimulating through the use of shape, colour and texture, and light is treated as a material.

Smart Intelligence Key words Energy saving concept Adaptive home automation Improved efficiency for work Smart living Ikea has launched an inexpensive range of smart home products called “Trådfri” which is easy to operate and can be set up instantly as a plug-and-play solution. The various smart lighting sets consist of a control unit and an LED light, and require neither installation nor wiring. The conventional bulbs are simply replaced by the LED lights. The light from the LEDs can be dimmed via the control units or an app, and it ranges from bright daylight to cosy candlelight.

1.www.ikea.com/catalog/categories/departments/lighting/18773 2. www.philipslightgallery.in

Smart lighting puts more colour into entertainment Philips has announced the launch of the “Philips Hue Entertainment� feature at the IFA in Berlin. This free entertainment update uses a Hue Entertainment script to synchronise coloured Hue lights with video games, films and music, thereby ensuring the right atmosphere in the living room, which is available no in Indian market.

1. www.philipslightgallery.in 2.www.vedgroup.net 3.Khosa And Associates 4.www.osram.com

Eco

Key words High rate of Urbanisation Shift from artificial energy living objects Eco became inspiration

www. www.pepperfry.com

Active

The Eco Active idea motivates highly textured and tactile lighting designs. Shapes enhance the importance of the handmade and the handcrafted, while materials show both traditional quality and intriguing innovation.

Ancestral techniques from around the world are referred to in order to initiate exotic designs, while modern objects are formed in rather intuitive ways.

Digital Wave

Key words Coloured light Drawing with Light Grid and waves Solid colours Digital Wave directly effects lighting accessories and draw inspiration from futuristic aesthetics as well as a nostalgia for the 1980s pre-internet era.

High impact of geometric forms, flashy reflective surfaces and electrifying high-octane colour come to the fore, creating statement pieces for the home.

1. BY SHIVANGI SHAH 2. BY PHILIPS INDIA