PRODUCT 24 THE ARCHITECT’S NEWSPAPER MAY 9, 2012
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BRIGHT SPOTS
1 SILVERBACK KIBISI AND LOUIS POULSEN
2 MANTA RHEI SE’LUX
3 PLASS FOSCARINI
4 EYES E4 PENDANT SENSES
5 POTENCE PIVOTANTE NEMO
6 PIANI TABLE LAMP FLOS
7 CSYS LED TASK LIGHT JAKE DYSON
Founded in Copenhagen by Lars Larsen, Bjarke Ingels Group, and Jens Martin Skibsted, KiBiSi has teamed up with Louis Poulsen Lighting to launch Silverback, a minimal silver fixture with a white diffuser. An LED version will be launched in fall 2012.
Light fixture manufacturer Se’lux and media installation design firm Art + Com have released a new collaboration called Manta Rhei. The kinetic light sculpture is made with paper-thin OLED modules and in future iterations will be scalable to clients’ needs.
Plass—the name combines “plastic” and “glass”— is inspired by traditional Murano glassmaking techniques but instead uses rotational molded transparent polycarbonate to achieve a radius and curve that could not be produced with glass.
Slated for release in fall 2012, the Eyes collection from Senses has been remade with handcrafted glass shades and will include a new pendant version. Each of the cube’s six touch-sensitive sides can be switched on and off.
The result of a rediscovery project with Charlotte Perriand’s daughter, Nemo put the Potence Pivotante lamp into industrial production last year and is now extending the range with doublelength.
Available in black, white, red, and green, the Piani table lamp by the French Bouroullec brothers seems a throwback to the library lighting of yore, but with an LED light source and a catch-all base for small items, the piece is thoroughly modern.
Industrial designer Jake Dyson has introduced his CSYS LED Task Light, which uses heat pipe technology to divert heat from LEDs. The lower temperature increases the light’s lifetime, allowing more than 160,000 hours of continual use.
louispoulsen.com
selux.us
foscarini.com
spirit-of-senses.ch
nemo.cassina.it
flosusa.com
jakedyson.com
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