Medard Hue, Basten Leijh Design
HOW ARE YOU, BASTEN LEIJH EXHIBITION, MILAN FURNITURE FAIR, ITALY
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solutions By Ruth Slavid
Product designer Basten Leijh is working in a close collaboration with Modular lighting instruments on new innovations in light sources. Now he has also worked with Modular on the design of a light source with Hue technology inside and used it in his solo exhibition held in Milan during the Salone del Mobile last April.
Basten Leijh is an exciting product designer who has been based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for the past 12 years. He has a reputation for looking at everyday objects in an unfamiliar way, and also for integrating technology in his products. At this year’s Milan Furniture Fair, he designed and presented an exhibition, called ‘How are You’, showing ten of his latest innovative products, including his Médard connected light, his Ahrend Recharge pouffe, his Ahrend How are You connected chair and his Cartrash car waste bin. He worked with Philips’ Hue lighting on the concept and the design of the exhibition. The Luminous team caught up with him there.
Tell us about the Médard that you designed for Modular? Basten Leijh: Médard is a light source that I created because I wanted to design something that included candle light and a spotlight in one source. In 2010, it was quite difficult to achieve that. The Hue technology that was introduced inside the light source is not only dimmable but makes the warmth of the light source changeable. Hue technology comes with an app on your device that allows you to change the mood from spotlight to candlelight in a second. With this new technology everything is solved, and creativity starts when you open the app on your phone.
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