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Welcome With the return of Light + Building falling just a few weeks before this year’s Milan Design Week, there was no shortage of fresh decorative lighting to seek out this April. The relative importance of both these events was, as ever, proportionally matched by their dizzying size - and the amount of shoe leather lost in their exploration. In recognition of the huge number of lighting debuts at these events, we’ve given over most of this issue to our distilled selection of the decorative pieces shown in Frankfurt and Milan.

Elsewhere in the issue, we also look ahead to May Design Series and particularly to the Designers With Light Forum, which will take place in parallel with the show. The Forum is a new kind of conference, organised by darc and our architectural lighting sister magazine mondo*arc, with the aim of bringing together different design disciplines. Architects, Interior Designers, Manufacturers, Lighting Designers and Product Designers will all take to the stage to discuss not just the power of good lighting design, but the importance of collaboration between the professions. Attendance is free to all May Design Series visitors, just head online to register at: www.maydesignseries.com. - Pete Brewis • darc Editor

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ÉCLECTIC • PARIS

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THE JANE • ANTWERP

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FOLIO: IPPOLITO FLEITZ GROUP

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CALENDARC

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MAY DESIGN SERIES PREVIEW

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DESIGNERS WITH LIGHT FORUM

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PROFILE: TERENCE WOODGATE

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PROFILE: JOOST HEREMANS

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LIGHT + BUILDING

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YOUNG DESIGN

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COMMENT: MILAN - A DESIGNER’S VIEW

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EDIT BY DESIGNJUNCTION

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MILAN GALLERY

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PROJECT / ÉCLECTIC, PARIS, FRANCE

THE RIGHT MIX For new Parisian eatery Éclectic, Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio created an interior that balances ‘70s brutalism with glistening metal geometry.

Since their first forays into the hospitality industry back in 1986, Fabienne and Philippe Amzalak have provided the heart and soul to a series of high-end dining experiences, each time collaborating with some impressive names from the worlds of both gastronomy and design. Having previously worked with the likes of Philippe Starck on the redesign of critically lauded Parisian venues Bon and Ma Cocotte, the husband and wife team turned to another star of contemporary design, Tom Dixon, for their new project Éclectic.

The Amzalak’s concept for Éclectic - to bring together a mix of clientele, from the midday shopper to the business luncher, and to serve up a selection of culinary styles – is well suited to Tom Dixon’s design aethetic, particularly his 2012 collection of objet trouvé style pieces, also called Eclectic and which feature throughout the new restaurant.

The project was taken on by Design Research Studio, the interior design practice set up by Dixon in 2002. In constructing a visual identity for the venue, they applied their philosophy of connecting design with architecture, and of creating links between the designed environment and its target audience. Éclectic is located within the Beaugrenelle Centre, a 1970s shopping complex that re-opened in October last year following a multimillion Euro redevelopment. Sitting alongside the Seine in the 15th Arrondissement of Paris, a short walk from the Tour Eiffel, the Beaugrenelle is a trio of interconnected buildings occupied by mid- to

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PROJECT / ÉCLECTIC, PARIS, FRANCE

This page (clockwise from above): a row of Etch pedants illuminate wash basins designed to mimic Tom Dixon’s Void pendants; clusters of Cell pendants in the main dining room; foiling on the champagne rack adding to the scheme’s metalic glow; a classic Joe Columbo Coupé 2202 lamp sits between booths.

Opposite (clockwise from top left): a selection of pieces from the Lustre collection hang above the window seating; a Base Copper Floor Light stands in the lounge; the light from Cell pendants reflect off bespoke dining tables; the chrome Bell Table Light adopts the character of its surroundings.

high-end brands. The restaurant occupies the sixth floor of the Magnetic building, in a space that looks out towards the Seine.

While much of the Centre has been given a modern makeover of clean, white surfaces, Design Research Studio have created a scheme for Éclectic that actively celebrates the ’70s structure, stripping the space back to its concrete bones. This brutalist aesthetic is balanced by the generous use of polished brass to give the interior a golden glow of glamour. This theme is used to great effect in the wall detailing that frames the view through to the kitchen: an interlocking pattern of hexagonal shapes (a nod to the seventies’ love of geometric and modular design) that covers large areas like outcrops of columnar basalt - a seam of metal set within the concrete ‘rock’ of the building.

This hexagonal motif is repeated throughout the venue often offset by circular patterns,

cutting into or encompassing their interlocking geometry. It is seen in the shape and arrangement of the private dining booths and, most noticeably, in the clusters of Tom Dixon Cell pendants that hang above selected tables in the main dining room.

The Cell is constructed from layers of minutely etched, polished brass, folded into a geometric, elongated bell with hexagonal cross section. The linear perforations in its sides cast an intricate pattern of shadows on the surrounding walls, floors and ceilings. When multiple pendants are used, this effect is heightened as stripes of light and shadow intersect and overlap.

Circular acoustic panels, which hang overhead in the extended height created by stripping back all ceiling surfaces, provide a base plate from which the lighting clusters hang, framing them and accentuating their presence.

These acoustic panel-and-pendant installations were created in collaboration with UK decorative lighting specialist Chelsom.

Having worked successfully together on the ongoing Mondrian London hotel project, Design Research Studio commissioned Chelsom to produce the circular ceiling rafts.

In total, ten pieces of varying sizes were installed. Constructed from noise reducing foam and grey flocked to fit with the look of the room, each raft features concealed LED uplights, used to pick out sections of the ceiling above.

Chelsom also helped create Écletic’s chandelier centrepiece. 124 gold Cell pendants are suspended from a black, powder-coated steel frame. By increasing the drop length of these pendants in concentric rings, they form a metallic floret of light, interlocking neatly together, as was always intended in their initial design. All Cell pendants

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are fitted with a brass-tipped Megaman Crown Brass 7 Watt 230v lamp, specifically designed for the collection to provide the energy savings of an LED along with the required light dispersion and appropriate aesthetic appeal.

Further Tom Dixon lighting can be found throughout the restaurant.

A row of Bell table lights runs between the back-to-back banquette seating in one section of the room. Bell comprises a pair of domed shapes - one suspended over the other - formed from chrome plated pressed steel. Highly polished to give it a mirror-like surface, it reflects (and therfore adopts) the character of the surrounding space.

Polished metal pieces, particularly copper and brass, are used extensively throughout Éclectic, such as the Base Copper Floor Light. Part of Tom Dixon’s Base Collection it combines a highly polished copper shade

with a traditional matt textured black cast iron base.

More iridescent than shiny, the roughly finished metallic forms of the Lustre collection hang above the window seating.

Each pendant in the range is handmade in a family-run factory in the Netherlands. Its distinctive sheen is created using a ‘top-secret glaze containing minerals and precious metals’.

A row of shallow copper-effect shades run alongside the front window of the restaurant. Custom designed by Design Research Studio, they are produced from vacuum metalised polycarbonate.

Eclectic in name and nature, the venue’s mix of the stark and the shiny, the stone cold and the golden-glowing, make it an incredibly successful French first for Design Research Studio. www.tomdixon.net/designresearchstudio

PROJECT DETAILS Éclectic, Rue Linois, Paris, France Client: Fabienne & Philippe Amzalak Interior Design: Research Design Studio Bespoke chandelier feature: Chelsom

LIGHTING SPECIFIED Cell pendants - Tom Dixon Lustre pendants - Tom Dixon Base Coppper Floor light - Tom Dixon Bell Table Light - Tom Dixon LED Crown Brass 7W lamps - Megaman Coupé 2202 table lamp - by Joe Columbo - Oluce custom copper-effect pendants - Design Research Studio

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PLAINLY PUT Occupying the shell of an old hospital chapel in Antwerp, new restaurant The Jane combines the design talents of Piet Boon and lighting creatives .PSLAB. For those who hold the gastronomic arts in near religious regard, the location of new restaurant The Jane will seem pleasingly appropriate. The brainchild of Michelin Star chef Sergio Herman and his colleague Nick Bril, working in collaboration with design practice Piet Boon, The Jane occupies a former military hospital chapel in the Groen Kwartier of Antwerp, Belgium.

In keeping with the Piet Boon belief in authenticity, functionality and the use of materials that ‘age beautifully’, the chapel interior retains much of its pre-existing character. Only essential refurbishments were carried out, with much of its ‘crumbling’ aesthetic preserved and incorporated in to the finished look. Modern touches include a glass encased kitchen, a kind of culinary shrine standing in place of the altar; a series of modern-themed stainedglass windows by Studio Job; and a collection of bespoke light pieces by Beirut-based .PSLAB. On entering, diners are greeted by a series

of white corrugated, cylindrical, ceiling-mounted fixtures. Their glowing brass interiors deliver a rich warmth that contrasts with the surrounding white stonework and black decor. Similar touches are provided by brass table lamps that rise above the seating, and bubble-like, blown-glass wall fixtures.

The undoubted centrepiece of the restaurant is .PSLAB’s gigantic, 800kg chandelier, an explosion of blackened copper-plated steel rods radiating from a black cylindrical hub above the centre of the room. Each of the 150 rods is tipped by a hand blown, Czech glass bubble, illuminated by a 4.5W LED lamp. The chandelier has a maximum radius of 12m by 9m, with some rods finishing just 2.75m above the ground. In doing so, the piece takes on a much more intimate, human scale than its size would suggest, linking diners with the vaulted ceilings above. www.pslab.net www.pietboon.com

Working in consultation with interior architects Piet Boon, Beirut-based .PSLAB created a series of bespoke lighting pieces for The Jane. These include smaller pieces that add a warm glow to the black and white space, and the giant chandelier centrepiece that spans the length, width and height of the former chapel space.

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Palace of International Forums TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN

Our regular feature highlighting the importance of decorative lighting in the work of one interior design practice. This issue, we present multidisciplinary identity architects Ippolito Fleitz Group.

Photo: Fotostudio Paolo Emmanuele

Based in Stuttgart, with offices in Zurich and Seoul, Ippolito Fleitz Group is an internationally renowned multidisciplinary design studio that works with clients to develop architecture, products and communication that fit within a client identity, while also offering something unique in their own right.

Established by Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz in 2002, the group now comprises a team of 37 designers, covering a wide field of design, from strategy to architecture, interiors, products, graphics and landscape architecture, each contributing specific skills to the alternating, project-oriented team formations.

Simply put, their goal is to give the complex identity of their clients an adequate shape.

Naturally, light is a vital part of their design focus. “Light is a major factor in the orchestration and creation of drama within a space,” says Ippolito.

“Lighting underpins emotion, creates focal points, and orients. Above and beyond simple general lighting, especially in retail, excellent lighting is a critical factor that influences perception and creates a visual hierarchy. It is becoming an ever more important aspect of the branding of any corporate identity.” www.ifgroup.org

Photo: Zooey Braun

not guilty ZURICH, SWITZERLAND The Swiss restaurant chain ‘not guilty’ is the embodiment of honest, nutritious foods. Their third outlet, opened in 2013 at a flagship downtown Zurich location, was designed by Ippolito Fleitz Group as the embodiment of ‘a little heaven on Earth’.

The long, open restaurant area welcomes guests with the familiar tones and textures of natural oak wood flooring combined with a mixture of delicate white and pastel tones.

Diners are invited to join other guests at the long, central, high table canopied by the meandering, white lacquered branches of floor to ceiling trees that reach up through the cloudy strata of twisted canvas strips running across the entire space.

The central area is strung with bubble-like clusters of E27 pendants from Muuto.

Several other types of seating are also available, including the nearby booths, above which are suspended cylindrical Tula Micro pendants from XAL.

The Uzbekistan International Forums Palace, located on Amir Timur Square in the heart of the Uzbek capital Tashkent, was ceremonially opened in September 2009 to celebrate the city’s 2200th anniversary.

Inside, visitors are greeted by the stunning white foyer spaces filled with a series of grand crystal chandeliers and luminaries, custom-made in consultation with Ippolito Fleitz Group and lighting designer Gerd Pfarré.

The largest of these hangs within the main foyer. Weighing 15,000kg and incorporating a staggering 1.8 million Swarovski crystals it stretches 21 metres along the foyer ceiling. To create the piece, crystals were individually threaded onto long lengths of thin wire, in essence creating hundreds of necklace-like chains. These were then numbered and individually boxed, before being unpacked and fixed, chain by chain, to grippers attached on a base plate in the ceiling. Together they create a long pouch, five metres in depth, illuminated from above by cantilevered ERCO halogen fixtures with beam angles of between 5º and 30º.

Photo: Zooey Braun

Photo: Zooey Braun

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Wein & Wahrheit SULZBACH, GERMANY The Wein & Wahrheit store in the Main-Taunus shopping mall in Sulzbach, Germany, features floor-to-ceiling wine bottle displays that fill all three interior walls like library bookshelves.

A mirrored ceiling band running around the edges of the space further multiplies this vertical effect. Within this mirrored ceiling, a canopy of 150 handblown glass vessels in four different shades provides a key focal point. The glass pieces break up the light from the sources within (two thirds of which are LED) to create a candle-like effect that imbue this modern space with a welcoming, wine-cellar aesthetic.

Glass and oak are the dominant materials in the space, both chosen to reference the world of wine.

Photo: Zooey Braun

Photo: Zooey Braun

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Following the success of their work on the Palace of International Forums (see opposite), the practice was invited to create a design for another project on Amir Timur Square, a jewellery shop housed within the new Belfry Tashkent.

Entering the space is like stepping inside an ornate jewellery box. Dark walls are completely overlaid with laser-cut decorative ornamentation, made from highly-polished stainless steel panels. The length of the rooms is optically elongated by means of ornamental, tinted mirrors on the end walls and a dynamic lighting element crossing the ceiling.

The team again worked with Pfarré Lighting Design to create the room’s only lighting element, a freely sketched line of neon hovering overhead. The piece can exist within the space without disrupting the room’s decorative cladding, and indeed its reflected light helps to subtly emphasis the intricate sparkling surfaces.

The home of a young family in downtown Stuttgart, this attic apartment was designed by Ippolito Fleitz Group to provide a generous 250m2 living space. The loft-like lounge area and open plan kitchen unit occupy the core of the apartment, nestled beneath an impressive bare wooden roof structure.

This structure was transformed into a defining design element through the use of colour and dynamic rounded cladding. The cladding forms a counterpoint to the cubic nature of the furniture and fittings. Where they meet, the latter playfully submit to the beams and columns.

The volume of the living space is filled by a series of Bubble pendant lights. Originally created for Herman Miller in 1947 by American modernist George Nelson, the Bubble Lamps are constructed from taut plastic material stretch around a wire frame. Now produced by Modernica, their sculptural forms provide a touch of modern design history.

Photo: Zooey Braun

Photo: Zooey Braun Photo: Zooey Braun

If you’re an interior designer with an eye for decorative lighting and have five projects worth sharing, contact: editor@darcmagazine.com

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on SHOW A look ahead to forthcoming design shows with a strong lighting element.

ICFF • NEW YORK, USA 17-20 May 2014 (www.icff.com)

MAY DESIGN SERIES • LONDON, UK 18-20 May 2014 (www.maydesignseries.com)

DESIGNERS WITH LIGHT FORUM • LONDON, UK 18-20 May 2014 (www.designerswithlight.com)

INDEX • DUBAI, UAE 19-22 May 2014 (www.indexexhibition.com)

CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK • LONDON, UK 20-22 May 2014 (www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com)

DESIGN MIAMI/BASEL

• BASEL, SWITZERLAND

17-22 Jun 2014 (www.designmiami.com)

MAISON ET OBJET • PARIS, FRANCE 5-9 September 2014 (www.maison-objet.com)

TENT / SUPERBRANDS • LONDON , UK 18-21 Sep 2014 (www.tentlondon.co.uk)

100% DESIGN • LONDON, UK 17-20 September 2014 (www.100percentdesign.co.uk)

DESIGNJUNCTION • LONDON, UK 17-21 September 2014 (www.thedesignjunction.co.uk)

BIENNALE INTERIEUR • KORTRIJK , BELGIUM 17-26 Oct 2014 (www.interieur.be

Show reviews this issue: • LIGHT + BUILDING • FRANKFURT, GERMANY page 24 • EDIT BY DESIGNJUNCTION • MILAN, ITALY page 44

EDGE | astrolighting.co.uk

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MAY DESIGN SERIES 2014 Five shows under one roof, the May Design Series will feature a rich array of decorative lighting pieces.

Here we present a small selection of what you’ll find on show.

Facet Innermost Polished stainless steel sections arrayed around the circumference of this beautiful luminaire create a surface of small facets that fragment the image of its surroundings, replicating the mesmerising beauty of a carefully cut crystal. www.innermost.net

Muutos Preciosa Muutos highlights the incredible softness of crystal and its astonishing ability to adapt to any shape. This distinctive chandelier fuses modern design with traditional craftsmanship. It is made from molten bohemian crystal glass poured into hundred year-old moulds, which when slightly cooled is transformed by hands into its final organic shapes. www.preciosalighting.com

Exenia Zero Suspension Using a specially diffused PVC shade, Zero Suspension provides a continuous and clean light. Available in a variety of sizes and finishes, the Zero exemplifies the Exenia approach to lighting. www.exenia.eu

Incanda-LED Megaman Phi B.lux Designed by David Abad for the ‘Deco’ sub-range of the B.lux lighting collection, the Phi family of Scandinavian-inspired lighting will be shown on the Vivid stand.

The complete range (table light, floor light and three sizes of pendant) are all available in sober, understated white, grey and beige finishes. To complete this simple harmony the fabric cables used within these timeless pieces are supplied in the same colour as the body. www.grupoblux.com

The Incanda-LED range is a breakthrough in LED technology as it provides a brilliant sparkling light effect with a unique lamp design that resembles a point light source and the sparking light effect of an incandescent lamp. With a high luminous efficacy of up to 100 lm/W of high-quality warm light, the Incanda-LED lamps can reduce energy consumption by up to 89% when compared to its incandescent equivalent, and offer a much longer life. www.megamanlighting.com

Living Sculpture 3D Philips Philips will be showing their LivingSculpture 3D module system in London for the very first time. The sculpture, composed of separate OLED tiles and linking rods, will take centre stage at May Design Series ensuring a spectacular and dynamic design with light. www.lumiblade-experience.com

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Exhibiting on the Vivid stand, Modiss will be showing their new product, ALMA. The comination of a voluptuous shape and deep, of vivid colours shows a progression from the more ‘blingy’ pieces in many of the previous collections.

Utilising a 20W LED source the ALMA’s design also demonstrates the factory’s progressive development from both a performance and an aesthetic point of view. With a diameter of 585mm, ALMA is designed to make a statement. www.modiss.com

The Dutch designer Romy Kühne has designed the impressive Apollo which will be on display on the Enigma stand.

A patchwork of metal triangles, held together by bolts and nuts, the body has a heavy industrial look and feel. Inside, the dome gives a superb soft light with an almost velvetine quality. www.dark.be

Cortona Astro Cortona’s large oval of blown opal glass is designed to draw on the emotional pull of ovoid shapes, an effect enhanced by its very even glow of light.

It comes in a choice of two sizes: 240mm and 320mm, both with a maximum drop of 1,800mm. www.astrolighting.co.uk

Arthur Brand van Egmond

Bubbles Avivo Lighting

Brand van Egmond was founded in 1989 by two independent artists, William Brand and Annet van Egmond, with the sole intention of creating art without constraints. The Arthur is characterised as a conqueror of the dark. Finished in nickel, it is available in varying sizes of conical, round and oval chandelier as well as floor, table and wall lamps. www.brandvanegmond.com

Avivo Lighting will be showing their Bubbles range of chandeliers. The elegant solid glass balls are handmade and injected with random air bubbles that shimmer and sparkle as the light reflects through them. The standard range includes several sizes of chandeliers, from single-light to 26-light pendants, all fully height adjustable, which can be supplied with either halogen or LED lamps. www.avivolighting.co.uk

LED Bulkhead Timage

Atmos Brick in the Wall Looking like a cut on the wall, the Atmos LED fitting from Brick in the Wall, on the Enigma stand, is a great example of how plaster-in lighting can seamlessly transform a space. Quick and easy to install, the Atmos comes with a 7W, 600 lm, high output LED, available in 2700K, 3000K, 4000K and - launching at May Design Series - the new 2200K colour temperature. www.brickinthewall.eu

Timage have responded to the ever-increasing demand for low energy lighting by launching a new LED bulkhead light range. The models vary from 8 watts through to 18 watts and offer a considerable energy saving when compared to their traditional bulb counterparts.

Available finishes include natural brass and chrome plated brass. www.timage.eu

www.maydesignseries.com

London, ExCeL • 18-20 May 2014

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SUNDAY 18TH MAY 2014 11.00am PRODUCT DESIGNER / MANUFACTURER Terence Woodgate / Ciaran Kiely, Project Marketing Manager, Megaman International Differences in Design Terence and Ciaran talk about the differences in approach between designing for yourself and designing for a company.

12.15pm ARCHITECT / PRODUCT DESIGNER / INTERIOR DESIGNER Joost Heremans, Associate Partner, Foster + Partners; Director, Muunlight Learning from Architecture in Product Design Joost will tell the story of how he gained inspiration from the architecture of the basilica in Venezay, Burgundy, France to make the Lightcatcher, a fusion between interior design and fashion design.

1.30pm LIGHTING DESIGNER John Bullock, Principal, JBLD John Bullock Plays By The Rules - A Conversation About Residential Lighting Design More than any other field of lighting design, schemes for someone’s home brings with it an intense depth of detail. As the projects roll by and the client conversations become more and more philosophical, it has become obvious that there is an underlying matrix of rules and guidelines that inform every project. Here, for the first time, John Bullock will unveil his Rules of Three…

HOW TO ATTEND: The Designers With Light Forum is free to attend. Simply register for the May Design Series using the online form: www.maydesignseries.com

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2.45pm INTERIOR DESIGNER / LIGHTING DESIGNER / MANUFACTURER Emma Cogswell, IALD; Gwenda Jones, SBID; Ian Stanton, iGuzzini Lighting for Interior Designers A panel discussion about the specification of lighting for interior designers by professionals from the lighting design, interior design and manufacturer professions.

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Organised by darc and mondo*arc magazines, the Designers With Light Forum will take place during May Design Series, bringing together various disciplines to discuss the power of good lighting design.

MONDAY 19TH MAY 2014 11.00pm LIGHTING DESIGNER / CLIENT Mark Major, Principal, Speirs + Major / Richard Meier, Partner, Argent Group Light And Darkness In King’s Cross Central An approach to the lighting of public space in one of London’s largest and most celebrated urban renewal projects.

12.15pm LIGHTING DESIGNER / ARCHITECT Farhad Rahim, Senior Lighting Designer, ChapmanBDSP / Nicholas Ling, Partner, Foster + Partners ME Hotel, London - Hospitality Lighting Blended With Architecture ChapmanBDSP worked closely with Foster + Partners on an integrated lighting scheme for the ME Hotel in London based on a monochromatic concept of dark and light.

Here, both lighting designer and architect discuss the creative process and the challenges of using light to create volume in the public spaces throughout the hotel.

1.30pm LIGHTING DESIGNER / MANUFACTURER Kevin Grant, Director, LIGHTALLIANCE / Sam Woodward, Head Of Control Systems, Havells Sylvania Europe (incorporating Concord) The Essential Guide To Retail Lighting Kevin and Matt explain how to use modern lighting techniques and equipment, and more efficient light sources, to provide significant reductions in energy use, whilst achieving enhanced quality and improved visual appeal.

2.45pm ARCHITECT Jonathan Mizzi, Owner, Mizzi Studios Fusing Architecture With Light Architect Jonathan Mizzi explains his passion for futurism, science and love for nature characterising the studio’s design ethos.

4.00pm LIGHTING DESIGNER Peter Fordham, Director, DHA Design How To Light Museum Galleries - Revealing the secrets of The Mary Rose Peter Fordham discusses approaches to

modern museum and gallery lighting, including the recently opened Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth.

5.00pm LIGHTING DESIGNER / PRODUCT DESIGNER / MANUFACTURER Dan Hodgson, Design Director, acdc The Journey Of Light... inspirational product design acdc’s Daniel Hodgson will discuss his changing role within the lighting industry from Lighting Designer to Design Director and how this transition has influenced the acdc product design process in creating award winning products. Daniel will focus on where his inspiration has come from for their most recent projects, how LEDs have allowed acdc to consider new form factors in product design, the importance of prototypes, global market feedback and trying to get into the mind-set of a lighting designer in the testing phase.

6.00pm LIGHTING DESIGN SOCIAL EVENT Light Collective presents The Lighting Design Family Tree sponsored by Xicato When Sharon Stammers and Martin Lupton set up Light Collective they realised that they are the bastard love child of Andre Tammes and Miles Pinniger, two of the pioneers of the UK lighting industry, with a good chunk of foster care from LightMatters and BDP. This spurred them to try and create a map of the UK lighting industry. That was back in 2011. Things have moved on from then. It’s about time there was an update... a live update. With alcohol.

TUESDAY 20TH MAY 2014 11.00pm PRODUCT DESIGNER Eoin Billings, Partner, Billings Jackson Design The Designer’s Role In Redefining Light The fundamental technology shift from analogue to digital light represents an extraordinary, once in a lifetime opportunity.

Designers and architects are in a position to play a pivotal role in redefining the market.

It is the designer’s role to interpret these needs and to drive industry. It is a great opportunity.

12.15pm LIGHTING DESIGNER / CLIENT Maida Hot, Managing Director, GIA Equation / Will Montague, Development Executive, Chelsfield Digital Façade Lighting For The Knightsbridge Estate The newly completed exterior lighting installation for the Knightsbridge Estate is on one of the first steps in realising Chelsfield’s overall vision for the 3.5 acre estate between Harrods and Harvey Nichols to become one of the most prominent retail assets in London.

1.30pm TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHER Paul Littlefair, Head Of Lighting, BRE Selecting And Planning Lighting Controls Paul Littlefair describes new BRE guidance on how to select controls that are appropriate to the space (daylit or non-daylit, high or low occupancy) and how it is used.

2.45pm LIGHTING DESIGNER / ARCHITECT Richard Morris, Lighting Designer, Arup / Charles Valla, Architect, AZPML New Start For New Street - A Study In Façade Glare Control Due to be completed in 2015, the redesigned Birmingham New Street train station has undergone detailed glare studies by Arup to ensure its new façade, designed by AZPML, does not dazzle train drivers and members of the public.

4.00pm LIGHTING DESIGNER / ARCHITECT Laura Phillips, Design Director For Lighting, Buro Happold / Patrick Arends, Associate, Mecanoo Library Of Birmingham - The Design Challenges Of Meeting BREEAM Excellent Standards Patrick Arends of Mecanoo and Laura Phillips of Buro Happold Lighting will take you through the design challenges and the process involved to achieve the creatively striking building, while achieving the very demanding energy targets set by Birmingham City Council.

www.designerswithlight.com

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TERENCE WOODGATE

Following the recent launch of his eponymous lighting brand, Terence Woodgate will discuss the challenges of delivering top quality lighting product design.

For two weeks at the beginning of May, the Libby Sellers Gallery in Central London was transformed into a pop-up show room to mark the launch of a new lighting collection from renowned British designer Terence Woodgate.

Though Woodgate has been behind many successful lighting and furniture products in the past, the new Solid range is the first to be launched under the designer’s own Terence Woodgate lighting brand.

“It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a very long time,” he explains. “I’ve always been envious of people like Ingo Maurer, who’s been doing his own things for many years. I’m very detail-focused when I design, so by setting up my own company I can give every part of the production process the same attention.”

Over his 20 years designing for architectural lighting manufacturers like Concord, Woodgate has been responsible for many hugely successful luminaires, but with the launch of his own brand, he has been able to adopt a much more holistic design approach, looking at every aspect of the

process from the smallest star washer used in its manufacture to the final product packaging and even the design of the installation instructions - a job for which he drafted in graphic designer Charlie Smith and illustrator John See - ensuring a detailed design experience for everyone from the installer to end user.

The Solid series exploits the many qualities of LED lighting technology, in particular focusing on the rich variety of interesting materials that can now be used in close proximity with the light source.

The range is designed around a GU10 reflector lamp, set deep within the fitting to prevent the LED’s high luminous flux from becoming uncomfortable, while also ensuring the lamp is effectively cooled by passive airflow and so provide optimum efficiency and lamp life.

“I look at the way a number of designers have just plopped an LED lamp into a shape and I realise that they haven’t really understood all of the constraints involved,” explains Woodgate. “As Charles Eames said, if you design knowing every

constraint then you don’t have to compromise, and it’s true: if you design being aware of the construction constraints, the material constraints, the component constraints, the factory, the packaging… if you’re aware of all of these then hopefully you come up with a design that satisfies all the criteria and is in itself a better design.”

Woodgate’s experience and understanding of LED technology make him well placed to produce a range that can satisfy the end user both aesthetically and technically. “I want to make sure that they get a product that exceeds their expectations,” he says.

For the pop-up launch event, Woodgate teamed up with lighting manufacturer Megaman, whose new Ingenium Bluetooth system was used to present the pieces at their best and demonstrate how they could be controlled in a real world setting.

Megaman’s Ciaran Kiely will be in conversation with Woodgate at the Designers With Light Forum on Sunday 18th May, discussing the product design process. www.terencewoodgate.com

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London-based architect and designer Joost Heremans will discuss the inspiration behind his Lightcatcher pendant piece and the process behind its development.

As an architect and designer, Joost Heremans’ credentials are beyond dispute. His first role when he joined Foster+Partners in July 2002 was to work on what would become an award-winning project, the Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building at the University of Toronto, Canada. It was an auspicious start to what would become an impressive roll call of major projects: the Public Library in New York; a carbon-neutral resort in Cuba; the five-star ME hotel in central London; a design for a 600m tower in Chicago; a headquarters tower in Calgary, Canada; the 2022 World Cup football stadium in Qatar, a Children Hospital for the University of Iowa, a 300m high

residential tower in Beijing and the ETFE Khan Shatyr tensile structure in Astana, Kazakhstan.

In 2006, Heremans was promoted to Associate before stepping up to Associate Partner a year later.

Outside of his architectural work - or rather, running alongside it - Heremans has a passion for designing large-size pendant light structures and last year launched the Lightcatcher. Three years in the making, the piece is a fusion between interior design and fashion. Launched during the 2013 London Design Festival and Paris Design Week under the Muunlight. com brand, the piece is a reinvention of

Bottom row (l-r) Heremans’ note book, showing initial sketches for the Lightcatcher; prototypes in the Muunlight.com studio; Joost Heremans.

the pendant lampshade. Viscose fabric is stretched across a wooden frame to work a three dimensional ‘light-box’, reflecting the light onto the ceiling whilst creating a stunning lit effect with the choice of fabrics.

Heremans gained inspiration for the design of Lightcatcher when studying the basilica in Venezay, Burgundy, France, a story you can hear in full at the Designers With Light Forum. The Lightcatcher itself will also be on display as part of the May Design Series exhibition. www.muunlight.com

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Aside from the major brands, Messe Frankfurt created space for emerging and exemplary talent in the form of the Young Design selection (see page 36) and the Design Plus awards (the more decorative recipients of which are on page 27).

Indeed, one of the Young Designers, Aldo Freund, was asked to create Café Look, a break-out space with a modern-industrial style, located in the corner of hall 1.2 (pictured below).

The next Light + Building will be held from 13 to 18 March 2016. www.light-building.messefrankfurt.com

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Decorative lighting galore at Frankfurt Messe...

Despite the disruption of a strike by Lufthansa, the biennial Light + Building exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany was its usual throng of impressive lighting launches. Alongside the brutally functional architectural fixtures, there were plenty of aesthetically stunning luminaires on offer, and though much of the messegelände was occupied by the more practical side of space illumination, the decorative pieces in halls 1.1 and 1.2 (plus some notable additions in the halls beyond), made this year’s show a trove of interesting finds.

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LEDed B. benwirth licht LEDed B. is the new LED version of the halogen lamp Incredible Bulb, designed in 2009. The LEDed B. is more minimalistic in design than its predecessor, offers the same luminosity and even saves energy. The LEDed B. is an ‘empty’ bulb without filaments that nonetheless ‘magically’ fills with light. www.benwirth.de

Lederam Catellani & Smith Improved and perfected since its Milan preview in 2013, the Lederam family offers dimmable LED technology at mains voltage without the need for a transformer. Each contains 17W LED modules with an output of 1,300 lumen, which corresponds to approximately an 80W old linear halogen lamp. www.catellanismith.com

Swirl Le Klint

Tallise Modiss

Despite a clear reference to the classic design and craftsmanship of Le Klint, the Swirl line is something new. The transparency and shape of the lamp, as well as the spiral lamellate that disperse the light, provide excellent lighting for all uses and the lamp becomes an esthetical pleasure in the room. www.leklint.dk

Traditional decorative qualities of porcelain, its diffuse translucence and reflectance, have here been combined with LED and brass elements to give the classic material a new twist. Talisse is a contemporary form, with an angular, meteorite-like pattern that diffuses the light. www.modiss.com

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Mood Modo Luce

Designed by Omar Carraglia, Charles is part luminaire, part artwork. A wallmounted frame contains a series of light sources, representing the evolution of the light bulb, from incandescent, to halogen, compact fluorescent and LED replacements. The whole scene is illuminated by OLED. www.davidegroppi.com

Designed by Annarosa Romano and Bruno Menegon, Mood is a family of wall and ceiling lights that deliver a strong decorative impact. Energetically coloured, pleated fabric in diameters of 28cm to 150cm are set against a central half-spherical shade in opal PMMA ‘Soft Touch’ finishing. www.modoluce.com

3D Printed Luminaires Philips Fully compatible with the expanding Philips Hue lighting eco-system of bulbs, lamps, apps and switches, the 3D-printed Philips Hue table and pendant luminaires are made exclusively to pre-order online. co-created with globally-renowned design teams WertelOberfell and Strand+Hvass www.meethue.com

Flavia Oligo

Bloom Blu Laguna Prandina

Flavia is a modular piece comprising pairs of organic, leaf-shaped LED sources. Sections are aligned vertically along a central rod with each rotatable around 360º and twistable through 180°, allowing the whole to be personalised. Available in matt chrome, matt grey, matt red or matt white finishes. www.oligo.de

Prandina has introduced a new colour, Blu Laguna, for some of its most famous blown glass suspension fixtures, like the Notte, Tiara and the Bloom (pictured), giving these ranges a fresh, modern nuance. Light + Building also saw Prandina introduce LED versions of many pieces in its suspension collection. www.prandina.it

benben Jacco Maris A stack of five different elements forms a contemporary totem for each of the pieces in the benben collection. The pendants – available in green, light blue, white and black - can be used individually or in a cluster. There are five models available, with heights ranging from 22cm to 57cm. www.jaccomaris.com

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Sirens Trizo21 Sirens is a combination of mirror and light objects that can be wall-mounted or suspended to create elegant lighting solutions. Their shiny copper housing extends into the living space in three diameters (161mm, 210mm and 265mm) and in different variations, as a mirror, a luminaire or a lit mirror. www.trizo21.com

Enterprise Next

Latitude Innermost

Boldly going where none have gone before, Next’s Enterprise is another design by Constantin Wortmann of design studio Büro für Form. Moulded in a PE plastic material, the piece can be fitted with brass or silver caps and colourful power chords to suit a particular setting. www.next.de

With Latitude, Flynn Talbot has put the average spotlight back in the spotlight, transforming it into a centrepiece rather than mere support lighting. A clever suspension cable allows the light to be pointed in any direction, creating a flexible fixture that activates the surrounding space. www.innermost.net

Cornelia Bover 36 brass joints allow the Cornelia’s armatures to be positioned to suit specific installations. Shades are customisable, though all come with an independent white inner diffuser. Measuring between 170cm and 260cm across, the frame is available in chrome or polished brass with a black, white or red finish. www.bover.es

Carmencita Panzeri

Emma Estiluz

Carmencita is a wall lamp with articulated arms that can be repositioned to create a variety of aesthetic solutions.

LED light sources running along the rear side of these arms illuminate the wall while throwing the fixture itself into silhouette. The piece is available in black or white metal. www.panzeri.it

Designed by Álvaro Goula and Pablo Figuera as a contemporary expression of Estiluz’s tradition of metalwork, Emma is a series of suspension and wall lights in 320mm, 400mm and 600mm models. The suspension lamp is a combination of chrome with a black top, while the wall lamp has a mirror finish. www.estiluz.com

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Tilt Nyta

Two hemispheres - a couple, or perhaps twins - combine to form Diabolo. This Design Plus winner has an LED source concealed within the upper section, which can rotate 190° / 360° on its axis. The piece is available as a table-lamp, wall lamp or ceiling lamp and in several colours. www.edendesign.be

Tilt emanates an open and soft light, and directs it exactly where it is needed. Easy, intuitive handling allows the shade to swivel in every direction along its oblong opening. It works like a cupped reflector that can be freely moved around the light source, thus directing it as required. www.nyta.eu

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Diabolo Eden Design

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DESIGN+ WINNER

Dark’s first collaboration with Alex de Witte is both a Design Plus Award 2014 and Red Dot 2014 winner. The Big Bubble is a hand-blown glass bubble fitted with a dimmable Xicato LED-lamp.

A choice of glass colours is available (smoke, smoke-green, red or amber, and transparent). www.dark.be

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Bell+ Darø

Twin’s two arms pull smoothly apart, so altering the distance between its two shades. Regardless of the angle of the arms the shades stay horizontal at all times. The dynamic qualities of the piece allow the user to customise the mood of a space to suit, for example, a more intimate meal. www.serien.com

Bell+ challenges our perception of a lamp as something static. The piece has a simple suspension system: a single chord attached to a short bar (made of either aluminium or oak) on which the shade hangs. Two circumflex cuts allow the shade to tilt and produce an interesting side-spill effect. www.daroe.dk

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Wireflow Vibia

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The Arik Levy designed Wireflow pendant lighting fixture reinterprets the classic suspended luminaire by drawing geometric forms in space. Thin rods connect around empty voids, from which hang LED light sources. Presence and absence, transparency and luminosity, light and fluidity, all in one piece. www.vibia.com

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Moss Viso Moss was born when, in a flurry of inspriation, designer Filipe Lisboa stormed out of his office and into the manufacturing space. Moss is made of a metalised copper polycarbonate globe and white-frosted glass bulbs. It measures 30” in diameter. Custom drops are available on request. www.visoinc.com

Pixelate Birot OLED

Maple Vintage by Light4

Pixelate is inspired by the undulating movement of a manta ray sliding across the air. It combines its movement and shape with modern chrome finishing and ultra-thin (3.3mm) GL350 Philips Lumiblade OLED Panel light sources, creating a unique, flat form. Pixelate can be adapted for special projects. www.birot-oled.com

Designed by Brian Rasmussen, Maple is composed of chromed steel leaves hung around an ovoid cage structure.

Each leaf is created from a thin sheet of steel and cut out by a process of photo-etching. With a PVD colouring process, three finishes are available: chrome, gold and copper. www.light4.it

Cielo Ocari Designed by BSD for Ocari (part of the Optoled Lighting family), Cielo is a piece of convex acryl glass on to which a pattern has been etched. Illuminated, the pattern springs to life, giving each design the appearance of floating in mid air. A range of patterns (such as Kalligraphie, pictured) are available. www.ocari.de

Volume Lightyears

Orpheus Astro

Inspired by the buttons on an original 1980s stereo amplifier, designer GamFratesi has created this LED table lamp made of die-cast aluminium and acrylic. The lamp provides a 360º illumination and out through an opening at the top of the lamp. Rotating the lamp’s head adjusts the light output. www.lightyears.dk

Orpheus brings a soft, organic yet still contemporary look to Astro’s growing range of marker lights. Suitable for any space, but particularly bathrooms, Orpheus emits a cone of light that acts as an extension of its form. Just 70mm x 70mm, this IP65 LED luminaire comes in white or chrome. www.astrolighting.co.uk

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Couture Designheure Fashion meets lighting in this suspended piece from Designheure. Available in a range of sizes and finishes (three colour variations, all rimmed with a black border), the Couture is equipped with a polycarbonate lower diffuser. A daring, dandy touch to any interior. Designed

by Emmanuelle Legavre. www.designheure.com

IC Lights Flos

Lum Quasar Holland

Though focusing more on their architectural range, Flos’s Light + Building stand still had some decorative touches, like the IC Lights designed

by Michael Anastassiades. Minimalist opalescent spheres of light balancing on thin stems, finished in either brass or anthracite. www.flos.com

The Lum wall, designed by Estefania Johnson, is a modular system that can be used to construct a rippling surface bursting with light. Formed from a choice of natural or oxidised (greened) copper, modules are either flat or contain light sources. By combining both, a range of effects can be created. www.quasar.nl

Baldachin Georg Bechter Licht Continuing their soft architecture range, these cable leadthroughs remove the need for unsightly ceiling roses for pendant lights. Available in different versions (‘inny’ and ‘outy’ versions, if you like) the Baldachin series offers a neat and easy push-in-pull-out connection system. www.georgbechterlicht.at

Santorini Marset

Paragon Artemide

A blown, pressed glass diffuser attached to a grey polycarbonate structure forms the core of Santorini. Shades, available in a range of colours, can be configured by the user to create slight variations in form. Black rubber straps can be added to hang the lamp garland-style, or from hooks in the wall and standing versions. www.marset.com

Designed by Daniel Libeskind for Artemide, Paragon is a vertical blade of light with an asymmetrical cross-section that creates a unique dynamism, its appearance shifting depending on your perspecitve. The soft cut of the base emphasises both the lightness and the gracefulness of the vertical element. www.artemide.com

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Ariel Jake Dyson

Coppola Formagenda

The name Ariel is inspired by the first all-British satellite ‘Ariel 1’, launched into orbit in 1962. The piece uses an evolution of the heat pipe technology adopted by Dyson to cool the LED source, increasing its life-span. The system was initially developed for use in satellites was used in the CSYS range. www.jakedyson.com

Its unique design and simple functionality make Coppola an appealing luminaire. Its shade rotates around the bulb to direct light as required. Manufactured in ceramics, the piece is available in combinations of black, white and gold. The Coppola family includes table, pendant and wall versions. www.formagenda.com

Boomer TossB Boomer is an LED illuminated suspension lamp that is designed to sit in balance as a horizontal piece, or titled at a purposeful angle for a more chaotic aesthetic. Designed for TossB by Jos Muller, the lamp has a characteristic curve that is enhanced when multiple fixtures are combined. www.tossb.com

Miss Bow Brand van Egmond

Planet Five Tobias Grau

“As if being touched by a flirtatious breeze, her ribbons flow freely in the sky,” say the designers of Miss Bow. “She looks soft and sweet, but has a tough attitude underneath. Independent and strong with a sensual side, Miss Bow will wrap you around her little finger.” www.brandvanegmond.com

Planet Five is a surface-mounted ceiling light that conceals its light source, thus creating a fascinating indirect effect by reflecting and directing the light up back into the glass bulb of the piece and out into the space below.

Planet Five is part of a new range of lights from Tobias Grau that use LED sources. www.tobias-grau.com

Rondo Fano LightLight by Buschfeld Glass designer Isabel Hamm has combined delicate glass elements with the classic LightLight Rondo to create this asymmetrical structure. Light is continuously refracted through the 138 pieces of handmade glass, giving rise to a lively interplay of brilliance. Larger or straight-track forms are also possible. www.buschfeld.de

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Made of a flexible transparent sheet, equipped with rows of tiny LEDs (created by Cooledge), this wall lamp is fixed at one corner, allowing it to curl under its own weight. Light is emitted towards the wall. Undimmed, the luminous flux reaches a 2600lm. A table lamp, Dew Drop, is also available. www.ingo-maurer.com

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Sound Preciosa

Designed by kaschkasch (see page 36), the Industrial Collection is inspired by classic industrial lamps, here created using mouth-blown crystal glass combined with turned oak. The wooden cone accommodates the LED light source and technical components while also supporting the glass shade. www.dreizehngrad.de

A collaboration with Boa Design, this multimedia piece captures sound and translates it into a series of amazing crystal glass light sculptures, each with its own unique story. Complementing a score by Czech singer and composer Never Sol, the piece glows into life, changing intensity with the music. www.preciosalighting.com

Tivedo Luceplan Tivedo by Sebastian Bergne is part of a new generation of Task Lights.

Injection-molded technopolymer arms, joined and arranged through a two-way pantograph system, allows for the widest range and variation of movement.

A thermally conductive plastic heatsink head ensures long LED lamp life. www.luceplan.com

Eclisse Icone

Max Bill Santa & Cole

Eclisse is a suspended piece that provides a customisable level of indirect light. A concaved reflector, set between the ceiling rose and lightsource, can be moved up or down the support cables to vary light levels. Available in liquid enamel, titanium, chocolate, silver leaf and gold leaf colour combinations. www.iconeluce.com

To mark the 50th anniversary of Miguel Milá’s classic Max Bill, Santa & Cole have reissued it as a version that will fit their HeadLed capsule. A great example on how to technologically update a classics without losing the beauty and essence of the original. A classic adapted to our times. A marriage of winners. www.santacole.com

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Messe Frankfurt again provided a series of spaces for its hand-picked selection of fresh talent and industry newcomers. The fourteen Young Design booths were spread along the back of Hall 1.1, providing a platform on which to debut their design credentials.

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JULIAN F BOND After graduating with a BSc in Architecture at The Bartlett, UCL, London, Julian embarked on the MA Product Design course at the Royal College of Arts. His Pixel Machine, first shown in 2010, has gone on to be shown across the world. Julian continues to focus on creating designs that push the production processes to create unique designs.

A wooden model provides the starting point for the Olmec light series, shown in Frankfurt. In a technique reminiscent of the traditional wooden shuttering used for casting concrete, the model is used to create a mould that in turn produces the rubber shades. The process results in the rubber taking on the particular texture of the wood, capturing the detail of the original grain.

The cubic mould produces a sharp-cornered piece not redily associated with a soft, flexible rubber piece. www.julianfbond.co.uk

kaschkasch design studio was established by Florian Kallus and Sebastian Schneider. The duo try “to achieve the maximum out of the minimum by breaking every idea down to its essential elements”.

Drawn to precise lines and geometric shapes, their love of details leads them to create little pieces that have an element of discovery as part of their appeal.

‘Keep’ is a combination of wall lamp and storage space. The shell-like shape offers a space to store little things like keys and glasses, while a light source located behind the upper semicircle illuminates the whole volume of the lamp – and its surroundings. www.kaschkasch.com

ALDO FREUND The Hias echoes classic Tulip lightshades of the 1950s, but here the cone shaped design accentuates the light source rather than hiding it. Inside the shade, made from pressed iron sheets, a circular neon tube is held by leather straps. The ends of these hang freely into the room, disrupting the symmetry of the lamp. The same leather is also used as a covering for the chord and as a strain relief. (See Freund’s Light + Building café design on page 24) www.aldofreund.com

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NAAMA STEIGMAN Established in 2010, Studio Naama Steigman creates lighting design collections as well as largescale, custom made projects.

Steigman’s design language is inspired by nature; earth, plants, organic textures and forms, falling leaves, the metamorphosis of natural material throughout the seasons; the feelings we experience when noticing nature and time.

The Baby Loveis collection is about ‘memories, an autumn stroll in the fields, a smell of childhood’.

The plant ‘Moluccella Laevios’ grows wild in Israel on the outskirts of fields. Its strength and durable seeds make it a nuisance for local farmers who treat it like a weed.

The Baby Loveis collection is made using flowers from the Moluccella Laevis plant.

After harvesting, they are preserved and combined with a skin-like membrane to produce miniature light shades. The flower’s colour and texture act as a natural filter and reflector for the light source.

The piece is completely handmade, a consequence of Steigman’s desire to create a physical experience that connects people and nature. www.naamasteigman.com

MAKINA KRATOCHVILOVA & TADEAS PODRACKY Each of the lamps from the Skywalkers collection has its own identity, sophisticated form, specific surface shape and colour, factors which combine to evoke the dream of stepping into the outer reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere.

All of the light objects in the series reference the different parts of vehicles used in space exploration. The materials used - reflective, mirroring gold-plated steel and translucent glass - create an expensive beauty, part space technology, part Inca treasure.

Designers Markéta Kratochvílová and Tadeáš Podracký – both currently studying in Academy of Arts Architecture and Design in Prague - were nominated for the Czech Grand Design Talent of the Year 2013 Award.

Kratochvílová’s background as a designer and jeweller and Podracký’s as a designer/ artist can be seen in the high end finish of the Skywalker series. www.marketakratochvilova.net www.tadeaspodracky.com

ANDRÉ TEOMAN 24 year old Portuguese Designer André Teoman is currently the Head Designer at Boca do Lobo and Koket, both luxury design brands, where he has been developing products for for almost two years. As part of Young Designers he was able to exhibit his work under his own name for the first time.

The Gia Chandelier is inspired by a bunch of flowers. The piece is made of 33 elelements finished in antique gold. A belt draws together the wires for each floral head, giving the piece its ‘bunched’ look. The heads are allowed to fall in a random configuration below, resulting in each installation looking unique. The piece was conceived for the brand Koket and is currently at the development stage. www.behance.net/andreteoman

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FRANZI HERRMANN & CHRIS HERBOLD The m!Qbe makes it simple to control the lights within a space. Its six faces reproduce six lighting functions that can be easily selected by placing the cube on the corresponding face, then tapping or twisting the cube to change settings. Pre-defined favourite lighting situations as well as the manual adjustment of colour and intensity are provided by the m!Qbe, making it much more flexible than a traditional light switch, but at the same time much easier and faster to use than a smartphone app for lighting control.

m!Qbe communicates via Bluetooth to a gateway that is connected to the local network, and so can control elements within a space, such as the Philips Hue system.

Franzi Herrmann and Chris Herbold found their passion for light in Karlsruhe, Germany. After studying physics and electrical engineering their paths have crossed as research assistants at the Lighting Technology Institute of KIT where they gain experience in development of LED systems for general lighting applications. While Franzi specialised in LED measurements, Chris is expert in the system design of LED components.

Together they complement one another to create unique ideas for lighting. www.m-Q.be

TIM MACKERODT Tim Mackerodt established his studio in 2012 while he was still at art college in Kassel, studying under Professor Oliver Vogt, Professor Jakob Gebert and Steffen Kehrle. Since then he has been working for a number of agencies including teilchenbeschleuniger (whose clients include WMF and Hahnemühle) and Benjamin Hubert Studio (Moroso, menu, and others).

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ULRIKE MÄDER Coupole is a suspended light that appears to provide light from thin air.

Viewed from below, the inner surface of the piece is an uniterupted dome of smooth white, with no visible connectors or light sources.

The effect is achieved by using LEDs concealed within the frame of the piece, throwing light into the dome and producing a soft glow of indirect light.

The voluminous lamp body is moulded from paper, a natural material that gives the pendant a warm look and ensures a pleasant colour temperature of light.

For the paper body quality hemp and flax

cellulose is used, providing the piece with stength and durability and ensuring it will not yellow over time. www.ulrikemaeder.de

The Cap luminaire is based on the geometry of a square. Injection moulded silicon provides a highly flexible frame around the equilateral OLED. The soft material is held in shape by the low-profile light source and protects the module inside. The silhouette emphasises the thin construction of the OLED light module (in this case from Tridonic’s Lureon REM series) and integrates it between the cable bypass and the small lampshade. www.timmackerodt.de

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BRUNO PEREIRA DA SILVA After gaining a Masters in Architecture in 2009, Bruno Pereira da Silva started working as a lighting designer and architect for the portuguese manufacter Arquiled and has since worked extensively on lighting projects, acting as in-house architect on several Arquiled projects.

At Light + Building, Pereira da Silva presented his Kork Lighting brand. The range combines the tradition of cork - a material which shares strong historic links with his native Portugal - and contemporary lighting design principles.

The Évora is one of six available shapes.

Each comprising a ring of cork fins that together form a 575mm diameter shape around a central light source. www.korklighting.com

DENISE HACHINGER Skylight was inspired by the wideness and boundless freedom of the stars in the night sky.

The piece balances the geometric form of the shade with the naturally arranged constellations on its surface. The indirect light in the middle of Skylight illuminates both the shade and the ceiling above, enhancing the impression of a wide expanse of sky above the stars.

The piece is designed to blend into any interior until it is switched on, when it becomes an eyecatching centrepiece.

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VEL Vel are Dorota Pakula vel Rutka and Karolina Chyziak are graduates of the industrial design at Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. “We like to challenge the conventional way of thinking about the a product,” they explain of their work. “We believe that beautiful objects can’t be useless and useful objects

can’t be boring.”

The UL lamp is the embodiment of this philosophy. Its structure is simple: a 50cm tall metal frame around which is wrapped about 14m of cable. The braided cable gives the piece its colourful character as well as working as a shade to the E27 energy saving bulb at its core. The result is a soft and pleasant light, broken into spectacular shadows. www.velhome.com

the University of Applied Sciences in Munich with a Bachelor of Arts, in Industrial Design, and in 2011 from the University of Applied Sciences in Salzburg with a Master of Arts in Business, Design and Produc Management.

Since her BA she has worked for different customers and design studios, mainly in the fields of designstrategie and furniture design. Since 2008 she has worked together with Andreas Weber Design and in 2011 started her own Studio, located just outside Munich. Among others she already won the Best of DesignPlus Award 2012, the IF Product Design Award 2013 (together with Andreas Weber Design) and was a Best Newcomer nominee at the 2014 German Design Awards. www.hachinger.com

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OSMUND OLSEN Born on the Faroe Island in the heart of the North Atlantic Ocean, Osmund Olsen is a Scandinavian designer, with a master degree in product design. Currently located in Kolding Denmark, Olsen has his own studio and office, working as a freelance and project designer.

For the Young Design exhibit at Light + Building, Olsen showed a series of lumi-

naires inspired by the classic form of a ballerina. The collection comprises three lamps, all powered by LED. The pendants are made from acrylic, a material that controls the movement of light through the finned structure, guiding it to the edge of the shape in bold vertical strips.

The complete shape is imbued with a sense of architectural precision and engineering, a strong and disciplined form - the true elegance of any ballerina. www.osmundolsen.com

ROBERT BENSCH Where do we need a light, and how much of it do we need ?

Sattelights by product designer Robert Bensch allows the user to re-assemble and adjust the entire system in order to create the optimum lighting effect - and in doing so explore his surrounding, taking charge of it, claiming it as his own.

The system is easily expandable and offers maximum flexibility in its assembly and placement, not least in the use of basic materials and components in its construction. Its design also promotes 3D printing as

an on-demand means of creating parts to replace or extend the system.

Sattelights runs on 12V DC power supply, and uses low temperature SMD-LEDs that are safe to touch. The power supply can drive up to twenty Sattelight heads, each with a 2W light source. It can be attached to a variation of standard sized components available anywhere, and works to a great effect in clusterlike compositions.

Based in Göteborg, Sweden. The focus of Robert Bensch’s work spans the fields of light and lighting from light pollution, to behavioural impact and sustainability of production. www.iprint3d.de

young professionals There was more young design talent on display as part of Light + Building’s Design Plus awards. The Young Professionals section provided further proof of the rich talent coming throught the ranks. You can find full details of the winners on our website.

Moritz Putzier

Marlen Haeselbarth

Lena Schlumbohm

Miriam Aust & Sebastian Amelung

Anselm Kempf

Markus Bauer

Magdalena Kovarik

Cosima Geyer

Calen Knauf

Yifan Zhang

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A DESIGNER’S VIEW SBID member Jacqueline Cornforth of JC Interiors offers an interior designer’s perspective on this year’s Salone del Mobile.

As an Architectural Interior Designer, new lighting trends are always a welcomed discovery as they not only inform a part of our overall vision, but also often inspire the creation of our own pieces. Last year we were grouping chandeliers in clusters, as a result of inspiration from trade shows; different heights, and different styles, with unusual and dramatic effects.

Salone del Mobile in Milan, as always, was exceptional on the design and lighting front, with fantastic displays from exhibitors, many not allowing photographs for obvious reasons. All the major contenders were using scale; lights that were grand statement pieces, which was refreshing after years of

seeing ceilings covered in ‘down lights’.

Chandeliers were huge and ostentatious, yet looked glamorous, with many having a more contemporary feel. Wall lights were also scaled up. The Visionnaire stand was superb with larger than life wall lights and matching chandeliers. However, the star of the show for me was Guadarte, whose stand was lit to perfection, displaying just the right amount of drama, with brilliant use of layers of light. All their light fittings, be it ceiling, wall or table lamps, were large and dramatic with great effect, and the perfect amount of accent lights.

RGB played a big part this year, carefully hidden in furniture, creating different

moods using remote switching. Kitchens should not be left out either as there were clever uses of LED in cupboards and hidden back lighting, used at opposite ends of the scale, from Brummel’s innate glamour, to Minacciolo’s industrial style. However, this year, Minacciolo’s stand did tend to leave everyone speechless, displaying a dramatically lit display that was centre stage, which stood in a pool of water, with lilies, water lettuce and ivy while ‘rain’ fell from the ceiling and bounced off the units creating an unusual sense of being outside.

Bathrooms used lighting with a subtle effect with Gessi leading the way. The ‘well being’ areas on their stand created an oasis of

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calm amid the Salone hustle and bustle.

Colour change was used on most of the bathroom stands to promote the ‘wellness’ experience, transforming private space in the home into a ‘spa’ or ‘sanctuary’. Once again RGB was used for rain showers and the shower heads appeared to be getting larger. Tiles also got the RGB upgrade with Aparici’s extremely clever and highly effective Sonar Up range.

The use of lighting to blur outside and inside space was also visible this year, something we have been working on and creating for our clients over the last ten years. The advent of sliding walls and bifold doors had led to an increase in these spaces becoming

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part of the living/entertaining areas.

Still going strong was the industrial look as a contrast to the high end glamour.

Filament light bulbs were still in demand, however the new addition this year seemed to be IP69 rated floor and table lamps for outdoor use, crossing the boundaries from inside to out, and allowing flexible lighting in the outdoor area, something that has not been possible before, apart from moving the odd uplight a few inches.

As well as looking to the shows like Salone del Mobile, we also like to know what is available for architectural use and layering, Lucy Martin at John Cullen is an inspiration, and her knowledge invaluable.

And it goes without saying lighting control was in evidence be it Rako, Lutron or Crestron. One light will make a statement, but it is the layering and control that makes an interior or exterior complete.

Jacqueline Cornforth is the owner of JC Interiors. www.jcinteriorsltd.co.uk

The Society of British and International Design (SBID) is Britain’s standard-bearer organisation to the profession of interior design and the national organisation representative at the European Council.

For more information visit www.sbid.org

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by designjunction Following last year’s successful launch at La Pelota, EDIT by designjunction relocated to the Palazzo Morando for its 2014 return. A 14th century mansion house in the heart of the Brera design district, the Palazzo and its network of interconnecting rooms provided a graceful backdrop for a series of high end design brands. 25 international exhibitors presented their work to over 10,000 visitors over the six days of the show, making it a vibrant addition to this year’s Salone del Mobile. www.thedesignjunction.co.uk

Lady Cage Lamp ZAVA Designed for ZAVA by Massimo Rosati, the Lady Cage Lamp was inspired by old-fashioned workshop lights. “The rough ‘cage lamp’ shows off the most classic of shades and dreams of being a real Lady,” say ZAVA. The piece is an iron structure with black plastic handle.

Available in chrome and black finishes. www.zavaluce.it

Dent 200 Innermost This 200cm wide chandelier piece designed by Chak - a senior designer at Innermost - is constructed from polyethylene pieces that together form a truncated icosahedron shape.

Previously shown in gold, this white version comes as a ninety-panel piece, flat-packed for ease of transport. www.innermost.net

Dub range EOQ The Dub collection represents an evolution of the previous extruded aluminium designs that MY created for EOQ. Here, more of the aluminium material has been carved out to leave a cavity that is perfectly balanced by the addition of the hand blown glass domes from the Czech Republic. www.eoq-design.com

Parison Pendant Resident The Parison from New Zealanders Resident is a pendant piece, mouth blown from a mixture of black and clear glass. Its surface is a fluid gradient from opaque to transparent.

Housed in the neck of the pendant, a high quality LED lamp gives the fixture a soft warm glow. www.resident.co.nz

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Atomos Baroncelli

No. 1 Floor Light Tom Raffield

Atomos features hand blown, clear glass spheres with spiral ribbing, symmetrically alignment around a satin brass rod. Each hanblown ball is held within a flat metal ring. The intricate and individual working on the surface of the glass allows light to bounce around the room in intriguing patterns. www.baroncelli.com

This beautifully sculptural form is created using steam bent strips of ash (pale wood), oak (medium wood) or walnut (dark wood) handwoven, coiled and twisted around one another to create a unique and stunning shape when the light is off and delicate, ambient lighting when it is switched on. www.tomraffield.com

Fibula Lux Sarah Colson Fibula Lux is a process driven investigation into finding value and beauty in everyday objects. The safety-pin fabric sits over a blown glass dome creating a delicate lace-like material. The shape of the piece is by the tubular glass branching through which the top of the fabric coated chords feed. www.sarahcolson.com

DIY Table lamp kukka

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The DIY Table lamp is a task light made from traditional materials and assembled by hand. Six screws, seven beech wood pieces, a lamp holder and a cable are all it takes to create the lamp.

No finish is applied, so the DIY can be painted, lacquered, sanded or left bare to naturally darken with age. www.kukka.co.uk

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Lampyridae Lamps Monica Correia Inspired by the form and warm light of fireflies, Lampyridae Lamps are all constructed frrom 2D shapes, cut from plywood using CNC laser technology and assembled to create the 3D forms. The process minimises packaging, weight and waste material. The finished pieces deliver a warm, sunset-like glow.

The studio focuses on the challenge of transforming ideas into functional and aesthetically pleasing unique objects. www.monicacorreia.com

After a brief hop over to New York for the INTRO/NY show (presented in partnership with design agency smallpond during the NYCxDesign festival at the end of May), designjunction will return home to London for their September show.

Held at the Sorting Office building in central London, this year’s show will once again present a host of lighting brands. Those already confirmed include: Baroncelli, Willowlamp, Licht im Raum, Jay Watson, David Trubridge, Rothschild & Bickers, V&C design, Areti, Brokis, Megaman, Vibia, &tradition, Position, Kalmar Werkstatten, Zero, Sharon Marston, Innermost, Artemide, LZF, Woka, Original BTC, Northern Lighting, CTO Lighting, Trainspotters, International, Western Trash, Sibley Grove, Vitamin, Kukka, Örsjö, and Jake Dyson.

Most importantly, you’ll also be able to pick up a copy of the latest issue of darc magazine...

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milan GALLERY A snapshot of the lighting pieces and installations that caught our eye at events across the city during Milan Design Week 2014.

Flos FLOS PROFESSIONAL SPACE, CORSO MONFORTE 15

Flos dedicated their space at Milan to designer Konstantin Grcic, a retrospective of whose work is currently being displayed at the Vitra in Weil am Rhein, Germany. The Italian lighting manufacturer brought a flavour of this show, entitled Panorama, to their Milan showroom.

Key to the collection was the OK, Grcic’s reinterpretation of Flos’s 1972 Parentesi lamp. The light bulb of the original has been replaced by an ultra-flat LED surface with edge-lighting technology, directable through 360 degrees. The parenthesis-shaped tube of the original lamp has now become a small rectangular box that houses the electronic components and a soft-touch switch. Much like its predecessor though, the lamp head is able to slide the length of the anchored wire support to provide a stylish controlability to the light provided. www.flos.com

Moooi AREA 56, VIA SAVONA 56

Area 56 on via Savona was adopted for the 2014 Moooi exhibition. This year the photography of Massimo Listri was seamlessly blended with the Moooi collection of furniture and lighting to create a series of living environments.

Listri explains: ‘My photography is an expression of tranquility in a chaotic world, bringing perspective and equilibrium to the viewer’s soul. Every time I take a photo it’s like the first time a treasure is revealed, a first emotion, be it an empty room or the greatest treasures of the Vatican.’

New pieces included Kroon II Champagne by ZMIK (Matthias Mohr & Rolf Indermühle), Inkborn Table Lamp and Valentine Table Lamp by Marcel Wanders, Salago S/M/L by Danny Fang and Prop Light by Bertjan Pot. www.moooi.com

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Artemide CORSO MONFORTE & VIA MANZONI

Artemide used its showrooms on Corso Monforte and Via Manzoni to unveil its new 2014 collection comprising a staggering 87 new lights. Continuing their tradition of collaboration with big name designers from a variety of creative disciplines, the new collection includes Jean Nouvel’s Equilibrist, David Chipperfield’s Conica, and Herzog & de Meuron’s Unterlinden.

Artemide’s latest experiments with hand-blown glass lighting have led to the introduction the new Incalmo by Carlotta de Bevilacqua & Fabio Zanola, which cleverly incorporates clear and matt glass, blown in the company’s factory in Murano, and Meteorite by Pio & Tito Toso, which is cold pressed by an external mould to leave a delicate pattern imprinted on its glass surface. www.artemide.com

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Foscarini SPAZIO BRERA, VIA FIORI CHIARI 28

Foscarini could be found at events across the city, from the iSalone fair itself, where it presented its latest collaboration with Diesel Living, to the Foscarini Spazio Brera where the entire 2014 collection was exhibited in a show curated by Ferruccio Laviani. Among the new additions was Spokes a suspension piece inspired by the structure of a bicycle wheel. An expression of the latest LED technology, a single light source is embedded in the base of the piece, leaving the top section - which might once have been considered a ‘shade’ - as an empty decorative void. www.foscarini.com

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Kundalini VIA STATUTO 16, BRERA DISTRICT

Kundalini’s Working On Walls collection, on show in the Brera Design District, demonstrates the brands unconventional approach to light fixtures. Each of the five wall mounted luminaries in the exhibition use colours, materials and form in unusual ways, resulting in a playful installation of light and shadow.

Pieces included the Tua, designed by Behurt; Evita by AquiliAlberg; Frame Led by Benjamin Hubert; and Dawn, designed by Marco Merendi.

Dawn (pictured) comprises a matt white painted reflector and polished copper or black chrome luminaire body.

An RGBA LED light source allows the production of a wide range of colours and all shades of white light. www.kundalini.it

Designer Lucie Koldova has created this bold standing lamp for new Belgian brand Per/Use. The piece is a playful 1360mm tall and finished in highly polished copper. A coloured fabric power chord leads up to the lamp inside the bell-shaped shade, as if waiting to swing the shade into a peal of sound. www.luciekoldova.com www.peruse.be

Marcel Wander + Barovier&Toso BASILICA OF SAN SIMPLICIANO

Located in the cloisters of the basilica of San Simpliciano, ‘Light e-motion’ was a collaboration between designer Marcel Wanders and manufacturer Barovier&Toso. The show featured a theatrical display of Murano glass chandeliers recomposed in to new forms.

“It is our responsibility to be magicians, to be jesters, to be alchemists, to create hope where there is only illusion, to create reality where there are only dreams,” said Wanders of the collection, a mix of anothrapomorphic and kinetic glass sculptures. www.barovier.com

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Giopato & Coombes are an architect and a designer who proclaim themselves “in love with ‘making’ projects”. i flauti is a new range of custom Murano blown glass pendant lamps. www.giopatocoombes.com

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London based homeware and lighting brand TOBYhouse’s updated Beachball lampshade range has a slightly more acidic colour range, a new smaller size and slightly different profile that permits better illumination. www.tobyhouse.co.uk

Designersblock 2014 will took place in San Gregorio, a new zone for Milan Design Week. Here’s just four of the pieces on show. www.verydesignersblock.com

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Foldability is run by Kyla McCallum who works with origami to create lighting, products, packaging and bespoke pieces for interiors and events. www.cargocollective.com/foldability

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A floor lamp from the Cray Collective: five independent creatives - Andreas Frienholt, Amanda Karsberg, Dennis Graben, Lisa Berkert Wallard and Lotta Lampa - working in the field of art, interiors, architecture and design. www.craycollective.com

Wonderglass ISTITUTO DEI CIECHI

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Experimental lighting design studio Wonderglass, revealed three ambitious new designs set in the beautiful Italian palazzo of the Istituto dei Ciechi.

Among them was Flow[T], a contemporary chandelier inspired by the colours of the Venetian lagoon and customisable to the tastes of each owner.

Shaped to mimic a fishing buoy, the pieces work as elegent solo pieces, or as a linear sculptural installation. www.wonder-glass.com

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Lasvit E motions was a stunning collection of nine never before seen lighting installations by renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, and designers Maarten Baas, Michael Young, Arik Levy, Jan Plecháč and Henry Wielgus. For the first time the company also launched work by their art director, renowned Czech designer Maxim Velčovský.

Pieces included: • Frozen by Maxim Velčovský, inspired by the transformation of water into ice.

• Kůra by Jakub Nepraš, representing a stream of information spreading through glass at lightning speed.

• Magnetic by Libor Sošťák, a piece whose movement suggests its glass component pieces are physically responding to the light.

• Alice, designed by Petra Krausoá, a kinetic piece which seeks to emphasise the common characteristic of glass and nature. Just as each tree - indeed each leaf - is unique, glass too is organic and unpredictable. www.lasvit.com

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Ventura Lambrate SPAZIO BRERA, VIA FIORI CHIARI 28

Located out to the east of the city centre, Ventura Lambrate celebrated its fifth edition with its now well-established village of design show-spaces. www.venturaprojects.com

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Exhibiting as part of Workmates Depicted, Atelier Rick Tegelaar showed the Meshmatics Chandelier. An integrated LED shines upward to illuminate the three layers of formed chicken wire. www.ricktegelaar.nl

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Showing as part of the Berlin Design Selection tour, Antiprisms by Hopf, Nordin is a geometric form folded from a single perforated titanium-ceramic (TiN) coated

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sheet of stainless steel. The folds provide stability and, by their perforations, trace the form with light into space. www.hopfnordin.se

3. Also part of the Berlin Design tour, the Collar by Cimcima is designed to either flood the ceiling or to illuminate the floor, switching between the two with a simple flip. www.cimcima.com

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CONDITIONAL THINKING

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you could freeze time, what sights might you see?

This impressive installation at La Triennale di Milano during Milan Salone, provided one creative suggestion. Developed for Japanese watchmaker CITIZEN by Tsuyoshi Tane of DGT Architects, together with CITIZEN’s in-house design team, the piece comprises 80,000 ‘main plates’ (the prime component part of all watches) suspended in mid air and illuminated from above.

Inspired by the concept “Light is Time”, the installation celebrated the technology that converts light into the energy used to power CITIZEN’s watches.

The piece featured lighting and sound design by Yutaka Endo of LUFTZUG, helping to create a magical walk-through chandelier effect – a shower of components frozen in time. www.citizenwatch-global.com www.dgtarchitects.com

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