Lighting in Design Q2 2018

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Laser effects at Lexus' Limitless Co-existence installation in Milan

Lee Broom debuts globe-shaped lamp at his Observatory installation in New York British designer Lee Broom has expanded his celestial lighting col- lection with a spherical design, launching at his showroom in New York during NYCxDesign.The Lens Flair lamp, comprising translucent and opaque hemispheres, joins the Observatory series that Broom presented in Milan earlier this year. The design is infuenced by telescopic lenses. It combines a solid base with an acrylic dome, which is cut with criss-crossing lines to diffuse and refract the light from the LED inside.

White lasers, capable of projecting 360 light, illuminated blacked-out spaces at the Lexus ex- hibition during Milan design week. For its 2018 pavilion, Lexus enlisted Japanese designer Sota Ichikawa of Double Negatives Architecture and culinary trio Altatto to create a multi-sensorial experience at Milan's Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia . Named Limitless Co-existence, the instal- lation comprised a series of spaces in which a single source of light was used to illuminate multiple objects and items all at once, so that none were in shadow. The theme of co-existence informed all the different parts of the exhibition – from visual aspects to audio and olfactory stimuli. Before reaching the main installation, a series of speak- ers supported on thin legs guided the way from the museum's entrance, and played bursts of white noise to "clear the mind" on the journey. The scent of Bergamot orange was released in these and other areas of the installation.

Measuring 41 cm in diameter, Lens Flair can be used as a table lamp, or a pendant hung individually or in clusters. The base is available in brushed brass and matte black finishes. Other items in the range include lights named Eclipse, Orion, Aurora and Tidal – all with shapes and ef- fects that take references from the night sky.

Canadian lighting designer Saleem Khattak, owner of Ar- chilume introduced three new luminaire systems – Alto, Aura and Balance – for modern architecture and interiors at NewYork’s ICFF trade show this May. Inspired by minimalist shapes condensed to their most basic yet visually strong essential forms, Archilume’s functional lighting arrangements lend a sculptural element to modern spaces. The new luminaire systems share Ar- chilume’s signature characteristic: glare-free illumination employing the principle of total internal refection optics, a natural phenomenon perfected and brought to the world of decorative lighting by Archilume.The new products also allow designers and owners more choice in creating their own spatial lighting compositions. Archilume’s new LED luminaires offer a ‘Dim toWarm’ feature, enhancing the dimming performance of the Alto and Aura LED light sources and allowing them to follow the dimming curve of familiar filament lamps while en- abling them to emit a warmer light as they are dimmed. The effect offers a more relaxing atmosphere perfect for residential and hospitality applications. Innovation in the development of LED lighting is rapidly increasing its aesthetic appeal, and ‘warm dimming’ is the way many LEDs are producing realistic, natural appearing light. Canadian lighting company Archilume unveils three new LED luminaire lines at ICFF

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