By Willy Wilson
Photography: Courtesy of Space Furniture Kuala Lumpur | Mar 1, 2010
Five most innovative lamps in 2010
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Flos Cubo
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Stuff creativity, technology, excellent design taste and some light bulbs in a blender and you will get these:
Flos Cubo
Lights with memories are not something that can only be found in sci-fi movies anymore. All thanks to the Milan-based lighting company Flos that has recently launched Cubo, a wireless dimmer that saves and recalls individual lighting scenes.
Designed in cube shape, The Cubo has six memory options: one switches on all lights, one switches all off and four individually adjustables lighting scenes. These memories can always be recalled at the push of a button.
Cubo communicates with the lights via RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology. Cubo is compatible with various Flos lights such as Romeo, K-Tribe or Chasen.
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Flos Chasen Lamp
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Flos Chasen Lamp
Flos Chasen Lamp could very well be the hallmark of innovative lighting system. Designed by Patricia Urquiola, who is known for her demure and clean aesthetic, Chasen Lamp provides one of the most well engineered decorative lamps in the market.
Made of die-cast aluminium, fibreglass-reinforced polyamide and steel, Chasen Lamp diffuses lighting using a chemically photo-etched stainless steel body and borosilicate diffuser. To top it off, it has got a liquid paint protection covering the structure.
The Chasen Lamp also features elegantly-shaped louvers that can be opened and closed mechanically. Moving the louvers will change the shape of the Chasen Lamp as well as the light from soft to bright and vice versa.
Available in black and white, Chasen Lamp is by all account one of a few decorative lamps that provides innovative concepts and technical excellence. A high-quality approach to lamp design indeed.
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Louis Poulsen Aeros lamp
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Louis Poulsen Aeros lamp
Danish lightings company Louis Poulsen recently introduced the sculptural Aeros lamp, a pendant-shaped decorative lamp designed by reputable British designer Ross Lovegrove.
Made of anodised aluminium, Aeros consists of two round parts with a beautifully sculptured perforation (diameter: 72.3cm), which is not merely for aesthetic reason. The puncture in the middle arguably provides consistency for the whole structure. Aesthetically it also creates an elegant alternation of light and shadow, a cultivated reminiscence of Byzantine decoration.
Aeros´ perforated pattern is inspired by the wondrous, organic structures in bone tissue. The wavy embossment characterising the reflector and the top of the fixture is called a Fibonacci pattern, named after an Italian mathematician who lived at the beginning of the 13th century
When suspended from its three ultra-thin cables, Aeros appears almost to float in space, and is characterised by great translucency. The beam of light is directed primarily downwards, though a small amount of light is also emitted horizontally through the perforations. Aeros is mainly designed to be suspended relatively low above tables, but may with the same optimum result be mounted higher up. The fixture is ideal for private interiors and professional settings, such as conference rooms, restaurants, bars and receptions.
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Moooi Raimond lamp
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Moooi Raimond lamp
Staring into the universe is now possible even during the clouiest of nights, as Moooi’s Raimond Pendant Lamp offers thousands of sparkles generated by hundreds of LED lights.
Moooi, a Dutch design company known for its quirky style, markets the innovative round pendant lights globally. The man who is responsible for the immaculately designed lights is Raimond Puts.
Made of sprung steel, cord and lenses, Moooi’s Raimond Pendant lamp is an intricately woven steel structure that transports an electrical power to each of the LED lights etched on it. The purpose is to create ‘pathways’ of illumination within the round structure. LED terminals then join these paths to create a cohesive atmospheric ambiance.
Available in three sizes (with 91, 162 and 252 LEDs - 10W, 16W and 25W respectively) the Raimond Light is a sculpture in its own right which never fails to amaze.
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Moooi Eurolantern lights
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Moooi Eurolantern lights
Bring some Oriental flavour to your home settingm(Nope, we’re not talking about the Japanese garden!)
Be more experimental this year as Mooi present a unique Western approach on the Eastern culture.
Holland’s number one design company, Moooi, which specialises in trendsetting modern home decor, pioneers a modern take on the Oriental lantern. In short, it is the high-tech version of the traditional Chinese lantern.
Presented in bold colours such as yellow and red, the lantern comes in three sizes, 40 x 30, 80 x 70 and 120 x110 inches. However, the colour choice is only applied to the top half, whereas the bottom half is standardised in white. The result is a clever fusion of Oriental functionality and the 60s aesthetic!
This stylish prototype orb, which is made of polyester stretch fabric and steel wire frame, has a decoratively patterned ring. Moooi’s Eurolantern lights are suitable for modern, contemporary houses.
In Asia Pacific, these products can be purchased at Space Furniture (Australia, Singapore and Malaysia)
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