Lighting: Rob Gregory flicks the switch on new lighting products.501 INGO MAURER Since beginning work in 1965, the Munich based lighting design team led by Ingo Maurer has produced many exciting lighting installations for clients such as the Fondation Cartier and Chanel. The team has recently completed two installation projects for the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (left, called Earthbound earth·bound also earth-bound adj. 1. Fastened in or to the soil: earthbound roots. 2. a. ... Unbound unbound said of electrolytes, e.g. iron and calcium, and other substances which are circulating in the bloodstream and are not bound to plasma proteins so that they are available immediately for metabolic processes. See also calcium, iron. ), and for Issey Miyake's shop in London. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 501 www.arplus.com/enq.html 502 ERCO ERCO Electric Reliability Council Erco's latest products include Quadra, a new range of compact recessed luminaries; Skim (above) which takes the edge off traditional downlights with its clear-cut light ring: and Landmark and Panorama, two new bollard bol·lard n. 1. Nautical A thick post on a ship or wharf, used for securing ropes and hawsers. 2. Chiefly British One of a series of posts preventing vehicles from entering an area. luminares with Dark-Sky antiglare technology that eliminates light spill above the horizontal plane horizontal plane n. A plane crossing the body at right angles to the coronal and sagittal planes. Also called transverse plane. horizontal plane . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 502 www.arplus.com/enq.html 503 TOBIAS GRAU GRAU Government Records Access Unit Twenty years after founding his own furniture company in a loft in Altona, Hamburg-based Tobias Grau continues to innovate with a new range of suspension, batten, pedestal and task fittings. Tobias and his wife Franziska Grau now lead a team of 60 people from their distinctive headquarters in Rellingen. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 503 www.arplus.com/enq.html 504 IGUZZINI Among their new range of products, iGuzzini launch two products that incorporate thick glass: iBlock (above) a cylindrical lamp diffuser dif·fus·er n. 1. One that diffuses, as: a. A light fixture, such as a frosted globe, that spreads light evenly. b. A medium that scatters light, used in photography to soften shadows. c. within a thick glass cube, and Cup--suspension fitting with a high thickness glass cylindrical diffuser. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 504 www.arplus.com/enq.html 505 ARC LIGHTING Working with Burrell Foley Fischer LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , Architects, and Light + Design Associates, Arc Lighting has recently installed almost 50[m.sup.2] of System Tread[TM] illuminated glass flooring. As part of a [pounds sterling]12m refurbishment of the premises of the Royal Society, the installation has transformed the second-floor internal courtyard, with its double-height atrium. The architect's proposals also included a 3m diameter light sculpture. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 505 www.arplus.com/enq.html 506 FONTANAARTE FontanaArte have launched three new products by David Chipperfield: System Abaco. Miami, and Chandelier--simple aluminium hoop supporting eight, 14 or 19 borosilicate glass diffusers. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 506 www.arplus.com/enq.html 507 ARTEMIDE Alongside their more conventional fittings, Artemide have launched two flamboyant new designs: Pipe Sospensione, a flexible chord wall or ceiling fitting, left; and Sextans with its hot-formed acrylic body raised on slender chrome legs. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 507 www.arplus.com/enq.html See the new ar.products section on www.arplus.com |
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