Lighting: Rob Gregory throws light on some of this year's exhibitors.501 LOUIS POULSEN Enigma is a new pendant pendant or pendent In architecture, a sculpted ornament suspended from a vault or ceiling, especially an elongated boss (carved keystone) at the junction of the intersecting ribs of the fan vaulting associated with the English Perpendicular style. inspired by Japanese lighting culture, sharing the lighting philosophy of glare-free, comfortable light. Enigma was designed in collaboration with Japanese designer Shoichi Uchiyama, who set up as independent lighting designer in Tokyo in 1977. With this new pendant, Shoichi Uchiyama strove strove v. Past tense of strive. strove Verb the past tense of strive strove strive to create an illusion of wings of light, hovering in the air. Enigma weighs only 1.5kg and, despite its very simple design, the pendant offers extremely sophisticated lighting technique and excellent light distribution. Enigma has both indirect and direct light emission. Held together by an ultra-thin steel wire, the shades are sand-blasted acrylic which is easy to clean. Enigma is ideal over a dining table in private residences, but the pendant is equally perfect for meeting and conference facilities, restaurants and cafes all over the world. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 501 www.arplus.com/enq.html LIGHT + BUILDING, the international trade fair for architecture and technology, will once again be held in Frankfurt am Main from 18 to 22 April. For the third time, the 110 000[m.sup.2] exhibition space will have around 2000 exhibitors, attracting in excess of 110 000 visitors. As the world's leading trade fair for the fields of lighting, electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. and building automation, this year's main event will be supported by a series of fringe events that will consider broader issues concerning energy performance. These will include special events focusing on the energy efficiency of public and commercial buildings, and a daylight forum. For further information visit www.light-building.messefrankfurt.com 502 LOUIS POULSEN SP 12 and SP 14 are the first fixtures in a series of floodlights for surface projector lighting. The SP series is intended for architects and professional lighting designers. The fittings are an important lighting innovation where designers aim to create dramatic or accent lighting. The 150mm SP 12 and the 218mm SP 14 offer respectively three and five high-performance reflector reflector: see telescope. beam widths. Both the SP 12 and the SP 14 fixtures are made with marine-grade anodized aluminium and are available in textured aluminium or in black finishes. They have reflectors of high purity 99.9% aluminium for maximum reflectivity re·flec·tiv·i·ty n. pl. re·flec·tiv·i·ties 1. The quality of being reflective. 2. The ability to reflect. 3. , and also have a large range of interchangeable reflectors, making them one of the most versatile projectors on the market. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 502 www.arplus.com/enq.html 503 LOUIS POULSEN Io is a new basic fixture designed for wall or ceiling mounting by Merete Christensen and Bo Seedorff. Named Io after one of Jupiter's moons, the fitting is inspired by their appearances as glowing discs. Io can be combined with a decorative system of rings that will change the character of the fixture. Mounted directly on the polycarbonate A category of plastic materials used to make a myriad of products, including CDs and CD-ROMs. shade, the rings are available in anodized aluminium, matt brass, copper or stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. . The decorative system allows Io to be used in even more locations. Io is designed with a moulded, shock-resistant polycarbonate shade, and its simple design and minimal height make the fixture perfect for mounting in stairways, basements, lavatories, kitchens, lunch rooms and other areas needing solid and reliable construction. The fixture comes in two sizes: 320mm and 400mm in diameter. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 503 www.arplus.com/enq.html 504 FOSCARINI Small Blobs are more juicy: a trio of Blob (Binary Large OBject) A database field that holds any digitized information, including text, images, audio or video. Also known simply as a "large object" or LOB, a BLOB may have a huge storage capacity. Contrast with CLOB. 1. lamps by Foscarini come in three sizes, and can be used as desk, wall and floor lamps, with the largest doubling as a piece of furniture--part chaise longue, part table. All fittings are suitable for indoor and outdoor applications, with polyethylene diffusers, and are available in two colours. These glowing Blob lamps are distinctive and will be obviously dramatic in any space. With their warm glow and soft curves they will certainly help sustain the love affair that designers have with soft organic objects--an affair that is particularly appropriate when considering furniture and the reality of human touch. After all, what is the point of making a blob unless you can run your hand over it to exploit the attributes that the designers so often extol ex·tol also ex·toll tr.v. ex·tolled also ex·tolled, ex·tol·ling also ex·toll·ing, ex·tols also ex·tolls To praise highly; exalt. See Synonyms at praise. : those of being 'human, sensual, simple, and friendly? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 504 www.arplus.com/enq.html 505 SITECO In an attempt to resolve straight lines with curved forms. Siteco has produced a new outdoor luminaire luminaire or light fixture Complete lighting unit, consisting of one or more lamps (bulbs or tubes that emit light), along with the socket and other parts that hold the lamp in place and protect it, wiring that connects the lamp to a power source, and a , the DL800. With numerous decorative and custom variants, Siteco has developed masts and cantilevers, hood variants and trough fittings to cater for many situations, with a choice of two diffusers, clear or satin. Various lighting effects are achieved with a fan-shaped reflector or an asymmetrical reflector. A delicate ring holder of diecast aluminium encompasses the mast, fusing mast and luminaire into a single unit. In addition to the standard mast. Siteco offers a two-arm curved design mast. The luminaire has been designed for use in parks and pedestrian zones, on squares and along pathways. DL800 luminaires are all equipped with economical Siteco Savelight components which avoid unacceptably high temperature build-up build·up also build-up n. 1. The act or process of amassing or increasing: a military buildup; a buildup of tension during the strike. 2. . Savelight Reducer relays with timer halve halve tr.v. halved, halv·ing, halves 1. To divide (something) into two equal portions or parts. 2. To lessen or reduce by half: halved the recipe to serve two. 3. the illumination during slack periods, reducing energy consumption by some 25 per cent, and automatic switch-off increases the service life. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 505 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 506 MARTIN Target Corporation, one of America's largest and best known general merchandise retailers, has brought light to the Minneapolis skyline. In a colourful light display known as Target's Northern Lights, 130 Martin Exterior 600 colour changers
The Changers are a fictional group of anti-hero published by Wildstorm an imprint of DC Comics. illuminate light pipes encircling encircling (en·serˑ·k the top two floors of the company's new world headquarters and retail store in downtown Minneapolis. Within the cavity of the curtain wall curtain wall Nonbearing wall of glass, metal, or masonry attached to a building's exterior structural frame. After World War II, low energy costs gave impetus to the concept of the tall building as a glass prism, an idea originally put forth by Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies that lines the perimeter of the building's large penthouse, 130 Martin Exterior 600 colour changers, each with a light pipe attachment, are mounted behind frosted glass Frosted glass is produced by the acid etching of clear sheet glass, or sand-blasting. It has the effect of rendering the glass translucent, obscuring the view while still passing light. Applications:
n. 1. A strobe light. 2. A stroboscope. 3. A spot of higher than normal intensity in the sweep of an indicator, as on a radar screen, used as a reference mark for determining distance. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 506 www.arplus.com/enq.html 507 KREON Prologe seeks to create functional and discrete light by emitting it from a modular system of simple box forms. With a range of standard or made-to-measure tracks offering flexibility, or fixed aluminium housings, the fitting can either be surface mounted or recessed to suit numerous installations. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 507 www.arplus.com/enq.html [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 508 HESS Hess's new Wilmotte Collection II brings cohesive design to the public realm. French architect and designer Jean-Michel Wilmotte has produced a comprehensive new range that includes benches, barriers, bins, bicycle racks, fountains, tree grates and luminaires. The Village luminaires feature pole, wall and catenary mounted fittings that correspond with the other site furnishings. Flat steel rings, clear acrylic cylinders, and trim poles and wall brackets underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. the distinctive characteristics of the entire product range. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 508 www.arplus.com/enq.html See the new ar.products section on www.arplus.com |
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