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501 TOM DIXON Tom Dixon may refer to:
  • Tom Dixon (baseball)
  • Tom Dixon (industrial designer)
 

Mirror Ball, by Tom Dixon, is a multifunctional plastic globe light. Available in three sizes, 200, 400 and 600mm, the plastic globe has a metallized mirror finish and can be used as a pendant fitting, mounted in a stand, or simply left lying on the floor.

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502, 503 FONTANA ARTE

Fontana Arte's 2003 range of lamps offers curvaceous cur·va·ceous  
adj.
Having the curves of a full or voluptuous figure.



cur·vaceous·ly adv.
 new forms: Loop (502) is a delightfully conceived table lamp in which light is held between two shells. Available in either 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.
 or painted nickel, by rotating the uppermost section light is released from within. Pax (503) designed as a tribute to Gio Ponti, is a light sphere made from glass discs separated by polycarbonate A category of plastic materials used to make a myriad of products, including CDs and CD-ROMs.  spacers. And Pelota pelota (pəlō`tə): see jai alai.
pelota

(Spanish: “little ball”) Any of several games in which players take turns, using a glove or implement, hitting a rubber ball either directly at one another or off a
 is a blown glass scoop available in either black or white.

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504 CASTALDI

Sosia, the classic range of industrial light fittings, popularized by architects such as Richard Rogers For the American composer, see .

Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside FRIBA (born 23 July 1933) is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs.
 and Massimiliano Fuksas Massimiliano Fuksas is an Italian architect, born in Rome in 1944. He received his degree in Architecture from the La Sapienza University in 1969 in Rome, where he opened his first office. Subsequent offices were opened in Paris (1989) and Vienna (1993). , has recently been developed to include a range of finely satined opal diffusers. These now give users opportunities to choose between a soft diffused light, or the more intense direct light typical of the original aluminium reflector reflector: see telescope.  range.

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505 SITECO

Vistosa is a new low-voltage tabletop lamp that features a unique adjustment mechanism. The patented Vistosa[R] spring technology is fully integrated into the lamp's distinctive design, and gives up to 700mm of movement. The flexible metal band gives graceful and effortless movement which, when combined with the 360 degree base rotation and the three stage tilt action, offers complete freedom to users

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506, 507 SWAROVSKI

Swarovski crystal offer new possibilities for contemporary chandelier designers. With a full range of components, exciting and innovative designs can be executed, such as those exhibited in a recent project 'Crystal Palace', which included Cascade by Vincent Van Duysen (506) and Piouette by Marcel Wanders (507).

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508 FABBIAN

Kobra is a new laser-cut aluminium table lamp by Fabbian. Within an articulated head, Kobra uses only three LEDs to provide over 100 000 hours of reading light, equivalent to 11 years of uninterrupted use. The fitting benefits from a metal core printed circuit board, which eliminates the need for wires by printing the circuit directly onto the aluminium support arm. The LEDs are then welded directly onto a support arm, adding to the simplicity and lightness of this elegant new lamp.

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509 ANSORG

At the base of Bonn's recently completed Post Office Tower--(Murphy/Jahn, AR August 2003)--1500 Ansorg Lichtpunkt LED light fittings have been used to create an exciting landscape lighting installation. Set within perforated stainless-steel sheets, seven shifting parallelograms create an apparently random field of light at the foot of the tower, 160m below Ansorg's prominent LED display set within the building's structural crown. Benefiting from a fully integrated design process. Parisian lighting designer Yann Kersale has been able to provide lighting spectacles for both users and more distant viewers.

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510,511 LAMPAS lampas

inflammation of the mucosa of the hard palate, just posterior to the upper incisors. It may interfere with mastication and prehension. Called also palatitis.
 

The Danish lighting manufacturer Lampas has introduced fittings for both interior and exterior use. These include the recent 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
 series L95/L96 (510) and L701/L702 (511), consisting of pole and 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.
 luminaires. While the L95/L96 luminaires are manufactured in square steel profiles and are available in various lamp configurations, colours and materials, the L701/L702's functional indirect lighting technique combines the aesthetic expression and choice of materials typical with the Lampas product range.

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512 TRE TRE Tampere (Finland)
TRE Tribunal Regional Eleitoral (Brazil)
TRE Trinity Railway Express (Texas)
TRE Theologische Realenzyklopädie
 CI LUCE

Stripe is a new slim-line light fitting by Tre Ci Luce that can be used in two forms. By being suspended or wall mounted it will provide indirect diffuse and feature lighting, and it is available in several different lengths and can be operated in a linked installation.

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