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TECHNOLOGY / PRODUCT 1. BRIDGELUX - HELION
During 2010 the LED industry finally started making their products in forms that the luminaire industry can use easily and will fit into the traditional format of replaceable light sources, gear, optics and luminaire housings. The Helion is a joint venture between Bridgelux and Molex that combines a high power LED array, a series of reflectors from Ledil and an electrical, mechanical and thermal connection system for the LED array that makes replacement easy and needs no soldering equipment during assembly.
2. PHILIPS - FORTIMO SLM / OSRAM - PREVALED CORE LIGHT The Philips Fortimo SLM and OSRAM PrevaLED Core Light is another move towards industry standard, high power LED light source formats that lighting manufacturers can buy off the shelf and easily work with without having to transform themselves into electronics companies. It is the same 50mm diameter as the original Xicato array but somewhat thinner. Now that Philips and OSRAM have decided to supply LED array light sources in this format then it seems very likely that the rest of the industry will quickly follow suit and this will become a one off series of industry standard replaceable modules.
3. XICATO - LINEAR MODULE 3000 LUMENS Xicato has introduced a rectangular version of their remote phosphor LED module that will eventually produce up to 3,000 lumens with a CRI of 90. Xicato has done a clever job in establishing a premium sector in LED arrays offering the best available colour point stability, thermal management and lumen maintenance. The rectangular form factor should be very useful for wall washing and wall grazing applications.
4. ELDOLED - POWER DRIVE
Eldoled, the Dutch LED driver company that has produced a very comprehensive range of low voltage input DMX driver controllers for RGBW LEDs over the past few years, has now introduced a more powerful range that works direct from line voltage AC. Up to 18 Cree MC E RGBW LEDs can be driven from a single Power Drive at 350 mA. With very fine dimming steps and a wide variety of control protocols including DMX and DALI these drivers will be very useful for high end architectural applications.
5. LEDZWORLD - CTA 7 WATT LED RETROFIT LAMP I think this was the first retrofit LED lamp to be marketed that mimics the warming effect of a dimmed incandescent lamp. It caught my eye at Lightfair in New York in May last year where it won an Innovation Award and I was able to put it forward for a London hotel pendant project when I returned to the UK having discovered that Aurora had the exclusive European sales rights. The Dutch owned and managed company based in Malaysia seems to be quite an innovator in retrofit LED lamps for a small and young company.
6. MODULAR - SPOCK
For me, Spock was one of the most interesting products at Light + Building last year. The range is based on an innovative optical system where 16 x 1 watt Cree LEDs are incorporated into an indirect reflector / fresnel lens assembly only 12.5mm thick that looks like a CD from the front and acts as a good heat sink at the back. This produces low glare and well mixed light output available in two beam angles. Very cool minimal styling by Couvreur & Devos.
7. ALTEME - HILIGHT R\445-J6
Alteme is a young Swiss architectural lighting company and the HiLight is a remarkable surface mounted or semi recessed circular fluorescent luminaire incorporating a central capsule halogen downlight. The key element of the design is the massive solid
David Morgan runs David Morgan Associates, a London-based international design consultancy specialising in luminaire design and development.
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We asked our product reviewer to choose his favourite ten products of last year. After much pondering, this is what he came up with...
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acrylic optic, 445mm in diameter. This incorporates a polished cylindrical outer surface, a frosted lower surface and an internal diffuser asphere surface. This all results in a minimal low glare lit effect with no view of the halogen or fluorescent lamps or any internal components.
8. BRICK IN THE WALL - ATMOS Brick in the Wall, the Belgian lighting company, has developed a wide range of built in seamless plaster LED luminaires. The Atmos 10 watt wall light is a particularly neat example that gives the impression that the wall has just been deformed slightly to allow the light to escape.
9. ARTEMIDE – COSMIC LANDSCAPE BY ROSS LOVEGROVE The Cosmic Landscape pendant is an extraordinary piece of sculptural 3D modelling from Ross Lovegrove, the master of fluid organic design. Composed of two cloud like acrylic diffuser components with a large scale cellular surface texture it incorporates two 55W PL lamps and is remarkably unlike any other pendant in production that I can think of.
10. FLOS – WALL PIERCING BY RON GILAD The Wall Piercing series from minimalist designer Ron Gilad is another take on integrating LED luminaires into the building structure. All that is visible of this luminaire is a metal loop containing the LED emitters with the rest of the structure being recessed into the wall or ceiling. Produced with one, two or four loops and used in multiples, Wall Piercing produces intriguing patterns of light and shadow.
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