113 TOP FANCY SHAPE ARKOSLIGHT


Also shortlisted for an FX Award, Top Fancy Shape allows a full light installation to be created from a single light source. Designed for spaces where it is impossible to conceal fittings, or where a graphic element is needed, the system of cylindrical downlights can be configured in an almost infinite number of ways.


The cable can be moved along the ceiling using small pistons which create vertices in the shape of the cable. The layout of these points can be freely designed. Available in three different base sizes (depending on the number of units per base), it can also be combined with pendant lights from the company's Fancy Shape collection.


Maximum output is 655lm and three colour temperatures are available (2700K, 3000K and 4000K), all CRI 90. arkoslight.com


ALTHOUGH THERE is inevitably a bit of a time lapse between launch and judgement, design awards generally point out the trends and show the way things are going. The lighting winners in the iF Product Design Awards are no exception, though there is perhaps a shade more emphasis on what things do than what they look like. The latest crop shows a continuing


preoccupation with multiple-use luminaires, particularly those which also act as acoustic devices and, increasingly in virus-ridden times, those that have a hygiene function (using UV as a virus protection). There is a fair amount of the derivative, or the gussying up of an existing idea with an extra function (the mood music which matches the mood lighting, say). Some of


this year’s 67 lighting winners also hail from the more arcane areas of illumination, such as photography or, another sign of the times, specialised fittings to light the user’s face for video conferencing and Zoom sessions. Many are aimed at the residential market, often portable with rechargeable LEDs, another market which is proliferating. That roster includes


one that repels mosquitoes (possibly while attracting moths?) and ones that double as flashlights. But if there is a motif that unites many of the more mainstream fittings, it is the drive for modularity, flexibility and versatility. With multi-tasking and precision-engineered optics, luminaires work a lot harder nowadays than they used to.


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