LIGHT + TECH 121 PRODUCTS
Nulla Extradark by Davide Groppi
Davide Groppi is achingly minimalist verging on obsessive. One suspects he will only be truly content when, by some alchemy, he has made light fittings disappear altogether. With a powerful LED and a special lens, he got close with his 2010 Nulla downlight. However, he has managed to take the barely there look a step further with Nulla Extradark, which conceals the aperture to an even greater extent.
The fitting finish is matt black, and the visible hole needed in the ceiling comes in two diameters: 18mm (4.5W) and 25mm (9W). Such miniscule openings would suggest a maintenance nightmare, but the magnetic fixing of Nulla Extradark allows the main body to be extracted for quick and easy maintenance, according to the company.
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Funivia by Artemide
Ingo Maurer has always been about delighting with light and this scheme is no exception. Punctuating the cable system is a series of RGB (red, green, blue) spotlights which create a special effect – as well as producing bright white light pools on the station floors, when a passenger walks through the beam cast by the spotlight, they split the white light into its consituent parts and cast colourful shadows around them. ‘In this way, passing passengers become participants in the lighting design,’ says Utermöhlen. –
Architect: Allman Sattler Wappner Architekten
Designed by Carlotta de Bevilaqua, CEO and president of Artemide, Funivia is a cable system that is boggling in its potential permutations. It can be fixed separately to the floor or ceiling, and can run freely without needing to be cut, and therefore interrupted. According to taste or need, it can form a network of regular horizontal or vertical – as well as angled – lines throughout the space.
Based on a single power point, its only limit is the power installed on its length. What Artemide describes as ‘interferences’ can also be generated between two systems that touch each other, criss-crossing in a connection element that enables two cables to pass through. The system offers a series of luminaire options including spots, pendants and linear fittings. These lighting elements are connected to the cable via a bridge element, an electricity connection that mechanically fixes the appliance and powers it. All fittings can also be individually addressable through the Artemide app.
artemide.com
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