2014

SummerReport

HIGHLIGHTS 2013-2014

DIGITAL EDITIONS

CATCH-UP

CALENDARC

TRENDING NOW

AWARD WINNERS

PRODUCT ALBUM

WHILST WE’RE AWAY...

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EDITOR : PETE BREWIS : p.brewis@mondiale.co.uk EDITORIAL ASSISTANT : ROB LEEMING : r.leeming@mondiale.co.uk

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR : PAUL JAMES : p.james@mondiale.co.uk

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2014

SummerReport

While darc takes its annual summer break, we’ve put together a holiday treat for you: the

Summer Report, a special interactive digital issue, looking back at all our features from the

last 12 months. Pick up your iPad, grab your tablet, and start swiping, tapping and clicking

your way through our last year of projects, profiles and product reports - available

digitally on our website www.darcmagazine.com .

You’ll also find a host of fresh features, including a round-up of the year’s decorative

lighting award winners, a look at the latest lighting trends (as perceived by stilbüro bora.

herke.palmisano) and news on some of the events that have been held in our absence.

We return with our regular print issue in September, when we’ll have a preview of the London Design Festival. Until then: sit back,

relax and rewind!Pete Brewis • Editor

A selection of our favourite projects from the last twelve months.

Direct links to our page-turner archive.

Past profiles and Comment contributors.

Forthcoming decorative lighting events.

stilbüro bora.herke.palmisano explain their Light + Building Trendforum selection.

Red Dot, Design Plus, iF awards & more.

Click through to our online product archive.

May Design Series, ICFF and Clerkenwell.

Aqua Creations Lighting & Furniture Atelier

Zooid Dyamond

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Sitting beside the new canopy entrance to Kings Cross station, the Great Northern Hotel refurbishment blended contmporary design with the rich, romantic history of rail travel. Plum + Spilt Milk, the hotel’s first floor restaurant (pictured) features over 150 bespoke glass pendants from Rothschild & Bickers, their golden glow adding to the design scheme, with col-ours redolent of Whistler’s ‘Nocturne’.

highlightsGREAT NORTHERN HOTELLONDON, UKISSUE #04

Great Northern Hotel, King’s Cross, LondonClient: Jeremy Robson, RAM Architect & Interior Design: Archer Humphryes Architects Architectural Lighting Design: Firefly Lighting DesignFixture & Fitting Procurement: yoo Furnishing

Photo: Thomas Duval

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For this Las Vegas addition to the renowned Nobu restaurant family, designers the Rockwell Group adopt-ed a traditional Japanese wabi sabi design philosophy. Thus the typical Las Vegas excess was tempered by flavour of simplicity and natural, raw beauty. As part of this approach, huge paper lantern pendants, bespoke creations from Molo (pictured) float across the dining space.

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Nobu, Ceasar’s Palace, S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, USAClient: Nobu Interior Design: Rockwell Group

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As part of the 2013 London Design Festival, Bocci lighting Creative Director Omer Arbel designed a site specific piece for the Victoria & Albert Museum. Dubbed 28.280, the piece comprised a cascade of heavy copper ‘vines’ that hold in place 280 distorted glass spheres. Based on Bocci’s 28 pen-dants, these globes were created with a variety of colours and opacities. Hanging in the victorian buildings 30-metre atrium space,this temporary isntallation provided a photogenic focal point for the festival’s notional hub venue.

highlightsV&A MUSEUMLONDON, UKISSUE #05

V&A Museum, Cromwell Road, London28.280 - temporary installationDesigner: Omer Arbel, Bocci

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The first mainland-Europe project for Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio, Éclectic’s interior is a celebration of the 1970 structure of the Beaugrenelle Centre, stripped back to its brutalist concrete bones and then imbued with warmth through the use of glowing copper and brass metalic surfaces. Interlocking hexagonal and circular geometries are used throughout, not least in the use of Tom Dixon’s Cell pendants, clustered together in an impressive chandelier centrepiece.

highlightsÉCLECTICPARIS, FRANCEISSUE #07

Éclectic, Rue Linois, Paris, FranceClient: Fabienne & Philippe AmzalakInterior Design: Research Design StudioBespoke chandelier feature: Chelsom

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A combination of contemporary and traditional manufacturing techniques went into the creation of the bespoke lighting pieces throughout the Holborn Dining Rooms and Bar of the Rosewood London Hotel. A series of two metre globes were constructed by Dernier & Hamlyn from lightweight aluminium, disquised with a brass patina finish.Elswhere brass and blackened steel were used to produce custom pieces with a classic look.

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Rosewood London, High Holborn, London WC1V 7ENClient: Rosewood Hotels & Resorts groupInterior Design: Martin Brudnizki Design Bespoke Lighting Manufacturer: Dernier & Hamlyn

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Since we last spoke...Since our glass special, Koldova has cre-ated further pieces for Brokis, namely the Capsula (launched last year) and the I Mona lamp, which will be present-ed as a full family at Maison & Object in Paris this September. There is also anew, mouth-blown glass pendant lamp.Koldova continues to work with other brands, creating pieces like the popular Bella lamp, a classy campanological-ly-inspired copper lamp for Belgian brand Peruse.

Since we last spoke...After nearly 25 years in the interior de-sign business, II BY IV DESIGN’s founders Dan Menchions and Keith Rushbrook are getting ready to launch a series of furniture, lighting, textiles, wallcover-ings and tile products. Headlining the launch is the GIA, a series of pendant fixtures and wall sconces dedicated to classic elegance. This spectacular crystal pendant is displayed in the ele-vator lobby at Trump Hotel and Tower, Toronto.

Since we last spoke...Roosegaarde and his team of experts are developing a safe, energy friend-ly installation to capture smog and create clean air. The SMOG project uses patented ion technology to create large holes of clean air. The plan is to make the largest air-puri-fier in the world to create the cleanest, smog-free park in Beijing and - typically taking it that one step further into the fantastic - compress the collected dust into solid souvenier diamonds.

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catch upOver the last year, we’ve featured profiles and opinions from a host of international design experts....

II BY IV Design

Daan Roosegaarde

Róisín de Buitléar

Bethan Laura Wood

Lucie Koldova

© F Mantovan

MoreySmith

Andrew Orange Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert

Since we last spoke...Haberdashery continues to grow, with an incorporated company in Hong Kong on track to open their studio this Autumn, with New York following in the Spring.With large overseas public projects in Singapore, New York, Rio and Doha, they are tackling ever more ambitious briefs with an increased element of interaction.Sculptures include interactive clouds, a radical reinterpretation of the disco ball and a stream of experimental ideas coming out of their Hablab programme.

Since we last spoke...All six Heal’s stores now have newly revamped lighting departments with a concentration on Heal’s branded lighting, which includes the best-selling Twiitter and Cool lamp ranges. “The industrial/vintage look has been huge in the last twelve months, as well as lighting with an element of personalisa-tion,” say Longoni. “Looking forward, a key trend will be lighting that focuses on simplicity and modernity, which is crafted using luxury materials.”

Since we last spoke...Recent Studio Arola launches have included the Droid light for Viabizzuno, and Bamboo for Vibia. Despite their obvious differences both lights share a slim form, made possible by LED technology. Further projects have included the Clio R5, which reused car lights, and the ephemeral Roig installation for the street light fair in Barcelona. A book on Arola’s inspirational ‘object collection’ is published in September.

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Richmond International

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SHOWonA look ahead to forthcoming design shows with a strong lighting element.

MAISON ET OBJET • PARIS, FRANCE5-9 September 2014 (www.maison-objet.com)

TENT / SUPERBRANDS • LONDON , UK18-21 Sep 2014 (www.tentlondon.co.uk)

100% DESIGN • LONDON, UK17-20 September 2014 (www.100percentdesign.co.uk)

LIGHTJUNCTION @ DESIGNJUNCTION • LONDON, UK17-21 September 2014 (www.thedesignjunction.co.uk)

BIENNALE INTERIEUR • KORTRIJK , BELGIUM17-26 Oct 2014 (www.interieur.be

MAISON ET OBJET • PARIS, FRANCE23-27 January 2015 (www.maison-objet.com)

MAISON ET OBJET ASIA • SINGAPORE10-13 March 2015 (www.maison-objet.com)

MAISON ET OBJET AMERICAS • MIAMI, USA12-15 May 2015 (www.maison-objet.com)

ICFF • NEW YORK, USA16-19 May 2015 (www.icff.com)

MAY DESIGN SERIES • LONDON, UK17-19 May 2015 (www.maydesignseries.com)

INDEX • DUBAI, UAE18-21 May 2015 (www.indexexhibition.com)

CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK • LONDON, UK19-21 May 2015 (www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com)

DESIGN MIAMI/BASEL • BASEL, SWITZERLAND16-21 Jun 2015 (www.designmiami.com)

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WireflowVibia

DiabloEden Design

DarøBell+

Big EdisonLight-Tech

NytaTilt

Davide Groppi N-EURO

Big Bubble DARK

The Arik Levy designed Wireflow pen-dant lighting fixture reinterprets the classic suspended luminaire by drawing geometric forms in space. Thin rods connect around empty voids, from which hang LED light sources. Presence and absence, transparency and luminos-ity, light and fluidity, all in one piece. www.vibia.com

• Scopas - Artemide• Demetra - Artemide• Più sospeso - Occhio• a floor lamp - M. Aust, S. Amelung• Optimist - Cosima Geyer• Screen - Anselm Kempf• Extended Light - Markus Bauer

Design Plus Awards

Other winners:

And the winner is...

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Decorative lighting products and projects have been selected and

recommended at a variety of awards shows throughout the year. Here’s who

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LeimuIittala Group

TRACE + NICETobias Grau

• Acus Office - betec Licht• D’LIGHT - ID+IM Design• Empatia - Artemide• Piculet - Lirio by Philips• Yumi - FontanaArte

• vinte2 - lumini• Yupik - FontanaArte• TOCCATA - Sattler• Odeon - FontanaArte

Leimu is a lighting piece by Norwe-gian-born designer Magnus Pettersen. It was inspired by the striking combi-nation of glass and concrete in modern architecture. The sturdy concrete base and the fragile glass lampshade add a fascinating contrast to a space. The colour variations in the mouth blown glass lampshade give each product a unique look. www.iittala.com

The TRACE track system can accomo-date a sequence of spots and pendant lamps. Various track lengths can be individually combined with different luminaires and spots. The tracks are ei-ther mounted directly onto the ceiling or suspended from it. The ballasts are concealed inside the tracks, which can be joined to create the required length. Various pendant lamps from Tobias Grau can be used with the system. www.tobias-grau.com

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iF Design Award

IFGOLD

IFGOLD

CLOUDYFabbian

HELIOSXAL

DemetraArtemide

HoodAteljé Lyktan

fool lumini

Glance Oligo

La LenteLirio by Philips

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ICFF Editors Awards

IALD International Lighting Design Awards

SBID International Design Awards

Lasvit

W Singapore Rockwell Group

The International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York once again canvased the opinions of a panel of editors from the design press in order to honour contemporary product design work in a range of categories. This year’s selection from the show floor at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center was Czech glass lighting special-ist Lasvit.Lasvit’s debut ICFF collection included collaboration with design stars, Arik Levy and Lucie Koldová, and icon of Bohemian glass, René Roubícek. www.lasvit.com

The annual International Association of Lighting Design-ers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, gave a Merit award to Glenn Chinn and Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn of Studio 1Thousand, the LED lighting consultants on STARLIGHT, a site-specific light sculpture at the Museum of the City of New York. As visitors move between floors, the optical effects inherent in the geometry of a uniform spatial grid generate an array of dynamic patterns.Each light diode, or pixel, is constructed from double-sid-ed circuit boards, on which white LED chips are mounted. “Mind blowing!” one judge exclaimed.

The top prize at the 2013 Society of British and International De-signers International Design Awards went to the Rockwell Group who had teamed up with Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide to design the W Singapore – Sentosa Cove, a cosmopolitan resort on Sentosa Island. Only 15 minutes from Singapore’s business and shopping districts, this lush tropical island provides the perfect setting for a hotel, spa and venue where business meets pleasure.Bringing the outside in, motifs and materials are drawn from Sin-gapore and Sentosa Island. Orchids, rosewood and traditional floral textiles provide the inspiration and patterns to convey the warmth of the island, while glistening chandeliers and decorative lighting provide touches of style and glamour.

BESTLIGHTING

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OVERALLWINNER

StarlightCooper Joseph Studio

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Paper Silicon LED LampeRetang Electronic

• Big Bubble - DARK• La Lente - Lirio by Philips • Piega Luce - Lirio by Philips• Demetra - Artemide

Taking advantage of the integrated moulding process, this LED table lamp is made of silicon, metal and other materials, whose structure displays a degree of simplicity and purity. The silicon used is environment friendly and offers good heat dissipation. The lamp is waterproof and robust. The materi-al’s flexibility also allows the user to bend the lamp to any desired angle. Other features include a user-friendly memory switch, night prompt, adjusta-ble brightness, and gentle light level. www.retang.net

Other winners:

Lunaire FontanaArte

AscentLuceplan

New Old LightKIMU Design

Decor WaveOrac

SimiLED Luxuni

Rea Artemide

Blom FontanaArte

SlimStyle LED Lamp Philips

Red Dot Awards

BEST OF BEST

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SUMMER REPORT / TRENDS 2014

TRENDING NOWTrendspotting design studio stilbüro bora.herke.palmisano were invited by Messe Frankfurt to identify thematic strands running through the latest decorative & designer lighting releases. They created four scenes to demonstrate what they saw...

CONSTRUCTED SPACESystematic, accentuated, sophisticated. This formal style leaves nothing to chance. Graphic patterns, strong black-and-white contrasts and 3D effects are employed with careful attention to detail. Monochrome and high-gloss finishes underscore the clarity of this strictly geometric style. Reduction to perfection. The silhouettes of minimalist designs seem almost intangible. Modern ideas of interior design integrate lighting as elements in the architecture. For example, elaborate cable runs draw fine lines in the room. Metallic blue and ochre dominate against a background of neutral tones. In the precise-ly conceived interplay of light and shadow, high-gloss and matt materials such as metal, paint, glass, leather and leather braids deliver their full impact.

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1 Formagenda - Don Camillo (pendant)2 Forestier - Rhomboid Pendant3 Ingo Maurer - LED’s Oskar (table lamp)4 Ingo Maurer - One New Flame (pendant)5 Serien - Twin (suspended)6 Estiluz - OBS (wall light)7 Formagenda - E.T. Table (table lamp)8 Nyta - Tilt (pendant)9 iulite - Kiu (task light)10 FontanaArte - Luniare (wall light)11 FontanaArte - Yupik (table lamp)12 Estiluz - Emma (pendant)13 Jake Dyson - CSYS Tall (task light)

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SELECTED SITESuperb craftsmanship, calm and harmony determine the essence of this very superior style. Asian influences are evident in the intense engagement with materials and finish. Traditional tech-niques are combined with modern design and innovative high-tech with classic styles. The result: products with an unmistake-able character.The skilful interplay of refined patterns and surface structures, traditional folding techniques and gentle transparency creates highly sensitive lighting moods. The balanced colour palette includes muted tones from natural white to wasabi green, ma-hogany and night black. Dark metals such as bronze, old gold and matt gold radiate their warm brilliance in a reduced design style. Above all there is the absolute desire for perfection and quality.

14 Lightyears - Orient (pendant)15 Estiluz - Luck (pendant)16 Ebb + Flow - Rowan (pendant)17 Luceplan - Nothing (floor lamp)18 Tobias Grau - Nice (pendant)19 Forestier - Antenna (table / floor lamp))20 Molto Luce - Lamella (pendant)21 Formagenda - Coppola (pendant / table lamp)22 FontanaArte - Albedo (pendant)23 Serien - Club (floor lamp)24 Artemide - IN-EI Issey Miyake (pendant)25 Ebb + Flow - Rowan (pendant)26 Artemide - IN-EI Issey Miyake (floor lamp)27 Formagenda - Tape Wall (wall light)28 Aqua Creations - 96 Molecules (floor lamp)29 Pluma Cubic - Ring K1 (suspended)30 Pluma Cubic - Luna Nova (talbe light)31 Ebb + Flow - Glow in Dome (table lamp)

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SINGULAR SPOTOptimistic, surreal and unusual. In a design world full of surprises and character an eclectic mix finds its creative resolution. Colour, materials and traditional techniques from different cultures receive an unexpected treatment in avant-garde designs. The desire for experimentation goes hand in hand with sustainable concepts.Glass, metal, wool, bamboo and braids combine casually with red, rose, reseda, sand, azure, cool grey and black. Artistic lighting elements convey humour and self-irony. At the same time the sense of social and environmental responsibility leads to sur-prising solutions with creative designs. Handicrafts from foreign cultures are increasingly used as unmistakeable design features.

32 David Trubridge - Sola / Coral / Floral (pendant)33 Rubn - Royal 14 (suspended)34 Luceplan - Ascent (table lamp)35 Artemide - Shogun (table lamp)36 Masiero - Anima (pendant)37 Ebb + Flow - Lead Crystal)38 Rubn - James (floor light)39 Benwirth Licht - MyOLED (jewellery)40 IN-ES.Artdesign - Matt Nebula (table lamp) 41 Lightyears Radon Black (wall light)42 Northern Lighting - Bell (pendant)43 Jaco Marris - benben (pendant)44 Masiero - Dropop (pendant)45 Graypants - Scraplights (pendant) 46 Berliner Messinglampen - La TuTu (floor light)47 Santa & Cole - Raw Color Ribbons (table lamp)

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UNAFFECTED SCENESensual, poetic and restrained. In this light, extremely sophisti-cated ambience the interior is understated and unobtrusive. The charm of naturalness reveals itself both in the sensitive working of the materials and in gentle interpretations of wooden struc-tures and stone textures.Wood, stone, concrete, marble and textiles in combination with pastel nuances of water, reeds and lime green characterise this style inspired by nature. Materials such as cork and wickerwork find their way into the design and are transformed into contem-porary creations. Furniture and lighting are based on archetypal, organic shapes. Artistic works touch the senses with authentic and poetic qualities.

48 Booo - Nacho Carbonell bulb (pendant)49 Dreizehngrad - Industrial Collection (pendant)50 Molto Luce - Soft (pendant)51 Domus - Fläks (wall light)52 Marset - La Discrète (table lamp)53 Santa & Cole - Sin (pendant / table lamp) 54 Forestier - Lampe Hodge Podge (table lamp)55 ASA Selection - luce (pendant)56 Darø - Bell+ (pendant)57 Jaco Marris - Insider (pendant)58 Santa & Cole - HeadHat System (pendant)

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Five shows under one roof, the May Design Series will feature a rich array of decorative lighting pieces.

MAY DESIGNSERIES 2014

Polished stainless steel sections arrayed around the circumference of this beautiful luminaire create a surface of small facets that fragment the image of its surround-ings, replicating the mesmerising beauty of a carefully cut crystal.www.innermost.net

Polished stainless steel sections arrayed

Facet Innermost

Exenia Zero SuspensionExenia Zero Suspension

Using a specially diffused PVC shade, Zero Suspension provides a continuous and clean light. Available in a variety of sizes and finishes, the Zero exemplifies the Exenia approach to lighting. www.exenia.eu

Phi B.luxPhi B.luxDesigned by David Abad for the ‘Deco’ sub-range of the B.lux lighting collection, the Phi family of Scandinavian-inspired lighting will be shown on the Vivid stand. The complete range (table light, floor light and three sizes of pendant) are all available in sober, understated white, grey and beige finishes. To complete this simple harmony the fabric cables used within these timeless pieces are supplied in the same colour as the body. www.grupoblux.com

The Incanda-LED range is a breakthrough in LED technology as it provides a brilliant sparkling light effect with a unique lamp design that resembles a point light source and the sparking light effect of an incan-descent lamp. With a high luminous efficacy of up to 100 lm/W of high-quality warm light, the Incanda-LED lamps can reduce energy consumption by up to 89% when compared to its incandescent equivalent, and offer a much longer life.www.megamanlighting.com

The Incanda-LED range is a breakthrough

Incanda-LED MegamanGlow in a Dome Ebb & FlowGlow in a Dome Ebb & FlowThe Glow in a Dome table lamp has a Victorian aesthetic. Available in Silver or brushed brass with a chose of coloured glass domes, the piece uses a traditional filament bulb, placing it on display as if a museum curiosity. www.ebbandflow.dk

ALMA ModissALMA ALMA ALMA ModissThe comination of a voluptuous shape and deep, of vivid colours shows a progression from the more ‘blingy’ pieces in many of the previous collections. Utilising a 20W

LED source the ALMA’s design also demon-strates the factory’s progressive devel-

opment from both a performance and an aesthetic point of view. With a diameter of 585mm, ALMA is designed to make a state-

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Arthur Brand van EgmondArthur Brand van EgmondBrand van Egmond was founded in 1989 by two independent artists, William Brand and Annet van Egmond, with the sole intention of creating art without constraints. The Arthur is characterised as a conqueror of the dark. Finished in nickel, it is available in varying sizes of conical, round and oval chandelier as well as floor, table and wall lamps. www.brandvanegmond.com

Muutos Preciosa Muutos Preciosa Muutos highlights the incredible softness of crystal and its astonishing ability to adapt to any shape. This distinctive chandelier fuses modern design with traditional crafts-manship. It is made from molten bohemian crystal glass poured into hundred year-old moulds, which when slightly cooled is transformed by hands into its final organic shapes. www.preciosalighting.com

Apollo DARKApollo DARKThe Dutch designer Romy Kühne has de-signed the impressive Apollo which will be on display on the Enigma stand. A patchwork of metal triangles, held together by bolts and nuts, the body has a heavy industrial look and feel. Inside, the dome gives a superb soft light with an almost velvetine quality.www.dark.be

Cortona AstroCortona AstroCortona’s large oval of blown opal glass is designed to draw on the emotional pull of ovoid shapes, an effect enhanced by its very even glow of light. It comes in a choice of two sizes: 240mm and 320mm, both with a maximum drop of 1,800mm. www.astrolighting.co.uk

Atmos Brick in the WallAtmos Brick in the WallLooking like a cut on the wall, the Atmos LED fitting from Brick in the Wall, on the Enigma stand, is a great example of how plaster-in lighting can seamlessly transform a space. Quick and easy to install, the Atmos comes with a 7W, 600 lm, high output LED, available in 2700K, 3000K, 4000K and - launching at May Design Series - the new 2200K colour temperature. www.brickin-thewall.eu

Bubbles Avivo LightingBubbles Avivo Lighting

Avivo Lighting will be showing their Bubbles range of chandeliers. The elegant solid glass balls are handmade and inject-ed with random air bubbles that shimmer and sparkle as the light reflects through them. The standard range includes sever-al sizes of chandeliers, from single-light to 26-light pendants, all fully height adjustable, which can be supplied with either halogen or LED lamps. www.avivolighting.co.uk

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LED Bulkhead Timage

Amber Sharon Marston

Solid Terence Woodgate

Aurea Castro Lighting

Ghost of Ash Shane Holland

Artisan Collection Storm Furniture

LED Bulkhead TimageTimage have responded to the ever-in-creasing demand for low energy lighting by launching a new LED bulkhead light range. The models vary from 8 watts through to 18 watts and offer a considerable energy saving when compared to their traditional bulb counterparts. Available finishes include natural brass and chrome plated brass. www.timage.eu

Amber Amber Amber Sharon MarstonSharon Marston’s impressive collection includes Amber. Inspired by nature, its delicate hand blown lotus flower shapes tumble amidst a waterfall of glistening fibre optic filament; maturing and intensifying in colour as they fall from delicate buds to full multilayered blooms.www.sharonmarston.com

Solid Terence WoodgateThe Solid range features LED pendants and surface mounted downlights in natural ma-terials such as Carrara and Nero Marquina marble, oak and walnut. The collection is optimised for Megaman high lumen out-put LED lamps (a lamp is included), with excellent glare control for comfort. Solid is designed with effective thermal cooling for LED performance and longevity. A unique support design enables the fitting to be ad-justed so that it hangs completely vertical and true. www.terencewoodgate.com

Aurea Castro LightingAurea is a series of wall, floor and ceiling lights. The ceiling fixture uses 34 40W G9 lamps to illuminate a spherical form 80cm in diameter. www.castrolighting.com

Ghost of Ash Shane HollandFor this new range, Shane Holland uses branches from Ireland’s native Ash tree. Sourced from roadside cuttings, the pieces celebrate the beauty of Ash, stocks of which are under threat from natural die back. Each piece is individually crafted into a unique pieces.www.shanehollanddesign.com

Storm FurnitureThe Artisan Collection is a beautifully designed and handmade range of lights by Terry Croucher of Storm Furniture.Whilst beautifully functional, the lamps also sit as pieces of sculptural art in their own right. Each design is made individually by hand, each one is unique and bears the maker’s stamp of authenticity.www.storm-furniture.co.uk

Living Sculpture 3D PhilipsLiving Sculpture 3D Philips

Philips had a version of their their LivingSculpture 3D module system on show in London for the very first time. The sculpture, composed of separate OLED tiles and linking rods, provided an example of spectacular and dynamic design with light.www.lumiblade-experience.com

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S7 Structures

Hercules Villa Lumi

No. 1 Pendant Tom Raffield

Lightcatcher Muunlight.comS7 StructuresThe S7 is a floor lamp comprising a mallea-ble coil with an interchangable LED head. Ostensibly a floor lamp, it can be bent into any manner of artistic shapes, stretching from 80cm-210cm in height. A rechargable base pack and decorative dandelion head section are also available.www.structures.me

Hercules Villa LumiPortuguese designer and manufacturer, Villa Lumi offer a high quality contemporary range of lighting which can be supplied in a choice of finishes and an extensive choice of shade colours enabling a unique piece to be created from the product range.From the “5 Minutes of Jazz” collection, the iconic Hercules design showcases the fine skills of the Villa Lumi craftsmen with the solid brass, nickel finished metal work creating exqui-site lines offset beautifully by a vibrant shade in this contemporary chandelier..www.villa-lumi.com

No. 1 Pendant Tom RaffieldThe beautiful sculptural form of the No. 1 Pendant is hand crafted using around 80 metres of wood. Steam bent strips of ash (pale wood), oak (medium wood) or walnut (dark wood) are woven, coiled and twisted around one another to produce a unique and stunning lampshade whether you have the light on or off.www.tomraffield.com

Lightcatcher Lightcatcher Lightcatcher Muunlight.comThe Lightcatcher is a largescale pendant lightshade. Viscose fabric is stretched across a graceful wooden frame, acting as a three dimensional ‘light-box’, reflecting the light onto the ceiling whilst creating a stunning lit effect. Though constructed in a standard size of 2.4m long, larger versions of up to 4m are available on request.www.muunlight.com

Day one of the Designers With Light Forum, held within this year’s May Design Series at ExCeL in London, was focussed on the the cross over between high quality product design, lighting design and interior design.First up was product designer Terence Woodgate, who discussed his work designing luminaries for major architectural lighting brands and compared this with his newly launched lighting brand, Terence Woodgate Lighting. Profiled in issue #07 of darc, Woodgate’s new range of decora-tive lighting utilises the latest in LED light source technology, specifically the new Megman GU10 reflector lamps. Megaman’s new Ingenium Bluetooth technology allows a heightened level of controllability, while effective thermal cooling of the LED source permits the use of materials that would previously have been prohibited.Joost Heremans, Associate Partner, Foster + Partners and Director of Muunlight revealed the process behind the creation of his Lightcatcher pendant: a fusion between interior design and fashion design. As Hermemans explained that the piece was heavily inspiration by the architecture of the basilica in Venezay,

Burgundy, France - a building whose architecture makes intriguing use of natural daylight.John Bullock’s talk unveiled his Rules of Three - the underlying matrix of factors that guide and inform every residential lighting project.These comprised Influences (architecture, interior and human id-iosyncrasy), Objectives (function, connection, play) and Lighting Hierarchy (the workers, the support and the focus). A philosophi-cal meditation on good lighting design (via references to Downton Abbey), Bullock’s talk picked out some key points to aid initial discussion between client and lighting designer.The day closed with a panel discussion between a trio of design disciplines: manufacturer, lighting designer and interior designer. Emma Cogswell of the IALD (the International Association of Lighting Designers); Gwenda Jones of the SBID (the Society of British and International Designers) and Ian Stanton of lighting manufacturer iGuzzini all have an interest in helping to create well lit interior spaces. Their different skills were discussed alongside the importance of getting the right professional for the job. www.designerswithlight.com

Held within the Lighting section of May Design Series, the Desingers With Light Forum included a series of talks focusing on the use of light to create well designed spaces.

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Venue’s across the London district opened their doors to display new and emerging decorative design talent.

CLERKENWELLDESIGN WEEK

Capside Loïc Bard

Marine Breynaert

Hero Buster & Punch

Workstead Another Country

Lum Kaia

Peaucellier lamp Roland Beaven

Capside Loïc BardThe design of the Capside is a balance of form and function. Thanks to its geometric inclined facets, the lamp can be suspended or placed on a table or the floor.Its natural wood exterior contrast with the vivid interior colours (with matching flex).loic-bard.liki.com

Marine Breynaert

Hero

Part of the Holloway’s of Ludlow collec-tion, Marine Breynaert’s luminaire art is comprised of raw lines, industrial history and precious materials. She combines gold, steel and riveted metal pieces to create demanding light compositions that bor-row from architecture, industrial design, constructivism and a revival of art deco. She was trained at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and has worked in both textiles and fashion. Breynaert has combined her various heritag-es and original, empowering style to create her extraordinary and stunning collections.www.marinebreynaert.com

Hero Buster & PunchHero

Breynaert has combined her various heritag-es and original, empowering style to create

Inspired by the great blacksmiths of yesteryear, the Hero light is made from hand-forged 3mm bronzed gun metal, matte rubber detailing and solid knurled brass soaked in olive oil. The light can be finished with either cabochon or teardrop bulbs and positioned ‘in the round’ or ‘through the centre’.www.busterandpunch.com

Workstead Another CountryThe Workstead Chandelier fuses the concept of a chandelier with a keen understanding of function and flexibility. The same stan-dard process can be reconfigured in count-less ways; most importantly as a horizontal fixture that hangs only 91cm / 36” from the ceiling, or as a tall vertical gesture that hangs a dramatic 158cm / 62” below.www.anothercountry.com

Lum KaiaLum is a star shaped light formed by two interlocking tetrahedrons. Eight triangular facades and twelve edges surround a single bulb, creating a light of geometric perfec-tion with an intriguing play of shadows.www.kaia.at

Another Country

Roland Beaven

Another CountryThe Workstead Chandelier fuses the concept

the ceiling, or as a tall vertical gesture that

The Peaucellier straight-line linkage, invented in 1864, was the first system to turn circular motion into linear motion, overcoming an engineering conundrum of the time.The Peaucellier Lamp, born of an apprecia-tion of the beauty and tangibility of mecha-nisms, draws on the aesthetic of mechanical objects while employing the functionality that is commonly associated with them.The ceiling hung frame and mechanism of the lamp, made from aluminium, acts as an electrical conductor for the low voltage LED bulb, enabling the lamp to maintain its clean lines uninterrupted by electrical wir-ing. The sand filled counterweight doubles as a handle for adjustment of the lamp’s height. www.rolandbeaven.co.uk

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Bloom Blu Laguna Prandina

Empatia Artemide

Auxilium Candy Collection

Crop Örsjö

Montebello CTO LightingCalle Terzani

Bloom Blu Laguna PrandinaPrandina has introduced a new colour, Blu Laguna, for some of its most famous blown glass suspension fixtures, like the Notte, Tiara and the Bloom (pictured), giving these ranges a fresh, modern nuance. www.prandina.it

Empatia ArtemideExperts in combining traditional techniques with the latest lighting technologies, Artemide presented the Empatia collec-tion by Carlotta de Bevilacqua & Paola di Arianello, which incorporates hand-blown Murano glass and LED lighting. Artemide worked closely with Venetian master glass blowers to create a craft object, each one entirely unique, whilst not compromising on light efficiency. The resulting Empatia combines a high performance LED light with in a smooth glass dome, which plays with the subtle effects created by the densities and transparencies of the glass. Light is reflected without glare thanks to a trans-parent pipe which drives the light towards the glass diffuser.www.artemide.com

Auxilium Candy Collection

Experts in combining traditional techniques

The Candy Collection are Auxilium’s first set of products, they are a set of candy co-loured lamps that have undergone a major transformation. The lamps were rescued from a disused cable factory in Cologne, Germany, a work lamp that has been redesigned, remade and repurposed into a beautiful object to be loved. The Candy Collection lamps are available in 13 standard colours however, there is also the option to match the lamps to a specific colour scheme by colour matching an RGB, Pantone, Dulux or RAL colour.www.auxilium-salvage.com

Crop ÖrsjöDesigned by Note Design Studio, Crop is a family of lamps with a solid heritage. In-spired by a piece from Örsjö’s 65 year back catalogue, the old lamp was discovered by a designer from Note while on a factory visit. Reworked, the new Crop family of floor, table and wall lamps are sleek, elegant and full of personality.www.orsjo.se

Montebello CTO LightingLantern-like in appearance, the Monte-bello from CTO Lighting is a wall mounted luminaire designed by Stéphane Parmentier. A tubular shape, comprising bronze and satinised brass, the Montebello throws light up and down the wall, while allowing light to glow through side slots, cut into the cylindrical body of the piece.www.ctolighting.co.uk

Calle TerzaniYoung designers Luca Martorano and Mattia Albicini who approached Terzani with the design for Calle, a new light that showcases the company’s skill at crafting crystal to take the material to an exciting, modern place. Each piece is a slender 70cm/27.5” inverted flute of 24% lead crystal that, like the calla lily it mimics, can be grouped into stunning bouquets of light.www.terzani.com

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North America’s platform for global design returned to New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center this May for four days of discovery.

ICFF 2014

Float Chandelier BowerFloat Chandelier Float Chandelier Float Chandelier BowerBower’s Float Chandelier is comprised of a series of LED lights that are magnetical-ly pulled outward towards a central ring from above and below creating a magical tension in space. The Float Chandelier feels otherworldly, seemingly breaking the laws of physics, giving the sense of being frozen in space and time. This is the first in an upcoming series from Bower exploring the sense of weightlessness that is possible through magnetic attraction and repulsion.Bower were recipients of the ICCF 2014 Studio Award.www.bowernyc.com

bespoke chandeliers LightArt

Zattelite 5 Schema

Ivy Series Andrea Claire Studio

LightArtLightArt, a division of 3form, is a lighting fabrication and design shop based in Seat-tle’s Georgetown neighborhood.Every fixture is hand-built and made to order by a team of local artisans, with prod-ucts ranging from a simple wall sconce to a 35’ tall custom chandelier.www.lightart.com

Zattelite 5 SchemaUsing malleable metal wires, Philippino brand Schema mould simple patterns into complex shapes. Deliberate in their designs the pieces weave together art and craft. Pieces like the Zattelite 5 (pictured), a copper coloured pendant measuring 50cm in diameter and completed with a traditional tungsten lamp.www.schemaproduct.com

Andrea Claire StudioThe Ivy Series is a range of cascading ver-tical chandeliers, falling like an ivy vine. Ideal for taller spaces, like stairwells, it can also be customised with fewer shapes for lower height spaces.www.andreaclairestudio.com

Atomic Delightfull

Palindrome series Rich Brilliant Willing

Atomic Atomic Atomic DelightfullA contemporary descendant of retro sphere lighting, Atomic suspension lamp is an inter-pretation of the atomic age design. A set of glossy black and gold plated round shades, aligned by an asymmetric composition to enhance non-conventional molecular forms. www.delightfull.eu

Ideal for taller spaces, like stairwells, it can

Rich Brilliant WillingRich Brilliant WillingA sculptural expression of movement and wit, Palindrome chandelier is a mallea-ble fixture that can fulfill any spatial and aesthetic need. Its looping form, driven by a sequence of shaped steel arms and cast glass heads, can be read forward or back-ward (much like a palindromic number or word) and if desired, folds into itself with ease. This kinetic chandelier’s sand-blasted lamps diffuse LED light in a soft, yet pow-erful manner and can be rotated to further enhance atmosphere.www.richbrilliantwilling.com

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