Colour Lights by Maarten De Ceulaer

Milan 2010: Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer will present a series of lights containing water tinted with food colouring in Milan later this month.

Called Colour Lights, the range consists of glass vessels filled with water containing non-toxic colourants.

The lights will be presented at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile from 14-19 April.

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The concept is simple but unique; by adding a few drops of edible food colourants to the water inside the bottle, you can change the colour of the lamp, and the atmosphere of the space.

Any colour can be created by the right mix of the primary colours Cyan, Magenta and Yellow. The spherical shape in the bottom of the bottles is sandblasted from below, so the power-LED below it, mounted on an aluminium disc, illuminates it completely.

The food colourants will be supplied with the lamp, can be ordered afterwards, but can also be bought in most supermarkets. All lamps will be handmade in collaboration with a laboratory glass-ware atelier in Brussels. What you see on these images is the first series of prototypes, it will soon be expanded with more typologies of bottles, and various sizes will be available in each model.

These prototypes will be presented at Spazio Rossana Orlandi (Via Matteo Bandello 14/16 20123 Milano) during the Salone del Mobile, from 14-19 April.

Flash Factory by Tom Dixon

Milan 2010: the Tom Dixon team are assembling brass and stainless steel lamps on their stand at Superstudio Più in the Zona Tortona district this week.

Called Flash Factory, the installation means visitors can buy an Etch lamp ready-assembled, put it together themselves on the stand or take it home flat-packed.

More information about the Industry collection exhibited on the stand in our earlier story.
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Flash Factory Launches in Milan Salone Del Mobile

On our stand in Milan we launch Flash Factory as part of our Industry story, where a limited number of exclusive products will be made and sold on site.

Etch is a digitally manufactured collection that includes a light and candle-holder in brass and stainless steel. Designed specifically for Milan, everything is sold on a first come first serve basis.

Visitors can assemble their own product on the stand, or purchase a full assembled version or flat-packed version to complete at home.

Flash Factory demonstrates Future Industry and the new found power of the designer, able to service world markets with the latest products in greatly reduced time scales.

Mimosa by Jason Bruges Studio

Milan 2010: interactive designers Jason Bruges Studio of London have sent us a video of their Mimosa installation, featuring light panels that open and close like flowers.

The installation aims to mimic the behaviour of the Mimosa family of plants, folding up or flattening out in response to the presence of viewers.

Each panel represents a flower petal, dimming in intensity as it closes.

The piece was created for Philips using their Lumiblade OLED (organic LED) modules and shown at Superstudio Più in Zona Tortona last week.

Video and photos are copyright Jason Bruges Studio.

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MIMOSA ATTRACTS THE CROWDS AT THE MILAN FURNITURE FAIR 2010

Commissioned for Milan 2010, Jason Bruges Studio’s latest creation is a captivating artwork featuring Philips Lumiblade OLEDs.

Mimosa is an interactive artwork displaying behaviour that mimics responsive plant systems. The piece was inspired by the Mimosa family of plants, which change kinetically to suit their environmental conditions.

The studio has used the slim form of individual OLEDs to create delicate light petals, forming flowers, which open and close in response to visitors.

Jason Bruges Studio enjoys working with Phillips Lumiblades because of their incredibly slim profile and fantastic even light quality.

London based Jason Bruges Studio produces innovative installations, interventions and ground-breaking works.

The works create interactive spaces and surfaces that sit between the world of architecture, site specific installation art and interaction design.

The studio is particularly well known for light based design, exploring interactivity with the public and the environment through the highly imaginative use of materials and technologies.

Pilke by Tuukka Halonen for Skandium

Finnish designer Tuukka Halonen has designed a range of pendant lights made of repeated interlocking parts for design brand Skandium.

Called Pilke, the light shades are made of identical plywood cutouts, which interlock to form a three-dimensional shape.

The shades slot together and don’t require any tools or adhesives to assemble.

The collection includes two different designs that come in white, black or beige.

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Skandium launches PILKE from Showroom Finland, designed by Industrial designer Tuukka Halonen. PILKE pendant lamps are entirely made in Finland and assembled by local craftsmen.

The Shades are constructed of identical interlocking parts, no tools are required on assembly.

The Lights are suited for energy saving light bulbs only. The material is ply birchwood and they come in two sizes – 36cm and 60cm.

Story lamp by Skar+Vidal

Norwegian designers Vibeke Skar and Ida Noemi Vidal presented ceramic pendant lights with embossed surfaces in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan last month.

Called Story, a decorative pattern depicting Norwegian traditions has been sandblasted onto the unglazed porcelain surface of shade.

The pattern is similar to that of traditional Norwegian knitting patterns and wool jumpers.

Photographs are by Kaja Bruskeland.

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STORY Porcelain Lamp. Designed by Vibeke Skar and Ida Noemi Vidal

“Once upon a time there was a porcelain lamp called Story. Born in Norway between high mountains and deep fjords, it dreamed of lighting up small wooden houses in the dark forests. With a translucent pattern depicting Norwegian traditions, it warmed the hearts of the travelers it met on its journey.”

The lamp is telling a story about the Norwegian traditions and way of living, the contrast between the cold winter weather and warm clothing and homes. Story draws inspiration from melting icicles and the warm light shining through the windows of our cabins in the mountains, it sheds a new light upon traditional Norwegian knitting patterns and gives a new and softer expression to the cold and hard porcelain surface.

Story has an elegant appearance with its characteristic curves. The surface is unglazed and the decoration plays with the texture and the translucency of the material. The pendant expresses a calm and comfy atmosphere. It can hang by itself, in rows or in clusters over your kitchen table, dining table or where ever you’d like to hang it.

Material: porcelain
Technique: sandblasting (pattern)

Colour by Daniel Rybakken and Andreas Engesvik

Norwegian designers Daniel Rybakken and Andreas Engesvik presented a lamp filtered through layers of coloured screens in Milan last month.

Called Colour, the lamp incorporates an opaque disk illuminated from behind by a circular fluorescent tube.

Translucent coloured screens are then leaned in front of the disk against a wall, and overlapped to create different effects.

“The project is about letting a user mix different colours and compose different compositions depending on their needs,” says Rybakken. “It also raise the question: Why does a lamp need to be one object? Why can’t a lamp be the sum of several different objects?”

More about Daniel Rybakken on Dezeen: Daylight Entrance (May 2010)

Images are by Kalle Sanner and Daniel Rybakken.

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Colour. In collaboration with Andreas Engesvik

Colour is about the mixing of colour and composition in shape.

Though I work often with aspects of daylight, this collarorative project allowed me to investigate quite different effects and sensations of light. With a largely monochromatic pallette to-date, I also welcomed the opportunity to explore colour.

Using sheets of coloured glass placed freely in front of a light source, Colour invites the user to mix various hues.

I was also intrigued here by the exploded concept of a lamp, formed not only of multiple components, but by multiple objects too.