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Float Illumination

Float

Float is a table lamp based on the concept of slow design. The lamp uses magnetic levitation technology, so a small float turns above the base without touching it. The user switches the light on by spinning the float, and the light goes off when the rotation stops. The direction of rotation selects warm or cool light. Float is made of polypropylene, aluminum and white oak, and is produced in three sizes. The calm and steady motion is intended to help users slow down and concentrate while studying.

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Blossoming Light Installation Art

Blossoming Light

Blossoming Light is an outdoor lighting installation shaped like a giant flower. The structure is 7 meters high and 4 meters in diameter. Square stainless steel tubes form 88 triangular sections joined by more than 440 welded joints. The surface carries nearly 60,000 LED light points, allowing video to be shown across a full 360 degree view. Computer timing and a light sensor adjust the lights to natural and environmental conditions. The colors change slowly to suggest the passing of the four seasons. Six groups of metal flower decorations hold artificial flower arrangements.

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The Porthole Wall Light

The Porthole

The Porthole is a wall light inspired by the window of an airplane cabin. The light is controlled by sliding the shade panel upward. The lamp grows brighter as the shade opens, and reaches full brightness when the panel is completely open. The familiar form makes the operation easy to understand without instruction. The LED panel is coated with sodium peroxide nanoparticles that scatter light and separate different wavelengths, giving an effect similar to sunlight passing through the atmosphere. The wall light measures 225 by 300 by 55 millimetres.

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Fiction Light

Fiction

Fiction is a floor lamp designed for residential and office interiors. The base is 1600 mm tall and is made from wooden pieces that are joined, cut and polished into a soft form recalling a tree trunk and branches. Spheres of recycled paper are shaped over light metal frames and hold low energy LED lamps of 14 watts. Simplified crow figures in matte black are made from recycled wood particles. The spheres and the figures can be moved to change the light angle, and a touch switch adjusts the light intensity.

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Uda Lighting

Uda

The lamp allows you to illuminate the limited space necessary for a person, with soft light, while not disturbing the sleeping person nearby. The adjustable angle of inclination allows you to change the position of the body, adjusting the light source for yourself and due to this, less tired. The variable length of the light source extension allows you to adjust the lamp for a person with different heights and builds and choose for yourself the most convenient placement of the lighting object.

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Shining Glass Table Lamp

Shining Glass

The table lamp is designed to use a faceted drinking glass as a lampshade without any modification. The lampshade holder has the unique semicircular arm structure connected to a jig that securely holds the bottom of the glass between the inside and the outside. Its holder and base are seamlessly made of faceted glass. And the outline of it is clearly projected from the bottom by a pedestal with a light ring. The favorite faceted drinking glass can be used as a part of the lamp which is realized with a harmonious structure of oneness to create lighting effect to enrich daily life.

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Lighten Floor Lamp

Lighten

Lighten is a floor lamp inspired by the Chinese character for light, whose form originates in the image of gathered torches. Indirect lighting creates a soft atmosphere in many settings. The lamp is made of wood and frosted glass, produced with CNC machining and mechanical sandblasting. LED modules are embedded in the wood, and the wood surface is polished and waxed to keep its natural grain. All parts are modular and joined by tenon and mortise, so assembly needs no screws. A foot switch at the base turns on one, two or three lamp posts to adjust brightness.

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One Excellence Phase II Large Commercial Complex

One Excellence Phase II

One Excellence Phase II is an architectural facade lighting design for a large commercial complex in Shenzhen, China. The building is about 300 meters high and is covered with glass curtain walls. Simple white light was chosen to emphasize the structure of the tower. Customized luminaires were hidden and embedded inside the curtain wall to control the direction of the light. The vertical and interlaced light recreates the pattern of light and shade that sunlight forms during the day. The result gives the building a calm and rhythmic night appearance.

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Auroom Lighting System

Auroom

Auroom is a brass track lighting system designed for residential interiors. The track has compact dimensions and carries a wide range of luminaires, including rotary, directional and linear types with directional or diffused light. The number of fixtures and their placement can be changed easily along the track. A mechanical or magnetic connector ensures secure fixture mounting. The system is low voltage and operates at 42 V. Wireless control is supported through Bluetooth with a mobile application, and brightness can be adjusted from 1 to 10 V.

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Bird Floor Lamp

Bird

It's Bird is a floor lamp made from metal and stone that have been used before. The stone parts are joined as terrazzo, a material formed from small fragments of natural stone. The metal once served as a building material, and its layers of worn paint remain visible. LED technology provides the light. The lamp is connected by a cord, and a dimmer on the cord controls the light intensity. The lamp measures 500 mm by 500 to 1200 mm, with a height of 1600 mm. The simple form was inspired by birds and by an autumn river landscape.

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Solarpill Emergency Location Marking

Solarpill

Solarpill is a solar powered lighting module designed to mark locations in emergency situations. The design offers two modes. The flashing mode gives a periodic signal for visual communication, and the second mode provides general lighting. Each module can be pinned to a tree or another suitable surface with a grooved steel needle, placed on the ground or hung. An integrated light sensor activates the light only when the surroundings are dark. The modules recharge in sunlight and work in cycles of 24, 48 or 72 hours.

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Luminada Wall Lamp

Luminada

A new design for lighting the modern house, office or buildings. Developed in aluminum and glass with flexible LED strip light font, Luminada provides a high lighting effects in its surroundings. Besides, the design worry about installation and maintenance, in this way, it is provided with a specific designed base plate which can be mounted in standard octagonal J box. For maintenance, after the 20.000 life hours, only is necessary take out the lens and replace the flexible LED strip. An innovative design, symmetrically asymmetric, with no visible fasteners provides a clean finish work.

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