The International Association of Lighting Designers, IALD, has announced the winners of 30th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards. Ten award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from nine countries. The award ceremony took place on April 24, in the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia (USA)...
Luminale, the biennale for lighting art and urban design, can look back on a successful festival week: 149 projects, light installations, performances and discussion panels attracted around 240,000 visitors, despite icy temperatures, to the venues in Frankfurt and Offenbach. In particular, the Light Walk in Frankfurt city centre enjoyed great popularity. On this circular inner-city route, the coordinators presented a multiplicity of artistic formats...
FLUVIA, a Spanish lighting brand, has won two iF DESIGN AWARD - an internationally recognized hallmark of quality and one of the most important design awards in the world.
FLUVIA's ARCH and POINT luminaire collections were selected by a jury of 58 international independent experts from among more than 5,500 proposals from 59 countries. FLUVIA's luminaires were awarded for the “Product” and “Lighting” categories...
How do you breathe new life into a historical ruin from the 13th century? With an acoustic ceiling made of high-tech materials and modern lighting technology! These are the key elements for the spectacular transformation of Dargun Abbey in the northern German state of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania into a modern venue for events such as concerts, private art viewings and congresses. title="Más....
Hotels are big business. This is true not only from a financial standpoint, but literally. In Europe alone it is estimated that there are over 5 million guest rooms and it takes a lot of energy to power that amount of space. Although no collective data is available on global energy consumption in the hotel sector, past estimates have shown that 97,5 TWh of energy was used in hotel facilities worldwide (2001) and that 12-18% of this was on lighting...
The Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Lighting of ELISAVA organizes the series of lectures and visits called «Iluminando arquitectura: desde el concepto hasta la obra» (Illuminating architecture: from the concept to the work) consisted in three days in the Mitte Gallery, La Sagrada Família and Mercer Hotel, to be held on in January 23, January 30 and February 6, respectively...
The German company Occhio presented at the International Biennale Intérieur in Kortrijk (Belgium), the new versions of its successful collection of lamps “3d io”: the suspended lamp io 3d sospeso and io duna shape spotlights. Also highlighted the Più alto 3d with »next generation« LED.Suspended lamp io 3d sospesoIn io 3d sospeso the elegance of the delicate suspension combines with the striking nature of the characteristic head...
Antonio Di Oronzo, principal of bluarch architecture + interiors + lighting, designs Glazz Nightclub, a venue in the heart of Queens, NY designed to offer the ultimate entertainment experience to the discerning Latin crowd in New York.Made of discrete rooms, the site compelled for a design approach that would unify the different, disengaged areas...
In parallel with the Light+Building the Luminale takes place every two years. On the last day the media art action vkunst in Fahrgasse, gallery quarter of Frankfurt, was the highlight of the final day. "Lunas Park" in the Palmengarten, the light ship "Resonate" on the Main Enbankment and the installation "Time Drifts" on the future cultural campus in Frankfurt-Bockenheim are the public darlings this Luminale in 2012, tells Luminale curator Helmut Bien contently...
Buildings account for around 40 percent of total energy consumption and thus have a correspondingly important role to play in the new energy paradigm. Light+Building, the world’s biggest trade fair for lighting and building-services technology, will reveal the opportunities offered by intelligent and networked buildings when over 2,100 exhibitors present their latest products for lighting, electrical engineering and building automation, as well as software for the construction industry...
Plightster is a new concept between lighting and architecture. It is the new way to integrate lighting in architecture using the unique shapes Plightster can provide you.Ready to use, supplied with light source and all accessories for an easy and fast installation. Customized to your needs in 15 days. Unique shapes not achievable by other methods. Fast and easy to install. Invisible joints. Paint it any color...
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