INNOVATION

New architectural lighting products available for specification

Invia Erco

What if a light structure could take on all architectural lighting tasks – including wallwashing in museums and galleries, general lighting in public buildings and standard-compliant task lighting in offices?

That was the question ERCO asked itself when it developed the Invia 48V modular light structure. It not only includes diffuse light lines but is a fully-fledged system for all architectural lighting tasks ranging from general illumination to accenting, and also offers technical lighting innovations such as continuous wallwashing right into corners. Digital connectivity and tunable white are options.

www.erco.com

HIGH PROFILE Delta Light

NICK Minimis

At just 21mm diameter and only a startling 500 microns in elevation and with a micro aperture of 2mm x 9mm, Minimis says the NICK is the world's smallest recessed directional luminaire. Developed specifically for grazing of walls and stair-treads in both indoor and outdoor environments, it is suitable for IP67 installation in any application, including extreme environments such as marine, arctic, and desert conditions. It consists of precision, hand-milled grade-5 titanium and can be recessed into horizontal or vertical surfaces of stone, wood, concrete and drywall.

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Delta Light has teamed up with Dutch architecture firm MVRDV to create a range of striking luminaires made from waste offcuts of aluminium profiles. The High Profile series is a range of light fittings which ‘finds both opportunity and beauty in residual elements that would normally be cast aside’, says the firm. Reusing it in the High Profile range – which includes pendants, wall fittings and freestanding luminaires – has the least environmental impact. The series includes a cube-shaped pendant luminaire, a wall fixture and a freestanding model.

NOS SPHERE 228 Diplomat Design

Created by designer Matthew Kavanagh, the Nos Sphere 228 chandelier is part of a range of lights made from recycled laughing gas canisters. ‘I've been seeing these canisters littering the streets as I cycle around London and thought it was an incredible waste of a beautifully engineered single-use component,’ says Kavanagh. Each light uses 228 canisters, which are machined, threaded, polished and assembled by hand. A single narrow-focus recessed LED spotlight illuminates the chandelier to provide drama and movement.

www.diplomatdesign.com

LINNÉ Valmont

A French company has unveiled a lighting concept which combines a street luminaire and a tree-like frame of growing foliage. The Linné from Valmont is a combination of public illumination and horticulture, designed to bring biodiversity into urban environments.

Composed of a modular structure on which voluble climbers come to settle, the Linné mast contributes to the reintroduction of living elements into the city where trees cannot take root. It comprises a central pole and four articulated arms, the multiple orientations and inclinations of the latter allow significant modularity of shapes and vegetation.

www.valmont.com

KVISTEN Fagerhult

Kvisten is made from 77 per cent recycled or renewable materials, including a body is made entirely of pine plywood housing with Birch veneer. An innovative new louvre reduces plastic by 50 per cent compared to the company’s conventional microprism. Only 180g of virgin plastic is used in each fixture, and the packaging is plastic free. Fagerfult engineers say that, despite its environmental credentials, the Kvisten doesn’t compromise on either visual comfort or efficiency; it delivers with up to 144 lm/w and features integral lighting controls and UGR of <19. www.fagerhult.com

COASTAL BREEZE Signify

Signify has unveiled a range of lamps 3D printed from discarded fishing nets.

The ‘Coastal Breeze’ collection of sustainable pendant luminaires uses so-called ocean plastic made from plastic rescued from the sea. Up to 46 per cent of ocean plastic consists of fishing nets, lines and ropes. These can often endanger the lives of marine wildlife. Transforming this waste into 3D filament disposes of 4.5 meters of fishing net per luminaire. Original nylon fish nets are sourced from fishermen on the UK’s Cornish coast and transformed into granulate, which is then 3D printed.

www.signify.com

AURA

Established & Sons

The Aura range of luminaires is made with a bio-epoxy resin manufactured using byproducts from the agricultural industry. The result of a collaboration between British brand Established & Sons and Rotterdam-based designer Sabine Marcelis, it consists of two linear pendants made from cylindrical bars of the pastel-hued bioplastic resin. Over a metre in length and coloured in soft tones of yellow and coral, the translucent Aura lights take their name from the warm glow they emit when illuminated. Inside is a replaceable glass LED tube.

www.establishedandsons.com

TRISEL Olev Light

Trisel is a suspension lamp in aluminium and ribbed borosilicate glass designed especially to be suspended over a dining table. The knurled engravings of the metal rod ends are allowed to protrude from the glass. It’s a delicate geometric pattern that shows exquisite attention to detail.

All the colours available for the Trisel lamp –burnished, black, gold, earth and titanium are made with liquid paint, which is applied entirely by hand. The luminaire can be integrated with dimming and light adjustment technologies to have a warmer or cooler light at any time.

www.olevlight.com

GAVIN SILENCE LEAF Olev Light

Designed by Massimo Tonetto, Leaf is a range of LED suspension lights with a lush upside-down garden. The Gavin Silence Leaf is a lamp comprising a LED light ring, inside of which there is a sophisticated composition of real leaves which, thanks to a stabilisation treatment, do not require any water or maintenance, and remain intact and vivid over time. The light is designed to be comfortable for the eyes, and to improve acoustic comfort in the room, through a sandwich of porous materials that make up the leaves housing.

www.olevlight.com