NEWS ARTISTRY IN LIGHT
Littman Brands Contract’s MIKKO light sculpture launches new Brighten the World initiative This past November, Littman Brands Contract showcased their latest designs for the contract and hospitality marketplace at Boutique Design New York (BDNY), the leading design trade fair. The booth was anchored by MIKKO, which launched Littman Brands’ Brighten the World initiative – a new philanthropic platform which includes any Littman Brands campaigns or initiatives to support charitable causes. At BDNY they launched the Brighten the World MIKKO campaign to benefit The Wilson Foundation, a charity that addresses the needs of disadvantaged and under-served children in South Africa. MIKKO, an architectural, hanging LED light sculpture, was co-designed by May Poon, design director at the leading global design and architectural firm Wilson Associates, and Nicolas Baldoni, manager of design and engineering at Littman Brands Contract. In addition, MIKKO was also completely manufactured in under 60 days at Littman Brands Contract’s 200,000-square-foot factory in City of Industry, California, through Troy Lighting’s custom division. Inspired by modular origami folds, the MIKKO architectural hanging light sculpture is a dynamic work of art and movement in contrasting forms. Each flexible aluminum body is comprised of 228 individual folds that house a one-watt warm LED with its own LED engine. The folds are woven together with aircraft cable to create an infinity of shapes, with each form in constant fluid motion. Adding dimension and depth, one form is finished in brushed aluminum, while the other is finished in gloss black with black matte accents. The hanging light sculpture’s final design is determined by strategic placement (including length, tension and location) of the aircraft cable suspension points for each structure. You can access a time-lapse video of the first hanging of MIKKO at www.littmanbrandscontract.com/mikko. As part of the Brighten the World fundraising program, MIKKO is available to hotel and commercial management groups for purchase by silent online auction at the website above with proceeds to benefit The Wilson Foundation. The estimated value of the MIKKO light sculpture is $25,000, and the auction will run through BDWest 2016 and close in April 2016. In other exciting news, Littman Brands Contract was awarded Best of BDNY: Annual Product Design Competition for the MIKKO light sculpture – the perfect end to a successful and rewarding trade show.
The MIKKO hanging light sculpture at Littman Brands Contract’s booth at BDNY
ALLIANCE PROGRAM
Littman Brands unveils a new partnership with its showrooms Littman Brands is proud to introduce the Alliance Program, created in partnership with their dealers and showrooms. In exchange for meeting certain display and maintenance criteria, dealers receive a variety of benefits, which they can then pass on to their customers. As a result, showrooms can create even better displays to showcase Littman Brands’ products. The growing Alliance dealer list currently includes over 30 members:
* Amini’s
* Hinkley Lighting
Bedford Lighting * Bowery Bowling Green * Butler Lighting – High Point * Caminiti Associates Inc. (C.A.I. Designs) Cape Lighting City Lights * Cleveland Lighting * Creative Lighting * Cregger Company * Dulles Electric * Efird Interiors Elaine Everett’s Lighting * Gallery of Lighting * Golden Lighting * Hacienda Lighting * Hagemeyer Lighting
House of Lights * HYE Lighting * IBS Lighting * Illuminosity * Light Gallery Plus Lighting by Fox * Lighting Design Center Lights Unlimited Michigan Chandelier Modern Lighting * Muska Lighting * One Stop Lighting * Paramont/Crest Lighting * ProSource Raymond Desteiger Inc. * Signature Lighting The Light House * Victors Lighting Wyckoff Lighting Center
* Premier Alliance Member 8
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