Circles and Squares After it took home the KIT - Exterior trophy at the 2020 [d]arc awards, David Morgan was keen to take a closer look at LAM32’s minimumMAXIMUM range of in-ground illuminated panels.
W
hen a recently formed Italian architectural
lighting company produces a series of floating
illuminated jellyfish for an iconic hotel project in Croatia, the combination of creativity and technical potential is clearly evident.
The unusual name of this company, LAM32,
derives from Luce A Misura”, (tailormade light)
while the number 32 was the sum of the years of experience of the two founders.
With a background interest in electronics, and after working in
marketing for iGuzzini, then for Targetti as a sales agent, Matteo
Appignanesi launched LAM32 with a partner in 2007. Their aim was to create luminaires and lighting systems capable of satisfying the needs of lighting designers around the world.
Initial sales came from the design and production of custom
luminaires for a variety of international projects including the
remarkable Hotel Belleveue concept with Dean Skira in Croatia. This is the project that involved the development of gigantic floating
illuminated jellyfish with trailing side-lit fibre optic tendrils; the product and development images are presented in detail on the LAM32 web site.
In 2011 the company introduced the first standard ranges, designed
in-house, including exterior-rated Round Evo and Wave projectors, which remain in the range today. The company currently employs 36 people and is located near the Adriatic coast of Italy with sales activity in all major international markets.
The latest product range introduced by LAM32 is the extensive minimumMAXIMUM in-ground illuminated panel range that
recently won the best exterior lighting product accolade at the 2020 [d]arc awards.
This remarkable range includes five different panel shapes and each one is available in five sizes, hence the overall product range name. The first products to be commercialised were the Circles followed David Morgan Associates, a Londonbased international design consultancy specialising in luminaire design and development and is also MD of Radiant Architectural Lighting. Email: david@dmadesign.co.uk Web: www.dmadesign.co.uk
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by the Square, Rectangular, Line, and Triangular shapes. The
luminaires are drive over-rated, being strong enough to withstand 5,000kg loading. Both IP67 and IP68 options are available with the IP68 version being rated for continuous immersion in up to one metre of water.
