Lighting in Design Q3 2019

I nternational N ews

Current Collection’s stunning contemporary lighting

Current Collection is a contemporary light studio, headed by Nash Martinez and based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Because the skies are notoriously cloudy in Portland, lighting plays a larger than usual role in creating ambiance and mood, a big factor in Martinez’s design motivation. Other inspiration comes by way of historical design elements that are applied in a modern way, for a fresh feel that’s also familiar. Current Collection prides itself on working with skilled craftspeople who create the handmade and sculptural components to each piece of their lighting.

The Dyson Lightcycle simulates sunlight ... for 60 years

the spare industrial angularity of the Dyson Lightcycle task lamp, alongside the 80s-era sci-fi flick still makes it clear engineers rule the roost at Dyson.With function dictating form, the Dyson Lightcycle’s three-axis arm design presents itself as an impressively adjustable task or floor lamp, both models featuring an admirable span of height adjustability and fully 360° arm. This is all in service of securely positioning three warm and three cool LEDs designed to simulate daylight colour temperatures spanning 2 700 to 6 500 K. A a 32-bit microprocessor continually interprets daylight data spe- cific to time and location, then adjusts light according to this environmental data with the same proficiency of many smartphone screens today. The Lightcycle also factors in something never accounted for by any other task light: the user’s age. Once age is inputted using the Dyson Link app, the LEDs are adjusted to help the user’s eyes. Apparently “a 65-year old person needs up to four times more light than a 20-year old”.

Dyson – the once British, now Singaporean post/pre- Brexit technology brand – built its reputation engineer- ing home and personal appliances capable of creating impressively intense suction or airflow, then pairing it with muscular and colourful industrial design worthy of a Marvel feature. So it was no real surprise that, at their recent announcement, they unveiled a newly updated stick vacuum model and a personalised air purifying

fan. But a task lamp ... and one designed to simulate natural sun- light personalised in brightness and tem- perature according to age, activity, and loca- tion consistently for the span of 60 years? More sedate in co- lour and form than Dys- on’s vacuums and fans,

Japanese designer Kazuhiro Yamanaka presents his latest project – the flying drone lamp. The project has been conceived as a work that combines drone technology with traditional lighting, to create an object that can follow users’ movements around the home, illuminating spaces as and when needed. The stands for the table lamps are designed byYamanaka to function as launch-pads for the flying lighting object. Located around the home, the positions and plan of the space must be programmed to the device prior to use.Then, through the use of sensors to track a person’s movements, the lamp is capable of following users around a space, providing the appropriate light required. Flying drone lamp by Kazuhiro Yamanaka uses sensors to follow your movements

The shape of the object can be varied in design and the launch-pads are not always necessary as the flying object is able to land without any base. The concept is also envisioned for use in a space such as inside a space station. Without gravity, the need for propellers is totally removed. In essence, the project employs a small drone and an LED light to reimagine how we brighten our homes.

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