DECORATIVE LIGHTING IN ARCHITECTURE

#17 SEPT/OCT 2016

TASK LIGHTING
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL
DANIEL RYBAKKEN

OFFICE LIGHTING • GODDARD LITTLEFAIR • SELFRIDGES TAX LOUNGE • ENZO PANZERI • PLUMEN 003 • DIANA YAKELEY
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Welcome
HELEN FLETCHER • EDITOR

Issue #17 is our biggest yet! Filled to the brim with projects, features and interviews, we have a strong
focus on the impending London Design Festival, where the entire darc team will be out in force. As
Head Media Partner for lightjunction we are extremely excited to see what new designs and innovation
the lighting industry brings to the table for this year's event, so keep an eye out for us if you're heading
to designjunction's new home at King's Cross! Elsewhere in London, we are involved in an exciting light
installation at TENT. I can't say much more at this stage as all details are top secret, but make sure you
come and see us at the Truman Brewery and all will be revealed!
As one of the most important weeks in the design community's diary, we've got previews for all the
tradeshows that have a strong lighting element, including Decorex, 100% Design, lightjunction and Tent/
Super Brands. We also bring you our guide to the design districts and a selection of key showroom events,
seminars and talks - turn to page 136 for everything London!
Ahead of this year's festival, I caught up with product designers Terence Woodgate and Tom Raffield
to discuss their involvement in the Dyslexic Design exhibition, taking place for the first time as part of
designjunction. The exhibition takes a deeper look at the relationship between creatives and dyslexia;
we discussed what it means to be dyslexic in the world of design and how its power should not be
overlooked - more on page 148.
Our main features this issue focus on task lighting and office design. While there is an argument that,
as a result of improved architectural lighting, there isn't always a need for task lighting, sometimes the
'want' overrides. Lighting designer Deb Wythe takes a look back at the product's history on page 39 and
discusses why it's become somewhat of a favourite in the design world. Following the same path, on page
66, architect and interior designer Dara Huang discusses the importance of decent office design and how
lighting plays a huge role in creating a productive working environment.
There's plenty more to sink your teeth into this issue, including an exciting announcement from darc
awards Director Paul James, on the very first darc awards / decorative set to take place in May 2017.
As always, enjoy the read!

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Contents

014 interview: diana yakeley
She's a multi award-winning
designer, past President of the
British Institute of Interior Design
and has now won an OBE.
039 feature: task lighting
We take a closer look at the
humble task light, showcasing
new designs and project
applications.
066 feature: office spaces
Dara Huang introduces our office
design focus, which takes a look
at some of the more creative
office spaces out there.
103 in detail: 003 lamp
Plumen's latest energy efficient
offering combines the technical
with the beautiful, enlisting the
skills of a jewellery maker.

REGULARS FEATURES PROJECTS ON SHOW

010 DESIGN NEWS 014 DIANA YAKELEY 020 SELFRIDGES TAX LOUNGE 114 NORTHMODERN
Awarded an OBE for services to LONDON COPENHAGEN
016 FOCAL POINT:
Interior Design, we speak to one of
TALDE RESTAURANT 032 DAS BIER 126 MAISON ET OBJET
London's finest.
JERSEY CITY MONTREAL PARIS
039 TASK LIGHTING FOCUS
018 FOCAL POINT: 057 TASK CASE STUDIES 132 DOWNTOWN DESIGN
Introduced by Deb Wythe.
HOTEL SEMARQ DUBAI
INTERNATIONAL
GANGNEUNG 044 ENZO PANZERI
134 INTERIEUR
072 ASTRA ZENECA
The brains behind the brand chats
030 FOCAL POINT: KORTRIJK
MACCLESFIELD
key design elements.
ALBERT'S SCHLOSS
136 LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL
080 AVISON YOUNG
MANCHESTER 049 DANIEL RYBAKKEN
LONDON
VANCOUVER
Discusses inspiration and his recent
100 FOLIO: GODDARD LITTLEFAIR
143 DECOREX
collaborations with Luceplan. 082 EDUCATORS 4 EXCELLENCE
LONDON
LONDON
NEW YORK
066 OFFICE SPACES
103 IN FOCUS: 003 LAMP
146 100% DESIGN
Introduced by Dara Huang. 085 KING
LONDON
LONDON
STOCKHOLM
097 ANTONI DE MORAGAS I SPA
108 IN FOCUS: DIMPLE
152 LIGHTJUNCTION
Celebrating an eighties icon. 092 SMARTDIGITAL
BARCELONA
LONDON
BERLIN
148 DYSLEXIC DESIGN
160 CALENDARC
155 TENT
Terence Woodgate & Tom Raffield 094 OSAK HEAD OFFICE
162 IF... LONDON
discuss the relationship with design. ANKARA

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Hitting the Headlines

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Factorylux releases new shades Designheure penetrates US market

(UK) – Create an oasis of calm and cool with the British lighting
manufacturer’s new glass pendant. Factorylux’s vintage inspired
collection is available in both clear and opal glass. Pair it with a
beautiful filament lamp to create a wow-factor suited to any room.
Users can design their own bespoke glass lamp shade online with
Factorylux Made For You.
(US) – Designheure engages in US certification to set up positions
on the US contract market. The manufacturer is now able to
provide the ETL certificates required by the US and Canadian
administrations for projects located in public spaces. This
deployment is based on the opening of a Designheure office in Miami
that will manage an agent network in each major state.

Asif Khan opens 100%
Design 2016
(UK) – Asif Khan will open 100% Design 2016
in wide-ranging talks programme alongside
Ron Arad, Assemble co-founder Paloma
Strelitz and Afroditi Krassa. Focussing on
quality and depth, the talks present agenda
setting keynotes from thought leaders in
the industry, as well as panel discussions
exploring trends in contemporary practice
and the future of design. There will be
a unique opportunity to engage with the
Design Museum’s programme ahead of its
opening in Kensington on 24 November with
three overlapping roles.
Topics and talks announced
for Restaurant Design
(UK) – First ever Restaurant Design Show
to open a the end of September at ExCeL
London. Free to attend, visitors will have
the opportunity to experience 50 different
educational seminars, over 120 inspirational
suppliers, as well as the newest trends,
ideas, and advice. The speakers attending
the show feature award winning interior
designers, architects, and hospitality
professionals.There are three theatres
available, split into three categories;
Project Planning Theatre, Design Inspiration
Theatre and Interior Architects Theatre.
Slamp at Rio 2016
Olympics
(Brazil) – Slamp adorned Casa Italia during
the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.
Chosen amongst the best of Italian brands,
Slamp lit up the exclusive Casa Italia,
the temporary home to Italian athletes in
Rio di Janeiro during the 2016 Olympics.
Chantal, La Lollo, and Mille Bolle, designed
by (respectively) Doriana and Massimiliano
Fuksas, Lorenza Bozzoli and Adriano
Rachele, are the collections that were on
display, each product exhibiting a fusion of
architectural and sartorial expertise as well
as the latest artistic trends.
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darc awards goes decorative

Following the successful inauguration of the darc awards last year, the concept has been split into architectural
and decorative elements with the decorative event launching at this year’s London Design Festival.

Last year the innovative peer-to-peer
voting concept of the darc awards took
the lighting design industry by storm. The
unique format combined architectural and
decorative lighting entries that were voted
on by the international lighting design
community to discover what were the best
projects and products of 2015/16.
The darc awards is a novel concept utilising
darc and sister title mondo*arc magazines’
reputation as being the most widely read
and respected lighting design publications in
the world.
With our database of over 1,400
international lighting design practices
(as well as even more interior designers
and architects) and, in collaboration with
creative consultants Light Collective, we
have created a unique opportunity to get
every practice involved in the awards
process.
This year the darc awards has been split
into two distinct elements - darc awards /
architectural for the architectural lighting
industry and darc awards / decorative
targeting, you guessed it, the decorative
lighting industry.
darc awards / architectural, launched
earlier in the year, has been yet another
incredible success with the awards event,
darc night, taking place at MC Motors in
London on September 15th. There were over
400 entries and 6,000 votes for this year’s
architectural awards, which resulted in
over 500 designers attending the darc night
event.
darc awards / decorative is being launched
at this year’s London Design Festival with
its own decorative darc night taking place
in May 2017 in London. The awards will
showcase the best in decorative lighting,
with projects and products entered being
voted on by lighting designers, interior
designers and architects. This will result in
the winners receiving the highest accolade
of being voted on by their peers and all the
kudos that that brings.
The categories for the awards will reflect
the diverse range of decorative projects
and products we cover in darc magazine
ranging from residential, workplace, hotel
and bar/restaurant schemes to a complete
range of product categories from pendants
and chandeliers right down to the lamps
that power them (see the table right for full
category listing).
As with darc awards / architectural, the

sponsorship package for the decorative
awards allows manufacturers to get more
actively involved in the awards event by
displaying their products in a creative
installation during darc night. All of the
pictures above show the installations by
lighting designers using the manufacturer
partners’ products. It is an excellent
opportunity for sponsors to get their
products in front of specifiers instead of
just having a logo and a free table at a
traditional awards. In fact, there are no
tables at the darc awards. The atmosphere
is very informal and relaxed with a free bar
and street food all night so that attendees
can explore the venue and the installations
inside.
But the best bit about darc night is that all
independent lighting designers, architects
and interior designers that vote are eligible
for a free ticket to the awards ceremony
(non-sponsor manufacturers must pay a
fee) so that junior designers and smaller
practices have as much a chance of
attending as the usual larger practices.
The website (www.darcawards.com)
features both the architectural and
decorative components with the decorative
awards content becoming live by the time
London Design Festival 2016 is in full swing.
Any decorative lighting manufacturer that
is interested in becoming a sponsor for the
darc awards / decorative should contact
the awards director and darc / mondo*arc
editor-in-chief Paul James
(p.james@mondiale.co.uk).
www.darcawards.com
FEATURE 013
DARC AWARDS / DECORATIVE
THE CATEGORIES
PROJECTS
LIVE - the best residential project
WORK - the best workplace project
REST - the best hotel project
PLAY - the best leisure project
PRODUCTS
BESPOKE - the best bespoke fixture
CEILING - the best pendant / chandelier
WALL - the best wall fixture
FLOOR - the best floor standing fixture
TABLE - the best table standing fixture
EXTERIOR - the best exterior fixture
SOURCE - the best lamp
014 PROFILE

Transforming The Ordinary
A multi award-winning designer and past President of the British Institute of Interior Design, Diana
Yakeley has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2016, in recognition for
services to the interior design profession. With a career spanning over 35 years, darc magazine
caught up with Yakeley to find out the secret to her success.
AS A CHILD
My bus journey to school each day took
me along the South Downs and I loved
their light curves and mysterious valleys. I
remember finding bee orchids and fireflies
after dark and still today, get misty eyed
when seeing the Downs on visits to friends.
Born in rural Hampshire, my parents gave
me a part of the garden that was mine
to do what I wanted with. This was the
start of my love for gardening and feeling
connected with nature. I also enjoyed
digging deep tunnels and really hope the
next owners didn’t fall into any of them!
THAT MOMENT
My mother told me I should learn to type
before heading into a ‘den of iniquity’ (aka
art school) as she called it. It was the early
sixties... So I did learn to type and very
useful it has been too, but I hung around
Guildford Art School most of the time!
THE BIG SMOKE
Was definitely calling... I was desperate to
leave home and set out for London without
a plan, working in the photographic studio
of the late fashion photographer John
Cowan. This was the swinging sixties and
an exciting and pivitol time in fashion and
design. The studio was subsequently used
to film Blow Up, loosely based on the life of
David Bailey!
MARRIAGE
Came at a young age for me and I went on
to have two wonderful children - both now
Pic: Roy Mehta
photographers. It was then that I decided I
really should do something creative to earn
a living. There was a brilliant government
scheme to encourage women to retrain
and so I took myself off to the job centre
and demanded to do interior design.
After an initial look of surprise the man
consulted his papers and said I could go to
Dundee or Knightsbridge all expenses paid -
Knightsbridge it was.
INSPIRATION
Comes from visits to Italy and France when
looking at details and textures. I have
always been influenced by architecture -
forms, spaces, materials and the way light
changes interiors. The Cistercian Abbey at
Le Thoronet is perhaps the most perfect
example of form and function, purity,
harmony and that sense of place that lifts
one’s spirit.
I like to work with a limited palette of
colour and materials so that my clients’
personalities shine rather than any applied
decoration.
THE OBE
Was an enormous and very emotional
surprise! I am particularly proud that the
citation is for services to ‘the UK Interior
Design Profession’. Professional competence
is at the core of what the British Institute
of Interior Design stands for and has raised
the awareness of high standards of practice
over the years, so that word ‘profession’
means a lot to me.
015
THE PRACTICE
Was originally based in Cambridge and the
work was entirely commercial. Stephen (my
husband) designed a whole village in Saudi
Arabia, several research establishments, as
well as some award winning private homes.
After the recession in the early 90s we
moved to London and found that work in
the residential sector was both enjoyable
and creative - that’s where the majority of
our work is now. We’re enjoying what we do
and never want to stop!
LIGHT
Is the most important element in any
interior and good lighting transforms
ordinary spaces into interesting and well
modulated environments to live or work.
Technology changes so fast that such a
specialist task is best done by specialists,
we have worked most recently with
Lighting Design International who have
been inspirational in their approach to each
project.
There is plenty of research into what makes
poeple feel good at work and at home and
lighting is key.
TRENDS
Are something I try to resist but I am so
pleased that LED lighting is now so good and
that it is possible to control lighting from an
iPad anywhere in the world. I fear it may be
too late for reinvention but I love sharing
my experience with younger designers
through mentoring and networking.
www.yakeley.com
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focal point
TALDE
JERSEY CITY, US
An Asian/American restaurant and bar
in Jersey City, US, Talde is an offshoot
of Chef Dale Talde, brought to life by
American designer Anthony Carrino.
Over the bar, inside the restaurant, are
125 Graypants Scraplight natural series
Moon pendants in three sizes, creating
a sea of Scraplights. Handcrafted from
recycled cardboard, Scraplights provide
warm, intimate and functional lighting.
Each shade is precision cut with a laser
and assembled by hand. “The raw space
is so powerful that we wanted to be very
cognisant of what went into it,” Carinno
commented. “Using Graypants’ Moons to
effectively create a drop ceiling over the
bar added a great level of intimacy and
visual interest.”
www.anthonycarrino.com
Pic: Christopher Amaral
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focal point
HOTEL SEAMARQ
GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA
Designed in 2015 by architect Richard
Meier, Seamarq Hotel is a boutique hotel
comprised of two main buildings nestled
deep in a hill of dense pine trees over-
looking the East Sea, Gyeongpo Lake and
the Teaebaek mountains in South Korea.
Rebuilt as part of a revitalisation of the
region in preparation for the 2018 Winter
Olympics in PyeongChang, the hotel
building canopy and entrance to the Ban-
quet Hall opens to a grand two story lob-
by lounge and bar facing the sea, where
Ingo Maurer’s Golden Ribbon installation
steals the show. At an extraordinary
length of 13.5m, the fixture mimics the
silhouette of a bird soaring through the
sky over expansive sea views while taking
on the ebb and flow of the waves.
www.richardmeier.com
Pic: Park Young Chae
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The Luxury
of Tax
The Selfridges International Tax
Lounge in London brings luxurious
surroundings to its customers
through detailed design.
Pics: Ruy Teixeira

Providing an ambience similar to that of

a business lounge at an airport, the new
International Tax Lounge at Selfridges,
London, is the first of its kind in the UK.
London-based lighting design consultancy
Illuminationworks collaborated closely
with Waldo Works, architect and interior
designer for the scheme, to create lighting
that brings a hotel-style environment and
service to the heart of one of London’s
most iconic stores. Tripling in size from its
previous tax service reception, the new
areas within the International Tax Lounge
provide comfort, luxury and relaxation
enabling transactions to be undertaken
privately and at leisure.
Illuminationworks’ Managing Director Chad
Rains commented on the collaboration:
“We’ve worked with Waldo Works on many
projects over the years going back to 2001.
We hadn’t worked with Selfridges since
the Selfridges Hotel renovation project in
2008, which was put on permanent hold
due to the financial crisis. The Waldo
Works invitation to work on the lounge
was a reintroduction to Selfridges that has
continued to this day on several other retail
projects.”
In the early 1900s when Selfridges opened,
the era was marked by a golden age
022 PROJECT
of travel and a growing opulence that
influenced the way public and private
buildings were designed. During this time,
Selfridges opened its Palm Court restaurant,
an eatery famously known for its vibrant,
tropical décor.
“The lounge was inspired by that era, by
a desire to bring back the Palm Court and
golden age of travel with glass tunnels and
palm trees,” said Rains.
From the very beginning, the project was
about giving international customers, who
form a very large part of total revenue
for the brand, a lounge space within the
department store. “The new space triples
in size from the previous tax lounge, which
resembled where your GP’s office meets
the bus station,” commented Rains. With
a range of facilities for overseas clients,
the new 16,000sqft facility includes a main
reception and waiting hall, as well as two
banking halls, two libraries, a VIP area, café
and quiet room. The scheme also includes a
faith room, which is one of the first within a
UK department store.
The central focus of the main waiting
hall is Bec Brittan’s Shy pendant, which
immediately draws attention to the lighting
scheme that continues to stun throughout.
Forming a key feature of the two spacious Opening spread Bec Brittain's dimmable Shy pendant
Banking Halls are bespoke globe light in the main waiting hall.
This page Nocturne's custom made numbered
fittings manufactured by Nocturne in
pendants serve as a way-finding strategy to assist
pendant, wall and table versions; these guests, also featuerd in table and wall mounted form
numbered glass globes hung from, or elsewhere in the lounge.
 Much more than a nice object.
A real illuminating fixture.

Eclisse So
Design by Massimiliano Raggi

Lights and shadows, unveilments and overlapping.

Simple forms which create an eye-catching piece
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that becomes protagonist.
Main light comes from the ceiling disc. www.contardi-italia.com
The side rings are the secondary and emotional light.
024 PROJECT
supported by, brass rails act as a vital
element of the way-finding strategy. “Each
globe is individually controlled to slowly
flash when a customer’s number is called
leading them to a particular tax desk,”
explained Rains. “When you come into the
reception area, you’re handed a ticket and
you wait for it to appear on the screen.
When it does, you follow the flashing light
to that numbered desk. This non-verbal
communication was crucial to the success of
a space where transactions are carried out
between individuals who rarely speak the
1 2
same language.”
In a number of areas, including the VIP
rooms and café, the architects have
referenced a domestic setting with
Vaughan’s Carcassone floor lamps and the
Periscope Ball pendant by Areti selected to
enhance a comfortable atmosphere. Within
the faith room, Illuminationworks installed
a sun-like circular fitting, Flos’ USO 900
Cove, set within a recess in the curved wall. 1. Azucena’s Imbuto Torchere free standing floor
This central feature of the faith room is lamps provide soft illumination for seating area in
main waiting hall. 2. Pendant mounted illuminated
surrounded by Chimera Controls' LED tape signage by Waldo Works provides further direction
outlining the curve of the ceiling, which to guests.
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GEOMETRY
The Rio LED plaster wall light is
a study in clean lines. The smooth
plaster finish and crispness of
profile deliver a pure architectural
simplicity that brings a solidity
and sense of luxury to any interior.

Model: Rio 325

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026 PROJECT
Vaughan's Bolzano table lamps creating a living
room feel for the VIP waiting lounge.
“The lounge was inspired by a golden age of travel,
also feature elsewhere in the facility. The
cooler light source of the sun, compared
with the surrounding downlights, creates a
calming focus to the room.
To control the ambience of each of these
spaces, a dimming system was installed to
alter the mood of the spaces throughout the
day into the evening, balancing the artificial
light with the increased levels of natural
light, which was an important aspect of
the brief. To achieve this, Lucent’s Prospex
downlights used throughout the scheme
feature LED dim to warm technology that
mimics the dimming effect of halogen or
incandescent sources, combining energy
with glass tunnels and palm trees.”
efficient technology with the mood-
enhancing quality of traditional light
sources. “This is the first project in which
we’ve used the dim to warm technology and
we’re excited about its potential as energy
efficiency becomes ever more important.”
Despite being in a department store,
Selfridges International Tax Lounge is
essentially a hospitality project with soft,
relaxing lighting that envelops the guest.
“Downlights are carefully located over tables
and in circulation areas but never over
seating,” said Rains. Lighting is integrated
only where possible and necessary, such
as with new furniture pieces like the
- Chad Rains, Illuminationworks
VIP Lounge banquette complemented by
Vaughan’s Bolzano table lamps, and in
the waiting hall where Azucena’s Imbuto
Torchere free standing luminaires stand
either side of a couch, offering a domestic
illumination for the waiting space. “This
less slick approach helps to reinforce the
timeless quality the client was seeking,”
said Rains.
With an expert focus on discretion
within retail and hospitality sectors,
Illuminationworks’ scheme within the
Selfridges' tax lounge enables customers to
have their tax-free paper work completed
before going to the airport. “It is quite
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028 PROJECT
The coffee bar is illuminated with Chimera Controls'
linear LED tape light.
a specific function! We’ve never done
anything like it. Light levels were very
different from our hotel projects, and
retailers are not used to the lower light
levels of hospitality work. You can’t step
directly from brightly lit linens into a moody
lounge space. Where our instinct is to go
dark and atmospheric, this space still had
to fit with the character of the department
store.”
Illuminationworks’ experience with retail,
hospitality and high-end residential work
was undoubtedly a benefit as this project
brings together all three. Rains commented
on the successful integration of the scheme:
“It has been exciting to work on a project
that is a first, and to hear that other stores
are now looking at implementing similar
areas is a compliment to the client as well
as the entire design team. Our approach
was to follow the aspirations of Waldo
Works and to create a lighting scheme that
helped provide the ‘cool luxury’ Selfridges
wanted.”
Despite the challenge of ensuring that the
demands of the area and its location tied
together in a coherent way, the increasing
popularity of these spaces being used for
events and parties is a testament to its
success. As a result, Illuminationworks is
working on other projects for Selfridges in
London, Manchester and Birmingham, and
if the International Tax Lounge is anything
to go by, they will be an enticing blend of
domestic comfort in its highest form of
luxury.
www.waldoworks.com
www.illuminationworks.com
design details
SELFRIDGES INTERNATIONAL TAX LOUNGE
LONDON, UK
CLIENT: SELFRIDGES
INTERIOR DESIGN: WALDO WORKS
LIGHTING DESIGN: ILLUMINATIONWORKS
lighting specified
ARETI PLATE WALL SCONCE
ARETI PERISCOPE BALL PENDANT
AZUCENA IMBUTO TORCHERE FLOOR LAMP
BEC BRITTAIN SHY PENDANT
CHIMERA CONTROLS LINEAR LED TAPE
FLOS USO 900 COVE LIGHTING
LIGHTGRAPHIX LD56-700 UPLIGHT
LUCENT PROSPEX PINHOLE EDGE ACCENT AMBIENCE
WARMDIM
NOCTURNE NUMBERED CUSTOM PENDANT, WALL
MOUNTED AND TABLE LAMPS
WALDO WORKS CUSTOM ILLUMINATED SIGNAGE
PENDANTS
TM LIGHTING ZEROSEVEN LED ACCENT LIGHT
VAUGHAN CARCASSONE FLOOR LAMPS AND BOLZANO
TABLE LAMPS
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focal point
ALBERT’S SCHLOSS
MANCHESTER, UK
An installation of Bright Goods LED
filament lamps has helped recreate the
atmosphere of a traditional Bavarian
schloss, or country house, within one
of Manchester’s newest music and
entertainment venues. A popular daytime
destination for business and social
meetings, as dusk approaches, Albert’s
Schloss transforms into an energetic, live
music beer hall. The Light Corporation
was commissioned to design a
spectacular lighting system that achieved
the performance of incandescent lamps
but ensured flexibility and energy
efficiency. At the heart of the design lies
Bright Goods’ Josephine LED filament
lamps augmented by an impressive array
of George LED filament globe lamps.
www.lightcorporation.com
Pic: William Pearce
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Das Bier is a place for beer lovers and there are

several allusions of it throughout the project.
The ceiling in the lounge area is an assemble
of aluminium beer barrels which Humà design +
architecture added lighting fixtures to in order to
bring down the ceiling for a more casual effect.

Making the most of a dark and rich colour scheme, industrial materials and bespoke
lighting features, Humá Design + Architecture has created a modern venue for Montreal's
beer lovers, taking inspiration from the traditional German 'Bierhall'.
Das Bier in Montreal, Canada, is a place
for beer lovers. Having taken over
the premises of a former show bar, an
industrial style German ‘bierhall’ concept
has been implemented by Humà design +
Architecture, featuring key design elements
such as large round chandeliers, large
communal tables, and lockers for the
Bavarian beer mugs.
Humà’s first job was to open up the space,
composed of three buildings with three
different ground floor levels, to create
one single large hall. During demolition a
number of original materials were exposed
and layers of the building’s history were
revealed, which Humà was keen to make
the most of. Features including terrazzo
floors and a stone façade have been brought
back to life with the warmth of wood walls
and the sobriety of crude steel elements,
enhanced by a contrasted black and white
palette to heighten the mood.
Towering the space, large interpretations
of the typical Bierhall chandeliers were
introduced over communal tables. With the
search for the perfect chandelier proving
fruitless, the Humà team decided to custom
design their interpretation of the Bierhall
chandelier. Made from perforated hot rolled
steel for its industrial feel, the chandeliers
Cask Lighting
Pics: Adrien Williams
gently diffuse light through their perforated
design.
“We had issues with their construction of
course,” said Humà’s Mathieu Turgeon.
“Initially, we asked for a diameter of
2.7m but the craftsman told us the largest
diameter possible on his curving machine
was 2.4m, so we had to make them a bit
smaller. As it turns out we are quite happy
with their size as they are a perfect fit for
the space.”
Fixed to two large beams that now cross the
open space, while the chandeliers aren’t
totally centred over the communal tables,
as guests enter, their attention is drawn to
them, so placing them in the centre of the
black beams gives a sense of symmetry to
Das Bier. The language of the chandeliers
continues throughout the space, including
the exterior overhung façade and the
internal steps that transition between the
different levels inside the space - all made
of crude steel.
“One of the client’s demands for the
lighting was to be able to create different
atmospheres with just one touch,”
continued Turgeon. “The lighting had to be
able to be dimmed during the night as well
as be bright to announce closing time and
help the cleaning team. As the space was
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initially composed of three distinct buildings
covering 3,000sqft, this didn’t make it
easy. All the electricity had to be redone so
that we could work with a central dimming
control panel pre-programmed to create
different moods.”
Although there are a lot of windows at
Das Bier, it is a bar that opens late in the
afternoon so Humà had to work mainly
with artificial lighting to create the right
ambience. The design team did however use
the windows in another way, enlarging them
to create picture frames for people walking
by to see the action inside. “The central
large tables put people upfront in the space
and that’s what you feel as you pass by,”
said Turgeon.
Discussing the brief with darc, while initial
plans didn’t change all that much over time,
the client did ask Humà to incorporate
new things into the project, mostly beer
promoting elements. With access to free
beer caps and aluminium beer kegs, they
were incorporated into the design, as
Turgeon explained: “We worked closely with
the general contractor DVA entrepreneur
généraux, to find ways of building the
ideas we had on plans. We’ve designed the
restroom’s entrance wall with a composition
of 7,500 white and gold beer caps assembled
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into a pattern that reflects light and shines
through the space. In addition, the ceiling
in the VIP lounge is made of an assemblage
of aluminium beer kegs cut in two on which
we’ve added lighting fixtures, bringing down
the ceiling for a more casual effect.”
With the chandelier and keg lighting fixtures
firmly taking centre stage at Das Bier, Humà
decided to complement them by gently
lighting the walls with a curved rod black
matte fixture. Working with the Boreal
model from a local lamp design studio called
Authentik Lighting, the copper interior of
the fixture provides a warm lighting effect.
Reflecting on the project, for Turgeon one of
the major success stories is the chandeliers,
telling darc: “We are amazed by how close
to our initial design the big chandeliers are.
everything from the tables, the banquette,
all the millwork, all the steel work across
both bars and specifically the lighting
fixtures made this project really different
for us,” continued Turgeon. “We rarely
design lighting fixtures so our main concern
was to see if the effects we wanted would
work – if the light would travel through the
perforations we designed and mostly, if it
would provide enough light on the tables
where people would be eating, drinking and
dancing.
“We didn’t have the budget or time design details
to create a 1:1 scale model of the
DAS BIER, MONTREAL, CANADA
chandeliers so we had to make estimates INTERIOR DESIGN: HUMÀ DESIGN + ARCHITECTURE
and listen carefully to the advice given GENERAL CONTRACTOR: DVA ENTREPRENEURS
GÉNÉRAUX
by the craftsman and general contractors LIGHTING SPECIFIED: CUSTOM DESIGNS FROM HUMA
we worked with. In the end I feel we & AUTHENTIK LIGHTING BOREAL FIXTURES

They are a key feature of the space and the
fact they are custom handmade makes them
even more impressive. The space within Das
Bier is mainly wood panelling and a lot of
black and white, so the lighting had to be
really warm to create a cosy atmosphere.
“Deciding to custom design almost
accomplished something truly outstanding.”
Thanks to a flexible working relationship
between all parties involved, the residents
of Montreal now have a warm and inviting
space to partake in their favourite German
brew.
www.humadesign.com
Previous page The large chandeliers have been
custom made by Humà design + architecture. Made
from hot rolled steel, they gently diffuse light through
their perforation design. This page Lighting brings a
warm and cosy atmosphere to the vast space, which
features a lot of wood panelling and makes use of a
black and white decor.
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The Jielde Standard task light.

The Task At Hand

Lighting designer Deb Wythe of Design in Progress discusses the history
of the task light and its appeal, considering whether in today’s working
environment, it is a necessity or a luxury.

With eighteen years of lighting experience
Deb Wythe started her award winning
practice, Design In Progress, in 2010.
Working on high end commercial and
residential projects, she combines her
product design skills with scheme designs
and often integrates light into the fabric of
the building, or creates bespoke lights for
her projects.
Having played with light while studying for
a degree in Furniture and Related Product
Design at Ravensbourne College, she later
went on to win an RSA award for a light she
designed. Once graduated she completed
private commissions before working for
a couple of lighting manufacturers, and
eventually moved to Lighting Design
International, under the wing of Sally
Storey, where she really learnt her trade,
working her way up to Associate level.
Wythe was also an Associate lecturer
at Central St Martins on the BA Product
Design degree course for five years whilst
at LDI and last year, at the inaugural darc
awards, her light art installation was voted
second in the People’s Choice award.
“There seems to be a renewed interest
in task lights. I wonder if this is because
working from home is more prevalent or
perhaps, because offices have become
less sterile. Is this a trend or have
designers picked up on research about the
relationship between lighting conditions and
productivity?
Surveys have concluded that poor lighting or
eyestrain are frequent staff complaints. The
major advantage of an adjustable-arm task
light is that the user controls the lighting
in their immediate work environment. This
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Artemide’s Tizio task light.
allows an individual to compensate for
fluctuations with their visual acuity, as well
as for variations in ambient lighting. But
with current lighting control technology
and the skills of lighting designers, it makes
me wonder if we actually need desk based
task lights at all. I think the answer is
that it’s not about need but more about
desire. We are, after all, talking about a
light that performs several tasks. It has to
provide even, glare free illumination to a
workspace, local control of light levels, as
well as be a beautiful piece of design on a
desk. Lighting a desk can be done in many
ways but when the light is something to see
by as well as be seen, taste and trends play
a big role in which fitting you choose or if
you choose a dedicated task light at all.
Task lights have taken many forms over the
years yet the functions have stayed the
same – those being a light that provides
a good output, low glare and an ability
to move it freely into position enabling
maximum control of the light level for
optimal comfort.
Research suggests that if you were to just
use a task light in a dark room, you would
exhaust yourself more quickly. Your eyes
would be constantly adjusting to the light
and dark in the space causing eye strain and
tiredness. It is important to have a general
light in the room and on the walls so that
when you look up from your task your eyes
don’t have to keep adjusting to the light
levels.
Advancements in materials and lighting
technology have allowed for new forms
and scales of task lights to be played with.
These lights no longer need to be a round
metal shade hiding a traditional filament
lamp, thus opening up new opportunities
for the form of the light fitting to take.
Tizio, designed by Richard Saper in 1972 for
Artemide, was one of the first desk lamps to
use the low voltage halogen capsule lamp.
A transformer in the lamp base, powers the
halogen lamp through the moveable arms
of the light’s form, eliminating the need for
electric cables. It has a beautiful balance
and form which is why Tizio has become a
design classic and is still hugely popular.
Since high output LEDs have been made
available, many designers have explored
using a linear light source. A very elegant
example of this is Vertigo Bird’s Antenna.
When OLEDs were launched, Amanda Levete
used them for the Established & Sons
sculptural Edge task light. But for some
reason it seems the current most popular
task lights are two design classics that have
been around for decades - The Angleposie,
designed in England in the 1930s and the
Jieldé ‘Standard’, a French design from
the 1950’s. Both of these classics were
instrumental in popularising the industrial
look for domestic spaces and have been
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Established & Son’s Edge task light.

updated in recent years.
Sir Kenneth Grange redesigned the
Anglepoise in 2003 and the brand has more
recently collaborated with fashion designers
Paul Smith and Margaret Howell who added
more colourful palettes to the range. In
doing these collaborations it has made the
product more desirable to the domestic
client, often using this light in living as well
as working spaces.
When Jean-Louis Domecq developed the
Standard in the 50s, creating the company
Jieldé, he wanted something simple, robust
and articulated in order to adapt itself
to all workstations. The Standard also
conducted the power through its arms and
joints like Tizio but this wasn’t for aesthetic
reasons. Electrical wiring was often a fire
hazard back then in articulating lamps.
Jieldé released the Loft lamp in 1987 and
the Signal lamp in 2006, variations on the
original that added colour and also made
the lights a little smaller in scale in order
to appeal to a more domestic consumer.
Ironically, Anglepoise has gone in the
opposite direction, and produced Giant
versions of its lamps, including an IP rated
one to be used outside.
With today’s technology a task light no
longer needs to look like ‘a task light’ but
people love the nostalgia of classics. If
you indicate you are going to telephone
someone you create a shape with your
hands prescriptive of a phone designed in
the 1930’s. Ask someone to sketch a task
light and it’s likely to be something like
the Anglepoise. The question is why do
we do this when there have been so many
different styles since its incarnation? So
do we need table based task lights with
today’s advanced lighting control systems?
I don’t think so. Do we want a beautifully
engineered design that provides local light
on our desks? Yes!”
www.designinprogress.eu

Concept Task Light

By Deb Wythe

“I wanted to update the task light by giving reference to its history. Stripping it back to its
bare bones and hiding all the workings leaving a skeleton form and simple 3D line sketch
that everyone would recognise. The heat buildup of the metal shaded Jieldé is enough to
take the skin off your fingers so an additional ring offset from the outside of the shade
enabled you to manoeuvre the head. I have kept the memory of that movement with the
ring as the head and also housed the LED inside it. The LEDs would be housed behind a
prismatic diffuser to protect them but also aid to distribute the light evenly. Despite being
an incomplete circle of LEDs in the ‘shade’ the throw of light is an even circle on the
working plane. Due to heat buildup from the tungsten lamps there were holes at the top of
the Anglepoise shade to allow air to flow through and let heat escape. Light leaks out of the
back of the fitting casting a soft ambient glow onto the wall so the addition of a single LED
at the top of the head mimics this effect.”
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photo Gionata Xerra

Via Vivarini 7 Milano

Tel. +39 02 89502342
info@lollimemmoli.it
www.lollimemmoli.it

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044 INTERVIEW

It’s a Family Affair

Italian product designer Panzeri has firmly established itself as a leader in the lighting
industry. With its history strongly rooted in family, it comes as no surprise that it’s lead
designer is of the same name. darc met with Enzo Panzeri to discuss the importance
of light and how design is moving further towards simplicity and elegance.
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046 INTERVIEW
Since 1947, lighting brand Panzeri has been
at the forefront of Italian design. Its core
values of quality, research and innovation
are firmly placed in its heritage in terms of
tradition and craftsmanship and represent
the brand philosophy.
Very much still a family run business, the
company’s lead designer Enzo Panzeri
considers himself an “autodidact, with a
natural attitude for design.” With a passion
for art and painting that raises an inner
sensitivity towards beauty, this passion for
visual art has inspired Enzo to turn on his
creative flair.
Having grown up in Monza and Brianzo,
a district of excellence in design and
technique in Northern Italy, Enzo comes
from an area with a great passion for hard
work and dedication where technique
mingles with Italian taste, resulting in a
history of 500 years of research in beauty
from the Renaissance onwards.
“This is a region where religion plays
a strong role and the philosophy is to
understand our past in order to improve
the present and innovate the future,” Enzo
tells darc. “Growing up in this environment
gave me – and still does – the opportunity
to develop my interests towards mechanical
engineering and functional design, shaping
myself into a figure able to combine my
extreme sensibility towards visual art and
technical drawings.”
But it is not only art that inspires Enzo; he
recalls a trip to Brazil in the 1980s: “I am
fond of beauty in all its forms and while in
Brazil I remember being caught by the shape
of a fisherman’s sailing boat. Its lightness
and rounded form made me visualise the
image of a product that I instantly had to
draw in the sand. Soon after, I turned that
idea into a tangible product.”
Going into the family business, for Enzo
there was never another path he would have
wanted to take: “I felt from my very first
day that this was the place I was supposed
to be. A world where it was possible
to combine my creative attitudes with
technique. Applying my natural tendency for
design to the family business has been my
only job.”
When it comes to designing a luminaire, for
Enzo, it is important to always look at the
industry and try to listen to the needs. “The
essential difference between an artist and a
designer is that the artist’s goal is to make
a unique piece to showcase in a museum,
while the designer’s goal is to make a serial
product that can create a solution for as
many people as possible.
“Light has the power to influence the mood,
to transmit emotions, to change the look
of a room. Light is the main influencer of
our first view - just compare the light of a
candle with the light of a dentist’s room.”
One of Enzo’s most notable designs, is also

one of his most recent; the Jackie LED task
light (pictured on the opening spread) has
picked up design awards both in Europe and
North America, but this – according to Enzo,
is not the measure of it’s success. “I believe
this product succeeded in combining a sense
of elegance and beauty with technicality
and a clean design. This is, for me, what
makes a project notable since it conveys the
philosophy of our territory.”
Jackie is a collection of LED multi-faceted
lighting solutions ranging from a rigorous
and functional desk lamp; an elegant and
refined floor lamp; and an architectural
object in its wall or ceiling spotlight version.
Jackie strikes a balance between extreme
linear simplicity and high architectural
technical details. The revolutionary
innovation of Jackie is indeed its structure,
characterised by extendible arms and a
double junction system, which allows the
head to be orientated in multiple ways. A
simple and minimalist design is obtained
thanks to the miniaturisation of the elastic
system, which is hidden in the body of the
structure.
“My aim is to create a clean and simple
style with mechanical perfection,” says
Enzo. “The key is simplicity - employing
mechanics to find the easiest solution for
the desired design. I believe mechanics
should be used to simplify products and
procedures rather than making them
intricate. This is why my design style is
linear, clean and essential… It reflects my
personality.”
As a company so well established in
the lighting design industry, Panzeri has
naturally played a role in the shift of
lighting trends over the last few decades.
“Lighting is becoming more and more
minimalistic and embedded in architecture,
mixed with the use of a few – but essential
– decorative items,” says Enzo. “This is
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what I see also for the future of lighting.
The predominant colours will be black
and white mixed with the use of gold and
other decorative colours. Though I have
never developed an interest for different
materials or colours, my attention is on the
perimeter and shape of an object.”
Looking ahead, Enzo’s curiosity and
perseverance will continue to see Panzeri
lead in design. The designer is adamant
he will continue reinventing and updating
himself by continuing to look and listen
to the lighting world. “This is the role of
the designer,” he says, “to come up with a
durable solution to the need. To me, design
is working and responding to the needs of
people, building a product able to interact
with their daily routines. It’s a laboratory
of daily work. Lighting to me – is functional
and elegant simplicity.”
www.panzeri.it
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Inventing Freedom
Approaching design through the eyes of an inventor, Norwegian designer
Daniel Rybakken explores light in all capacities, from its subconscious effects to
the mechanisms of his task lights for Luceplan.
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“In the field of lighting, you can invent
whatever you like. You’re not restricted by all
the norms of how something should look.”
- Daniel Rybakken
Since his youngest days filled with dreams
of becoming an inventor, Norwegian
designer Daniel Rybakken has explored an
interesting relationship with Scandinavian
light that drove him to his recent creations.
Raised by a fashion designer mother and
graphic designer father, Rybakken sees
himself as some kind of amalgamation of
their careers and his own dreams, as he
tells darc: “I guess if you add design to
being an inventor, that’s what industrial
design is.” Rybakken grew up in Oslo, where
he went to the Oslo School of Architecture.
He went on to study at the School of Arts
and Crafts in Gothenburg, Sweden, where
he completed his Masters degree in design.
Rybakken started working with light in his
student project ‘Daylight Comes Sideways’,
after which he went on to explore the
potential in recreating the subconscious
positive effects of daylight.
‘Daylight Comes Sideways’ started in a
room in his mother’s house into which shone
an inspiring stream of natural daylight.
“Being in Scandinavia, it gets very dark
by three or four o’clock. That’s why I
started designing lamps really. I was able to
recreate the light of this room by putting
some fluorescent tubes behind the curtain
to give the effect of the light coming in
from outside. Subconsciously, it extends the
space and you feel connected with a space
that is larger than the physical one you are
actually in.
“These were much more conceptual than
my recent works. In a way, it was a criticism
of how light can be designed today, which is
basically a lampshade with a light source in
the centre.”
Starting his own studio in 2008, Rybakken
began to explore the field of lighting design
in a different way. “In the field of lighting,
you can invent whatever you like,” he
tells darc. “You’re not restricted by all the
norms of how something should look. Like
a chair for example has to have four legs
and if you do one with three or six, it feels
kind of weird. We’re used to seeing that
typology, but in lighting, some lamps have
three legs, some have none. You have a lot
more freedom.”
Rybakken’s collaboration with Luceplan
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1 2

3 4

Previous page Rybakken’s Counterbalance peering over table. Pic courtesy of Luceplan. 1. Counterbalance is seen reaching
over a table, while Ascent sits on the desk, showing the difference between the two in usability. Ascent can be dimmed by
sliding the head down. 2. Counterbalance Spot is a wall fixture that can be used as a bedside lamp. 3. Counterbalance floor
has the same proportations and head size and Ascent but stands at about 180cm. 4. Daniel Rybakken with Counterbalance.
Pic: Magnus Johanson. Pics 1-3 courtesy of Luceplan. Next page Sketch of Counterbalance.
052 INTERVIEW
started with him wanting to design
something more industrial, something that
was about mechanics. “That’s something
I’ve always been interested in, whereas
my earlier work was more abstract and
diffused. I wanted to do something more
hardcore, mechanical.”
This perspective can really been seen in
the Norwegian artist’s Counterbalance
task lamp, his first project with Luceplan,
which holds a mechanical and industrial
personality. Aiming to make a large
wall-mounted lamp with a very graphical
appearance, Rybakken counterbalances
the weight of the head using a mechanical
movement in a very direct and honest way.
“Counterbalance is meant to illuminate a
specific surface with a strong, even light.
This is very different to something like
the Stochastic chandelier for example
which needed something more ambient to
give the chandelier a more atmospheric
appearance.”
Counterbalance went on to inspire
another project for Luceplan, a table
lamp called Ascent. “When we presented
Counterbalance, I was envisioning a library
or a restaurant filled with that light,” says
Rybakken. “But what about the tables or
desks further than two metres from a wall?
This was the starting point when designing
Ascent. The light ended up with a truly
unique way of dimming the light; when
pushed downwards, the light cone would
increase and the light would dim down. For
me, this action feels so natural, even more
so than the ordinary dimmer switch.”
Demonstrating the elements necessary
to consider when designing task lamps,
Counterbalance and Ascent have the
same proportions and head size, but
Counterbalance is much taller, measuring
approximately 180cm. Counterbalance
also doesn’t feature the same dimmable
function when the head is moved up or
down, illustrating the necessary difference
between the two to suit certain types of
spaces and tasks.
The tangible purpose of Counterbalance as
a task lamp and Rybakken’s pull towards
industrial design runs deep through the
product into the choice of material as well.
While his Scandinavian industry comrades
may tend towards wood as their preferred
material, Rybakken didn’t feel that to be
an option in designing Counterbalance.
“Wood isn’t really my material. I might be
the only Scandinavian designer that doesn’t
work with wood, but I don’t come from that
background. I like to work with what I call
dead materials, like steel and aluminium as
in Counterbalance, because I can control
it. I have a precision that I don’t have with
wood, but I think that’s because I don’t
have the knowledge. I don’t think of myself
as a craftsman in that sense.”
With an intuitive understanding of product
design and his own capabilities, Rybakken’s
creations demonstrate the level of critical
thinking and awareness necessary to
understand what needs to be created
and how a product is best executed. His
attention to detail is what defines his task
lights, creating the essential difference
between Counterbalance and Ascent. This
is a deliberate, considered difference to
suit the needs of different tasks and bring
nothing but comfort and ease to its users.
www.danielrybakken.com
 www.bover.es
T. +34 938 713 152

One of the most distinctive signs from Vietnam

is the hat used by women in the countryside to
protect themselves from the sun and the rain
and as a basket to carry food. NÓN LÁ is the
name used to describe this Vietnamese hat and
it is also the name we selected for this lamp.

Jorge Pensi Design Studio

054 TASK LIGHTING

Work, Rest & Play

Task lighting doesn’t need to be confined to the office environment
and can bring a beautiful, decorative element to any design. Looking
for that perfect fixture to add that final touch? Look no further...

HOKU
LIMELAB
HOKU combines efficiency with the most
advanced technology to bring to life a table
lamp from which you would never want to MICROSTICK
be separated. Designed and made in Italy KARBOXX
to be intuitive; it only needs to be touched MicroStick is a smart desk lamp on a
to reproduce the daylight that filters simple and compact aluminium body.
through a window on a sunny day, allowing The 10W LED light source provides
productivity at any time. a soft, comfortable light, with no
www.limelab.it strong contrasts. A special touch
sensor with dimmer function is used
to switch the lamp on/off and to
adjust the brightness. MicroStick is
available in white and silver.
www.karboxx.com

SPOCK
BOVER
Spock has an aspect of great lightness; designed and
produced using a language of simple, easy and close
design. A clear example of ‘less is more’, the Spock
family is a set of reading lamps that provide direct and
concentrated light, through its four LEDs. The structure
of the screen is adjustable and in the case of the table
or standing head lamps, they have a circular rotation of
360º and a maximum inclination of 25º for the mast.
www.bover.es COBRA
INNERMOST
Cobra is a wall mounted LED task light with
a natural leather covered adjustable stem.
The light has a touch switch and comes with
a USB charging socket that supports the latest
generation smartphones and tablets.
www.innermost.net
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ATELIER
ASTRO LIGHTING
TRACE
GLAMOX Astro’s Atelier range
evokes the type of
Trace is a compact LED task light, with excellent light
task lamp you
output and minimalistic design. A slim arm carries
would find in
the distinct lamp head, which has the form of a
a craftsman’s
superellipse, a square with rounded edges. The
workshop of old:
task light changes shape and expression when
think toolmaker,
seen from different angles. In spite of its modest
architect or jewellery
size, Trace has a definite presence and posture
designer - it has
that makes it suitable for most modern office
fully-articulated joints
environments. The combination of simple
to provide maximum
lines and an elegantly shaped lamp head
adjustability. James Bassant,
gives it a distinct personality. The
who conceived the range, and
lamp head may be complemented
Rob Speck who engineered it,
with a décor ring, available in
decided to highlight the design of
three rich colours, giving
these joints by leaving them in a raw
it a playful expression.
polished aluminium finish, regardless
www.glamox.com
of the colour of the lamp (white, black
or natural aluminium). Atelier comes IN
a wide range of options, including table,
clamp, wall, floor and pendant versions
in all three finishes.
www.astrolighting.co.uk

VOLEE
FONTANA ARTE

Volée is a latest-generation LED lighting fixture, in which

formal research is combined with technological innovation.
Characterised by a minimalist design, it is operated by an almost
tennis-like gesture: a simple swipe of the hand beneath the head
activates an electronic sensor that turns it on and off, without
any physical contact. A touch sensor placed over the head allows
the regulation of four levels of light intensities - 0%, 40%, 60%,
100% and a time out system automatically turns the lamp off after
JORDAAN
five hours of operation. The balancing mechanisms, with a
CREATIVE MARY
hidden spring, are tensioned by steel ropes, which allow
the user to direct the light with one fluid motion. In Amsterdam, Jordaan is home to
Available in table, wall and floor versions, the many art galleries, particularly
table version can be equipped with a USB for modern art. The name
port for charging smartphones and derives from the French word
tablets. jardin, meaning garden, and
www.fontanaarte.com most streets and canals are
named after trees and flowers.
The floral forms and variety
inspired the Jordaan table
lamp with a high gloss piano
black lacquered shade and
copper plated brass arms
that will bring the serenity
and peace of Jordaan hofjes
(inner courtyards) to any
space.
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Lightening The Load

Task lighting can be used in a multitude of interior schemes.
Whether working on a boutique hotel, high-end residential or office space, there is
always room for beautiful, technical lighting, as this selection of projects highlights.

Eike Becker Architects

Berlin, Germany

Eike Becker Architects is an internationally
recognised architectural firm for the
planning and realisation of complex urban
construction projects. The firm, which was
founded by Eike Becker and Helge Schmidt
in 1999, is focused primarily on the areas
of administrative buildings, hotels, housing
and city planning. In 2015, the Berlin office,
along with about 40 employees, moved to
the 14th floor of the recently completed
Total Tower opposite the Berlin Central
Station. Since then, the desks for this
interdisciplinary team have been equipped
with Luctra workplace lamps.
Across the 440m² space, workers
concentrate for long hours at fixed
workplaces. Their activities primarily include
work on computer screens and the creation
of designs and drawings. The white Luctra
Linear Table Pro design blends perfectly
into the restrained design of the rooms.
It completes the image of the sleek and
functional furnishings without standing in
the centre. The proven biologically effective
light can be adapted to the individual daily
schedule and needs of the user. This enables
it to support high-output phases as well as
regenerative moments.
Four high-performance LED lights perfectly
illuminate the respective workplaces, so
the user can work effectively and without
fatigue.
“Our team needs to be able to work highly
efficiently at all times,” says Eike Becker,
Executive Director of Eike Becker Architects.
“So we were looking for the best lighting,
which on the one hand meets our standards
for design and aesthetics and on the other
hand meets our needs for good workplace
lighting.”
www.luctra.eu
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Martyrs Kirk
St Andrews, Scotland

Page \ Park Architects was commissioned by

the University of St Andrews to convert the
newly acquired Martyrs Kirk into a post-
graduate reading room for the Faculty of
Arts.
The original church by Gillespie and Scott,
completed in 1928, sits in the post first
world war national tradition, its horizontal
emphasis of volume being characteristic of
the period.
The quality of this new academic fit
was enabled through a dynamic briefing
process where Page \ Park Architects was
able to determine the functions of the
reading room; the activities to take place
within these settings; and the furniture
required to support the activities. Crucial
to the outcomes of this consultation was
the idea that in removing the pews users
should not simply end up ‘reading’ in the
empty volume of an old church. Rather
that new uses and associated furniture and
fittings needed to be exploited in order to
reconfigure the space, by bringing down the
scale of the volume, creating an intimacy
within the greater volume.
Crafted bookcases, located between the
arches, replace the original pews, their
illuminated ends referencing ecclesiastical
stained glass. A central reading spine,
aligned with the original aisle, is comprised
of a series of writing tables, each one
individually lit by an Anglepoise Type 75
desk lamp.
www.anglepoise.com

Bel Ami Hotel

Paris, France

The Bel Ami hotel is ideally located in the

heart of Saint Germain des Prés, and is a
five-star boutique hotel designed by design
studio Pascal Allaman.
Its interior design features two Contardi
fixtures, which were chosen for the
bedrooms - the UP desk and a custom
version of the FlexiLED AP, which is covered
in leather, wound around the fixture.
The UP is the first desk lamp from Contardi
and aims to reinterpret the image of the
desk task light with a modern-classic touch.
Also available in an XL Large version for an
executive office or classy residential, all
versions use LED light sources, the stem is
covered in braided silk and the adjustable
head is gold laminated. The lamp perfectly
reflects the natural class and sophisticated
simplicity of Hotel Bel Ami.
www.contardi-italia.com

Dansk Metal
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish lighting manufacturer Louis Poulsen
is changing the standards for office lighting,
with its newest project for The Danish Metal
Workers' Union, Dansk Metal.
Attention is increasingly being brought
to the working environment’s enormous
influence on employee’s well-being and
performance. Strong demands for innovative
office lighting is therefore becoming more
and more common. Employees’ daily
assignments vary immensely and the lighting
should be modifiable to various situations,
therefore quality, efficiency and, in
particular, flexibility is important in lighting
for the workplace.
Dansk Metal was a project where no
compromises where made, resolving in an
ergonomically sound and energy future-
proofed project.
All workstations are equipped with the
new Louis Poulsen work lamp - NJP Table
designed by Oki Sato from nendo design
studio. The lamp provides a large work
radius and is offered with two light
intensities. The lamp can be adjusted in
a wide range of positions because of its
flexible joints and adjustable fixture head
and is available with two fixed colour
temperatures: 2,700K and 3,000K.
Oki Sato has also succeeded in adding a
decorative touch to the purely functional
object. The fixture head is open in the
back, throwing decorative light onto the top
arm. At the same time, this opening allows
heat to dissipate from the LED light source,
significantly increasing its lifetime.
Colour reproduction is another factor,
which is substantial in creating a pleasant,
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homogenous workplace environment,
feature that set the foundation for this
project.
Serving as the general lighting for this
project is Louis Poulsen's LP Circle, an
integrated ceiling fixture available in two
sizes with several installation options.
This fixture features a Kelvin adjustable
system that allows adjustment of the
colour temperature from 2,700K to 5,700K,
consequently artificially mirroring the
changing light rhythm of the day.
The Dansk Metal project is a good example
of the demands made in modern office
projects. Undoubtedly, the increasing
requirements to the workplace will come to
influence lighting in our homes and home
offices in the future.
www.louispoulsen.com
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Fairmont Rey Juan Carlos I

Barcelona, Spain

GSR Interior Design removes the smoke and

mirrors, alters the story-telling and presents
unforeseen solutions to design challenges
that are both poetic and practical. And
this is exactly what they have done at the
Fairmont Rey Juan Carlos I in Barcelona, a
luxury five-star hotel.
For the guest room desks, they picked the
M-1137 by Estiluz, one of the company's
classic designs, in a brass finish. Chosen by
the designers for its elegance and its easy
integration with furniture, the lamp is fully
adjustable from the base to the arm to the
head. This allows the light to be shared by
different people and it adjusts perfectly for
reading at the desk or use with a laptop.
A 2,700K LED provides warm, efficient light
for a multitude of uses.
www.estiluz.com

Albert Sloman Library

University of Essex, UK

Artemide worked together with consulting

engineers Mott MacDonald and Patel Taylor
Architects to provide a clean, elegant and
sophisticated solution to lighting the study
bays in the new Albert Sloman Library.
Due to the prominence of the study bays
within the building, a fixed position LED
luminaire was favoured by the architect in
order to retain the architectural purity of
the space.
Rob McDougall, Artemide UK commented:
"It was a challenging brief, we had a
luminaire which met the aesthetic criteria
the architect was seeking, but within this
we had to undergo extensive re-engineering
on the M&E side. We engineered a flush
mounted plate and switch for the fitting
to reduce the footprint of it within the
study bays, the concealed bracketry also
allows for height adjustment of the fitting if
screens are introduced in the future. From
the consultant's side they really wanted
an absence detection solution which we
seamlessly achieved without any visual
impact on the clean line of the fitting. The
project has been a huge success winning
RIBA awards and it was a pleasure to be
involved."
www.artemide.com
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King
Stockholm, Sweden
The Stockholm office of gaming company
King, is located in one of the city's liveliest
areas. With this in mind, interior architects
Adolfsson & Partners wanted to create a
forest-type oasis, a breathing space where
visitors and employees could experience
something different.
The office space needed to be flexible
and provide multiple places suited for all
types of operational methods, while at
the same time focussing on the company's
creativity and playfulness. As a company
that constantly uses energy and power to
search for new ideas, King needed an office
to match that drive.
When you enter the office, it is like entering
a new world, with the lighting design from
AF Lighting playing a decisive role in this.
The central idea to the lighting scheme
was to allow the light to create an inspiring
environment that felt natural and enhance
feelings, where darkness would also be
part of the experience. The light was to be
largely based on actual activities and work
done in the office as an honest interaction
with nature.
As part of the overall design, it was decided
early on in the process to create a luminaire
for qualitative lighting in a working
environment, which at the same time would
provide an added 'feature' to the space.
Set in an open plan fashion, 121 work spaces
are each equipped with custom desk lamps
designed by Adlofsson & Partners' interior
architect Mia Culi and manufactured by
ateljé Lyktan.
In the shape of a fishing rod, the luminaire
allows each employee to adjust the light to
their own individual needs, with the light
level remaining constant regardless of where
the desk is situated in the office.
“Individuals can adjust the lighting levels
to their own personal taste and this has
shown to increase people's well-being,”
commented Hans Adolfsson.
The lighting scheme at King has carefully
been thought out by humans, for humans
and goes to great lengths to provide
stimulating comfort for people who create a
global form of entertainment.
To read the full lighting story on the King
office project, turn to page 85.
www.atelje-lyktan.se

Golden Crown Hotel
Prague, Czech Republic
The light that is used to illuminate working
surfaces is one of the most investigated and
tested themes. In reality, as always, it would
be just enough to use some common sense
to design and properly use light on working
surfaces. Light is the added value to a space
and it allows us to give meaning to such
space and create depth.
In the end we often forget that artificial
light has changed our lives, however, it is
not natural light. Artificial illumination is a
wonderful tool for seducing, telling stories
and creating the performing stage of our
own life.
For Davide Groppi creating light is not an
exact science. Although, at the same time,
it is necessary for him to pinpoint a method
that uses light with the aim of getting closer
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to the truth and then use light with humility, old electrical wiring, a plug, cable, some
simplicity, lightness, emotion and creative isolators, socket and LED is used. The idea
invention. behind the Neuro lamp is to bring light to
And so inevitably, the projects that arise, wherever you like, starting from a wall
are straightforward, sometimes extreme. socket.
Over 100 years old and dedicated to King www.davidegroppi.com
Vladislav II, the Golden Crown Hotel is
located on Vladislavova St, one of the oldest
streets of Prague. Once used as a framework
for a tourism school, it has been newly
renovated into a boutique design hotel, with
the idea of creating the perfect combination
of modern and historic architecture. As
part of the design overhaul, Davide Groppi's
Neuro lamp, designed by Beppe Merlano and
winner of the L+B Design Plus Award in 2014,
is featured.
A simple project, almost a revival of the
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Officine Roma
Rome, Italy

Passion meets style at Officine Roma,

a design studio in Rome, Italy near the
Vallelunga racing course - a place where
vintage bikes are reborn. For their
headquarters Officine Roma selected some
unique pieces of furniture and lighting,
including the Cyrcus F Cemento task lights,
part of the Matt Collection from
In-es.artdesign.
The lamps work to highlight the beautiful
detail of the Triumph Bonneville and orange
fixie showcased at the design studio.
Made in Italy and a perfect match for the
headquarters, the Cyrcus Cemento feature
an industrial yet artistic aesthetic, making
use of grey concrete for the exterior and
red or blue Nebulite (specially treated mix
of resins and fiberglass) for the inside.
www.in-es.com

Boulter & P
London, UK

Boulter & P is a contemporary London-
based jewellery boutique owned by sisters,
Annette Boulter and Geraldine Purves,
founders of successful jewellery company,
Toko.
Exhibiting the clarity and detail of the
jewels requires bright, high quality light
but the halogen lighting initially used across
the store was producing poor quality light
and was inefficient. As well as this, while
exhibiting and scruitinising the jewellery,
salespeople and customers were coming into
close contact with the display lights, which
were often hot.
The solution was Dyson Lighting’s CSYS task
lights, which are now being used for up-
close exhibiting at a special display table.
“We can show customers individual pieces
up close without fear of burning them,” said
Purves. “The CSYS is perfect for illuminating
jewellery up-close, such as a ring on a finger
or the cut of a stone.”
Commenting, Jake Dyson told darc: “I
designed the CSYS task light with a function
first approach, as every component plays
a part in the functionality of the product
and the form is entirely dictated by how it
works.
“The horizontal arm of the light doubles
up as the heat sink, through which heat
is drawn away from the eight LEDs via a
copper heat pipe and dissipated into the
room. This enables us to position eight high-
power LEDs close together for a precise and
powerful light output of 648 lux over 1m²,
while retaining their brightness for up to
144,000 hours. The LEDs are recessed into
the arm of the light and housed in conical
reflectors, to control glare and help keep
the light source out of sight.”
www.dyson.co.uk/lighting
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BETC HQ London, view of the board room that

opens up to an adjacent room next to it for flexible
expanding space.
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Twenty Four Hour Office People

As an architect and founder of Design Haus Liberty in London, Dara Huang gives us her thoughts on
how important the right working environment is and how feature lighting can play a crucial role.

Dara Huang is the founder of Design Haus
Liberty (DHL), an international award
winning architecture and interior practice
based in London. Since 2013, the practice
has been the recipient of The 2013 RIBA
Forgotten Spaces Competition awards,
showcased on the BBC and exhibited at
The Somerset House, London; The Art Club
Gallery, Seoul; while more more recently
taking part in the Venice Biennale 2016.
With current projects including a 550 unit,
new-build graduate housing block for The
Collective; a 110 unit, new-build, mixed
residential/commercial development in
Central London; and £20m penthouses in
South Bank Tower, Huang is well versed
in restaurant, hospitality, commercial,
residential and office design. Previous to
setting up her own practice, she graduated
from Harvard in 2007 and trained under the
apprenticeship of Herzog de Meuron and
Foster + Partners. There, she contributed
to 56 Leonard Street and Tate Modern II
Museum.
Her personal awards include The Clifford
Wong Prize, The KPF Travelling Fellowship,
The Young Architects Award, and First Place
in The AIAS National Design Review. She
was also personally invited to design the
Samsung Pavilion for the London Olympics
2012.
While DHL is very much an architectural
practice, with 25 architects currently ‘on
the books’, for Huang it is a practice that
is still very much led by design, telling
darc: “I think because I come from an
architectural background I can relate to
this way of working much more, the way
architects work with form, light and space.
I like the way architects have a general
way of wrapping their heads around things
and then when we get into the details of a
project, we turn to people from different
disciplines to take it to the next level, such
as product designers and lighting designers.
“Our strengths and our ‘bread and butter’
are our ideas,” she continues, “so first and
foremost we’re definitely an architectural
firm and then everything else comes out
of that. When I started out on my own,
I always did the architecture and the
interiors but it was the interiors that caught
the developer’s eye so we started doing
more and more schemes, or we would be
brought in as creative directors and end
up consulting on all the other elements as
well.”
For Huang and her team, whether the
project is residential or commercial, it is
important that they produce something
unique to the client and use what is special
about the area to influence the design. “We
did a tech office where so many people
were saying to us how much they loved the
design and wanted us to recreate it… but we
had to just say no! That’s not your office,
that’s not the vibe you’re giving off and
that’s not who you are, so let’s sit down and
come up with something that’s right for you.
Every site has character in its history and
its context and needs looking at individually
– from there, you bring out the roots of
where the company’s from and what makes
it unique.”
Commenting on office design specifically,
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for Huang the office sector is split into three
types: the private owner; serviced offices
which are growing in the market; and
offices which are owned by a developer and
rented out to multiple businesses. “There’s
so many ways to design an office,” she tells
darc, “but what I decided to do and what I
think is the right direction, is to think about
what a healthy office space means. So there
definitely should be natural light adjacent
to being able to see the outdoors and some
aspect of greenery.
“There should also be a mixture of materials
– not just all desks and hard spaces,
introduce some soft seating, various lighting
aspects. Mix it up from floor to floor – don’t
just use carpets and tiles, but give the
tenant something that says the space is
more than just an office. At the end of the
day, what you’re investing in is the amount
of efficiency you will get out of each
employee – meaning they will work better
if they’re more comfortable, they’ll stay at
the office longer if it feels more homely and
also, you’re getting tenants that don’t want
to leave which is a bonus for a landlord.”
The problem with the office space,
according to Huang, is that a lot of the
time, developers and landlords want the
quickest, cheapest, solution and don’t often
see the long-term cost of things. “Being
cheap and cheerful can result in tenants
moving out quicker,” she says, “meaning the
landlords have then got to pay an agency
to get people back in there. NeueHouse in
New York is a great example of how it can
work well. They created this amazing space,
which has gone global and all eyes are on
them. There’s a lot to be said for creating
good space and I don’t care if it’s office
type a, b or c. I think every one of those can
have a touch of design.
“I think back in the 90s and early 2000s it
was all about fire regulations, maximising
your floor space and then copy and
pasting the design all the way through
the building,” Huang continues. “This is
definitely being replaced with different
ideas and you can see it in the new World
Trade Center in New York where it used to
be geared towards finance companies and
now the new money makers are the tech
guys. They’re not interested in uninteresting
spaces, so they’ll add roof terraces to some
of the floors and double height spaces so
you can see the neighbours below, and cafes
and so on…
“This connection with being more
interesting in the design is something
developers really need to think about and
consider and if technology is the future,
maybe we shouldn’t be copy and pasting
things thinking that the next investment
bank might take the space, but the next
Google might take the space and want
something more creative.

“Office space is evolving and I think that
some of the industry is slow to pick up
on this. I think honestly, it’s only going to
improve by example; people are going to
see things happening in New York, want
it and copy it in about ten years time,
it’s always the same. Technology and the
internet aren’t going anywhere; our whole
lives are controlled by apps so why should
architecture stand still? It all needs to move
together and office space needs to look
to embrace creative needs, desires and
spaces.”
For Huang, the right lighting within an
office project is paramount to the entire
environment. “It’s the most important
thing,” she tells darc. “Not just for office
designs, but in general, lighting sets your
mood, how alert you are… everything! So
when we’re doing a project we’ll look at
lighting from a technical point of view,
considering regulations, where switches
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should be and so on. Beyond that we’ll put
in low heat emitting fluorescents that turn
on by section, or whatever is needed.
“I feel it’s crucial to have key areas of
lighting, especially feature lighting which
is the one thing a lot of offices don’t have.
So when we recently did a tech office we
went out of our way to design things that
purposely fit the identity of the office and
introduced key light features. For example
on one project we took spaghetti jars and
turned them into a suspended chandelier,
and we’ve used old recycled bottles and
scripted them into an amazing sculpture
that hangs over a reception desk space.
“These are definitely points of interest,
so when I design an office I think of it as
a collection of moments, which generally
1. Head HQ Box meeting room spaces designed by
occur in a conference room, or over a Design Haus Liberty. 2. Head HQ’s entry lounge and
reception desk, or maybe even in the main cafe bar. 3. DHLiberty Desk system and industrial
lights at Head HQ. 4. AnalogFolk London’s HQ ground
space. I think that people don’t use feature floor. 5. Industrial lights were placed over the cafe
lighting enough, but that it is a really cool bar at AnalogFolk London’s HQ.
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1. AnalogFolk London’s HQ main loft working space with lounge space and fluorescent tube
lights down the centre. 2. Design Haus Liberty at London HQ - a sketch brain storming session -
Dara Huang to left. 3. AnalogFolk London’s HQ reception and cafe area. 4. AnalogFolk London’s
HQ - recycled bottle light installation. 5. Brunswick London’s HQ main working space with a 5
mixture of light fittings.

element that can impress visitors and make
them stop for a second and think ‘wow’.”
Besides feature lighting, task lighting is
another element Huang feels is important
to incorporate into office design. Not only
for efficiency reasons should an employee
choose to work late into the night, but the
fact it gives out a different colour light.
“So if you’re working on 2,700K then it will
give you a much warmer glow,” she says.
“Where as with building regulations and so
on you need to implement fluorescent lights
that produce that colder glow… And I don’t
know about you, but when I sit under a
cold light all day I just want to go to sleep!
It’s not a good feeling. So, the more lights
you can introduce and the more variety,
changing the shade of the environment, the
more you’re going to divert the attention
of your task workers to work longer, more
efficiently and so on…”
One such variation in lighting is the
pendant, which for Huang can help create
zones within an office – hung over a small
meeting area or over the kitchenette.
“Introduce a couple of gorgeous pendants
instead of those stupid fluorescents again,”
she says. “Lighting is THE most important
thing. We’ll even use floor lights on some
of our projects where it’s suitable. We did
this for an industrial warehouse we were
working on, we put them in the corners of
the room and the light would shine up the
edges of the exposed brickwork giving it
a really dramatic effect – it changed the
whole mood!”
With more and more companies using their
office spaces 24hrs a day, for Huang it is
imperative this is taken into consideration
within the design, the space needs to
be flexible to accommodate different
scenarios and working needs and as part of
this, varying lighting only works to aid the
multitudes of work and nuances.
“The entire design of a space can be
dictated by one light,” Huang tells darc.
“We create bespoke light features as part
of our service and in the past we’ve had
clients with the most dire of spaces who
have completely changed their mind once
the lighting has been changed. It only takes
one light piece to completely reform an
entire space.”
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Metamorphosis
Inspired by the site's history adjacent to the ancient Silk Route trading network, interior designers
SpaceInvader worked with Enigma Lighting to recreate AstraZeneca's Macclesfield campus in the UK,
offering a new found flexibility more akin to the medical researcher's forward-thinking values.
Sketch: Cherie Jerrard
Pics: Gareth Gardner
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1. Meeting room 3 featuring a decorative pendant

Medical research company AstraZeneca's structure off which Artemide's Tolomeo pendants are
(AZ) Macclesfield office, Middlewood Court, suspended. 2. Silk Route central pendant featuring
Enigma Lighting's Halo pendant in the entrance, with
was in desperate need of a revamp to
Enigma Lighting's bespoke linear pendants suspended
bring back to life a fading 1960's building elsewhere around the entrance.
that reflects the true nature of a modern,
dynamic company. Manchester-based
interior design studio SpaceInvader worked
with lighting consultant Enigma Lighting
to repurpose the campus, originally built
as a manufacturing and packing facility in
the 1960’s, and re-define the future of AZ’s
workplace portfolio.
SpaceInvader Design Associate and Lead
Designer on the project, Sarah Dodsworth
commented on the priorities of the
Macclesfield campus that underlined the
design team’s vision: “Recent organisational
changes meant that AZ’s priority was
to instil a sense of pride back into the
Macclesfield campus and re-affirm the
company’s position in the North West.”
Hugely important to SpaceInvader’s vision
of redefining the campus was the relevance
of silk to the office site. Middlewood
Court sits adjacent to a stretch of the Silk
Road, a series of trade routes along which
cultural knowledge and commodities such
as silk were exchanged between the East
and West. This was pivotally important
to Macclesfield’s development as a silk
producer in the 18th and 19th centuries,
as today, both synthetic and natural silk
fibres are leading to breakthroughs in
modern medicine. The silk concept was a
huge driver to the holistic design through
the introduction of a ‘Silk Route’ that flows
through Middlewood Court. This acts as the
principle thoroughfare featuring bespoke
Silk Route central pendants, made in a
collaborative effort between SpaceInvader,
Enigma Lighting, manufacturing firm
Woodcraft Joinery and Northern Lights. The
silk route central pendants house Enigma
Lighting's Cocoon Ring pendants, echoing
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the shape of informal silk spun cocoons that
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provide cluster meeting spaces to promote
the exchange of knowledge between
colleagues.
The consensus of the design team was that
the existing environment, inflexible layout,
out-dated infrastructure and fit-out did
not meet AZ’s global workplace philosophy
– iWORK – that promotes an activity based
working philosophy, nor did it reflect a
progressive pharmaceutical company.
Dodsworth commented on SpaceInvader’s
approach to capturing AZ’s personality and
vision for the future: “Middlewood Court is
not the home of a buzzy media company – it
is home to 1,000 highly intelligent, highly
trained scientists, IT technicians and human
resource specialists who need quiet areas
for focussed work, collaboration zones
to share knowledge and breakout spaces
where they can remove themselves from
the pressures of their role and take an hour
to recharge, refresh and socialise with
colleagues. Fundamental to the design brief
was the ability to deliver a state-of-the-
art workplace that would encourage and
nurture this cultural shift towards flexible,
collaborative working at AZ.”
An intelligent lighting scheme was essential
in developing this kind of set up. Having
worked together in the past, Middlewood
Court was the first opportunity for
SpaceInvader and Enigma Lighting to engage
from initial concept to implementation and
delivery. Dodsworth continued: “This proved
a real success and strengthened the interior
design scheme. The interior and lighting
design work intrinsically well together.
The lighting fundamentally dovetails with
the interior scheme and the two cannot
be separated as individual aspects of the
overall – that is the true success. The
lighting assists in creating the perfect
atmosphere and ambience across the varied
range of workspaces, appropriated according
to the style of work that is undertaken in
each area.
“Lighting is fundamentally important to
support employees to undertake their roles
successfully and comfortably. I personally
believe that achieving the creation of a
successful lighting scheme is one of, if
not the trickiest of elements in an overall
interior design scheme.”
Enigma Lighting worked to embody AZ and
Space Invader’s visions of form, function
and flexibility through the lighting. Enigma
Lighting Sales Director Paul Shoosmith
commented on the collaboration between
the two design firms: “The brief was all LED,
DALI dimmable and using SpaceInvader’s
vision, the brief never altered. It was
refreshing to all be working with the same
goal and pulling in the same direction.”
SpaceInvader’s design response to realise a

1. Enigma Lighting's Flex Set and LED filament lamp
structure frame the Brew Hub area. 2. Middlewood
Court's open plan layout can be seen with Muuto's
Under The Bell pendants and the Silk Route central
pendants surrounded by Engima Lighting's bespoke
linear pendants adorning the entrance, off which sits
Meeting Room One and the café area.
flexible space that supports a democratic
activity-based culture with no cellular
offices and no owned desks, was to create
notional neighbourhoods across the open-
plan floorplates. Each neighbourhood
provides a variety of work settings to
encourage the full spectrum of work styles,
with flexibility offered by non-allocated
desking, and departmental organisation
defined by neighbourhoods, or team bases.
The design brief stipulated that the building
should become a hub to encourage all
employees across the campus to utilise the
facilities provided, which flow through and
around Middlewood Court’s Silk Route. Along
Silk Route flows the entrance, breakout
areas, four meeting rooms and a communal
café, where Muuto’s Under the Bell pendants
are suspended over café tables and seating
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alcoves. The creation of a new entrance on
077
the north side creates a welcoming arrival
experience for visitors and employees.
Each of the four meeting rooms take on
unique shapes and use decorative lighting
to give each a different personality. Meeting
Room One houses warm coloured rugs and
wooden floors for a comfortable ambiance,
complemented by Luceplan’s Archetype LED
pendants to offer a homely glow. Meeting
Room Two features DARK’s Aba-Nuit LED
lamps in pendant and floor forms, while the
third meeting room sees a green ornamental
pendant structure, fixed to the ceiling, with
Artemide’s Tolomeo LED pendants attached,
playfully leering down. The fourth meeting
room opens a conversation with the rest of
the office with Artemide's Castore pendants
- these are also seen dotted elsewhere
throughout the building.
Middlewood Court relies heavily on its
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1. Muuto's Under The Bell pendants provide

illumination for café diners.
2. Artemide's Castore pendants feature throughout the
office. 3. Luceplan's Archetype pendent offers a glow
to the homely ambiance of Meeting Room One.

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decorative elements to define spaces with
decorative lighting, working to ensure areas
are still dedicated to certain tasks, with
each requiring a different personality of
lighting.
The desk spaces make the most of
an abundance of daylight flooding in
through large windows, working with the
architectural lighting to ensure a fresh
and bright working area for optimum
productivity. Both Anglepoise’s Type 75 and
Luceplan’s Costanza desk lamps provide
task lighting for each individual desk top,
allowing employees to adjust their lighting
levels according to their needs throughout
the day. Elsewhere throughout the open
plan desk space, lounge chairs offer zones
to relax by the illumination of Calligaris’
Sextans floor lamps.
Another unique space offered by Middlewood
Court is the Brew Hub, which is exactly what
it sounds like – a space to enjoy Britain’s
favourite drink. The Brew Hub reflects the
openness of the office space, outlined by
the lighting structure of Enigma Lighting’s
Flex Set and LED filament lamps, strung
from a frame and suspended over the coffee
table.
In order to reduce energy consumption and
maintenance costs, the installation of this
complete lighting scheme required Enigma
Lighting to replace all existing fluorescent
type lighting with LED fittings throughout.
The all-new LED lighting is complete with
a full dimmable lighting control system
and daylight sensors to ensure lighting
turns off ten minutes after no detection
of movement. As a truly thoughtful and
functional design, Shoosmith commented on
how Enigma Lighting's scheme interacts with
the overall design of the office: "It offers a
visually stimulating space that is warm and
flexible. With different colours, shapes and
materials, it’s a unique and inspirational
space where the lighting creates the right
mood."
With lighting at the forefront of this
project's success, Dodsworth commented
on the importance of lighting in offices
generally and what a properly developed
scheme has achieved for Middlewood
Court: “All too often a lighting scheme is
produced simply to satisfy the latest building
regulations and budgetary constraints,
rather than developing a scheme by
understanding the requirements unique to
each project. The result is that very often,
spaces are overlit, uncomfortable and with
no degree of management or user control.
By challenging the norms, we have been able
to produce a comfortable environment that
supports the nature of the work undertaken,
while being aesthetically beautiful and
underpinning the overall design concept.”
Championed by a forward-thinking
client, this project delivers a workplace
transformation and complete overhaul of a
once traditional cellularised office culture
and way of working. The design process and
finished product can now go on to inform
a more progressive approach to workplace
design across all AZ sites, using decorative
lighting as a definitive tool to encourage
healthy and productive work environments.
www.spaceinvaderdesign.co.uk
www.enigmalighting.com
design details
MIDDLEWOOD COURT, MACCLESFIELD, UK
CLIENT: ASTRAZENECA
INTERIOR DESIGN: SPACEINVADER
LIGHTING DESIGN: ENIGMA LIGHTING
lighting specified
ANGLEPOISE TYPE 75 DESK
ARTEMIDE CASTORE PENDANT
ARTEMIDE TOLOMEO DESK
CALLIGARIS SEXTANS FLOOR
DARK ABA-NUIT FLOOR AND PENDANT
ENIGMA LIGHTING BESPOKE HALO PENDANT
ENIGMA LIGHTING BESPOKE TUBE PENDANT
ENIGMA LIGHTING FLEX SET AND FILAMENT
LUCEPLAN ARCHETYPE PENDANT
LUCEPLAN COSTANZA DESK
MUUTO UNDER THE BELL PENDANT
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Exhibiting at 100% Design 2016
21—24 September – Kensington Olympia
www.industville.co.uk
Stand Number L426 020 7971 7871
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studio B architect's vision for commercial real estate firm Avison
Young's Vancouver headquarters needed dynamic lighting to
studio B aimed to create a space that would
connect people and reflect Avison Young's
values, at its Vancouver headquarters.
Partner at Vancouver boutique design
firm studio B architects, Michelle Fenton
thought, “a well-tailored suit would be the
right approach for the team at Avison Young;
clean, well fitted and exquisitely detailed.”
Inspired by the beauty of the Pacific North
West as well as emerging technologies,
Studio B takes the approach that design not
only encompasses the hard wall and edges
of a room, but how it feels when it is in use,
how one transitions from one room to the
next, and what draws the user through the
space.
Fenton sees lighting as a big part of that,
as she tells darc: “Lighting is one of
those subtleties in design that often gets
forgotten, or is not integrated into the
City Slicker
reflect the energy of its client.
Pic: Ema Peter
overall design. Clever use of lighting in
concert with overall design can greatly
enhance the experience of living in a
space.”
A commercial real estate services firm,
Avison Young’s headquarters includes a café
and several small meeting rooms. Fenton
comments: “Light can evoke a sense of
place if selected appropriately. Throughout
the project, our approach was to highlight
the different types of areas with feature
lighting. The goal was to create a different
feel for each of the types of areas within
the office. Given that the overall material
design was fairly consistent, varying the
quality and look of the lighting allowed
us to vary the mood of the spaces. The
café lighting was a bit more relaxed and
playful while in the boardroom we opted for
something more slick and badass.”
Studio B had a clear vision from the
beginning of what the lighting in the
boardroom should be like. “We were looking
for something unique that spoke specifically
to our client. This is why we chose Tokio’s
Carbon Light in the boardroom – it’s
evocative of a high end well-tuned racing
bike; fast, efficient, cutting edge design and
very, very slick.” Through the intelligent
use of lighting, studio B succeeded in
highlighting the client’s nature as a dynamic
agency.
This energetic office project serves as
an example of the power and versatility
of decorative lighting to define a room’s
personality. With dynamic lighting features,
a working environment is brought to life to
reflect the nature of its employees and the
philosophy of the company.
www.studiobarchitects.ca
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The Core of Excellence

New York-based interior design studio Kati Curtis Design, tapped into
educational non-profit firm Educators4Excellence’s refreshing and motivated
professional approach, to create a stimulating working environment with the
Big Apple at its core.

Rapidly growing educational non-profit an abundance of natural light. With such

organisation Educators4Excellence reached
out to Kati Curtis Design (KCD) to create a
new office space that would accommodate
their national and local headquarters in
New York City. Principle designer Kati
Curtis met Educators4Excellence’s CEO at
a tradeshow in New York, which marked
the beginning of a synergistic design
relationship that grew into the space they
now occupy in downtown Manhattan.
As an advocate organisation for teachers,
the client’s mission was serious – crystal
clear, modern and clean. The CEO wanted
a budget-friendly space that would be
a sanctuary for working, training and
supporting teachers not only in New York,
but throughout the country. Clean lines,
raw concrete floors, good lighting and
ergonomic furniture were of paramount
importance.
Located in New York’s Wall Street area, the
decision was made to gut the space down
to the raw structure. Keeping the original
concrete floors and exposed ceilings opened
up the space to city views, allowing in
a clean slate to work from, Curtis chose
to exploit the organisation’s gestural
apple logo as the key recurring element
throughout the office.
“I envisioned millions of apples surrounding
you as you enter the space,” said Curtis.
The New York designer used the apples in
different ways to define areas by printing
them along glass partition perimeters, while
still allowing light into the interior. The café
and lounge areas feature David Trubridge’s
Floral pendants with a yellow interior
hanging above oak tables and tree stump
coffee tables. These spaces double as work/
meeting spaces where the lighting creates
an energising link with the furniture.
The decorative pendants here work to
reinstate the company’s logo shape and
foundations of its modern, clean aesthetics.
The project proved a success with staff as
a playful yet productive space that evokes
the organisation’s mission of advocacy and
unification.
www.katicurtisdesign.com
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Into the Woods...

King, creator of Candy Crush and one of the world’s leading
game development companies, appointed Adolfsson & Partners
to work with lighting practice ÅF Lighting on finding nature a
home within its new office, K36, in Stockholm, Sweden.
Pics: Joachim Belaieff
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Originally designed by German architect
Cyrillus Johansson, the building in which
the K36 office resides is a striking brick
structure influenced by North German
brick architecture in the turn of the 20th
century. Since its construction in 1931,
the building has been home to numerous
professions, from a pastry-shop to a
Swedish bank. Now named after the office’s
address, Kungsgatan 36, K36 stands at the
intersection of two of Stockholm’s major
streets, surrounded by a vibrant crossing in
a district that now works as a melting pot
for the media industry.
Swedish interiors and building company
Adolfsson & Partners worked in close
collaboration with lighting practice ÅF
Lighting and Czech interactive video
technology experts 3Dsense to develop
functional and ambitious concepts for
turning light into something unique.
Adolfsson & Partners was responsible for
the interior design and decorative lighting
scheme, while ÅF Lighting was responsible
for the architectural lighting design, and
developed interactive elements with
3Dsense.
Adolfsson & Partners recently worked
for King on creating its other office at
Sveavagen in Stockholm, which resulted in a
unique and inspirational place full of colour
and creativity with graphics from King’s
world of games.
Founder of Adolfsson & Partners Hans
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Adolfsson commented on how the King
offices differ: “In comparison to the other
office, K36 was developed for a team that
creates more realistic looking games and
therefore the concept of the venue follows
that style.” For K36, the inspiration came
from Swedish nature – a place to be free in
both mind and spirit.
Working at King, where teams change
frequently depending on the project, the
office space needed to be flexible and
provide multiple places suited for all types
of operational methods. At the same time,
Adolfsson & Partners had to focus on how
King’s world is driven by creativity and
playfulness. As a company that constantly
uses energy and power to search for new

ideas, King needed an office to match that
drive.
K36’s interior from the entrance on ground
level to the lower level working zones is an
extraordinary combination of playfulness,
stimulation and calm. “With a strong vision
from Adam Schaub, King Studio Manager, we
took this project to heart and came up with
a concept that has its roots in the Swedish
forests,” said Adolfsson. “We decided we
wanted to apply the same inspiring and
calming effect that you get from spending
time in natural surroundings, to the new
King office. From the moment you step
inside the doors of K36, you are struck by
how this concept goes to the next level.”
The central idea to ÅF Lighting’s scheme
was to allow the light to create an inspiring
environment that felt natural and enhance
feelings, where darkness would also be
part of the experience. The light was to be
largely based on actual activities and work
done in the office as an honest interaction
with nature.
The reception wall, set off by Muuto’s
E27 pendants, is entirely covered in
treated Norwegian lichen, a type of moss,
immediately setting the tone for growth
and natural inspiration that progresses
throughout the entire office.
Head of Design at ÅF Lighting and project
Design Manager Kai Piippo commented: “This
foam-like wall actually made it very difficult
to fit lights. With the building construction
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Previous page K36 central forest space combines
architectural lighting and interactive video
technology with the natural flow of daylight flooding
in through the atrium sky light.
1. ateljé Lyktan’s bespoke desk lamps designed by
Mia Cullin at Adolfsson & Partners provide personal
task lighting for each desk space. 2. Dining area
featuring Zero’s Daikanyama pendants. 3. Creative
space where employees can experiment with a
variety of tools and games, inspired by the playful
shape of Muuto’s E27 pendants. 4. Interactive floor
designed in a collaborative effort between 3Dsense
and ÅF Lighting. 5. Frama’s E27 pendants add a
sparkle to the seating area of K36’s reception.
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time being only six weeks, we didn’t have
much time to question anything, so we had
to think fast in finding solutions.”
Walking past ice hockey tables and pinball
rooms with Zero’s Par table lamps, NUD
Collection’s BASE lampholder and textile
cables lead employees down the spiral stairs
to the working space, a setting enhanced
by painted plywood silhouettes of trees.
“Combine that with soft woven fabrics and
the result is both organic and sculptural,”
said Adolfsson. “This works well with the
colour theme of warm green and different
shades of grey on both floors, walls, textiles
and tables.”
Stepping into the working space at the lower
level, employees are greeted by greenery
where the concrete jungle of a city meets
the Swedish forest. Beneath an atrium
skylight, a digitally interactive forest uses
a combination of Crestron light control
solutions with the flow of natural light to
dark from overhead to create this organic,
digitally innovative scene that serves as a
meeting hub, a lunch spot or simply to spark
imagination. The forest uses lighting design
to reflect the changing seasons, so at the
touch of a button, wintry ice can appear to
crack in the river underfoot, or leaves turn
green in an abundant summer scape.
Main table in dining / kitchen area illuminated by a
linear arrangement of Frama’s E27 pendants.
Surrounding this indoor forest in an open
plan fashion are the office’s 121 work
spaces, each equipped with custom desk
lamps manufactured by ateljé Lyktan,
designed by Mia Cullin at Adolfsson
& Partners in collaboration with ÅF Lighting.
“Individuals can adjust lighting levels to
their own personal taste, and this has shown
to increase people’s well-being,” Adolfsson
told darc.
Employees can then walk through the forest
to reach the kitchen and dining area where
Moooi’s Salago pendants are suspended
above smaller tables, and Frama’s E27
pendants are arranged in a linear fashion
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down the main long table.
The office also houses fourteen private
meeting spaces, where Gubi’s Grossman
Cobra floor lamps provide adjustable and
personable illumination, continuing the
theme of natural adaptability in office
design and employee development. In
further encouragement of its employees’
natural growth and progression, K36’s
library serves as a space for people to
learn and develop as natural beings under
the illumination of Normann Copenhagen’s
Amp, Lightyears’ Carvaggio table lamps and
Wästberg’s Studioilse w084f floor lamps.
“When designing an office, it is important
to create a better and more human-centric
lighting solution,” said Adolfsson. “People
are spending more time in these spaces so
the lighting needs to meet the demands
in terms of flickering, glare and so on.”
Daylight shines in from the skylight above, casting
shadows across the interactive forest.
With telephone rooms housing Lampe Gras’ design details
No2010 and No213L wall lamps, and lounge
K36, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
areas for well earned rests, K36 is human- CLIENT: KING
centric through to its core. INTERIOR DESIGN: ADOLFSSON & PARTNERS
DECORATIVE LIGHTING DESIGN: ADOLFSSON &
The project stayed true to its original
PARTNERS
mission to create a unique office for King, a ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN: ÅF LIGHTING
company that wants its employees to think
about something other than work 25% of lighting specified
the time. Its lighting scheme is carefully ATELJÉ LYKTAN BESPOKE TABLE
thought out by humans, for humans, and CRESTRON CONTROL
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goes to great lengths to provide stimulating
FRAMA E27 PENDANT
comfort for people who create a global form GUBI GROSSMAN COBRA FLOOR
of entertainment. As an artificial design LAMPE GRAS NO210 WALL
LAMPE GRAS NO213L WALL
made possible by creative technology, K36 LIGHTYEARS CARVAGGIO TABLE
holds an immense amount of the natural MOOOI SALAGO PENDANT
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world within its manmade walls, serving as
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a reminder of the inescapable relationship NUD COLLECTION BASE LAMPHOLDER PENDANT AND
between humans and nature. TEXTILE CABLE
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Street Style
Outdoor advertising and street furniture designer Wall, settles into its new
SmartDigital office in Berlin, Germany, by creative studio IONDESIGN.
Pic: IONDESIGN

Berlin-based IONDESIGN focuses on 3D off and a staircase was opened again to

design across disciplines, connecting
interior design and architecture as well as
other forms of physical and digital design.
Aiming at the timeless utility in design, the
SmartDigital office in Berlin is no exception
to the studio’s focus in its flexible floor
plan and definitive lighting scheme.
Excluding the space on the ground level,
which is now occupied by the SmartDigital
office, Wall was already using a large part
of the building, so IONDESIGN was tasked
with connecting the new office to the rest
of the company headquarters. As such a
vibrant colour, the neon red entrance from
the street to SmartDigital demanded a
large amount of light; Slide’s Globo Hanging
pendants were selected to bring the space
to life, and stand out against the red
backdrop.
The entrance from the street was closed
access the new office space from the first
floor.
The red neon entrance opens into the
bar area where Muuto’s Unfold pendants
hang out in a playful yellow, contributing
to the lively atmosphere that IONDESIGN
set out to achieve, adding a splash of
colour to the interior while emitting an
atmospheric light. This lively part of the
office is placed in the most public area
to help partition the open plan structure,
highlighting the role decorative lighting
plays in departmentalising this popular type
of spatial office design.
SmartDigital’s yellow and red neon colours
were inspired by the ground floor venue’s
surrounding road traffic, and help to create
a lively atmosphere while increasing the
wellbeing of employees.
www.iondesign.de
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Luxury Construction
Turkish design firm ARTI Interior Architecture adorned building company
Osak's new head office in Ankara, Turkey, with the sparkling
elegance of Brand van Egmond's sculptures of light.
Pics: Fethi Magara

Through this project, ARTI Interior sculptural qualities,” commented Bilgic.

Architecture wanted to reflect Osak’s
personality as a Turkish building company
with a long history focussed on providing
quality service with cutting-edge
technology, and as such approached it with
function and elegance at the forefront of its
design.
Also working as a reflection of Osak’s
vision for its employees and work, lead
interior designer Ipek Toplu Bilgic worked
closely with architectural group Hatirli &
Hatirli to create a concept capitalising on
transparency, light and reflection.
Set back from the adjacent avenue, the
building’s most noticeable external feature
is the well-lit entrance that creates an
interesting and inviting welcome at first
glance. With different materials all coming
together in the front façade, the building
stands as an architectural statement that
reflects the ambition and capabilities of the
firm housed within.
Bilgic asked three partners to join her in
this project; a Turkish stained glass artist
Zehra Talay, a Turkish painter Funda Iyce,
and lighting supplier Tepta, which supported
Bilgic in creating a unique experience
through Brand van Egmond lighting
sculptures.
“I had used Brand van Egmond sculptures on
two residential projects before, and I chose
them again for this office because of their
The Hollywood chandelier and Crystal
Waters suspension lamp seen in both
galleries were chosen for their iconic
character and transparency.
Having designed both the interior and
exterior scheme of the office, Bilgic said:
“I placed Crystal Waters at the glass
entrance. At night, Osak leave the lights on
to enhance the night view of the building.
Crystal Waters creates a strong sculptural
image towards the whole exterior of the
front façade.”
Holding light as the most important aspect
of any interior, Biglic’s view towards
lighting in an office project emphasises its
significance in terms of personal impact.
“Lighting totally changes the ambiance of
an interior. If a working area doesn’t have
the right light, it decreases the motivation
of employees, especially in areas where
the light should be more homogenous than
bright.”
Brand van Egmond's sculptural pieces
selected in a collaborative effort between
ARTI and Tepta, work here to emit notions
of luxury, reflecting the style of Osak's
work and what it aims to achieve for its
employees and clients. Decorative lighting
is key in this portrayal for Osak's staff to be
surrounded by what they aim to create.
www.artiicmimari.com
www.tepta.com
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80's Revival
The Vaghe Stelle chandelier was originally created for Brasserie FLO in the early
80's by Santa & Cole, in collaboration with renowned architect and designer Antoni
de Moragas i Spa. Re-issued for 2016, as part of the brand's 30th anniversary, darc
takes a closer look at this significant historical design.
098 IN FOCUS
The Vaghe Stelle chandelier by Antoni de Moragas
i Spa (pictured left) was created specifically for
Brasserie FLO in 1982. Inspired both by medieval
architecture and the designs of the Viennese
Secessionists Joseph Maria Olbrich and Adolf Loos,
Vaghe Stelle also has literay roots, taking its name
from Giacomo Leopardi's poem Le Ricordanze, which
refers to the Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa.
Founded in 1985 by Nina Maso, Gabriel
Ordeig and Javier Nieto, Barcelona-based
lighting brand Santa & Cole has, over the
last three decades, developed an impressive
catalogue of contemporary and historic
lighting by Spanish and internationally
recognised designers.
As part of its 30th anniversary celebrations,
this year, the company has reissued its
Vaghe Stelle chandelier, originally designed
in collaboration with renowned architect
Antoni de Moragas i Spa.
The son of architect Antoni de Moragas i
Gallissa - one of the leading figures in the
architectural renovation of post-war Spain,
and one of the cornerstones of modernity
- Antoni de Moragas i Spa has won several
awards for architecture and interior design
during his career and has, throughout,
combined his work as an architect with
teaching, and interior and furniture design.
Reflecting on the Vaghe Stelle's roots,
he tells darc how the initial brief for the
chandelier arrived when he received a
commission from restaurant owner Jean Paul
Bucher, to convert an old textile warehouse
in Barcelona into a restaurant – the Brasserie
FLO.
“I was in charge of the overall design of
the restaurant and our relationship was
a positive experience from the outset,”
Moragas tells darc. “He was very open to my
proposals, apart from the lighting initially.
My design included a series of white glass
globes to which Bucher said: ‘Monsieur
Moragas: pas de boules’ (Mr Moragas, no
balls). And so, he provided the solution –
'create the lighting yourself.' That was how
the Vaghe Stelle came to be.”
Inspired both by medieval architecture and
the designs of Viennese Secessionists Joseph
Maria Olbrich and Adolf Loos, Vaghe Stelle

also has literary roots, taking its name from
Giacomo Leopardi’s poem Le Ricordanze,
which refers to the Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa
(the vague stars of the Big Dipper).
Commenting on the reinvention of the Vaghe
Stelle for today’s market, Santa & Cole's
Nina Maso tells darc: “We had to adapt the
fixture to the requirements of new markets
and one of the main challenges was to
simplify the lamp assembly and installation
process. It is a simple design that boils down
to the essentials - this is what makes it a
timeless piece.”
Maso strongly believes that a designer is the
guardian of the vision of their work and as
such, when it came to bringing this fixture
back to life Moragas worked closely with the
Santa and Cole team to ensure Vaghe Stelle
was released according to his vision and
specifications.
“A designer should always create products
that are not too prescriptive and can live
well in a variety of settings,” says Moragas.
“Vaghe Stelle was never designed to be
fashionable.”
And because of this, the chandelier is still
suited to the same kind of projects it was
initially intended - whether it’s a lobby of
some kind, restaurants or public spaces -
even homes, thanks to its warmth that can
create a very welcoming ambience.
“The Vaghe Stelle light was first made in
the 1980s and back then it was a practically
unknown design,” adds Maso. “Part of our
work at Santa & Cole is to rediscover and
recover historical designs to put them back
on the market. The reason why Vaghe Stelle
is in our 2016 catalogue is because we
believe that new generations will understand
and appreciate this magnificent design. We
want to give it a second life.”
“Santa & Cole has a catalogue of design
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‘classics’ and I am delighted my light has
been added,” continues Moragas. “It’s a
huge honour and I hope it reflects how I
approach all of my work in design and in
architecture. Things should stand the test of
time and it would never occur to me to have
one ‘signature design’. I design with the aim
of answering a question that I put to myself
with each different brief that I take on.
“Light in my projects plays the same role
as colour… It is the only thing that can
be drawn. I would say my use of light is
cinematic.
“Today the world is a democratic place.
There are more people, more ideas are
shared and there is greater awareness about
design. The re-edition of Vaghe Stelle is an
example of that.”
www.antonidemoragas.com
www.santacole.com
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South Bank Tower

LONDON, UK
South Bank Tower is a three-bedroom, 220sqm duplex show
apartment in a west-facing corner on South Bank Tower’s 36th
and 37th floors, planned around a double-height living space. The
apartment’s spectacular views, including the evening sunset over
London’s west end, inspired the rich colour scheme. The dramatic
hanging sculpture in the living space was designed by Goddard
Littlefair and refracts warm hues across the space as its catches
the sun’s light. Given the apartment’s grand proportions and
generous natural light, the lighting scheme was primarily designed
to create intimacy and a human-scale.

folio
Our regular feature highlighting the
importance of decorative lighting in
the work of a lighting design practice
or interior designer. This issue, we
present Goddard Littlefair.

Founded in 2012 by Martin Goddard

and Jo Littlefair, Goddard Littlefair
quickly established a reputation for
elegant and highly-accomplished
interior schemes. The company’s UK
and international client base includes
high-end residential developers,
private home-owners and major hotel, Hilton Hotel
spa and hospitality operators. Its
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
founders are experienced hands who
know their craft with a reputation The Hilton Budapest was refurbished for the first time since the 1970s when Goddard
for bespoke interior design and for Littlefair won the commission to redesign its public spaces. Located in the city centre
providing a service to clients who seek alongside St Matthias Church, the hotel’s new interior brings a new light and elegant
out an attentive, practical and flexible contemporaneity to the public spaces. Lighting and bespoke art installations play a
attitude. In 2015, Goddard Littlefair’s major role, helping to create zoned areas with a particular feel, from the reception
residential work won both a London area drama of the bespoke triple-tiered, scallop-edged chandeliers to the elegant
Evening Standard Property Award and floor lamps in the lounge space, where the lights help illuminate the gold and silver
a British Sunday Times Homes Award, sculpture above, designed by Hungarian artist Sándor Oláh.
whilst its revamp of the Hilton Hotel
in Budapest took Gold for Hospitality
Interiors at the London Design Awards.
The firm prides itself on the quality
of its award-winning schemes and on
having a true understanding of the
workings of the luxury market.
www.goddardlittlefair.com

If you’re an interior or lighting

designer with an eye for decorative
lighting and have projects worth
sharing, contact Editor Helen on:
h.fletcher@mondiale.co.uk
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Private Residential
LONDON, UK
This central London penthouse apartment was designed for an international family,
who divide their time between London and their Mediterranean home. The overall
brief for the scheme was to be ‘bold, elegant, timeless and sumptuous’. Glamour was
also a key requisite, with feature lighting to be used throughout including a two-tier
Pentagon rectangular chandelier by Bella Figura over the dining table, whilst the
master bedroom features the Arctic Pear chandelier (pictured right) from Ochre,
weighing in at 56kg with pear-shaped, solid glass elements.

Southbank Place
LONDON, UK
Featured in issue #14 of darc, the
Southbank Place development brings
luxury riverside living, integrated
office space and affordable
housing to the South Bank. As well
as designing parts of the overall
scheme, Goddard Littlefair designed
the Marketing Suite, located in the
former Grade II*-listed County Hall
building, including the former private
offices of one-time GLC Leader Ken
Livingstone. The Marketing Suite is
made up of a reception, sales rooms,
Gleneagles Hotel apartment mock-ups and a dedicated
exhibition suite. Architectural
PERTHSHIRE, SCOTLAND
lighting here was created
The company’s most recently-completed project is comprised of almost 30 suites and
together with lighting designers
estate rooms for the world-famous Gleneagles Hotel. Lighting in the bedrooms is a
DesignPlusLight, to illuminate the
combination of central chandeliers, lamps and wall lights, whilst the linking corridors
exhibition’s self-supporting steel
are lit by a series of bespoke brass-and-glass lanterns and wall lights, with the corridor
structure (which couldn’t touch
walls themselves lined with top-lit picture rails, showing artwork hanging down on
the listed building fabric), clad
antique brass chains, including botanical prints, geographical maps and old plans of
with leather panels and brass-rod-
the building. Each bedroom door also features a bespoke lantern highlighting the room
detailing.
number.
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The Magical Flame

The Plumen 003 - created with sheer beauty in mind.
Not intended to blend into the background, the lamp's creator
Nicolas Roope gives darc the inside story on what could be,
'the most beautiful lamp in the world'.

What would the world’s best lamp do? This is
the question British design company Plumen
found itself asking five years ago when it
began work on its latest lamp release - the
003. The answer? “It would make you and
everything around you, look beautiful.”
Reinventing the future of lighting, Plumen
has launched a ‘shade in a bulb’, a hybrid,
new format of lamp that tames the glare of
LED light while putting the magical flame
back in. Giving a warm, cosy glow around
the sides and a bright clear light on the
surface below, the 003 is a practical yet
beautiful light. Plumen’s Co-founder and
Creative Director, Nicolas Roope takes darc
back to the beginning…
“When we launched the Plumen 001 we
wanted to create the first beautiful low
energy lamp because, quite frankly, every
efficient lamp up until that point was
boring, ugly and utilitarian. We made
the first designer lamp in the low energy
category and it worked very well.
“When we started with the 003 project five
years ago we knew we’d have to set the bar
higher. Going as far as creating the most
attractive LED lamp would have been an
easier goal, but we wanted to go further.
“The reason Plumen started was to try
and inspire the general public to choose
efficient lighting technology through the
allure of beautiful design. We’ve sold over
half a million products but have only really
scratched the surface. The reason being,
that the traditional filament lamp is such
a fantastic product and lighting experience
that it’s an incredibly hard act to follow.”
Having spent two years researching
developments in LED technology and how
different brands were trying to recreate the
beauty of incandescent lighting, designer
Claire Norcross worked with the Plumen
design team to shape the lamp envelope and
element silhouettes.
“We wanted to improve the look, the light
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experience, its ‘real world’ efficiency, as well as the standard benefits of moving to LED,”
says Roope.
At Plumen the idea is to revolutionise formats and as such R&D takes a very different
course and really starts at the fundamental questions about how different
technologies, materials and formats interact. “What we’re trying to find is the
kernel of something really interesting and powerful at its essence, and therefore
something that can scale and range across products whilst maintaining a certain
quality of look and lighting experience.”
While previous Plumen products have worked within the scope of existing
production methods for lamp manufacturing, with the 003 some elements
needed to be sourced from other sectors because of the unique materials
and processes. One of the things the team kept going back to when
contemplating the beauty of the incandescent was how the light
really appears to burn in the heart of the lamp. “When you read
old quotes from around the times of the Edison lamps you realise
how magical and mesmerising they were (and still are),” says
Roope. “Many described how the glowing elements seemed like
it burned like a small slice of the sun.”
As such, a principle part of Plumen’s ambition was to create
something that felt like a really convincing element that
appeared to burn and that convinced the eye that it was alive.
“Many still complain of the coldness and flatness of LED and our
thesis believes this is because, on inspection, LED lamps don’t
feel magical.
“We got to a point where we’d created metallic elements that
were incredibly beautiful but lacked something. The surface
needed to spread the light across, so the silhouette of the
element shape would appear more full from a distance. The
reflected light lacked texture and some of this illusive magical
quality we wanted to create. We started playing with making
impressions onto the parts, which on one hand drew the light
out across the surface and on the other created a very ornate
and interesting effect on the reflected light.”
It was at this stage that jewellery designer Marie-Laure Giroux
worked with the Plumen design team to fine tune the element
faceting design and colour and material surface texture.
Now jewellery might seem like a very different discipline to
lighting design but it’s much closer than you think according to
Roope.
“A jeweller must work with many of the same qualities of light
as we do in lighting. Reflection in both metals and precious stones
and the optical effects refraction and internal reflection have in cut
stones. A great jewellery designer manages all these qualities, working
in the different colours and textures of each material. So a jewellery
designer IS a lighting designer. And as we wanted to create some magic in
our element, involving a jeweller in the production made a lot of sense.”
While the look and feel of the 003 lamp were of upmost importance to
Plumen, creating the ‘best lamp in the world’ meant delicately balancing
aesthetics and technology in order to make a product that progresses on as many
fronts as possible. “The 003 had to look as fantastic as it could but also perform
as well as possible, and of course be delivered at a relatively affordable price,” says
Roope.
“These issues are often in tension but it doesn’t mean they have to fight each other,”
continues Roope. “We’ve seen many products come to market that look great but don’t work
as well or the other way around. If you want to tick every box it’s a tougher brief but you can
get there, it just takes more time, more exploration, more imagination, more trials. What I love
about the Plumen 003 is how it’s a beautiful but very useable product that reconciles looks and use
perfectly.”
So how does the 003 work? How has Plumen balanced aesthetics with technology? The light output
from the LED chip, which is mounted in the 003’s lamp base is managed by a structured optic that carries
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light through the centre of the metallic
elements. Some of the light is kicked off by
refracting sections of the beam onto each
metal element. The light is also bounced on
the golden faceted material, providing an
indirect light source to the user that is both
lower in intensity and also warmer in colour
than the source, creating a beautiful image
and a very flattering light on skin, much like
candlelight.
The majority of the lumens however, make it
out of the end of the optic and flow onto the
surface beneath, providing an even 2,700K
light – a really balanced warm white light
that illuminates food, drinks, books and so
on.
“So it provides the general ambience of
a dimmed incandescent with the bright,
task orientated spot,” says Roope. “And it
creates a really strong architectural accent
light with a hard-working spot, so will allow
specifiers to create a completely different
environment and lighting effect.”
Describing the lamp’s construction and
method for distributing light as ‘unique in
LED products', Roope says: “We’ve seen
most LEDs settle into using either general
diffusion or optical distribution in their
approach to taking directional light sources
and making them omnidirectional, and of
course with filament LEDs spreading the
chips out themselves to enable the light
to spread out. We have taken a unique
approach that combines optical control with
reflection that has been resolved by the way
we use the optics as structural components
to hang the elements so no shadows are
cast.”
With so much choice in the ‘designer energy
saving lamp’ category, Plumen has created a
fixture that is much more luxurious in both
its look and effect in comparison to other
products in the market. “We wanted to do
something spectacular so allowed the costs
to follow this ambition,” says Roope. “If the
003 goes as well as we hope, then we will
look to launch different colour and material
variants to create very different looks and
experiences. And we’ll also look at adapting
the construction into many different formats
to work across different styles and interior
treatments.”
Reflecting on the project, Roope describes
the most significant part of the journey,
telling darc: “I think it was the first time
I saw all the elements coming together.
There’s been a full team working together
on this and those long runs in the dark are
challenging. You’re sharing a vision that
no one else can see yet and it’s their trust
in you alone that keeps things moving.
But then, when things fall into place and
everyone can start to see where it’s going
it’s a huge boost.
“When we started firing up the first working
prototypes it was a similar situation, we
could see how special the feeling was from
our theoretical assumptions and beliefs. The
first time we set the final production models
properly - above our meeting table - was
for Prince Andrew’s visit to Plumen in the
spring of 2016. It was wonderful sharing our
journey for the first time with the Duke, but
the atmosphere in the room the 003 created
was incredible and really created a positive
conversational atmosphere. It was at this
moment I knew we’d created something
special.”
www.plumen.com
Previous page Looking up into the 003 lamp from
beneath. The lamp gives a warm, cosy glow around
the sides and a bright clear light on the surface.
This page Plumen created metallic elements that
were incredibly beautiful but lacked something and
so they played with making impressions into the
parts, which on one hand drew the light out across
the surface and on the other created a very ornate
and interesting effect on the reflected light.
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Finding 'The One'...

When it came to lighting the 2017 Pronovias bridal fashion show, lighting
designer David Monguet knew he needed something extra, that show stopping
moment... And so, making it's onstage debut, we introduce ByBeau's Dimple.
Pics: Jordi Anguera

Marriage is a moment that stands as a system designed by Beau McClellan and

symbol, a union, a meeting of minds.
Creating that ‘moment’ is fittingly
collaborative, as families unite and artists
of all disciplines work towards that special
day… And at the centre of it all, the dress.
The launch of the Pronovias 2017 bridal
collection in Barcelona, Spain, reflects
what a wedding dress symbolises; a meeting
of minds distilled in a moment of magical
intimacy, suspended amidst a breath-taking
spectacle. Working to create a beautiful
backdrop that enhanced and showed off the
stunning wedding gowns, the lighting for
the show saw talents and the meeting of
minds from lighting designer David Monguet,
Beau McClellan of ByBeau, Rebeca Sanchez
of LEDScontrol and Sarah Cortes of Studio
Cortes.
Working together, the team looked to
capture the emotion of ‘that’ moment,
‘that’ dress underneath a shimmering
sky of light that makes use of ByBeau’s
Dimple installation - a modular lighting
manufactured, built and tested, in full-scale
for pre-programming ahead of the show, by
Climar at its HAB50 R&D facility in Portugal.
Born from contrasting inspirations, Dimple
is an interpretation of both dramatic
engineering spectacle and the most intimate
of emotions.
Dimple's roots are in McClellan’s earlier
project Reflective Flow, comprised of hand-
ground crystals, each shrouded by concave
glass and finished with a unique reflective
coating. Invisible behind this glittering body
was a state-of-the-art system of individually
controllable LEDs. Each crystal was fully
independent to create shifting tides of
colour, shape and light; when illuminated
the reflective surfaces become either fully
or semi-transparent, bursting alive with
waves of light in an unmatchable expression
of movement; a unique sensory expression.
Dimple incorporates similar upgraded
features, a plug and play RGBW chip,
specially designed for its unique palate
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of colours and to give total control over

each unit – giving true interactivity; with
different moods and ambiences reactive to
a range of stimuli. Different temperatures
and movements are interpreted and
expressed by Dimple to create an art
installation of unlimited variability. When
turned on, the two-way mirror-coated finish
unveils an extra interior hand-blown glass
ball.
Speaking with darc about the collaborative
process for the Pronovias show, McClellan
said: “The introduction with Pronovias
came through Rebeca, she’s an old friend
and we have worked on other installations
together over the years. When she got the
phone call from Pronovias’ lighting designer
David Monguet, she immediately thought of
Dimple and it moved from there really.
1
“I had never really thought about Dimple
being used on a stage, so in that sense
this project was really unique. Dimple was
originally designed as a bespoke piece but
the fact it can also be used as an amazing
set piece or in its simplest form as a single
pendant light, really shows its potential.
“The brief was the sky, in keeping with the
title of the show, and we had about a month
to pull everything together. The number
of Dimples required kept increasing - we
started with just 500, then it jumped to
1,000 and we ended up with 1,500 for the
final installation. At this point we hadn’t
ever designed Dimple as a rental kit so we
also had to design flight cases so it could be
transported safely and built up quickly. We
really had to consider how it was all going
to work logistically.
“Once we had decided on the number of
Dimples required, we then had to look at
what was required for the catwalk and
2
considered lots of different designs. Getting
it right and making a final decision before
we shipped to the venue was key, as we
didn’t want to have to start changing things
once on site - also, Rebeca required a final
full 3D model for progamming. Everything
had to be built at Climar's cutting edge R&D
department HAB50 in Portugal first. This
is also where the hanging structure for the
Dimple installation was developed.
It was pretty full on and we had to work

1. Moving heads were used by lighting designer

David Monguet to bring a new dynamic, that hand't
been realised before, to the Dimple installation.
2. When switched on, the pioneering two-way
mirror-coated finish used for Dimple, unveils an extra
interior hand-blown glass ball. 3. A total of 1,500
Dimples were used for the Pronovias 2017 fashion
3 show in Barcelona.
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hard to pull it off, but we got there.”
The Dimple installation created specifically
for Pronovias, reflects the brand’s message
of luxury and glamour. The idea of using a
light installation was something very new
for a catwalk show, as the lighting is usually
hidden in the ceiling, so for McClellan, this
project has really opened up the possibilities
of incorporating Dimple on stage.
At the start of the fashion show the
audience were presented with the Dimple
installation at stage level, hovering just a
few centimetres above the mirrored catwalk
floor, before being lifted up so the dresses
could take centre stage.
“A couple of things happened during set up
that made us realise the full potential of
Dimple,” continued McClellan. “When we
started working with David we discovered
that Dimple’s mirror-coated finish absorbs
light as well as reflecting it, so this brought
a different dimension again – it became
something really spectacular as David used
moving heads to externally light the Dimples
so we could change the colour – what could
be achieved by combining all the different
elements was amazing.”
Having been awarded a Design Plus Award
at this year’s Light + Building in Frankfurt,
and Best Decorative Lighting product at the
2015 darc awards, this latest collaboration
with one of the top international bridal
designers, is further reinforcement of
Dimple’s unique qualities and versatility.
“Dimple has been a massively collaborative
product to realise,” said McClellan, “and
here again, for Pronovias, it required
multidisciplinary management to involve
specialists like David Monguet and Studio
Cortes to create the magnificent stage
lighting and set design.
All of this working towards capturing
the emotion of the moment, stunningly
demonstrated as each beautiful dress was
presented underneath a shimmering sky of
Dimple stars.”
www.bybeau.com
www.climar.pt
www.ledscontrol.com
www.studio-cortes.com
www.linkedin.com/in/davidmonguet
Model Irina Shayk looks stunning under a sky of
Dimple stars. The installation was created with
the Pronovias bridal brand specifically in mind,
reflecting the gowns' beauty and glamour.
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northmodern Review
August 18-20 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Big Bubble
Alex de Witte
Every Big Bubble is unique and mouth
blown in the Czech Republic, with the glass
blowers twisting their skills further each
time until the bubble almost collapses.
They are initially available in three
different sizes; a premature safe mini
bubble, a confident medium bubble, and an
extreme big bubble.
www.alexdewitte.nl
Chlorophilia
Artemide
Chlorophilia is a new project by Ross
Lovegrove showing his signature approach
to organic and fluid forms. It is highly
scenic with a light suspension appliance,
which when switched on unveils a contrast
of delicate shades interacting with space to
complete it. The central body emits indirect
light, filtered by three clear surfaces.
www.artemide.com
Dutch Exhibitor Ribbons
Studio Truly Truly
In efforts to boost Dutch design exports,
northmodern worked with the Dutch
embassy and curator of the show's Dutch
collection Signe Nørgaard to highlight
the Dutch exhibitors throughout the fair.
Together they commissioned Studio Truly
Truly to devise an interesting signifier
that could double as a way-finding system
during the show. Aware that anything too
eye-catching would draw attention away
from the exhibitor's stands, Studio Truly
Truly were inspired by the way people pin a
small ribbon to their shirt as a way to show
support for a cause. They used the idea of a
ribbon that could be positioned just outside
each exhibitor's space. The result is a
hanging light sculpture composed of curled
ribbons of mesh covered in a repeating
pattern of the words ‘dutch exhibitor’.
www.northmodern.com
Volta T
Estiluz
Volta T is a suspension lamp with a curved
black metallic body, cylindrical aluminium
heads and acrylic lens diffusers, all
suspended by transparent nylon cables.
Volta T is customisable with adjustable
height and users can create their own
design combining two models to suit their
space.
www.estiluz.com

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1. Bottle Green
Haeng
Bottle Green consists of a six metre fabric
cord, an incandescent lamp, a walnut
socket, an oak logo gem, a bullet of merino
wool, a wenge hexagon and a cork ball.
With all materials crafted in Scandinavia,
Bottle Green is inspired by the green
movement and urban garden culture in
Copenhagen.
www.haeng.dk
4. Spider
Studio Italia Design
Spider is a small bright pearl designed to
give every room a unique contemporary
atmosphere. Available in a variety of
finishes including gold, chrome, white and
rose gold, Spider is majestic when arranged
in compositions that spread along the
ceiling, as a spider reaching the right areas
with evenly distributed light.
www.studioitaliadesign.com
2. Core
New Works
Core Table lamp exudes honesty with its
rough surfaces and contemporary form. Its
precise production is coupled with a raw
blue granite composition, as its crystals
shimmer under the illuminated light. As if
cut directly from the earth, Core brings a
refined slice of Norway's rugged landscape
into the home.
www.newworks.dk
5. Lollipop
Studio Thier & van Daalen
The Lollipop leaning lamp is a product that
fits in any corner that needs a bit of light.
Because of the natural strength of glass
and of the two flat sides, the glass object
can be easily placed in the corner leaning
between two walls. Unique and handmade
in the Netherlands, the RGB LED offers a
variety of colours.
www.thiervandaalen.com
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3. Edison
Kemikaze
Kemikaze is a Scandinavian design company,
inspired by equipment used in scientific
work. Edison is a table lamp with a large
globe bulb, that celebrates the inventor
of the lamp, Thomas Edison. The lamp is
held by the original labstand, which brings
the lamp into focus, making it simple in a
surprising way.
www.kemikaze.dk
6. Collect
ferm LIVING
ferm LIVING's interchangeable lighting
system allows users to create customised
looks. Offered in a fully compatible series
of multiple shapes and colours, Collect
Lighting allows users to select a lampshade,
pair with a chosen socket pendant, and add
the series' decorative brass ring to complete
the design.
www.fermliving.com
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Show Home Heaven

Inspired by the creativity of northmodern exhibitors, the fair’s Brand Ambassador and
Creative Consultant Birgit Tarp designed the interior of the Bellakvarter’s showhome in
the emerging neighbourhood surrounding the Bella Centre.
Pics: Kim Wendt

Adjacent to the Bella Centre exhibition
hall that hosts progressive trade fairs
such as northmodern is Copenhagen’s new
neighbourhood in the making, Bellakvarter.
With the Bellakvarter’s Bellarækkerne
collection of townhouses aiming to be
completed by December, a show home
has been decorated in just 48 hours by
northmodern Brand Ambassador and
Creative Consultant, Birgit Tarp of Design
Circus. For one hour on Friday August 19,
the newly completed show home was open
to northmodern’s visitors, and is said to
have already lured in potential buyers.
Inspired by the classic Copenhagen
residential district, Kartoffelrækkerne in
Copenhagen’s Østerbro, Bellarækkerne’s
townhouses boast a sustainable approach to
a quality of life surrounded with a focus on
good design. As founder of her own brand
Design Circus and working as northmodern’s
Creative Consultant since 2014, Tarp's work
had been positively received by the fair’s
director Kristian Andersen, who asked if she
would like to manage the project for Danish
construction company Solstra.
“As owner of Design Circus, I know most of
the brands that exhibit at northmodern,”
Tarp tells darc. “I work with interior design,
decoration and visual concepts in my studio,
which was established in 2004, so I am well
informed about trends and products, and
have well-established contact with most of
northmodern’s business partners, which was
very valuable for this project.”
With lighting as one of Tarp’s favourite
aspects of interior design, Bellarækkerne’s
show home features choice fixtures that
add the essential details to complete the
Danish atmosphere referred to as hyggelig –
something similar to cosy but which has no
direct translation in English. “Lighting plays
an extremely important role in my interior
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designs, especially here in the north where
we have long winter periods of darkness and
short days with limited natural light. I try to
use warm and functional lighting for each
room to offer a cosy and holistic lighting
and interior scheme.”
Entering into the open plan kitchen and
dining area, natural light floods through
glass doors at both ends of the space. In
small houses such as this, it’s essential
that the lighting fixture doesn’t occupy
too much space or block out any natural
light. Resident’s Hex pendant fits this brief
perfectly as its hexagonal shape and hollow
centre allows natural light to pass through
the actual fixture while a warm blow
emanates from underneath.
Tarp chose her fixtures with this notion
of space in mind, while also considering a
variation in colour scales within each room.
Venturing up to the second floor, Resident’s
Parison pendant designed by Nat Cheshire
complements the purple hues of the
furniture as a glass pendant, mouth blown
from a mixture of black and clear glass. Its
surface is a fluid gradient from opaque to
transparent, again allowing natural light
to flow through when turned off. “I chose
some black fixtures to give a graphic edge
to certain areas of the interior,” said Tarp.
“The result has to always be harmonious
and accommodating – especially in a private
home where you have to feel comfortable
and relaxed in your everyday life.”
The living room also features Friends and
Founders’ La Lampe black floor lamp, which
offers an elegant outline and solid form.
This can be used as a reading lamp, and
adds to the atmosphere that Resident’s
Parison creates.
Also on this floor is a spacious and bright
home office where Spant Studio’s A-Frame
AA Desk, with an integrated linear LED,
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sits in the middle of the room to encourage
an open and welcoming working space.
“Lighting is an incorporated element of
the AA Desk," continues Tarp. "Instead of
having to place a lamp in a corner, AA Desk
offers homogenous and even lighting for
the entire work area. The power saving LED
light is incorporated into the wooden beam
connecting the two iconic AA frames.”
On the third and final floor, the family
bedrooms add the final touches to make
this show house a home. Both as bright
and spacious as the rest of the house, the
main bedroom features Tom Dixon’s Melt
chrome pendant suspended above the bed.
Its unique silhouette and intricate swirling
patterns are the result of an advanced
process of vacuum moulding. Creating
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refractions of light, the metallised finish
has a smooth, shiny surface that reflects
exterior lighting when turned off – a mirror
finish that when not in use turns translucent
once light is emitted from its interior or
displayed in full daylight.
Finally, the kids room houses New Work’s
Lantern pendant in frosted white opal glass.
Inspired by the Chinese rice paper lamp, the
frosted glass replicates a soft illumination
that complements the abundance of natural
daylight.
In just two working days, Tarp completed
a holistic and functional interior design
for this show home over which she had
complete free reign. “There was only the
brief about the practical function of each
room, so it had to have a living room, dining
Previous page The second floor living room uses
Resident’s Parison pendant and Friends and Founders’
La Lampe floor lamp to offer a comfortable ambiance
without detracting from the natural daylight.
1. Open plan living and dining room uses Resident’s
Hex pendant above the dining table to provide
illuminatoin without clutter. 2. Spant Studio’s AA
desk with integrated linear LED. 3. Kids’ room
featuring New Works’ Lantern pendant offers a soft
illumination in a bright room.
room, two bathrooms, two bedrooms and a
home office. As an interior designer, I really
appreciated this freedom.”
The style of her firm Design Circus emanates
from this project in bringing energy, warmth
and tranquility to people. “Furniture and
lighting need to make promises to each
other,” says Tarp, and that is exactly what
this show home does. It makes a promise
to prospective buyers that there is enough
room in a small townhouse to live amongst
desired collections of designer furniture and
lighting without being cluttered, making the
safe the personal and paramount decision of
buying a new home.
www.designcircus.dk
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Very Important Pendants

northmodern’s VIP lounge brought a futuristic display of light to the show by
Danish designer and northmodern exhibitor Xenia Lassen of 3DLightworks.

Xenia Lassen is the Danish artist and
northmodern exhibitor under brand name
3DLightworks, whose work was chosen
by northmodern Brand Ambassador and
Creative Consultant Birgit Tarp, to offer the
Danish show’s VIP guests a glimpse into the
future of light.
Lassen works with large scale light
installations that touch on a futuristic
way of using light to fill rooms, while
northmodern is equally progressive in its
aesthetic design and calibre of exhibitors.
Lassen said: “northmodern is a very
creative, open space that embraces quality
and future in modern living. As an artist, I
have a vision for the future where light fills
homes and public spaces even more and in
a new way.”
northmodern’s VIP lounge featured three of
Lassen’s progressive pieces. Arc of Reality
steals guests’ attention on entrance with a
shimmering rainbow effect above the coffee
table. The piece is made in transparent
acrylic and radiant plexiglass, while Piece
of Heaven, hangs in front of a white wall
to leave a futuristic pattern of refracted
colour on the floor. Made in transparent
acrylic and dichroic glass, the three
coherent parts create a rhythm, which
together with the material, transmit and
reflect light and colours in inner luminous
patterns.
Finally, Message features coloured neon
tubes fixed to a supporting structure in
transparent acrylic. Its open structure
allows all eighteen colours to be seen at the
same time, while the multi-coloured light is
perceived as white.
Making huge lamps in transparent materials
that turn light into colours, Lassen’s idea
is to free as much light as possible while
emphasising its beauty. Each lamp is a
colour phenomena that changes with the
light in the room and the angle of the
viewer.
Her creations bring complex structures
and beauty into a simple unity of light that
changes a room. The sizes of the lamps
are variable and aim to fill rooms as well
as people. “To me, art is about putting
out clues for the future that are worth
following. As an avant-garde artist I am
attracted to art that works through its
practical function as well as its wonders and
phenomena.”
www.xenialassen.com
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Maison et Objet Review
September 2-6 2016, Paris, France
Knot
Brokis
Knot is a collection of stately pendant lights
by Italian design studio Chiaramonte Marin,
which has a passion for objects intended
as industrial products. Knot apposes two
dramatically dissimilar materials; the design
combines coarse natural fibre with smooth,
transparent blown glass to arouse a contrast
as striking as it is dignified.
www.brokis.cz
U7
Arpel
U7 is part of the U-SERIES, a family of
several suspensions. The creation of this
collection is based on a single U-shaped
module manufactured in extruded
aluminum. The LEDs, placed in outer
periphery of the U, emit a warm, soft,
powerful light whose intensity can be easily
adjusted to suit the desired atmosphere.
www.arpel-lighting.com
Light as material
What is light in architecture?
Lighting designers of I.C.O.N. Akari
- Lisa Ishii and Motoko Ishii joined
Christine Blanchet, Editorial Coordinator
of architecture and design practice
archiSTORM, to discuss the importance
of light in revealing space, shapes and
material form.
Presenting itself in various ways, light is an
element that is inseparable from design. It
is either a requirement or a constraint, and
controlling it sometimes demands specific
knowledge.
This round table session, organised to
coincide with the publication of Les 101
Mots de la Lumière dans l’Architecture
(Archibooks, 2016), brought together people
who attempt to control this natural material
or to create it artificially—architects, light
designers, manufacturers, and artists.
www.maison-objet.com
Incalmo
Artemide
Designed by Carlotta Bevilacqua, Incalmo
arose from the initial concept of an optical,
thermal and technological machine where
every part belongs to a higher system. A
human, handcrafted dimension is also taken
into account, as the beauty of imperfection
is discovered through a reinterpretation of
blown glass.
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1. Triarc
Bert Frank
With three intersecting brass discs hung
from a single drop, the Triarc chandelier
makes a dramatic impression. Grouped
together with two or more pendants, it
creates a sculptural focal point. The Triarc
chandelier is available with opal or black
diffusers, and in satin brass with white or
black diffusers.
www.bertfrank.co.uk
4. Etta Round
DelightFULL
Etta Round suspension fixture has a
nostalgic feminine retro glow, courtesy of
the jazz singer Etta jones. It is a luxurious
chandelier that provides a soft and warm
light through its layers, giving a romantic
ambiance to any setting. All brass leaves are
shaped and assembled by hand, with custom
versions available upon request.
www.delightfull.eu
2. Phenomena
Bomma
Designed by Dechem Studio, the Phenomena
collection was inspired by simple shapes: a
circle, a triangle, a rectangle and an oval.
The term phenomenon comes from the
Greek word for appearance. Phenomena are
transient, a fitting name for a collection
made in a material that is so difficult yet
versatile, such strong yet fragile glass.
www.bomma.cz
5. Garota do Calhau
Nini Andrade Silva
As suggested by its curvavious shape and
natural hues, Nini Andrade Silva's design is
inspired by the eternal pebbles of Madeira
Island, Portugal. Once the Garota do Calhau
Collection was born, it gave name to a
cause whose purpose is to help the less
favoured and open up paths towards new
opportunities.
www.niniandradesilva.com
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3. Lederam
Catellani & Smith
The Lederam collection includes floor,
wall and ceiling versions, with its latest
version being a suspension lamp. This
unique collection is characterised by a
last-generation LED module enclosed by
one, two or three discs finished with a
sheet coloured black, white, copper, gold
or silver.
www.catellanismith.com
6. Metropolitan
Lobmeyr
Maison et Objet marked the 50th anniversary
of Metropolitan, by Hans Harald Rath
for the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Inspired by pictures of distant galaxies from
the Met's architect Edward K. Harrisson, the
first model of the chandelier was a potato
with toothpicks, while it now comprises
brass, Swarovski and hand cut crystal.
www.lobmeyr.at
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1. I Model
Anour
Made in Denmark, I Model adds elegance
and beauty to any room. Available
in copper, brass and steel, I Model is
individually surface treated, resulting in a
finely structured surface. Anour lamps are
available in nine unique surface treatments
to suit your personal preference, with
special sizes available on request.
www.anour.dk
4. Classic S Clear
Thermo Lamp
The S series introduces the new flexible LED
filament technology into Thermo Lamp's
current LED light bulbs. Classic S is a true
reproduction of the original Edison light
bulbs. They emit light in a soft and warm
tone of 2,200K with a high CRI, high PF and
are dimmable. The S series includes the
Edison shape as well as the Linestra model.
www.thermolamp.com
2. Mahari
Nahoor
Perched at the end of an adjustable arm
is the cylindrical light of William Pianta's
Mahari table lamp for Nahoor, which
occupies the space without invading it. It
functions according to the needs of the
user: sources of light modulate and broaden
the horizons and can create a new visual
order of space.
www.nahoor.com
5. Sirius
Eloa
Sirius combines the liveliness of light
with the beauty of organically rounded
horizontal shapes, to bring a magestic
feeling of levitation into any space. Its
iridescent hues sparkle, suspended from the
ceiling, with its irregular form creating an
impression of quiet movement throughout
the room.
www.eloa.co
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3. Float
SkLO
Float is a large sphere of transparent
coloured Czech glass. Each glass sphere,
available in 16 or 20 inch diameter, is
broken hot from the glass master's pipe and
then the mouth is torch-polished to create
a unique detail. Two thumb screws attach
the removable brass socket from the glass
sphere on one side.
www.sklostudio.com
6. Curved Style
Segula
Segula prides itself on innovation and
premium quality. The Curved Style and
Ambient Dimming ranges compliment the
traditional Vintage Range and offer new
shapes and glass variants that open up the
material-efficient and environmentally
friendly LED lamps for even wider fields of
applications.
www.segula-lighting.de
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Light Contagion
Invited by Maison et Objet to create something spectacular for its visitors, Japanese
art collective teamLab put together an immersive installation of its newest work,
Forest of Resonating Lamps - One Stroke.
Pic: Eric Valdenaire

Upon entering the mirrored room in Maison
et Objet's Hall 7, guests found themselves
immersed in the eternity of teamLab's
resonating, colourful Murano glass lamp
installation, Forest of Resonating Lamps -
One Stroke.
All the lamps, seemingly scattered out at
random, are placed in the space to form
a continuous line. When a person stands
still at close range to a single lamp, it
shines brightly and emits a colour. This
light becomes the starting point, and the
colour spreads to the two nearest lamps,
contagiously washing over the room in a
loop until the resonating actions ends at the
original lamp, all the while being reflected
in the mirrored walls and ceiling. This
enabled visitors to become aware of the
presence of others in the room as each lamp
reacts to the people closest to it.
Despite the installation’s notions of freedom
and eternity, the planar arrangement of
the lamps was a constraint as they are
staggered in a zigzag to fill a space, staying
in a perfectly ordered grid. The height and
width of the room added to this constraint
as a boundary condition to a room that
desires to be limitless.
In order to combat these constraints, the
placement of lights was mathematically
calculated. The quantification of the
variability of the lamps' direction and the
average angle that creates a 3D route were
also examined multiple times in order to
achieve the final placement.
The result is a mesmerising arrangement
of lamps not only in an immobilised, static
way, but more so in a dynamic way caused
by human interaction. It emphasises the
space of a new era, freely designed through
digital technology, while adapting the
change and movements made by people's
existence within it.
www.team-lab.net
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Downtown Design Preview
October 25-28 2016, Dubai, UAE
Zero
Apparatu
On show at this year's Downtown Design
is ZERO, designed by Xavier Manosa. A
simple pendant lamp with a unique twist:
the lamp holds the shade in place - the
three components of the lamp (shade,
lamp-holder and rose) are handmade in
stoneware in Apparatu’s pottery workshop
in Rubi, Barcelona.
www.apparatu.com
Grasshopper
Klove
The Grasshopper is a great example of
Klove’s take on a mid-century modern
design. Muted sepia and warm wooden
tones are highlighted by edgy rose gold
details making it a truly contemporary
lighting piece. An India-based boutique
luxury studio, Klove specialises in custom
lighting solutions.
www.klovestudio.com
All That Glitters
Bringing new talent to the forefront
Returning for its fourth edition during Dubai
Design Week, Downtown Design brings
together over 100 brands from 25 countries.
Held at the Dubai Design District, it features
furniture, lighting, textiles and accessories
and presents an opportunity to discover new
launches and fresh talent.
Taking a wider scope, the fair also hosts
Design Weeks from around the world; each
of which bring a co-curated presentation
of three emerging design brands that offer
visitors the chance to discover products
they would not ordinarily encounter at
the bigger shows. The popular initiative,
entitled ‘Destinations’, this year brings
Addis Ababa, Barcelona, Beirut, Reykjavik
and Taiwan Design Weeks to Dubai.
www.downtowndesign.com
Design-Drop
Laokoon
The Laokoon Design-Drop table lamp is
a collaborative piece by textile designer
Zsuzsanna Szentirmai Joly and product
designer, Zsolt Csizmadia.
Through this design, Laokoon compiles the
unconventional strength of assorted colours,
textiles and threads to create new organic
design forms and structures.
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1. Intergalactic
Lasvit
This dynamic lighting sculpture created by
Lasvit designers Petra Krausova and Libor
Sostak is made of green uranium glass,
pulsing with changing light like an asteroid
entering the atmosphere. Its spherical black
metal base is covered with more than 1,500
hand-blown glass elements. The lighting is
programmed to different modes.
www.lasvit.com
4. Crystal Automata
Preciosa Lighting
Created by Michael Vasku and Andreas Klug,
Crystal Automata combines the fascination
of automata and the beauty of crystal into
a design collection. In Crystal Automata,
the viewer can witness cyclical installations
that set the movement of light in motion,
so that it is forever changing, but never
ceasing.
www.preciosalighting.com
2. Uncle L
Meta
Uncle L by Yaungo Cheng is a LED desk
lamp made of natural wood. Featuring
a touch dimmer, users can easily adjust
its brightness. The bamboo between the
walnut veneer hardens the structure and
gaps between different layers become air
holes for the convection of airflow inside
the lamp.
www.meta.com.tw
5. Luna
Serip
Inspired by the full moon contrast light.
The Luna collection is sophisticated, slim
and one of the most modern pieces in the
Serip line, designed with multiple ring
compositions. The indirect LED lighting
irradiates the circles of glass that let’s the
observer wondering where the light comes
from.
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3. Vector
Neo Studios
Vector is a geometric wall fixture inspired
by the contemporary growing interest
for wall decoration. Walls have become
surfaces of creativity and designer Rodrigo
Vairinhos was definitely inspired by the wall
art movement for this piece. As such, he
has created a functional yet brilliant fixture
that is easy to install.
www.neo-studios.de
6. Once Upon a Cauliflower
Tamara Barrage
Every element in nature has a story to
tell, which unfolds with every curve and
bend. Synthetic materials have a tale too.
They speak to us about far away, imaginary
lands. With every object, we write the story
together and the results take us by surprise.
Once upon a time, Tamara met cauliflower
and silicone. This is their story…
www.tamarabarrage.com
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Interieur Preview
October 14-23 2016, Kortrijk, Belgium

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1. PoPuP 2. Laurent 3. Flex

Davide Groppi Lambert et Fils Luctra

PoPuP is a project that combines light and
music with a rechargeable battery so music
and light can be taken everywhere at any
time. Its technical characteristics make it
exceptional with the light and audio able to
function separately with different controls,
offering twelve hours of light and 30 hours
of audio when operating separately.
www.davidegroppi.com
Designed and created in Montréal, the
contemporary Laurent collection combines
the classic Bauhaus milk globe with a series
of sculptural forms that carve through
space, moving between line, surface and
volume. The different models combine in
endless patterns to inhabit any space with
subtlety and quiet power.
www.lambertetfils.com
Good light where it's needed any time of
the day, the new lamp from Luctra delivers
it all. Flex is the wireless biologically
effective lighting solution for mobile
working in the office or at home. Thanks to
its battery, the portable Flex lamp lets its
user carry the perfect light anywhere, with
four high performance LEDs.
www.luctra.eu

4. Mais plus que cela je ne peux pas 5. Bow 6. Austere-Elements

Nemo tossB Trizo21

Designed by French architect Rudy
Ricciotti, the essence of his work is defined
in his debut lighting project - a brutal,
nonconformist and radical reducer of a
clear environmental imprint. This project
was born in the waste of the industry, with
its French title translated in English to "but
more than this I am not able".
www.nemolighting.com
Since Roman times, the arch has been part
of daily life, simultaneously expressing
deepness, strength and equilibrium. Bow
translates the essence of the arch into a
minimalistic luminaire, combining gravity
and balance in its design. It is a small family
composed of a floor/pendant lamp, and
seven different chandeliers.
www.tossb.com
Austere-Elements expands the Austere
collection by creating chemistry using
the aesthetic desires of a perfectionist.
Molecular compounds are the inspiration
of this fixture. The potential for branching
the structure of warm white LEDs is a
mathematical beauty, functional and
aesthetically pleasing.
www.trizo21.com
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London’s Calling
London Design Festival continues to prove itself as a must-attend event for the
design world. With darc magazine once again out in force for the entirity, over
the next few pages we bring you just a slice of what you can expect from the
various exhibitions and events taking place.

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Curated by Jane Withers since the
beginning, the 2016 programme goes
back to first forms and elements. In
the ten years since its inception, the
district has proven to be the seed-bed
for some of the world’s most exciting
and free-thinking designers. Brompton
Design District alumni have gone on to
be among the most creative players in
the international design industry.
• LATE NIGHT OPENING: Thursday 22
www.bromptondesigndistrict.com
@BromptonDesign
The Islington Design District bring
together a growing collection of
design-led shops, showrooms and
cafes in the Islington area. Visitors
can walk the Islington Design District
Trail from Amwell Street south of
Angel, through to Camden Passage and
along Upper Street, to discover new
designers, special product launches
and one-off exhibitions and events.
• LATE NIGHT OPENING: Tuesday 20
www.islingtondesigndistrict.com
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With a reputation as one of the
most exciting districts, Shoreditch
Design Triangle is a true celebration
of the area, hosted by the creative
companies who work there. It
blends a range of product launches,
exhibitions, installations, workshops,
talks and tours. The Ace Hotel will
provide a hub for people to meet,
relax and gather information.
• LATE NIGHT OPENING: Tuesday 20
www.shoreditchdesigntriangle.com
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OLD TRUMAN BREWERY
22-25 SEPT
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Brands London will present some of the
world’s newest design ideas from a mix
of established and emerging design-
ers. The show will exhibit the work of
designers and manufacturers from over
280 companies.
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CHELSEA HARBOUR
18-23 SEPT
Focus/16 at the Design Centre, Chelsea
Harbour offers a creative hub of over
500 international brands in 103 show-
rooms. A packed programme of interna-
tional launches, design encounters and
exchange of ideas, it brings the design
world together for an unmissible event.
www.dcch.co.uk
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KING’S CROSS
22-25 SEPT
designjunction2015 takes on two spec-
tacular new venues. lightjunction will
take place on the ground floor of The
College and present a curated selection
of international lighting brands along-
side pioneering, design-led lighting
installations.
www.thedesignjunction.co.uk
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gems; exclusive content, interviews
and launches. The Clerkenwell Design
Quarter map will guide visitors
through the district, highlighting the
best contemporary design along the
way. Showrooms and local businesses
make the area a serious contribution
to the capital’s design festivities.
• LATE NIGHT OPENING: Tuesday 20
www.clerkenwelldesignquarter.com
@ClerkenwellDQ
100% DESIGN
OLYMPIA
21-24 SEPT
Now in its new home of Olympia
London, staged over 20,000m², across
two floors of the venue, 100% Design is
the commercial cornerstone event of
LDF. 100% Design features an unrivalled
talks programme, bespoke installations,
and showcases of world-leading brands.
www.100percentdesign.co.uk
@designlondon
Design, London Design Fair and lightjunction.
CHELSEA
DESIGN
QUARTER
One of London’s freshest and most
eclectic interior design hubs where
classic and contemporary sit cheek
by jowl. With the largest and most
diverse selection of established
interiors specialists concentrated
in one area, this Quarter is located
in and around the southern end of
King’s Road running along Lots Road to
Imperial Wharf.
• LATE NIGHT OPENING: Monday 19
www.chelseadesignquarter.co.uk
@ChelseaQuarter
DECOREX
SYON PARK
18-21 SEPT
Syon Park once again provides the set-
ting for this year’s Decorex Internation-
al, showcasing more than 400 leading
British and international luxury design
brands. The site offers greater space
for feature areas, larger stands and an
expanded seminar programme.
www.decorex.com
@decorex_intl
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BANKSIDE
DESIGN
DISTRICT
After a successful debut, the Bankside
Design District returns for a second
year. Spanning from Borough Market
to OXO Tower, a number of exciting
events and activities are lined up
to showcase the creative industry
within the area, from workshops to
walking tours, exhibitions and outdoor
installations. In terms of lighting,
there will also be open studios at
Buster + Punch and Innermost.
www.banksidedesigndistrict.co.uk
@BanksideDesign
BRIXTON
DESIGN
TRAIL
This is the newest design district for
2016. Under the theme ‘Rebel Rebel’,
Brixton Design Trail will present a
series of installations, exhibitions and
events by resident artists, designers
and creative organisations.
• LATE NIGHT OPENING: Friday 23
www.brixtondesigntrail.com
@BrixtonDT
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on London’s existing design activity, their
concept was to create an annual event
that would promote the city’s creativity,
drawing in the country’s greatest thinkers,
practitioners, retailers and educators to
deliver an unmissable celebration of design.
This year’s London Design Festival seminar
programme, running from September 19
- 27 continues to educate, stimulate and
inspire, with leading names in the design
world coming together for a series of
insightful talks.
With designjunction’s ‘Design for a Reason’
programme; Talks With 100% Design curated
by London’s Design Museum; Super Talks at
London Design Fair; and several seminars
held at the Victoria & Albert Museum,
amongst others held during the week long GLOBAL DESIGN FORUM
festival, these talks are set to influence,
inspire and initiate movements amongst the
Patricia Urquiola
public and professional sectors. Patricia Urquiola gives voices to her personal stories that are emotional explorations
Take a look at some of our picks of of her empathic relationships with people, objects and contexts, which she has been
noteworthy seminars from esteemed getting in touch with throughout her career. Her experimental approach and her rich
members of the design community and many-layered works will spark many ideas and inspirations.
presenting their thoughts for this year. Date: Friday Sept 23 2016
www.londondesignfestival.com Time: 15:30-17:00

V&A MUSEUM
Gallery Talk: Beloved
Istanbul-based architecture firm Tabanlıoğlu
Architecture have created an installation,
titled Beloved/Reading Room which takes
the form of a thirteen metre long mirrored
black box over the V&A’s Medieval &
Renaissance galleries. Join the team for a
talk within the space to hear more about
the installation.
Date: Monday Sept 19 2016
Time: 13:00-13:30
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DESIGNJUNCTION
Dyslexic Design
More than ten leading designers from
multiple design disciplines including
product, fashion, illustration, home decor
and fine art – all of whom are dyslexic –
will showcase their work in a temporary
curated exhibition at designjunction.
Confirmed designers include: Sebastian
Bergne, Terence Woodgate, Kristjana S
Williams, Tom Raffield, Tina Crawford,
Rohan Chhabra, Vitamin, and Jim Rokos. On
Saturday September 24, designjunction will
host a panel discussion with Dyslexic Design
exhibitors Kristjana S Williams, Tom Raffield
and Margaret Rooke.
Date: Saturday Sept 24 2016
Time: 17:00

GLOBAL DESIGN FORUM

Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien
Internationally acclaimed designers Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien of London
based studio Doshi Levien will present a selection of their work in the Lydia &
Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Focussing on
their process of working together, they will talk about how they arrive at and
develop ideas. They will illustrate a design approach that is plural; one that
celebrates the hybrid and explores the coming together of creative industries.
Date: Wednesday Sept 21 2016
Time: 15:30-17:00

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Over the period of London Design Festival,
there are hundreds of events taking place
across the city from September 17 to
25 encompassing a wide range of design
disciplines. The week long festival’s many
partner organisations put on a dazzling
variety of events that show the richness
and depth of the design activity that takes
place in the capital. To that, there will be
a series of major events at the V&A and
Somerset House as well as high profile
landmark projects in some of London’s most
iconic spaces. Let this be your event guide
to what’s going on around LDF in the world
of decorative lighting.
www.londondesignfestival.com
SHOWROOM
Following the successful
merge with Boffi in 2015, Italian lighting and
furniture manufacturer De Padova presents
its latest 2016 collections during LDF. The
selection features Mogura, a collection of light
fittings designed by nendo studio, as well as
Swedish designer Alexander Åhnebrink’s Firefly
nomadic styled lamp inspired by the classic
picnic thermos. A special lighting exhibition
curated by Michael Anastassiades featuring the
Mobile chandeliers collection will also be on
display on Thursday September 22.
• Visit: 10:00-18:00
September Monday 19 to Saturday 24
www.depadova.com
www.boffiuk.com

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POULSEN
LIGHT+COLOUR
Louis Poulsen has pieced
together a creative installation
using the new material, size and
eleven colours of the Panthella
Mini by Verner Panton. The
colours are drawn from those
specified for Panton’s last
exhibition, Light & Colour, at
Trapholt Museum of Modern Art,
Denmark in 1998. At design hub
Skandium’s Marylebone store, Terzani invites you to celebrate the opening
Light & Colour will present of its new London showroom during LDF at the
a visual feast for visitors, in Design Centre Chelsea in Chelsea Harbour.
addition to the window of • Visit: September Sunday 18 from 16:00
Skandium’s iconic Brompton www.terzani.com
Road store housing a creative
installation of Panthella Minis.
• Visit: September Saturday 17
to Sunday 25
www.louispoulsen.com
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INNERMOST
TEN
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Coinciding with this year’s London
Design Festival, Innermost is
celebrating ten years of calling the
Oxo Tower its home. To mark both
occaisons, the team is hosting the
Innermost Ten event, a total of ten
events held during LDF at Innermost’s
newly refurbished showroom and
Bocci’s immersive light bar in the Oxo Tower Wharf on the
installation 44 is the second Southbank in London. Most of these
site-specific commission for the Lightwell in the Barbican foyer. events will be open to the public,
Designed by Omer Arbel, the light installation comprises of over 300 some will be trade or invite only,
free-poured aluminium forms which are suspended from the ceiling by so keep an eye on social media for
a matrix of thin cables. updates. Of particular interest to
• Visit: September Friday 14 to April Tuesday 18 2017 thirsty design festival wanderers will
www.bocci.ca be Innermost’s free pop-up drinks
event - follow
@innermostdesign for updates on
#innermostbar
• Visit: September Tuesday 20 to
Sunday 25
www.innermost.net

THE LDF CHILL OUT:

BUSTER + PUNCH

To celebrate this years

London Design Festival,
Buster + Punch is inviting
everyone to chill out
at its London Bridge
showroom, as it launches
twelve new lighting,
accessory and fragrance
products, including the
much anticipated LED
heavy metal chandelier,
for which there will be a
late night drinks event on
Wednesday September 21st. The
rest of the week will launch its
Machined range and exclusive
collaborations with Haeckles and
John Lewis.
• Visit: Wednesday 21 until 20:30
www.busterandpunch.com
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Decorex Preview
September 18-21 2016, London, UK
Pictured: Sally Storey
Eve
Brand van Egmond
Eve takes Brand van Egmond back to the
origins of humanity in evoking the figures
of Adam and Eve, and the temptation
of eating a forbidden apple. Focussing
on the power of nature, the collection
is both lively and tranquil, a captivating
contradiction with fruit-shaped light globes
tempting its user.
www.brandvanegmond.com
Provence
Elstead
Provence is a flexible six light chandelier
that has adjustable knuckle joints to
project long and wide over a table, or
contract back to a deeper more compact
chandelier. Available in polished nickel,
Provence can be manufactured to special
order in old bronze, aged brass or polished
copper finishes.
www.elsteadlighting.com
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What defines British interior design?
Where do we go now in a luxury
market? An interactive discussion
between key British designers
Furniture designer Tim Gosling; interior
designer Joanna Wood; And So To Bed
buying & merchandising director Campbell
Thompson; and Sally Storey of John Cullen
Lighting and Lighting Design International
will discuss the impact of Brexit on the
future of British interior design. Storey has
developed her expertise as Design Director
of John Cullen Lighting, recognising a
need for a separate area of the business
as a lighting design consultant on larger
commercial projects. As a result, Lighting
Design International was born with Storey as
Design Director, giving her a strong platform
to discuss the country's relationship with
lighting and interior design.
www.decorex.com
Helios
Martin Huxford
The Helios chandelier is a purely sculptural
modernist inspired design, constructed with
a series of interlocking textured curved
shades contrasting with smooth geometric
facets of hand folded metal. With the
hidden LED light source creating dramatic
pools of light, the chandelier is available in
silver and 24 carat gold.
www.martinhuxford.com
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1. Mirage
Ochre
Mirage pendants are cocoons of coloured
woven stainless steel and organza creating
a semi-transparent glow. The artisan
technique used to create the sculptural
shade from this lustrous metallic fabric has
a millinery touch. While the hues are blush
pink, storm grey and mist white, Mirage is
available as a pendant or wall light.
www.ochre.net
4. Olive Branch
Cox London
As with many of the Cox London pieces, the
Olive Branch chandelier can be tailored in
size and shape to suit all applications. It
was created after a single stem found it’s
way into the sketchbook. Created using a
forged iron process, the branches are a free
and natural composition of metal and glass
foliage.
www.coxlondon.com
2. Aureol
Tigermoth
Aureol table lamp features two hand-gilded
discs, held within an elegant patinated
bronze metal frame, made by craftsmen
and women the Tigermoth workshops in the
UK. A matching wall light in also available,
and different shade colours including
orchid, ivory, birch, navy and graphit, can
be chosen to suit a variety of interiors.
www.tigermothlighting.com
5. Rio In & Out
Kaia
The Rio In & Out light, a solid brass ring
embedded with LEDs on both sides, is
suspended by near invisible brass wires from
a smaller ring, casting sculptural shadows
onto the ceiling. Also available as a ceiling
product, it stands as a perfect example of
the design and functional beauty which has
become Kaia's trademark.
www.kaia.at
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3. Caravaggio
Curiousa & Curiousa
Decorex will see the new Caravaggio lights
offer a sprinkling of Baroque opulence.
Each light, designed by Esther Patterson,
is adorned with a hand-made trim from
trimming weaver Jessica Light with black,
square beads by Swarovski. Caravaggio
is made from hand-blown glass, and is
available in small and medium sizes.
www.curiousa.co.uk
6. Pinnox
Lyngard
The Pinnox pendant was hand sculpted
by Carmen Lyngard, using special lustre
techniques and traditional methods passed
down through generations such as coloured
fine bone china and handpainted marble
effects. The piece is slip cast using Lyngard's
premium Fine Bone China, with the exterior
in gloss and a choice of interior finishes.
www.lyngard.com
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100 % Design Preview
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Lute
Ebb & Flow
The Lute pendant is a modern classic.
Made of mouth blown glass, Ebb & Flow's
Lute is inspired by the medieval musical
instrument, with its tall and elegant funnel-
shaped top and balanced base. It is playful
in its choice of colours such as green with
gold and deep blue with copper, varied to
suit different settings.
www.ebbandflow.dk
Eclipse
Illuminati Lighting
Amidst a display of table, wall and
suspension lamps, Illuminati introduces
Eclipse, an acrylic and metal LED sphere.
The crystal effect is made of thousands of
glass microbeads, and is available in a large
range of models and in two colourways,
chrome and copper. Eclipse is customisable
with complete bespoke options available.
www.illuminati-lighting.co.uk
OLED Light with Ron Arad
LG Display at the Auditorium
Renowned architect Ron Arad is set to
headline 100% Design this year as part
of a stand out programme curated by
London's Design Museum. The designer,
architect and artist will take to the stage
on the Auditorium sponsored by LG Display
to discuss his career and work, where
projects he is most excited about.
LG Display OLED light with Ron Arad at 100%
Design marks a collaboration shedding a
new experience on light. Arad and Korean
design studio Zinoo Park have embraced
OLED Light panels as the medium to bring
their next visions to life. This is a must-see
in the exhibition's Design and Build area
for those interested in witnessing how new
experiences can be created by using light.
When: Thursday September 22 13.45pm
www.100percentdesign.co.uk
Orlando
Industville
Orlando balloon cage pendant is an elegant
light fitting available in dark pewter and
copper finishes. It has been designed in
components, allowing users to tailor the
fitting to their exact specifications. It can
be used singularly or clustered in numerous
configurations as a dramatic decorative
feature in any interior.
www.industville.co.uk

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1. Walter
Original BTC
With a combination of brushed satin brass
and glass, the 1960's-inspired Walter exudes
minimalist glamour. Available in either
opal or anthracite, the cylindrical shade is
hand-blown at Original BTC’s Birmingham
glassworks, then the edges are hand-
polished for a neat finish. The pendant is
suspended from a brass ceiling rose.
www.originalbtc.com
4. Pistyle
Designheure
Pistyle invites nature into the office, taking
its inspiration from the bird of paradise
flower. Davide Oppizzi designed the Pistyle
lighting collection to bring freshness
and playfulness to the work place. The
collection’s lively colours and 'yo-yo'-
like base provide a sophisticated lighting
suitable for the office.
www.designheure.com
2. Jules
Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Jules collection is one of the latest
additions to the Utu Soulful Lighting
Collection. Jules suspension lamp is a light
and delicate combination of three materials
embroidered together: lacquer metal
embroidered in a smooth shape and copper
frame enriching the piece, finalised with a
fabric lamp shade.
www.mambounlimitedideas.com
5. London Globe
Zico
On display at 100% Design and LuxuryMade
is the London Globe. Designed by LED
lighting specialist Zico Lighting London,
using recycled brass, it is fitted with BSI
approved lamp holders and a fully dimmable
LED filament lamp from 22,00K-2,600K that
works with specialist 1-100W Zico Lighting
rotary / handheld LED dimmer.
www.zico.lighting
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3. Nautilus
Woodlikes
This handcrafted chandelier is made of
brass and zinc with an internal LED system.
The design allows for a variation in the
composition of the branches, including the
positioning of the nautilus-inspired spheres.
Light is cast at different angles creating
a cosy, subdued feel to the interior, with
different finishes available.
www.woodlikesfurnituredesign.co.uk
6. Scraplight White
Graypants
Distributed by Pad Home, the Scraplight
White pendants are carefully handmade in
Holland using custom FSC-certified paper,
produced from forests that replant more
trees than they harvest. The Scraplight
White series is available in all of the
original shapes, including all of the classic
series and larger frame series Scraplights.
www.graypants.com
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Strength in Numbers
Part of this year’s designjunction, Dyslexic Design takes a deeper look at the relationship between
creatives and dyslexia. In an exclusive interview with product designers Terence Woodgate and
Tom Raffield, darc’s editor Helen Fletcher discovers what it means to be dyslexic in the world of
design and how its power should not be overlooked.

This year’s designjunction will play host to
the inaugural Dyslexic Design, an exhibition
that explores the connection between
dyslexia and the creative industries. The
project, in support of the British Dyslexia
Association, is to celebrate dyslexic
designers’ work over five days during the
London Design Festival. Curated by one
of the UK’s leading designers Jim Rokos,
the exhibition will challenge perceptions
of dyslexia by accentuating the positive
effects of living with dyslexia and its close
association with design, in a bid to remove
the stigma sometimes associated with it.
More than ten leading designers from
multiple disciplines - all of whom happen to
be dyslexic and include Terence Woodgate
and Tom Raffield, well-known names in the
lighting sector – will showcase their work in
a stunning temporary curated exhibition.
darc took time out to speak in depth with
both Woodgate and Raffield, on their
experiences of growing up with dyslexia and
how they’ve put their creative flairs to good
use.
During childhood, it’s fair to say there
were some definite similarities for the two
designers – with a keen interest in making
and creating, whether it was Meccano, Lego
or Play-Doh. “I actually really enjoyed the
winter months because that’s when you
stayed in and made models,” Woodgate says.
“I failed my 11+ exam, which should have
been the first indication that there was a
problem, but I just loved making things and
always gravitated towards it so I found the
workshops at school fantastic - woodwork,
metalwork and the art studio… I always
found those masters engaging.”
And for Raffield, while everyone else was
writing in school, he would be the kid at the
back of the room playing with the Play-Doh
and making shapes: “I’m definitely not
academic,” he says, “but very creative and
clearly very dyslexic. I wasn’t stupid and my
mum knew there was something going on
but I was really behind at school – I excelled
at art and materials, design technology and
so on and it was just the natural way for me
to go. I always loved design and creating, if I
pick up a book I’m asleep in two minutes!”
With his school picking up on the fact he
was struggling to keep up, Raffield took
psychiatric tests to determine whether
he was dyslexic or not. Once diagnosed,
learning became much more about colours
and shapes rather than words.
“That really helped me and as a result I
got fairly decent results, was able to do
a foundation course in art and design and
went on to university and got a 1st level
degree,” he says. “It did affect me though
and the way people treated me – ultimately
people think you’re stupid when you can’t
spell properly and can’t write very well, so
naturally you get cornered into a box.”
While Raffield considers himself “lucky”
as one of the first groups of people where
dyslexia was recognised during school,

Terence Woodgate
resulting in special attention being paid to
his learning, for Woodgate the diagnosis
didn’t come until much later in life,
meaning he “ran away” from the subjects
that he found difficult. “English was a
real hate, as was history,” Woodgate tells
darc. “Although I loved the subject, writing
about history fills me with dread. I’m fine
at reading but it’s spelling that’s the big
issue for me – you kind of run away from it
because you think you’re really incompetent
and it’s embarrassing.
“It was only when my son was diagnosed
with dyslexia that it became apparent to
me that I was also dyslexic. All the way
through school I was considered thick and
I remember going to bed that night feeling
quite comforted by the fact I had this
condition and it had a name. I did wake up
at about 3am though and think, hang on, can
you be thick and dyslexic?
“I still perspire if someone’s looking over me
when I’m writing… even if it’s just a cheque,
Tom Raffield
but I believe very much in the saying
knowledge dispels fear and once you’re
diagnosed, it all makes sense.”
One thing the two designers do agree on is
that everyone is wired differently, dyslexic
or not. “It’s definitely a good thing,” says
Woodgate. “I always get freaked out about
the spelling of thirty and fifty… As a dyslexic
I remember words, I remember how they’re
spelt but I can’t construct them – everyone
looks at things in a different way. Even now,
when I ask my wife how to spell something,
she fires off the letters far too quickly – I
have to imagine them going down on the
paper for me to construct the word. If she
fires the letters out too quickly they just
float around in my head and don’t make
sense. I almost get anxiety because I can’t
grasp them and still get hung up on very
simple words.”
“Everyone has their own strengths,” adds
Raffield, “and what’s really nice is you
start to see that neither are more or less
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important – they are just different skill sets
and ways of thinking. Academic or creative,
they’re both very valid in today’s world.
For me, it’s never been a massive issue
and I sometimes think dyslexia is called
that so people can get help in a different
way but I never think of it as a condition
because it affects so many people. It’s just
an alternative way the brain works - to me
it’s not a disability. Half of the people who
work with me are dyslexic and it’s crazy
how many people are, all it means is you
approach things in a slightly different way.”
Woodgate agrees, telling darc: “Being
diagnosed quite late in life I’ve just got on
with it. I don’t think it’s something that
should be used as a crutch as it could then
work against you because you don’t try and
give up and that’s no good.”
Throughout the Dyslexic Design exhibition
debates on design education, the
relationship between dyslexia and both
lateral and visual thinking will take place.
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The Solid Table Light in in Nero Marquina
marble from Terence Woodgate. This latest
design is also available in Carrara marble.
Exhibition organiser Jim Rokos believes that
he is able to design the way he does because
of his dyslexia and not despite it and that
other dyslexic designers have idiosyncratic
styles because of their dyslexia.
darc discussed this with Woodgate and
Raffield in more detail, as well as the idea
that dyslexia drives and inspires creative
thought and design.
“Whether dyslexics really do have more
spatial awareness than other people, I really
couldn’t say,” Woodgate says. “I’m confident
that in some respects I do, because when
I try to explain shapes or form to people
sometimes they glaze over, in the same way
I glaze over when someone’s trying to spell a
word to me.”
For Raffield, again he raises the idea
that dyslexia is just an alternative way of
approaching something. “Dyslexic people
are normally fairly good at talking to people
in my experience,” he says. “I’m very
passionate and honest about what I do and
our approach, because I believe in what
I’m doing and saying. The dyslexic way of
thinking allows people to approach things in
a different way and as a result, sometimes
new and exciting design and innovation
comes out of it.”
In terms of products then, what do the
two designers deem ‘good design’, what
are the key elements? “I’ve always loved
art and sculpture but at the same time it
annoys me because it has a purpose but no
functionality in the same way lighting and
furniture does,” says Raffield. “I’ve always
wanted to create a really beautiful form or
lighting effect so it’s aesthetically striking
but at the same time it’s really functional. I
really believe functionality and form go hand
in hand – I see them as equals, it helps you
create something that’s really magical but
serves a purpose.
“As such, for me, there has to be a balance
between the two things, they’re both so
important… I’m also really process driven,
the understanding of a manufacturing
process whether it’s bending metal or plastic
or wood, if you really get to understand
it as a designer then you understand the
parameters and what can be achieved. Also,
it’s really important that I’m inspired by
nature and look at forms and shapes used, as
a direct influence to create and inspire.”
This focus on materials and understanding
is equally important to Woodgate, telling
darc: “I think it’s quite nice to let the
materials speak for themselves rather than
decorating them for the sake of it. I like to
see texture but only if it’s intrinsic to the
material. I’m more interested in subtraction
than addition, which almost immediately
associates me with modernists and even
minimalists. Less is more as they say!”
Tom Raffield’s Scots Light is inspired by
Inspired by the trees in the design studio’s
own woodland and is handmade from
individual cut leaves of wood.
And through their involvement in Dyslexic
Design, what are the designers hoping to
achieve?
“I’m looking forward to some insightful talks
and debate because I don’t think you should
ever be scared of having a condition,” says
Woodgate. “There are always benefits and
when you look back through history there
are an awful lot of creative people who had
issues whether they were manic depressives
or autistic or dyslexic and so the point is,
to use your strengths and not let something
put you off or turn you away from doing
something.”
“For me, a recent tweet sums it up,” adds
Raffield. “A parent got in touch with us after
we retweeted something Jim Rokos had put
up and told us that she was going to bring
her dyslexic son along to see the exhibition -
she thought it was a brilliant idea.
“It’s about showing people that don’t have
the confidence and have real problems with
school, that they can achieve and saying to
them, ‘look at the work we’re doing because
we’re dyslexic.’ That’s the most important
thing, just being able to show dyslexia not
as a medical negative condition but how
powerful it can be in the creative industry.”
www.bdadyslexia.org.uk
www.terencewoodgate.com
www.tomraffield.com
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lightjunction Preview
September 22-25 2016, London, UK
Mini Hawk
Blott Works
Another take on Blott Works' Light Beam
bird lamp series, Mini Hawk is inspired
by birds of prey, airliners, construction
cranes and other things that hover. Hand-
engineered, it is made from aluminium,
oak, concrete and brass, and features a
playful kinetic adjuster mechanism, with a
‘tower block’ pendant light shade.
www.blottworks.com
Nelly
Cameron Peters
As lighting advisers and suppliers, Cameron
Peter launches its first collection of lighting
during this year's designjunction. The Nelly
family of table lamps combines pared-
back contemporary form by young Italian
design studio Brogliato Traverso with the
unparalleled traditions of handmade glass
from Murano.
www.cameronpeters.co.uk
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Designjunction King's Cross
With its new location spanning across the
University of the Arts London campus at
Kings Cross, #djkx resides in a number of
existing locations as well as temporary
structures. #djkx consists of four sections,
one of which is Cubitt House, home to
lightjunction, the area dedicated to the
very best of decorative lighting. Designed
by architectural firm Satellite Architects
alongside Icons of Denmark, Cubitt House
features a 70m long by 7m high façade at
the entrance with more than 4,000 modular
GRID cubes by Danish designer Peter J.
Lassen, as well as a secret garden. The
other three sections include The Canopy:
The retail destination, Granary Square, and
The Crossing, hosting a number of exciting
installations and exhibitors from the
broader design community.
www.thedesignjunction.co.uk
Kew
Copper & Silk
Inspired by botanical forms, Kew uses
traditional metal-working methods to
make each metal shade from two rolled
pieces of brass, folded in layers to form
their blossom-like shape. Each shade
is independently angled from its base,
allowing the user to position the shade at a
custom angle.
www.copperandsilk.com

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1. Succession 6
Ango
Succession 6 features jewel-like light
diffuser spheres circling each other like
planets. In progression from the Full Moon
single pendant, each silk cocoon diffuser
is handcrafted around a core structure in
Ango’s soldered steel technique, magically
refracting and reflecting light from its
nucleus.
www.angoworld.com
4. Luna Smoky
Well Lit
Well Lit is using designjunction to launch
its new LED lamp – the first LED filament
lamp with a flexible filament. Well Lit was
able to be creative with the shape of the
filament in order create a more design
focussed and aesthetically pleasing lamp,
available in clear, smokey and golden glass
to give the lamp a sophisticated look
www.well-lit.co.uk
2. Leaf Eddy
Haberdashery
lightjunction will see Haberdashery's new
wall-mounted system launched, Leaf Eddy,
which, like the ceiling version, is comprised
of bone china leaves made and hand-
finished in Stoke-on-Trent. Both versions of
Leaf play with shadow and reflection from
each intricate leaf form finished in 14 karat
gold and platinum lustres or white glaze.
www.haberdashery.com
5. Flora
Slamp
The Flora family’s glossy foliage unfolds
from a central LED source, imitating Brazil’s
Monstera Deliciosa flowering plant. The
gold, silver, and copper collections have 60
metallic petals that cast diffused, varying
plays of reflection against Slamp's patented,
sustainable materials. Subtle tones turn the
petals into a fascinating light ball.
www.slamp.com
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3. Mezza Luna Cemento
In-es.artdesign
The Mezza Luna Cemento pendant combines
handcrafted manufacturing, Italian taste
and materials, placing tactile sensations
and atmosphere at the forefront of its
design. The external part is made of cement
effect varnish, and the internal part,
available in different colours, is made of
coloured nebulite, a mix of resin and fibers.
www.in-es.com
6. Ceramic
Room 9
The Ceramic pendant series is offered in
three shapes and colours. They are inspired
by traditional French spun steel shades;
classic shapes, re-imagining the use of
its key material. Suited to shine solo, in
uniform groups or mixed clusters, the
shade’s exterior is left unfinished giving the
natural matt finish exposed earthenware.
www.room-9.co.uk
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Tent / Superbrands Preview
September 22-25 2016, London, UK
Pic courtesy of Sophie Mutevelian
Lightweave-Frustum
Leo Scarff
The Frustum is a simple conical form
and can be ordered in custom sizes or
combination of form. The pendants have
a warm white diffuser disc recessed under
the base, and any of the perspex acrylic
colours can be used. Many other forms of
this fitting can be supplied to suit the needs
of the user.
www.leoscarffdesign.com
Viiva
Mervalia
Viiva is a collection of pendant lamps for
OLED inspired by the OLED’s flat shape
and soft, comfortable light, rejecting the
imagery often associated with glowing
screens. Hanging horizontally, the OLED
panels disappear into their own thinness,
leaving empty the wire structure,
highlighting the lack of a traditional lamp.
www.mervalia.com
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The Open Debate
Reasons to collaborate
Reflecting on the provocative theme for
this year’s Designers in Residence at the
Design Museum, this debate during Tent
/ Superbrands brings together leading
thinkers to explore the predominant trends
influencing open design. These include
the increasing importance of open and
collaborative design and manufacturing
processes as well as the increasing
prevalence of open design principles to
empower communities and challenge pre-
existing structures.
The panel will be chaired by Creative
Director of From Now On Professor Daniel
Charny, and will include architect Joni
Steiner, designer Alice Casey, and Special
Projects co-founder Adrian Westaway.
When: Friday, 23 September 2016
19:00 - 20:00
www.londondesignfair.co.uk
Waisted
One Foot Taller
Inspired by the powerful elegance of long
robes with a slight waist, and heavy blown
glass, Waisted brings these two elements
together in its production in a Scottish glass
blowing atelier. Boasting simple yet durable
feminine strength, One Foot Taller strives
for a loving elegance and the excitement of
connecting with its users.
www.onefoottaller.com
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1. Cymbal
Shane Holland Design
Cymbal is a spun ground 2mm copper
plate set on a turntable to create unique
concentric patterns by hand. Designed in
collaboration between Shane Holland and
drummer Greg Tisdall, Cymbal’s diffuser is
a torched stainless steel hemisphere and
is set with three prongs to allow for lamp
changing.
www.shanehollanddesign.com
4. Pathleaf
Serip
Pathleaf is not just a wall light. It becomes
an art installation that stretches through
walls, ceilings with countless shapes and
metal colours. The indirect lighting hides
the source of light and reveals just a
portion of it to show the dramatic aspect of
this installation like a natural painting and
is ideal for flat decoration of walls.
www.serip.com.pt
2. Barro Negro
David Pompa
Barro Negro black pottery pendant is from
Mexico, characterised by its black colour,
which is polished before firing with smoke
to create the metallic shine on the surface.
Its form and finish accentuate its elegance,
with its tubular shape and edged terrace
combining heritage and tradition with a
modern twist.
www.davidpompa.com
5. Flora
Marcin Rusak
From a multindisciplinary designer
and artist interested in ideas of value,
ephemerality and aesthetics, Flora features
selected and processed flowers, resin
in a hand patinated brass structure in
sand blasted mouth blown glass. Flora is
a sensitive piece with a touch sensitive
switch.
www.marcinrusak.com
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3. Long Shade
Vij5
With Long Shade, Vij5 introduces a
hybrid LED light, suited to both private
residences and contemporary office
applications. Designed by Daphna Laurens
in collaboration with Vij5, Long Shade
is available in two lengths to create
straightforward utilitarian light or domestic
and playful configurations.
www.vij5.nl
6. Mikrofon
Tingest
Based on shadow play, Mikrofon's raster
effect holds a strong statement value.
Tingest used a different thickness of
medium in the patterning to other
components, allowing the pattern to
shine through the lampshade, casting an
appealing light and shadow play across an
interior.
www.tingest.se
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160 CALENDARC
On Show
A look ahead to forthcoming design
shows with a strong lighting element.
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL •
17-25 September, 2016 (www.londondesignfestival.com)
DECOREX • LONDON
18-21 September 2016 (www.decorex.com)
100% DESIGN • LONDON
21-24 September 2016 (www.100percentdesign.co.uk)
LUXURYMADE • LONDON
21-24 September 2016 (www.luxurymade.co.uk)
DESIGNJUNCTION • LONDON
22-25 September 2016 (www.thedesignjunction.co.uk)
TENT / SUPERBRANDS • LONDON
22-25 September 2016 (www.londondesignfair.co.uk)
RESTAURANT DESIGN SHOW • LONDON
27-28 September 2016 (www.restaurantdesignshow.co.uk)
ICFF MIAMI • MIAMI
5-6 October 2016 (www.icffmiami.com)
INTERIEUR • KORTRIJK
14-23 October 2016 (www.interieur.be)
DOWNTOWN DESIGN • DUBAI
25-28 October 2016 (www.downtowndesign.com)
AD INDEX
100% Design...................................................................56
Alger-Triton......................................................................61
Architonic....................................................................... 159
Artemide............................................................................ 2
Astro Lighting................................................................25
BD NY.............................................................................. 142
Bover..................................................................................53
Brand Van Egmond .................................................107
Bright Goods...................................................................111
Brokis................................................................................ 131
By Beau.............................................................................37
Chantelle Lighting....................................................... 48
Contardi............................................................................23
darc Awards..............................................................4 & 5
David Trubridge.......................................................... 163
Decorex............................................................................ 84
designjunction.........................................................6 & 7
LONDON
HONG KONG LIGHTING FAIR • HONG KONG
27-30 October 2016 (www.hktdc.com)
LIGHT MIDDLE EAST • DUBAI
31 October - 2 November 2016 (www.lightme.net)
BD|NY • NEW YORK
13-14 November 2016 (www.bdny.com)
SLEEP • LONDON
22-23 November 2016 (www.thesleepevent.com)
DESIGN MIAMI • MIAMI
30 Nov - 4 Dec 2016 (miami2016.designmiami.com)
IMM COLOGNE • COLOGNE
16-22 January 2017 (www.imm-cologne.com)
MAISON ET OBJET • PARIS
20-24 January 2017 (www.maison-objet.com)
ARCHITECT @ WORK • LONDON
25-26 January 2017 (www.architect-at-work.co.uk)
Designheure.................................................................. 129 Louis Poulsen................................................................... 9
Downtown Design.....................................................102 Martinelli Luce.................................................................81
Durable/ Luctra.............................................................27 Molo.................................................................................. 135
Elstead............................................................................. 157 Neonlite.............................................................................38
enigma................................................................................91 Martin Huxford............................................................. 151
Fagerhult...........................................................................71 Panzeri...............................................................................65
Federico de Majo........................................................145 PLDC................................................................................. 116
Fritz Fryer....................................................................... 151 Plumen.............................................................................. 89
ICFF................................................................................... 96 Prandina.............................................................................41
Icone...................................................................................75 Restaurant Design..................................................... 122
In-es.artdesign............................................................. 157 SLAMP............................................................Back Cover
Industville.........................................................................79 Sleep.................................................................................154
Interieurs......................................................................... 158 Tent.................................................................................... 117
KARBOXX....................................................................... 161 Terzani................................................................................. 11
Light Middle East....................................................... 123 The Light Yard............................................................. 125
Light Source Europe (LSE).................................... 121 Yellow Goat Design.....................................................29
Lolli e Memmoli............................................................ 43 Zico.................................................................................... 113
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162 DETAILS

if... There was ever a better use for neon lights and bright colours,
we can’t think of one! The Indian Tiffin Room restaurant in Manchester,
UK, offers authentic Indian street food and required a lighting design that
reflected its culture. Tyson Lighting Design worked to recreate the look
and feel of the bustling streets of India, which come to life at night. It
was key that the finished design conveyed the client’s brief of creating
an outdoor, night market inside. As such, multi-coloured neon tubes
were fixed as a light art installation to a display wall, while bespoke
chandeliers were designed and manufactured using parts from
up-cycled automobile parts, bicycle wheels, motor chains and
pistons and were hung in the floor to ceiling window next to
the entrance. Meanwhile exposed filament lamp pendants
are positioned above the bar whilst LED lighting is
integrated into the bar itself illuminating the high-
stool seating. A canopy of soft feature pendant
lighting hangs in the main section of the restaurant,
while 2,000K LED filament lamps and glowing
halogens are used throughout to illuminate the vast
and airy space bringing a sense of warmth.
www.tysonlighting.com
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