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Welcome to Light Connect Monthly!
A re-cap of the month, and more.
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WEP Light (Wood Ecological Project) is designed, handcrafted in Argentina and assembled in the USA. A two-sided wood veneer section is fused with a malleable center panel for strength and flexibility to create a work of art in a variety of styles and sizes. A plethora of colors for interior and exterior of the shade are offered. Acoustic WEP lights are offered in multiple shapes and sizes and are NRC rated by a third-party lab for absorption efficiency. The natural recycled wood in many finish options, is complimented by a natural Argentinian lamb’s wool inner shade for superior absorption. Factory assembly for most shades. | |
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Meet CSL Whisper, the 1/2” aperture LED recessed downlight built for today’s clean, quiet ceiling designs. This impossibly small downlight offers broad flexibility for new construction and remodel projects and fits the shallowest of plenums, requiring as little as 2” of plenum clearance.
Whisper is powered by CSL’s proprietary SilentVuTM optic technology*, which allows it to produce exceptionally high-quality light for general, task, or accent lighting from a footprint smaller than a dime.
The goal: to draw your eye to the thoughtfully designed space, not the ceiling. Experience extremely low glare, when approaching or inside the space.
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The RTx4 4451 is a landscape bollard with a shielded asymmetric light distribution for optimal visual comfort.
This luminaire has an LED source with multiple lumen packages and color temperatures. The RTx4 4451 is listed for use in wet locations to UL and CSA Standards. Rebelle's full range of eight polyester powder coat finishes are available. RAL and custom color match finishes are also offered.
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Lync by Nulite creates a micro planar profile in two form factors. An ultra-slender 3.625” by 0.72” remote configuration, and an integral solution with minimal dimensions of 5” by 1.0”. The flat, refined profile gives just enough presence of the light fixture to balance any space.
With multiple distributions available it can be tailored to a wide array of different project types and also has different shielding media to either bring presence to the luminaire with a lens, or deliver light in a quiet fashion utilizing the LA Series optics.
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Philippe Cazer and Frédéric Winkler, founders of DCW éditions
DCW Editions is a producer of objects : objects whose roots are in the past, whose use is in the present and whose vision is for the future, all of which have three things in common : They are well conceived, well designed and well made.
DCW’s production is the epitome of the object as a companion to living well, an object that is designed to last and act as a relay baton between generations. But nostalgia for the past is not what drives DCW Editions. All that matters is to produce object that are true, honest and will stand the test of time. The various collections – Lampe Gras, Mantis, In The Tube, The ISP Lamp, Here Comes the Sun, Les Acrobates de Gras, the MbE Mirrors... – are in permanent dialogue with each other, testament to DCW Editions’ commitment to producing timeless objects that never give in to fashion.
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Omnify, makers of the world's first embedded light guided panel, achieved their design over 20 years ago and remain committed to providing the highest quality and still push the boundaries in lighting design.
They believe that the union of quality materials, technology and purposeful design is innovation. Be it the quality of light or the extrusion profile, minor or major, the details always matter. Making the impossible, possible, starts with embracing challenges and a growth mindset.
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OLEV. Only LED, Only Design is an Italian brand of designer LED lighting fixtures.
The brand was created in 2014 by Andrea Lanaro, an entrepreneur who has been working in the lighting industry for more than 25 years.
OLEV was the first brand to launch a full range of LED-based decorative lamps.
They work closely with lighting designers, architects, and interior designers.
Their flexible production allows them to produce sound absorbing lamps, lamps that filter and purify the air, lamps that reproduce the variation of natural light in a completely automatic way.
All OLEV’s lights are made in Italy, and the handmade finishes make for the unique Italian artisanal touch.
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For over 30 years, CSL has created high-performance, low-maintenance lighting systems for commercial and residential spaces.
CSL provides residential and commercial designers with architecturally driven Recessed Downlights, Cylinders, RLM, and Under Cabinet lighting fixtures. CSL’s patented Silent Vu™ optics fill the entire space with glare-free, quality light, offering amazing adjustability and beam control from a small aperture form. Quiet ceiling experience, that’s what makes CSL—Creative Systems Lighting.
Environmentally conscious & aesthetically clean, CSL's full suite of architectural lighting products brings together the most advanced optic system in the industry together with their stylish, small aperture form.
Devotion to exhaustive research & development, the company's devotion to exhaustive research & development results in delivering high-quality, adjustable light with no glare at various beam spreads and no cut off. It's system-based lighting, but with a creative touch, and that's what makes CSL - Creative Systems Lighting.
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Andrea Lazzari is an industrial designer who has been collaborating with various Italian and foreign companies since the late 1990s, designing and developing projects for lighting and furnishing accessories.
Passion, curiosity and research are three fundamental ingredients that he always adds to all of his projects, experience counts, but he believe that every new project must be faced with the humility of someone who has to start everything from scratch.
At the beginning of each project his spirit varies according to the desire to respond to a specific characteristic that could be functional rather than formal, or rather than a specific expression, a more communicative research.
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Born in Barcelona in 1974, Joan dreamed of becoming a designer from the age of nine.
He received an Engineering Degree from the Politechnic University of Catalonia and Higher Degree of Design from the School of Architecture in Barcelona.
Later, interested in the business of companies, he acquired a Masters in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from the Pompeu Fabra University.
After being involved in the automotive industry for more than four years, he decided to jump into product design with Oriol Guimerà in Tactica studio. During those early years they developed a deep professional understanding, therby they decided to start up their own product design studio called guimeràicinca.
Joan Cinca continues his activity - creating a new studio brand laproduqtora - providing product design and technical development support to help bring innovative products to market. In 2017 laproduqtora signed with Engi-Com a partnership agreement to complement its engineering services with product design and product strategy capabilities. During this stage he also collaborates with Dennis Park in some projects.
Combining his professional work, he has taught in several design schools as Elisava, Istituto Europeo di Design IED, Art and Design School of Terrassa, and some collaborations with The Llotja Advanced School of Art and Design.
Currently, he is collaborating with international companies oriented on business to consumer giving support in creativity and design management.
His work has been exhibited internationally, at Salone Internazionale del Mobile of Milan, at Frankfurt Light & Building Fair, The Tokyo Design Week, The Red Dot Design Museum in Essen and Maison & Objects in Paris.
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Joe Colombo, a pseudonym of Cesare Colombo, is an extremely original Milanese sculptor, painter, architect, and designer.
His style, defined as “futuristic”, determined by original figures inspired by the most disparate sources, dynamic furniture systems, and the use of flamboyant metals and colors, contributed to changing the day-to-day life, habits, and customs of Italians and people throughout the world.
To this day, almost fifty years after his death, his most iconic products never cease to amaze.
Twice winner of the Premio Compasso d’Oro (1967 – Spider lamp, 1970 – Candy air conditioner), of the Gold Medal at the Milan Triennale in 1964, and of First Prize at the SMAU in Milan in 1971.
Triedro is reminiscent of lighting from a photo shoot. Housing a silver-domed LED bulb, the lampshade is comprised of three contoured and bent metal parts in order to reflect the light downward, without creating glare.
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Note is a Stockholm-based design studio founded in 2008 by Johannes Carlström, Cristiano Pigazzini, Susanna Wåhlin, Kristoffer Fagerström and Daniel Hecksher working within the fields of architecture, interior, product, graphic as well as design strategy. Our pieces for Le Chance, Menu,
Sancal, Fogia, Design Within Reach among other brands have become renowned worldwide.
Our philosophy is: Creativity is about searching for what is missing, to constantly realign thoughts and expressions to find that moment of insight when everything clicks. At Note we collaborate intensely, with personal passion and our design disciplines – interior, product, graphic, architecture, and strategies – to share our insights with the world.
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Creating the right ambiance is all about lighting, and some spaces may need to cater to different atmospheres throughout the day. Crisp white light helps us focus and feel awake, while warm light creates an intimate and soothing environment.
Unlike older incandescent lighting, which provided a “warm” atmosphere when dimmed, standard LEDs don’t inherently change their color through dimming. However, Warm Dim and Tunable White LED technologies offer two different ways to mimic the results of luminaires used in the past.
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TAKE CONTROL WITH CONTROL TRACK
CONTROLTrack: Seamless Surface Track (120/277V) is a continuous slot track system for dynamically controlling fixtures through various wired protocols including DMX, Lutron EcoSystem and up to two zones of 0-10V control.
CONTROLTrack is constructed of heavy duty .070 extruded aluminum and is available in actual 4 foot, 8 foot, and 12 foot lengths, in Black, White and Silver finishes. Designed to the same industry leading standards as all LSI Track Systems,
CONTROLTrack can be mounted directly to any horizontal/vertical surface or suspended from a surface by field cuttable stainless steel cables or steel stems.
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Rest area Espenes on National Scenic Routes | Lighting design Light Bureau Architect Code Arkitektur AS Location Kinsarvik/Odda, Norway Photos Fovea Studio Products XOOLINE IP67 OCEANOS IP67 Contracting client NPRA, Norwegian Scenic Routes Contractor Brun Bygg AS Steel contractor Størksen Rustfri Industri AS Spectacular Scenic Route attraction in Hardanger On Wednesday 31 August 2022, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) was opening Espenes rest area with a viewing pavilion and toilet facilities. | | | |
Why use LED Light Panels for Backlighting? | Lighting products usually come in standard shapes and sizes, limiting their application to specific environments. At Omnify, OmniSheet™ uses a unique, patented process that allows for the embedding of the LEDs and heat sink into the acrylic panel itself, making custom shapes possible. | | | | |
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WE-EF QuickShip provides a competitive advantage for your lighting projects through preferred shipments directly from their Pittsburgh facility. QuickShip items are available in four standard finishes. Black (RAL9004), White (RAL9016), Grey Metallic (RAL9007), and Dark Bronze (RAL8019).
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Selecting Low Voltage Wire for Landscape Lighting
Many B-K Lighting fixtures operate on 12 volts. Taking advantage of these energy-saving fixtures requires appropriate care in planning the electrical wiring system. To maintain expected lamp performance we recommend the following procedures in sizing your low-voltage wiring system.
These calculations are estimates based upon a 5% maximum voltage drop. These approximations do not consider real-world factors like temperature or other stresses. Please note that this calculator represents data specifically for use with B-K Lighting 12V products. AWG smaller than 12 gauge or larger than 6 gauge will not be displayed or recommended.
Begin by determining your "Center of Load" by entering your data for step 1 and step 2 (you may use Enter/Tab keys while mobile users may use Next/Go); the form will automatically generate the calculations. Enter the total wattage for the proposed low voltage run for step 3. Finally, re-enter your Center of Load for the recommended wire gauge. Our Low Voltage Guide PDF is also available for download.
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EV Charging for Municipalities | Providing easy access to EV charging stations throughout communities highlights green energy leadership and sets one community apart from another. Municipalities installing EV chargers can help improve air quality, promote economic development, and meet climate change goals while also providing charging infrastructure that can attract environmentally-conscious consumers and businesses. | | | | | | |
