1. Forms+Surfaces Triada Lighting
This nautical-inspired lamppost integrates directional shields to comply
with local laws that protect turtles in the environmentally sensitive
and heavily regulated beachfronts of Miami Beach. The design is a good
alternative to standard streetlamps, which can mislead the female
turtles attempting to return to the sea after hatching their eggs.
Available with or without directional shields, the lamp can be specified
in heights up to 12 feet and comes in black, silver, and evergreen.
(800) 451-0410;
www.forms-surfaces.com |
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2. Flos Baby Zoo and Good Night Collection
The Cheetah Day and Cheetah Night (shown here) are part of the Baby Zoo
and Good Night collection—a children’s rug series that
incorporates a unique night light designed by Laurene Leon Boym. The
rugs are made of 100 percent pure virgin wool and natural dyes; the
rechargeable night-lights run for 12 hours. (800) 939-3567;
www.flos.net |
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3. Cartesian Pendant for Lightspace, by Boyd Lighting
The spare sculptural form of Doyle Crosby’s stepped aluminum center
canopy reduces the light fixture to an aluminum outline without
sacrificing performance. It is available in gossamer aluminum (shown
here), satin aluminum, and white finishes. (800) 276-2693;
www.lightspacebyboyd.com |
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4. Kartell Take Light
Ferruccio Laviani’s Take light—which emerges from facing
sheets of polycarbonate—plays with the form of the classic bedside
lamp. It is available in crystal, yellow, green, orange, red, blue, and
smoke gray transparent polycarbonate and in solid white and black. (212)
367-3701;
www.kartellus.com |
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5. Woka 1924 Desny Lamp
Woka light fixtures are manufactured in Vienna from designs by Josef
Hoffmann, Otto Wagner, Koloman Moser, and other leading architects and
designers of the early twentieth century. The 1924 Desny lamp (shown
here), designed by the French design company Desny, comes in a
lacquered-brass, nickel-plated, or white finish.
woka@wokalamps.com;
www.wokalamps.com |
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6. Normann Norm03 Lamp
This 39-piece foil design by Britt Kornum is the latest in
Normann’s easy-to-assemble (requiring no glue or tools) line of
affordable contemporary light shades. The small version is 21 inches
wide, and the large is 26.
www.normann-copenhagen.com |
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7. Ambient Orb from MoMA
Available from the MoMA Design Store, this frosted-glass sphere is
linked to a wireless network and subtly shifts among thousands of colors
to display real-time information. You can personalize your orb to track
information streams such as stock-market, weather, or traffic
conditions. For example, the orb glows green as the stock market rises
and red as it declines. (800) 793-3167;
www.momastore.org |
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8. StarLed from Luceplan
The StarLed, designed by Alberto Meda and Paolo Rizzatto, uses a single
LED (light-emitting diode) that generates a bright white light and
operates on ordinary rechargeable batteries for about four hours.
Because it is wireless, it can be used like a candle, and it comes with
a single or four-unit recharger. The light can also be used while
sitting in its slim recharger. It is available in a transparent version
with a green head and metallic version with a blue head. (212) 989-6265;
www.luceplan.com |
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9. Uni-Solar PVL Roofing
Uni-Solar’s PVL (Photovoltaic Laminate) is a durable and
easy-to-install solar-electric roofing system. Its bonding laminate
adheres directly to the roofing membrane, requiring no penetration and
resulting in low installation costs. (800) 397-2083;
www.uni-solar.com;
www.smartroofsolar.com |
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10. Mitsubishi Seamlessline Linear Fluorescent Lamp
Kazumi Tanimura designed these circular glass stairs to act as a grand
chandelier in the lobby of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates’s Grand
Hyatt Tokyo. She combined varying lengths of the Seamlessline Linear
Fluorescent Lamp (now available in the United States through Mitsubishi
International), which has no shadow near the socket, to fit the widening
treads and provide perfectly uniform light. (212) 605-2439;
www.nippo-web.com |
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11. Destiny CW from TIR Systems
Digitally controlled Destiny CW luminaires illuminate the Kuo Hua Life
Insurance Commercial Building in Taipei, Taiwan, using high-flux LEDs to
create a dynamic installation. The lighting also has the ability to wash
a surface with a uniform rectangle of colored light. (800) 663-2036;
www.tirsys.com |
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12. Osram Linearlight Colormix LED Dimmable System
Available from Sylvania, the Linearlight Colormix LED Dimmable System
offers a virtually unlimited color palette to create flexible lighting
installations. The product is perfect for designating escape routes,
borders, and stair markers. Three separate chips inside each LED allow
for dynamic illumination. (800) 544-4828;
www.sylvania.com |
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13. Warren Langley Light Bowl
Australian artist Warren Langley creates sculptural works using
remote-source lighting technology in conjunction with landscaping and
architecture. In this Sydney installation he uses Supervision
fiber-optic lighting that is safe and colorful. (407) 857-9900;
www.svision.com;
www.warrenlangley.net |
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Image no. 7, courtesy the MoMA Design Store;
all others courtesy the manufacturers |
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