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The latest crop of fixtures draws on shapely forms and clean, linear styling. |
November 2014 Product Briefs: Lighting
Asfodelo
This series by Nahoor consists of elegant stick compositions ranging from tripod-style table lamps to three-arm chandeliers. The single-arm floor lamp is offered straight or bent with a 30° angle, and is fitted with a 6W LED. Constructed of brass, all are available in polished or satin chrome; burnished or brushed brass; and matte or glossy white or black lacquer. Available through Michael Dawkins Home.
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Cirrus Channel Suspension R1
Crisp lines define the long and lean Cirrus Channel LED luminaire from Edge Lighting. Featuring a 1”-wide flat lens that provides a 100° beam spread, it can be specified in 1’ to 17’ lengths in 3”, 5”, 8”, or 10” increments. (Lengths greater than 10’ are shipped as two connecting parts.) Finishes include satin nickel, chrome, antique bronze, satin aluminum, white, and satin black.
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Exterior 400
Martin Professional's Exterior 400 uniformly and powerfully washes exterior walls and columns in color or white light. Providing 5,300 lumens and an RGBW color palette, it can produce beam angles of 7.5, 14.5, 31, and 57'. The rugged housing is specifiable in white, black, or aluminum finish.
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String Lights
Created by Michael Anastassiades for Flos, String Lights makes the LED fixture's connecting cord—a black Kevlar-reinforced cable—a central part of the design. Its body is available in two different styles: a sphere with a matte-black varnished die-cast aluminum top half and opal polycarbonate bottom half, or a matte-black conical shade with opal diffuser. The cable is available in 39' or 72' lengths, and the switch base is offered as a wall-mount or floor-standing cylinder.
Photo courtesy Flos
Santorini
Traditional fishing-boat lanterns inspired the design of Santorini, a new indoor/outdoor luminaire from Marset. The playful fixtures can be hung individually or grouped with additional units, and can be converted into a sconce or floor lamp with optional wall brackets and floor stands. Its blown, pressed-glass diffuser is paired with a polycarbonate shade finished in mustard, white, or gray.
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QB
Bruck Lighting’s simple box-shaped QB provides indirect illumination from both ends using an LED source and an interior reflector. Made of extruded aluminum, the fixture is offered in three housing finishes—black, brushed chrome, or white—all with white reflectors. It measures 4 3/8” wide and high, and 3¾” deep, and can be mounted vertically or horizontally.
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Gask
A new Diesel Living collaboration, Foscarini’s Gask suspension light evokes ancient Mesopotamian temples and Art Deco motifs with its stepped-form body made of black varnished steel. The pendant’s screws become accents, and its diffuser is glass, specifiable in opaque white or smoky gray. It measures 6½” in diameter by 10½” high and takes dimmable candelabra-sized incandescent bulbs or fluorescent lamping.
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Light in the Bubble
Italian product designer Andrea Ciappesoni offers a whimsical take on the Edison bulb. A single LED source illuminates a flat acrylic disc that features an A-bulb silhouette with a squiggly filament pattern carved in the disc’s center. The bulb comes with both E14- and E27-terminal ceramic adapters for fitting into a range of hanging or standing fixtures, and can be specified in color temperatures of 6,400K or 3,000K. The cord is not included, but a color-cord kit can be ordered separately through the studio.
Photo courtesy Ciappesoni
Fresco Touchscreen
With touch screen controls becoming a norm, Acuity has been developing its own systems for lighting. But the company’s latest version, called Fresco, goes beyond the standard power on/off and dimming. The screen, which also connects with mobile devices via Bluetooth, can manage up to 36 zones or can be wirelessly ganged with up to seven additional stations, to control as many as 288 zones. It can accommodate preset scenes, control movable fixtures, and manage intensity, color, and white-color temperature, among other settings.
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Koord
The sculptural Koord pendant from El Torrent features a nickel-wire frame embellished with braided acrylic cord that comes in orange, pink, gray, aqua, or any of 120 custom colors. Three sizes are available: the elongated version measures 15¾” in diameter by 31½” high; the medium hat-shaped style is 27 5/8” x 13 7/8” high; and the large format is 39 3/8” x 19¾” high. The fixtures take 17W LED, 26W LED, or compact fluorescent lamping, depending on the size selected.
Photo courtesy El Torrent
