From luminaires to components, these products demonstrate that small and slim packages can deliver maximum visual impact.
May 2015 Product Briefs: Lighting
Tetragono
This outdoor LED luminaire from Artemide is available as a post or wall sconce, both of which feature a UV-resistant polycarbonate diffuser slicing through an anthracite-painted, die-cast aluminum body. The floor standing unit measures 5” x 5” x 35½” high; the sconce is 5” x 5” x 6½” deep.
Binic in New Colors
One of Foscarini's popular table lights, the playful Binic is getting a color makeover with six new hues (replacing the original palette): white, blue, mint, gray, pink, and yellow. Each measures 5½” in diameter x 8” high, takes compact fluorescent lamping, and is constructed of ABS plastic with a polycarbonate lens.
Compendium
Just launching in North America, Luceplan's Compendium is a sleek LED fixture that is available as a suspension or floor lamp. Its anodized aluminum body comes in a black, brass, or silver finish; for the floor version, it mounts on a die-cast zinc-alloy base. The suspension model measures 64” wide, while the floor lamp stands 72¾” high.
BeveLED Flat
The trimmed version of this USAI recessed fixture measures a mere 2¾” deep, making it the thinnest LED housing currently available on the market and well suited to ceilings loaded with ductwork and other infrastructure. It accommodates the manufacturer's BeveLED 2.0 downlight with 4½” square or round trim. Both the driver and engine are field replaceable.
Corelite RZL Suspended
Cooper Lighting has added a suspended linear model to its Corelite LED series that provides direct or indirect lighting. The fixture boasts a compact 3½” profile and comes in 4', 8', and 12' modular sections that can be connected to create continuous runs. Five shielding styles are offered.
Visor
ERCO's elegant Visor is a disc-shaped outdoor wall fixture that produces a wide or deep beam on steps and floors while preventing light from trespassing above the horizontal plane. Powder-coated in graphite, the cast-aluminum unit measures 7⅔” or 7¾” in diameter. A monolithic bollard version, with the disc inset near the top, is also available.
Wireflow
Designed by Arik Levy for Vibia, this whimsical pendant utilizes lacquered metal rods and black electrical wires to create a chandelier mimicking a line drawing. A total of 28 preset configurations—including volumetric and linear compositions—are available, but the manufacturer also offers an online tool to modify any of them. Pressed glass diffuses the LED light.
Optical Light Engines
Soraa has launched compact and low-profile light engines for its full visible spectrum GaN-on-GaN LEDs, affording fixture manufacturers more design freedom and flexibility. The new engines measure 1½”, 2”, or 4” in diameter and emit 500 to 1,000 lumens in four white-color temperatures. Heat sink is optional.
Palladiom QS
Sporting two to four buttons that are flush with—and in the same finish as—the faceplate, this attractive keypad from Lutron Electronics can blend into most high-end interiors. Rectangular and square plate formats are offered, as is a choice of finishes: white glass, 10 matte plastic, and 11 metallic. To help users find the controls in dark rooms, the engraved text on the buttons is backlit.
Lady Jane
Nimbus's Lady Jane floor lamp features a matte-acrylic LED paddle that uses its own weight to stay in place on a chrome-plated tube yet can easily be raised and lowered by hand, and even detached to function as a portable light source. Its fabric cable comes in neon green, magenta, or dark gray.
