From luminaires to components, these products demonstrate that small and slim packages can deliver maximum visual impact.
May 2015 Product Briefs: Lighting
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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