Transience of Light is an ‘optical light installation’ that was designed for the front window of Euroluce showroom, Melbourne, by RMIT Interior Design students as part of the State of Design Festival 2011.
The design is situated in an eight metre long prominent floor to ceiling glass display window shopfront that faces the steeply sloping and busy thoroughfare of Russell Street. Through the precise arrangement of a field shimmering of reflective strips, the piece seems to shift and change as one moves past the window, spelling out ‘Euroluce’ as a subtle visual illusion. The designs vertical strips are divided into intervals that correspond to the Fibonacci series which are then progressively offset horizontally to create a complex pattern. These patterns are then layered behind one another to create a compelling visual effect between the superimposed graphic strips. The piece is designed to entice pedestrians and commuters to engage in the perception of a dynamic, flickering and spiralling vision as they move past the window.
The work is considered as a sensorial constellation whose essence is its ever changing ephemeral qualities. The window façade display and the showrooms lighting collection will be carefully curated and illuminated so as to work in a delicate harmony in both the interior and exterior and during the day and night.
The design responds to the festivals themes of the use of transitional spaces and ideas of the transformative, the active and the activating and exposes how design can affect us mentally and physically.
The aesthetic of dematerialisation is one of the abiding conditions that define the sensory experiences of the contemporary city. In the last hundred years the imposing stone solidity of nineteenth century construction has been replaced by the structural expression, minimalist detailing and transparent and translucent skin of contemporary architecture. This phenomena can been seen most clearly in the refractions, reflections and plays of light mirrored in the plate glass windows of retail stores and the curtain walls of the modern skyscraper. This project addresses this transient materiality of the urban realm and seeks to focus and amplify the perceptual potentials that lie within the immaterial nature of the urban façade. In traversing the relationship between light and materiality the work involves the manipulation of both physical effects and psychological affects. This approach marks a move away from the conception of design as the arrangement objects in space to one where the manifestation of fields of phenomena is used to engulf the viewer in perceptual delight.
Ross McLeod, Senior Lecturer Interior Design, Research Director Furniture Laboratory
RMIT School of Architecture and Design
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Surry Hills Village was a whirl of action, colour, music and fun during the Saturday Indesign weekend!
Over 2,000 designers who made their voyage from around Australia and beyond, to participate in SID and experience our Light Studio, ensured we had continual stream of visitors engaging with our installation, from early morning brunch to sunset drinks.
Our studio was transformed into an abstract landscape with references to forests and other elements found in natural landscapes through the use of lights and lighting. Creepers hugged the columns and creating a canopy over the pathway through which low clusters of pendants hung. Reaching high in the landscape, mountains of reflection were home to various table lights. Against a grey wall, spindly vines crept amongst the Wall Flowers. Light Springs gathered at the grey water wall, while pods of Wastberg lights nestled together in the depths of the woods.
Graphics, by our SID partner Bleux, wrapped and morphed, complementing our landscape which was enhanced further with an overlay of colour and effects through light by Vision Design.
Our product highlights this year were:
Can-Can pendant light , by Marcel Wanders, draws of inspirations from can-can dancers . The Can-Can has a hard shiny outer shade, whilst beneath is hiding a whimsical fun and vibrant acrylic design, adding sophisticated and unexpected elements to our everyday settings.
Light Spring: is part of a range of wall lights utilizing a simplistic elegant form with LED. Designer Ron Gilad explains that the designs are inspired from classic candelabras.
Mini Teca : Ron Gilard’s Mini Teca is a play on the thought that design pieces are in fact not necessarily only for utilitarian uses, but are in fact collectables. This fun little light encased in a clear acrylic box sits proud like an Object d’art, just as museum pieces sit behind closed glass cabinets to be admired from a distance.
Francesco Rota’s Canopy pendant lights, in bold fuchsia and golden yellow, were beautiful glowing shades covering a promenade of Oluce luminaires designed by the likes of Joe Colombo and Magistretti in the 1960’s & ‘70’s. Sleek black and illuminated white Atollos, the black Spider and the Coupe family, are some of the most recognizable and sort after classics. The new Coroa pendant, design by Emmanuel Babled, created by layering plates of white aluminium around the circular structure, was an eye-catching play of light and shadow.
Yamagiwa products : on display were the Mayuhana pendant by Toyo Ito, ethereal lights made of layers of spun fiber-glasses, floating effortless above Yukio Hashimoto’s Moon Bird, the hand sculptured timber desk light.
SID was our premiere showing of Wastberg, a Swedish company we are pleased to have joined our portfolio of manufactures who are world leaders of innovation and design. Wastberg’s thoughtfully designed collection of Led desk lights nestled in a landscape of woodchips and logs were positively received by all our guests. Being designed by the likes of James Irvine, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Jean-Marie Massaud and Ilse Crawford, it’s easy to know why.
At this year’s Euroluce Fair at Salone Del Mobil in Milano, Reggiani’s stand epitomised their 50 year philosophy and development as one of the world leaders in architectural lighting; to develop and produce innovative and functional technical lighting devices to enhance and bring enlightenment to buildings, spaces, objects and atmospheres through illumination.
Created by Japanese architects Setsu and Shinobu ITO, the stand had two distinct areas: one devoted to the emotional characteristics the essence of light produces, and the other focused on Reggiani’s new innovative lighting products.
The impressively broad range of new products are designed by Reggiani’s in-house team of engineers, as well as renown lighting designers LADP, and MOMO design (usually recognized in the motor industry).
Focusing on the RE Luce LED products, we have new down lights, track lights, pendants and exterior products, all using new and improved LED technology of the highest grade. Their continual use of LED IOS products, high reflective interchangeable optic reflector systems, used throughout their extensive ranges, ensures all products have high light-output ratios, increased efficacy, and excellent control, ensuring all projects are brought to life with light.
This year’s festivities of creative talent at the world famous Salone Del Mobil, in Milano were in full flight! We were delighted to experience so many new and interesting products and proto-types from the best and most interesting designers around.
The FLOS stand was one of the highlights at this year’s Euroluce light fair held every 2 years as part of the Milan Furniture Fair. Their exhibition, as expected, held an exciting and cutting edge range of products from their Flos Decorative and Flos Architectural ranges.
Whimsical floor lights and pendants such as Chrysalis and the Can-can by Marcel Wanders, table lights in bright reds, concrete and timber by Bouroullec brothers, and of course ingenious and startling Starck lights, enlightened the expansive stand. Other novel uses of materials and shapes were equally impressive from a range of products designed by some of the world’s most sort after designers; Patricia Urquiola, Ron Gilad, Antonia Citterio, Barber Osgerby.
Of course LEDs were center stage, with all their Architectural luminaires, and many of the decorative lights, produced with integral high-powered LED light sources. The Architectural products continued on the innovative and interesting path. One such stand-out product was the LED Light Pipes; a unique downlight integrating a range of coloured acrylic pipes giving a decorative edge to a technical lighting system.
FLOS’ new range of products will certainly add to our extensive portfolio products. Good news is - many of these new releases will be available later this year.
As part of Sydney Italian Design Festival our Sydney Light Studio was graced with many of the most influential and iconic products created in the past 50 years on which to sit. Yes the humble but utterly useful chair, of which many have become sought after collectables, and icons of 21st century avant-garde design.
Chairs are one of the most popular items to design. They are, after all, constantly used in our day to day lives and can often represent the style of its owner, reflect the interior or exterior surrounds, or dictate the type of activity for which they are used.
The Italian Way of Seating has been a touring exhibition, curated by the editor of Italian design magazine Domus, Alessandro Mendini. It displays the most coveted chairs which have been manufactured in Italy by the likes of Cappellini, Edra, Morroso, Magis, Kartell . The styles and use of various innovative materials, such as chip-board, nylon, rope, plastic, foam and glass, display the depth of ground-breaking and inventive designs created by renown designers from around the world such as La Corbusier, Castiglioni, Colombo, Magistretti, Starck, Cetterio, Boeri, Newson.
The chairs were beautifully lit using luminaires from Euroluce, fittingly many of which were designed by the same designers as the chairs.
Euroluce’s Surry Hills Light Studio was transformed for the launch of FLOS Soft-Architecture, the most innovative product range by FLOS, which seamlessly melds in to the surfaces of the architecture.
Piero Gandini, the CEO of FLOS Italy, one of the luminary greats within the world of lighting, was the special guest for the night, along with a few hundred others who gathered together for the informative and enriching experience.
The guests we given tours of the unique range of products, designed by some of the world’s most coveted designers, such as Philippe Starck’s rippling metallic silver and gold linear wall recessed Long & Hard ; Marcel Wanders Sky garden recessed wall light both illuminated with hidden LED. The iconic Spun light by Sebastian Wrong, is even included in this vast range, the Spun-light is given the appearance of either being pushed in, or being pushed out of the wall…a ghostly sight with humorous revealing.
Water Ripples falling upwards in to the ceiling, linear splices of light and ghostly wall recessed step lights that have no end and no beginning… and of course the 6 meter high wall of the award winning product; Wall Piercing, by Ron Gilard. Its presented, in the Studio, as a cascading torrent of interlinking rings, each of which pierce the wall. Colour changing LED is positioned on the inner side of each ring and coloured lights reflect off the wall and illuminates the surrounding space. The wall is a true art work in its self.
The team of Euroluce would like to welcome you to experience Soft Architecture in our Studio.
And we would like to thank our sponsors: Peroni Beer, Tasmanian Rain water and SMEG for providing the cool refreshing beverages throughout the night.
Photography by: Jackie Chan
www.soft-architecture.com
www.flos.com
Alexander Lotersztain of Derlot has launched his new design HAUS, spaces for interaction and conversation, for the Unlimited Asia Pacific Design Triennial in Brisbane, Australia. Based on the fairy tail ; ‘The Three Little Pigs’, each Haus has its own unique identity, made possible through the collaboration with Euroluce, Corian, Laminex and Bizzaza. Alex has used the various materials to make each HAUS, and of course illuminated by Euroluce’s lighting; Long + Hard by Philippe Starck for FLOS.
http://www.derlot.com
photos: Florian Groehn
http://www.floriangroehn.com
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