Mullan launches hotel range
(Ireland) - Mullan Lighting expands product portfolio to include new range of light fixtures specifically designed for use in the hotel industry.
This new range of lights adds to Mullan Lighting’s existing offering of light fixtures ideally suited to the retail and hospitality industries. Award-winning lead designer Wendy Ward comments on her approach taken when designing this new range of lights: “When designing lights for application in hospitality our approach at Mullan Lighting is the same as it always is. Our lights are meticulously designed and prototyped until we’re confident that the fixtures are both aesthetically pleasing and accordingly durable."
The new range of hotel lights from Mullan Lighting includes the Uppsala family that comprises of a solid brass two-arm table lamp and wall light. The Uppsala lights feature two slender curved arms that hold two black Empire fabric lamp shades.
Also added to Mullan Lighting’s growing hotel lighting collection is the sleek and sophisticated Perth table lamp. The Perth table lamp features an elegant, slender wooden stem holding an empire lampshade and secured to a brass base.
Commenting on the new range of hotel lights, Mike Treanor, Design Director at Mullan Lighting said: “The immediate feedback we’ve received from interiors designers and architects that have already seen the light fixtures has been very positive."
dpa celebrates Tiffany design
(US) - dpa lighting consultants worked in collaboration with the office of renowned architect Eva Jiřičná to create the Tiffany Gallery for the redesigned Luce Center on the fourth floor of the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library.
While also working closely with New-York historical on this project, specifically the brief, dpa lighting consultants were required to create a spectacular, custom-designed glass gallery showcasing the museum’s preeminent collection of Tiffany lamps.
The Gallery of Tiffany Lamps, comprises a 4,800sqft, two-story space measuring nearly a city block with its elegant glass Norman S. Benzaquen Grand Staircase. As the centrepiece of the fourth floor, the gallery features 100 illuminated Tiffany lamps from New-York Historical’s collection displayed within a dramatically lit jewel-like space that visitors can access through the Geduld Family Gateways.
The project was inspired by New-York Historical’s discovery of the unknown story of Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls, who designed and created iconic Tiffany lamps at the turn of the 20th century, many of which are in the Museum’s collection.
“The reopening of our Henry Luce III Center on the fourth floor of our landmark building marks a new and dramatic phase in the evolution of New-York Historical as one of the great showcases for architectural innovation in New York with, among other spectacular features, a bi-level glass Tiffany lamp gallery that is a major feat of design and engineering,” said Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society.
Nick Hoggett, Partner at dpa lighting consultants and lead on the project added: “It was a wonderful project to be part of, the technical challenges of showcasing lamps that are over 100 years old in some cases, with contemporary context and techniques, was one we relished. The Tiffany Girls remain an inspiration to all of us interested in light.”
The lamping of the Tiffany lamps themselves raised some interesting philosophical questions, which were debated with the curatorial team at the museum and internally at dpa. One key question was whether the lamps used should provide an accurate representation of the tungsten lamps used historically or whether the visual impact of the Tiffany Lamps was the most important factor.
After much debate and trialling of numerous retrofit LED lamps, a palette of high CRI filament style LED lamps was settled upon which paid respect to tungsten sources in terms of look, colour temperature and colour rendering but offered the energy savings of LED and reduced the heat build-up within the display cases.
Another question included whether specific lamps should be provided with additional illumination to further reveal and highlight the craftsmanship and decoration of their bases. Several mock-ups were carried out using fibre optic sources but it was eventually decided that the lighting of the bases should reflect how they were presented historically using the spill light from the shades above.
Whilst The Tiffany Gallery predominantly provides a stunning space within which to display the Tiffany lamps and present their history, the gallery can also be used by the museum to host special events. In order to respond to this additional requirement, the coves which are ordinarily lit in blue to reveal the barrel vault ceiling can be set to differing hues and brightness via a DMX system to set a more celebratory tone within the gallery.
Rounding out the floor, the Robert H. Smith Family Skylight Gallery designed by Eva Jiricna Architects provides visitors an airy, sun-soaked lounge space where they can reflect on their experience beneath a historic skylight that was part of the building’s original construction, restored with the generous support of American Express.
Elish Warlop - Design Within Reach Success
It offers an ideal ignition point between designers and potential manufacturers, retailers and distributors seeking the latest in cutting-edge design. This year’s selection will feature two categories, one showcasing lighting design and the other furniture and accessories.
Launch Pad is a special annual platform at WantedDesign where up and coming designers from around the world showcase their new products and connect with potential manufacturers, retailers, or distributors. It seeks to match innovative products with the right markets, leading to successful launches for a range of captivating designs.
This year’s event is presented in partnership with Design Milk and supported by Design Within Reach, who will both have representation on the Launch Pad jury. “Collaborating with the brightest designers of our day is one of the great privileges and joys of our work at DWR. Whether it’s the work of an accomplished master or that of a young design student, we seek pieces that embrace the tenets of Modernism,” said Noah Schwarz, Director of Merchandising at Design Within Reach.
Jury Committee: Jaime Derringer, Design Milk Founder + Executive Editor, and will include Noah Schwartz, Director of merchandising, Design Within Reach, Bettina Hermann, director of design and product management, Rolf Benz, for the furniture & accessories category. Katie Stamaris, Director of product development and designer David Trubridge for the lighting category.
Winner announcement is made at WantedDesign Manhattan shortly after the jury review on May 22, 2017
darc ICFF talk announced
(US) - darc magazine to host talk on importance of 'good' lighting at ICFF New York.
Moderated by David Howell, the darc ‘Decorating Interiors with Light’ talk will be a discussion between interior designers, lighting designers and product designers on the importance of ‘good’ lighting in interior design schemes.
The panel includes New Zealand-based David Trubridge; product designers Gabriel Scott and lighting designer Brett Andersen of Focus Lighting, all based in New York City. Topics discussed will range from current trends in decorative lighting to advances in technology, such as LED, and how these are shaping the lighting design industry.
The Decorating Interiors with Light talk takes place at ICFF New York on Tuesday May 23, 2017 at 2pm.
www.icff.com/conference/icff-talks
Clerkenwell Design Week is back!
(UK) - Clerkenwell Design Week returns for its 8th year on 23-25 May 2017 for three days of design related events, exhibitions and installations.
The festival will feature seven exhibitions taking over distinctive spaces across the area, including world famous nightclub which Fabric will host Icon House of Culture. This year the exhibition will feature a careful selection of top international lighting and design brands with the show’s first stand-alone lighting show.
Over 80 showrooms also welcome visitors to explore a host of product debuts, collaborations and installations. To register for your free trade badge click here
Join Delta Light, Dean Skira and mondo*arc editor in Milan
(Italy) - In a series of Design Talks, Delta Light will invite guest designers to present their new product design concepts, followed by an insight into their work and philosophy.
Held at the Palazzo Crivelli, Brera Design District, on Thursday April 6, Julian Weyer from CF Moller will present from 5-6pm, followed by Dean Skira of Skira Architectural Lighting from 6.15-7.30pm, moderated by mondo*arc editor Paul James.
To register your interest in any of the Delta Light talks register here and use code MONDOARC
Welcome to the jungle
(UAE) - Dubai’s biggest interior design show is heading to the jungle.
The team behind the hugely-popular INDEX Design Series has revealed plans for an all-sense tingling, spellbinding exhibition that promises to take visitors deep into the heart of the forest.
Bristling with fully-immersive feature experiences allowing guests to see, hear, feel, smell and even taste their way around the show, the 27th edition of INDEX will focus on Design for the Senses, and aims to offer interior designers, architects and procurers the ultimate creative platform on which to network and source some of the finest furniture and décor found anywhere in the world.
A pride of big name celebrity designers are set to be found prowling deep in the INDEX jungle too. London style icon Henry Holland and Welsh award-winning luxury guru Bethan Gray will lead the pack, taking part in their own exclusive In Conversation seminars. Jo Hamilton - widely regarded as one of the UK’s leading interior designers and a respected public speaker, writer and broadcaster - will head-up the four-day festival’s Design Talks.
Harrods Interiors – born from the world’s most exclusive department store - will supply unrivalled luxury when they mark their first venture into the UAE with a five-star VIP Oasis set in the heart of the enormous exhibition, which is this year officially endorsed by the Dubai Design & Fashion Council.
And on top of all of that, the trade show – responsible for generating $5.5bn in business in 2016 - will open its doors to consumers for the first time, hosting a dedicated night for members of the public to peruse the more than 800 expected exhibitor stands.
Samantha Kane Macdonald, event director at INDEX, said: “What we all love about design is how truly organic it is; it’s always changing, developing, growing, improving. That’s why it remains our passion, as there’s always something new.
“No place mirrors that better than the forest, where the most incredible colours, sounds, textures, smells and tastes combine to create this living, breathing organism that encapsulates everything designers aim to achieve. That’s what we want to achieve with our Design for the Senses theme at this year’s INDEX; an interiors environment that stimulates designers into working with new materials and in new ways – pushing the design cycle on again. For me, finding that new ‘new’ is just so exciting. Exploring INDEX 2017 I’ve no doubt we’ll uncover it.”
The 2017 INDEX Design Series will take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre between May 22nd and 25th. To find out more, visit www.indexdesignseries.com
darc at Euroluce 2017
(Italy) - darc magazine out in force at Euroluce 2017.
This year's Euroluce exhibition, held as part of Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy, will see the darc team out in force. Pick up a copy of the March / April from our stand: Pavilion 15, F42 and join us for a drink on Wednesday 5th April as we celebrate 'The Best in British' in conjunction with Anglepoise. You will find us on the Anglepoise stand Pavilion 13, F03 from 4pm.
The May / June issue of darc will feature the following:
- Crystal Cruises, International
- Rüya restaurant, Dubai
- Northern Assurance Building, Manchester
- 135 W 52nd Street, New York
- Hotel Lighting Feature
- Euroluce Product Review
- Wanted Design Preview
- ICFF Preview
- Milan Design Week Review
If you are launching new products or have a press event in Milan you would like darc to attend, please contact Editor Helen Fletcher before 29th March.
Calling all designers! Be part of darc night
(UK) - All independent designers will soon be able to vote for their favourite projects and products in the first-ever darc awards / decorative.
Taking place on 18 May 2017, at the Bloomsbury Ballroom, London, the awards party darc night will celebrate the very best in decorative lighting design.
There are less than two weeks to go until the entry stage closes and voting begins, with every single voting interior designer, lighting designer and architect automatically eligible for a free ticket to darc night.
The categories for the awards reflect the diverse range of decorative projects and products we cover in darc magazine, ranging from: residential, workplace, hotel, retail and bar/restaurant schemes, to a complete range of product categories.
If you haven't entered yet, you only have until 31 March to be in with a chance of winning! All entries are processed online and you can enter here.
LED innovation launch from Buster + Punch
(UK) - Buster + Punch launches Stoned LED table light.
Marking a new chapter for Buster + Punch, the Stoned LED table light uses a unique LED lamp, which looks towards the past, to imagine the lighting of the future.
Inspired by the warmth of Victorian-era candle light, Stoned combines patented Buster + Punch LED technology, with a signature resin light pipe, set in a hand-blown glass shell. The result is a warm, yet crisp quality of light, reminiscent of ambient candle light.
Provides a glimpse of what low-energy lighting might look like in the future and how well it can perform, Stoned uses just 1/50th of the energy of a conventional lamp and the LED technology is built to last more than 27 years. Stoned is finished in polished white marble or honed black granite and hovers suspended from a single piece of solid stone.
Launch Pad focus on lighting in New York
(USA) - The fourth edition of Launch Pad, during Wanted Design, will feature category dedicated to lighting.
Celebrating its fourth year at WantedDesign, the Launch Pad offers an ideal ignition point between designers and potential manufacturers, retailers and distributors seeking the latest in cutting-edge design.
This year’s competition will feature two categories, one showcasing lighting design and the other furniture + accessories. Each category will feature international design studios and independent designers, for a total of 35 participants.
A top prize per category will be awarded to the standout product that meets the highest levels of quality and design. Elish Warlop, 2014 Launch Pad winner, will also present her new collection of lighting.
PLDC international design ideas now open
(France) - What will the cities of tomorrow look like? PLDC is calling individual lighting designers, architects and engineers as well as interdisciplinary teams to action.
Ideas and projects that will help define the future of urban lighting can now be submitted for the International Design Ideas Competition 2017.
The ten best submissions of creative and intelligent solutions to support and enhance social life in cities will be showcased during the Professional Lighting Design Week from 27 October – 05 November, 2017 in designated showrooms in Paris.
Prizes of €5,000, €3 and €1,500 will be awarded to the overall best three and their names announced at the PLDC Gala Dinner on 4 November, 2017.
The competition is global and open to everyone. The comprehensive Call for Entries can be downloaded free-of-charge here. The fee to enter the Design Ideas competition is €75 per submission (student fee €35 + student ID).
All entries must be registered using the registration form by 31 March, 2017. The submission date for the design competition documents is 15 May, 2017. By this date, all documents must have been uploaded.
