tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55747285909182406312024-03-05T21:46:41.108+01:00DESIGNITIVESThe blog where we all can propose product design reviews for public evaluation and propose ways to improve them. Give feedback to designers and manufacturers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574728590918240631.post-2443050058012207942013-07-24T14:32:00.000+02:002015-11-28T03:52:51.255+01:00GravityLight. Generating light from gravity.
How to do more with less
GravityLight is a gravity-powered lamp designed to provide affordable, sustainable and reliable light that enables people in developing or third-world nations, to break free from the economic, health and environmental negative impacts of kerosene lamps.
Today, over 1.5 billion people - about 21% of the world's population - have no reliable access to mains electricity Somerset Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00581661600363055731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574728590918240631.post-85728749422801443942012-04-12T02:31:00.001+02:002012-09-24T12:04:34.935+02:00The LOTUS Lamp.
3D printing: Arts & tech
Inspired by the flower of the same name, this delicate and elegant light was first introduced at 100% Design in London in 2003, attracting immediate attention to the revolutionary possibilities of digital manufacturing.
The sophisticated diffuser was created as a single object, without joints, using Stereolithography (SLA) a 3D material printing process (video above) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574728590918240631.post-35887339202682898362012-04-02T03:16:00.004+02:002012-09-23T19:58:54.116+02:00Occhio io 3d lamp series.
Joy of light
The Occhio io 3d distinctive head is joined by a hidden swivel to the gently angled, flat-profile arm which serves as the basis for its remarkable three-dimensional movability. The head can be touched and safely turned 360° in any direction using the heat insulated grip pads. The pads are magnetically held allowing the user to easily Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1Germany51.0690168147354 10.45898399999998747.1748988147354 5.8712069999999867 54.9631348147354 15.046760999999986tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574728590918240631.post-89977125423301317952011-11-18T15:42:00.001+01:002012-09-23T17:53:39.766+02:00Vi chandelier. LU Murano.
Vitrium & Vinum
Vi is a chandelier commissioned by the Antica Fratta wine firm for an exhibition focussed on "artistic, historic, industrial" glass pieces.
It is made up of 180 Franciacorta wine bottles that were cut down and hot-worked in the glassworks to be transformed by Venetian master glassmaker Fabio Fornasier into the component parts of a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574728590918240631.post-87791233072320270502011-07-14T15:34:00.007+02:002013-07-18T11:47:06.183+02:00Hyphae Lamp.
Biomimetic design
The Hyphae Lamp is an algorithmically generated design inspired on leaf vein formation. The growth principles used for 3D simulation are based on the work by Adam Runions of the Algorithmic Botany group at the University of Calgary, who devised a process based on the ‘Auxin Flux Canalization’ theory that explains venation as the result of the movement ofUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0Estados Unidos42.228517539011179 -99.22851600000001315.847267539011177 -160.48812850000002 68.609767539011187 -37.96890350000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574728590918240631.post-28319678805419475242011-06-28T12:38:00.007+02:002012-09-19T12:32:47.053+02:00Occhio Più spotlight series.
Modular functionality
Occhio Più is a modular system for recessed, surface mounted and track spotlights where all components, including lenses, colour filters and reflectors, can be interchanged to offer a wide range of options for residential and commercial lighting applications. The surface-mounted spotlights comes with a sophisticated pivoting and rotation mechanism Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574728590918240631.post-25574839274357517872011-06-09T03:43:00.012+02:002012-09-18T12:43:35.562+02:00XT-A STUDIO luminaries by Tobias Grau
"Lightecture" language
XT-A STUDIO is the new LED luminaries range to be created within Tobias Grau office lighting segment. Based on a purist approach to the new constructions and designs that LED technology both requires and permits, the flat aluminium and polycarbonate head introduces a new aesthetic language. The quality of the floor, wall and ceiling luminaries lies in their reticenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0Germany52.429222428484223 9.052733999999986748.523535928484222 4.4649469999999871 56.334908928484225 13.640520999999985tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574728590918240631.post-77569363901579455632011-05-04T03:50:00.013+02:002012-09-24T12:54:17.365+02:00Luceplan Hope Lamp
Light behind the lens
Hope is the fruit of a project and manufacturing attempt to renew the traditional crystal chandelier with sophisticated technologies and materials. The diffuser is very light and easy to assemble and it is composed of petals of thin polycarbonate Fresnel lenses, using imprinted micro prisms on polycarbonate film, that enhance the luminous effect reducing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Italia45.33670208350545 9.228515249999986740.025439583505452 3.1430352499999872 50.647964583505448 15.313995249999987