From steelmaking to 3D printing, this magnetic modular lamp design can light up every corner

 

Lighting can easily be overlooked, especially in office settings since work is often prioritized before interior design. The relationship between lighting and quality of work is complementary in that they influence each other. In the morning, we might prefer bright, full sunlight, but come evening time, we might like a dimmer, warmer light from a single lamp. Whatever the case might be, the designers behind Emett, a lighting system for collaborative workspaces, understand the importance of that relationship and took to the drawing boards.

With Emett, the core of the product can be understood through the design process. In order to provide optimal lighting for workspaces, the trio of creators found the design’s anchor in constructing the system around a typical office space. Emett’s adaptability when positioned in different workplaces is thanks to its simplicity. The aluminum base and head of the lamp are constructed using a 3D-printer and the main steel rod, or body, of the lamp structure is closely smelted in order to connect multiple heads and encase the wiring for operation. In order to give workers comfortable and effective lighting, Emett offers refreshing modularity with changeable parts and multi-functioning lamp systems. Each variation of the lamp’s structure allows for users to attach one or multiple lamp heads to the body. Being that this is a system of lamps, a main external driver can be connected to the office space’s electrical room where lighting maintenance for buildings generally takes place.

Additionally, incorporated into each lamp head is a dimming feature that adjusts a light’s intensity for changeable ambiance depending on what sort of work needs to get done. The pendant lamp hangs overhead work desks and group meetings to provide ample, warm lighting, nurturing bursts of creativity while supplying an air of coziness. Meanwhile, the desk and floor lighting fixtures dress up office spaces for general comfort and familiarity. Conveniently, each lamp head can turn 360 degrees to provide the perfect lighting mood to match your energy. Through steady solution-based creativity and clever regards to simplicity, Emett reimagines old and fussy office lamp systems under an everchanging, new light.

Designers: Antoine Gauthier, Maxime Bourgault, and Timothé Duchastel-Paré

Only a magnetic head and support rod make up the elemental concept of the lamp.

The lamp’s head is removable and can singularly attach itself to integrated circuits that protrude from the steel cylinder.

Three different sorts of lamp structures comprise the Emett lighting system: the desk lamp, floor lamp, and a pendant lamp.

Shelluminate!

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Turtles are usually known for being calm, reserved, and inconspicuous. Not this one though…Taking inspiration from the loggerhead sea turtle (found in the Mediterranean) the Turtle Solar Lighting device is a beautiful example of nature-inspired aesthetics in design. Designed as an abstraction of the turtle’s shell, these lamps are placed on the floor at regular intervals and provide a beautiful glow of atmospheric lighting. Designed for the outdoors, these little turtles have a flexible solar panel surface on the top that captures energy during the day and brilliantly illuminates the earth during the night!

Designer: Konstantinos Kallipolitis

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Philips Hue LED Home Lighting System

Philips Hue LED Home Lighting System

The Philips Hue LED home lighting system allows users to control light wirelessly through an app for smartphones or tablets. The Philips Hue starter pack consists of three LED bulbs and a bridge that can be plugged into a Wi-Fi router. You can download a free app for Apple’s iPhone or iPad. This app enables you to save your favorite light themes for each room, use any photo on your phone as a color palette, create ambience or complement room decorations, monitor lights remotely, and set program timers. If you are interested, you can purchase the Philips Hue starter pack for $199 on Apple Stores. [Ubergizmo]