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Tuesday, 22 December 2009

BT Tower in London - Olympic Countdown


BT has installed what is believed to be the highest 360 degree LED information band at the top of the BT tower in London.

The giant 280 square metre LED screen was switched on for the first time on Saturday October 31st 2009, 1,000 days to the start of the London 2012 Olympic games and will deliver messages and information across London during the event.

Installed by Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold

Agnieszka Fronczak

posted by Light IQ @ Tuesday, December 22, 2009  

Thursday, 17 December 2009

The Kiss

Christmas is only a couple of weeks away and the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe has taken on a completely new and wondrous dimension.

Paul Cocksedge has been invited with young and great designers to transform the city of Milan into an open air stage of installations to illuminate squares, avenues, historical parks, monuments and buildings.
The Kiss re-invents the traditional art of kissing under the mistletoe; it consists of a huge LED canopy hanging above a stage from the centre of the dome of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele 11. When a couple kiss under the canopy it sparks a charge that activates a sequence of coloured lights in varying intensity, ultimately forming numbers in the sum of kisses given under the mistletoe.




Paul Cocksedgen Studio
The Kiss - Galleria Vittorio Emanuele 11, Milan



Wishing you all a magical and very happy Christmas.

Lynda Moule

posted by Light IQ @ Thursday, December 17, 2009  

Carbon 451 lamp

American artist/designer Marcus Tremonto has created the Carbon 451 Lamp.

When Patrick Brillet of The Apartment Gallery, London, asked Marcus Tremonto to design a light out of Carbon Fiber, he decided to make a work that would utilize all the properties of the material beloved of supercar manufacturers; its lightness and strength were able to support the complexity of curves while being able to support itself.

The light comes from electroluminescent electronic paper that is no thicker than 0.5mm, which works by placing phosphor crystals between two electrically conductive layers which, once given 240 volts of power spurs the phosphor into lighting up creating…







more than a light fixture, this chandelier like light sculpture is a stylish masterpiece of form and shape, which utilizes new techniques and manufacturing processes.
An inspirational work of art if you are lucky enough to have a very high ceiling space!

Marcus Tremonto - The Apartment Gallery

Lynda Moule

posted by Light IQ @ Thursday, December 17, 2009  

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