aust & amelung: a floor lamp Some pieces of functional design recall special affinities and ideas. We had this kind of reflection upon "a floor lamp" created by aust & amelung, design studio of Miriam Aust and Sebastian Amelung based in Kassel, Germany. The project is founded on the simple mechanism of a beam balance. A long beam cranes across the room and balances a lampshade on one side against a sandbag in the other. The sandbag can be moved manually into four positions weighing in different lighting situations. The idea to make something so simple yet mechanical and surprisingly innovative for a modern home space absolutely caught our hearts. Words: aust & amelung, Thisispaper Photography: Minu Lee
Tucker Lamp by Tucker Waugh I was perusing the perpetually well done output of Working Class Studio, a division of the Savannah College of Art and Design, the other day and came across a lovely lamp by furniture designer and SCAD alum Tucker Waugh. The eponymous Tucker Lamp cuts a nice modern profile, lights the room from both above and below, and at a very economical $110 certainly makes it the best single way to make your well Ikea-ed friends envious without a Ligne Roset budget. This acrylic table lamp stands 19" high by 9" wide and comes with a pair of drum shades in both walnut veneer and white acrylic. I think I prefer the black body with the walnut veneer, though white on white certainly affects that cool, contempo vibe. It also comes with a 60 watt bulb, making it a fine accent to your current living room lighting scene. Even a pair of Tucker Lamps on either nightstand, or a trio on top of a piano, as this yorkie seems to prefer, might make good sense.
10 stunning solar powered tree designs Instead of causing problems for the environment with the abundance of carbon footprint, we should come up with some practical solution to clean up the mess and that is why clean energy sources have become appealing. Solar power keeps the surroundings cleaner and healthier. Photovoltaic cells that harness the solar power is an attractive option for capturing light and generating electric power. Various designers have implemented this PV technology in their designs and have created solar powered trees that amount to generation of cleaner electricity in an eco-friendly way. Out of many, we have listed the 10 best below. 1. Designer Gurdeep Sandhu has created this solar powered tree that is energy-efficient and can be easily installed taking up a minimal space in your backyard. 2. France’s Influx Studio and SHIFT Boston collaborated to design The Boston Treepod. 3. 4. 5. 6. SonUmbra is a solar powered tree, whose branches are composed of light emitting strands that glow in the dark. 7. 8.
Treepod : des arbres artificiels qui purifient l’air Un nouveau projet complètement incroyable vient de voir le jour à Boston ! Il s’agit d’arbres artificiels capables de purifier l’air ambiant, de quoi améliorer sensiblement la vie des habitants en milieu urbain. Né dans le cadre du concours urbain SHIFTboston de la ville de Boston, le projet a été conçu par Mario Caceres et Cristian Canonico. Ces deux urbanistes ont constaté que les villes étaient de plus en plus polluées et que même si les arbres filtrent déjà naturellement l’air pour le nettoyer, Mère Nature se retrouve bien seule face à une tâche devenue démesurée. Ils ont eu l’idée de mettre en place des arbres artificiels ayant pour vocation d’éliminer le dioxyde de carbone, tout en rejetant de l’oxygène. Baptisé TREEPOD, ces arbres ont de nombreux atouts sous leurs branches, non-content de leurs capacités à nettoyer l’air, ils disposent également de panneaux solaires et de balançoires à leur base pour capter l’énergie cinétique des visiteurs qui les utilisent.
Solar tree The Solar Tree blends art and solar energy technology in a sculptural expression. Solar trees are both artistic and functional clean energy machines. The term Solar Tree has been used to describe a variety of structures incorporating solar energy technology on a single pillar (like a tree trunk), and has become a generic term describing this category of aesthetic solar systems, within the larger realm of solar artwork. Intent and Context[edit] Solar trees are intended to bring visibility to solar technology and to enhance the landscape and architecture they complement, usually in a commercial or public context. Benefits of solar tree[edit] Solar trees deliver the following benefits: Build awareness and interest in solar technology, thereby promoting its adoptionProvide shade and a meeting placesDifferentiate properties, especially those with other hidden green building measures Origin and Progress of solar tree[edit] Examples of solar tree[edit] Example 1: Original Solar Tree Artworks
Découvrez l'eTree, l'arbre solaire multifonction Une société israélienne doit présenter jeudi sa technologie très innovante d'"arbre solaire". Ces drôles d'appareils sont capables non seulement de produire de l'électricité, mais aussi d'offrir toute une palette de services. Les cités de demain troqueront-elles peupliers, marroniers ou palmiers contre des e-Tree ? Au regard des promesses de cette technologie développé par la société israélienne Sologic, c'est bien possible. Car non seulement les e-Tree sont capables de produire 7 kilowatts d'électricité par jour - précieux potentiel dans un pays très ensoleillé - mais il est aussi conçu pour rendre de nombreux services aux citadins. Multifonctions L'eTree prévoit en effet de faire office de borne wifi, de communiquer avec d'autres arbres solaires grâce à un écran dédié, d'offrir des points de recharge pour les smartphones et de fournir de l'eau fraîche pour les humains et leurs compagnons à quatre pattes.
SonUmbra Solar Powered Tree Lights up the Night As advancements in lighting technology unveil fresh materials, we’re thrilled to see designers exploring new ways to light up the night. SonUmbra is a solar-powered tree composed of strands of light-emitting fabric woven into a lucent web of branches. The installation’s canopy of photovoltaic panels captures light during the day, and once the sun sets the tree blooms in an interactive flourish of light and sound. We were thrilled to catch a glimpse of SonUmbra at this year’s London Design Festival, where its beautiful glow signaled a bright future for energy-efficient lighting. Designed by Loop.pH, the “sonic shade of light” is intended to be “planted” in remote areas, where it offers shelter from the sun by day and serves as a gathering place for the local community at night. The installation is constructed from a light emitting fabric that is crafted into a lattice of electroluminescent fibers. + SonUmbra + London Design Festival 2009 Coverage Lead photo by Antonia Halse for Inhabitat
Sonumbra in Sunderland Sonumbra is part of an experimental body of work exploring how fibre-based technologies from photovoltaics to low power lighting, can be crafted to provide light and shade for a community of people. Strands of light are laced into huge parasols with the potential to offer shelter from the sun by day and shed light for a local community at night using energy collected from solar cells embedded in its canopy. We have been working with electro-luminescent technology for more than 10 years and are internationally recognised for pioneering use of this low-energy light source. The studio has developed a unique lace technique (Lumilace) to create architectural scale, animated textiles controlled by custom made hard and software solutions. Together with Risø DTU, the National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy in Denmark, Loop.pH has developed canopies using printed, organic solar cells. Team