Designers' Approach to Luminaires

Well as we all know many architects, interior designers also work on luminaire design to sometimes create a whole concept with the interior or to present an unique aesthetic object with the function of illumination.
Here we will take a look at a few design which belong different generations with different perspectives.  

Fish Lamps by Frank Gehry

Architect Frank Gehry has presented a new collection of his glowing Fish Lamps made of jagged plastic scales. Frank Gehry first produced his Fish Lamps between 1984 and 1986 using the then-new plastic laminate ColorCore.

Osram Sells the CFL Factory

Of course growing LED business is going to impact conventional solutions. Latest news are from Osram..

Osram have been already launched a saving program. The target for the total saving amount was 865 billion EUR. As a part of this program Osram announced that, their (mainly CFL produced) factory based in Shaoxing, China will be sold to Super Trend Lighting Group. Osram management says that, this decision is inline with their LED growth plans.

Acuity Brands & eldoLED

The big opportunity, LED business continues to witness huge investments and partnerships. The latest update is from America & Netherlands..

Regarding the latest news, one of the main actors of lighting Acuity Brands which already owns several brands has just acquired eldoLED which is an intelligent drivers manufacturer for LED-based lighting systems. (Terms of the acquisition have not been announced yet)

For sure, we’ll continue to hear from LED sector more and more! 

Lighting Designers / Case 1 : Murat Çap

They say DESIGN is the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system. And it has different connotations in different fields. If we talk about LIGHTING DESIGN, it had been mostly considering a design for stage, theatre or visual show lighting for many years. 

But day by day its architectural part has become more and more important and people imagine famous buildings with light when 'lighting design' is mentioned.

So, architectural lighting design is a career right now. And there are many professional lighting designers around the world. The objective of architectural lighting design is to obtain sufficient light for the purposes of the building, balancing factors of initial and operating cost, appearance and energy efficiency.

We would like to learn more about these designers and their projects, their thoughts, ideas and opinions about this profession.

N0.1 - MURAT ÇAP

Murat Çap is a designer and consultant for atmosphere with light, sound, vision and energy saving.

He has launched his firm LUXWELT in 2002 and become the member of ‘Professional Lighting Designer’s Association (PLD-A)’ in 2008. He has worldwide projects such as Lacoste Boutiques, Airport Frankfurt, Mc Donald’s, Mercedes Benz Spot, Buyaka Mall and several hotels.

Let’s take a little look to the projects !

Buyaka Shopping Mall