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Stories of light

At the Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne 2015 Denis Parren showed with his installations how light can be controlled to create beautiful patterns.

For the Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne 2015 Studio Dennis Parren created several light installations and sculptures for the Musée de la Mine in St. Etienne, to show how light can be controlled to create beautiful patterns that tell us the story of light, colours, shadows and reflections.

Studio Dennis Parren, Dotted Lamp. The Dotted Lamp uses the LED strip to show that it can be transformed into a delightful, simple and elegant lamp. In this case the design was inspired by the colourful an freely floating, dreamy jellyfish, a marvel of nature.

Studio Dennis Parren, Dotted Lamp

Studio Dennis Parren, Gradients. Gradient challenges you to stop and think about what you are actually looking at, as the eyes and mind try to make sense of what you are seeing. Like the sun, white light consists of Red, Green & Blue light (RGB) and by carefully placing white expanded polystyrene shapes in a pattern under the RGB lights, they controlled how much light each shape reflects and which colours blend, resulting in a magical field of different coloured gradients. By rotating the position of the red, green and blue light, different gradients became visible before making a dramatic pause to white light showing that this is no trick, just the simple blending of colours on white shaped material.

Studio Dennis Parren, Gradients

Studio Dennis Parren, Gradients

Studio Dennis Parren, Reflections. Colours are seen when light reflects. With Reflections Studio Dennis Parren wanted to show how light reflects by trapping it inside different shapes. Catching the light and forcing it into a shape amplifies the reflection as it has nowhere to go. For Reflections the studio used exactly the same light set-up as with Gradients, only now having a completely different result, giving us yet another insight into the mystery of light and colour.

Studio Dennis Parren, Reflections

Studio Dennis Parren, Reflections

Studio Dennis Parren, Reflections

Stories of light: Gradients, Reflections & Dotted Lamp
Design: Studio Dennis Parren

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At the Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne 2015 Denis Parren showed with his installations how light can be controlled to create beautiful patterns.

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