The miniaturisation of the light source made possible by the advent of LED technology has radically changed the tools available to the designer in lighting design. While the change initially meant a substitution of the traditional light source, today the impact of LEDs on the lighting industry is evident in the shapes that designers are developing. The latest edition of Euroluce at the Milan Furniture Fair demonstrated how the world of design has assimilated this change, establishing itself with the introduction of LED technology to create new forms that were previously unthinkable.
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The latest edition of Euroluce demonstrated how design has assimilated change, with the introduction of LED technology to create new forms that were previously unthinkable. #MDW17
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- La redazione di Domus
- 28 April 2017
- Milano
The technological incursion into the world of decorative lighting is used to make new things. Thanks to the reduced dimensions of LEDs, on the one hand many light fittings have become smaller, creating lighting objects with a minimal thickness, on the other instead we see a new trend that sees the techniques from the past reworked in a contemporary way, retrieving materials used in decades gone by – from precious metals with a vintage feel to the scenic presence of thick curved glass from the 1950s – that acquire new life and original effects thanks to the latest technology.
Spurred on by progress in terms of lowering energy consumption and by the extreme ease of recharging via USB, another design trend can be seen in the proliferation of portable and rechargeable lamps.
4 – 9 aprile 2017
Euroluce
Rho Fiera, Milano