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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

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.

Top: U-Light by Timo Ripatti for Axolight. Above: Nami by Alberto Saggia and Valerio Sommella by Kundalini is a glass wave refracting the light of a multiple LED light source hidden inside

Meti by Paolo Rizzatto for Artemide is a system combining light with space separation

Arrangements by Michael Anastassiades for Flos is a modular system of geometric light elements that could be combined in different ways, creating multiple compositions into individual chandeliers

WireRing by Formafantasma for Flos is exclusively composed of two separate elements: a custom made belt-like electric cable and a ring that contains a LED strip

Last Quarter by Michael Anastassiades for Flos is a project created with the use of Cocoon, a special liquid resin sprayed on a steel structure to determine the shape of the lamp

Designed by Stefan Diez for Vibia, Guise is a lamp in which the light conducted by glass is invisible, only emanating at the edges while the light source remaining invisible

Close-up of the Guise light designed by Stefan Diez for Vibia

Presented by Ingo Maurer, Blow Me Up is an inflatable glowing air hose. A sensor switch is integrated as a switch on one side of the LED strip, which radiates the reflective side of the tube, thus scattering indirect light

Amisol by Daniel Rybakken for Luceplan a pendant light made from a translucent white film stretched inside a circular aluminium profile

The Infinito and Flash projects are all part of a system that breaks down the actual lamp and light source: a thin strip of metal cuts the space to produce indirect light and direct light

U-Light by Timo Ripatti for Axolight consists of an upside-down U-shaped line and a ring, where the LED light source is housed

Setareh collection designed by Francesco Librizzi for FontanaArte combines shapes and materials of the past with the latest LED technology

Trim by Simes is an illuminating object with LED light source that could not be realised with traditional sources

CoeLux® Moon by CoeLux® is a technological representation of the indoor night sky

Mozaik by Davide Oppizzi for Designheure is an architectural and modulable collection designed to structure the space

View of the installation conceived by Linea Light at Euroluce 2017

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.

CRI CRI by Studio Normal for Foscarini is a cordless lamp with an internal rechargeable battery

QuiQuoQua di Davide Groppi is a kind of suspension lamp with a rechargeable battery. The light source is applied magnetically to a metal dish that hangs from the ceiling using a very thin steel wire

Santa & Cole has developed its own 'light bulb' in the form of an LED capsule, creating new possibilities between the traditional E27 bulb socket for incandescent bulbs and the built-in or custom-made LED of the product

Gaku by Nendo for Flos has a pending lamp hangs down inside of one box, while a second design features non-contact charging functionality to power a matching spot or luminescent lamp

4 – 9 aprile 2017
Euroluce
Rho Fiera, Milano

Totally LED

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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