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Excel Floor Lamp

Design: Rich Brilliant Willing
Client: Roll & Hill
Date: 2010

2 comments August 17th, 2010

Bucky Lamp

Design:
Client: The National Design Collective
Date: 2010

Add comment July 15th, 2010

Truncheon Lamp Collection

Design: Cmmnwlth (Zoe Coombes & David Boira)
Client: MatterMade
Date: 2010

The Truncheons are a family of lamps consisting of a suspension, an articulated task lamp, and a freestanding Truncheon to be rested against a wall. Harnessing the tooled traces left by a CNC lathe, the Truncheon body is surfaced with a delicate, metered scallop. At close viewing, the rhythm of these cross-grain scallops creates a soft interplay with the more linear wood grain of the maple and walnut. Each lamp holds an LED bulb which is warm in colour, yet cool to the touch. Viewed indirectly from the lamp’s interior hardwood surfaces, the light emitted is rich in quality while maintaining the efficient characteristics that has driven the development of LED light. The Truncheon task lamp sits in a poured, weighted base of gypsum and marble. Free of electrical components, the heavy base allows the arm of the lamp to make a soft rotation. Avoiding unnecessary knobs or switches, the Truncheons adhere to their namesake – precise, compact sticks fashioned out of traditional materials.
-Via

3 comments July 4th, 2010

Maple Leaf Neon Flag

Design: Ted Godwin
Client:
Date:

I saw this at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina about a year ago and regretfully did not note who the artist was. If anyone knows, please fill in the blanks.

Happy Canada Day!

-Hannah Wise

2 comments July 1st, 2010

Table Lamp

Design: Court Noxon
Client: Metalsmiths
Date:

Via the excellent Courtnoxon.ca.

Add comment June 8th, 2010

Cactus Flower Ceramic Table Lamp

Design: Lilach Lotan
Client:
Date: 2009

1 comment May 31st, 2010

Club Chair

Design: Martha Sturdy
Client:
Date: 2009

The chair is quite unique, completely made from translucent resin it is available in an illuminated, or unlit versions.

Add comment March 28th, 2010

Le Futur De La Signalétique Urbaine Expérimentée

Design: Intégral
Artistic Directors: Ruedi Baur + Jean Beaudoin, Intégral
In Collaboration With: Bureau des festivals et des événements, City of Montréal
Date: 2010

As part of its Lighting Plan, the Quartier des spectacles is exploring the possibilities of light for creating signage and expressing identity. A recent pilot project experiments with projecting light onto the pavement to mark the urban landscape.

This intervention, realized as part of the Montreal All-Nighter, reinforces the brand image of the cultural heart of the metropolis by bringing together light and graphic design.

The system shows pedestrians the way to major nearby venues, and highlights their presence in the Quartier des spectacles, as they cross at the intersection of Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Denis streets. The preliminary installation, still an experimental prototype, was made up of projectors suspended from towers and synchronized with the existing traffic lights at the intersection. The projections illuminated only the crosswalks, clearly indicating safe pedestrian passages across the street. Its a unique way to show visitors the ebullient cultural activity in the Quartier des spectacles, right on the neighbourhoods main drag of Sainte-Catherine Street.

Projecting light onto the ground has been one of the central elements of the Quartier des spectacles Lighting Plan since its launch in 2006. Light illuminates the sidewalk to provide signage, reinforce identity and create a lively aesthetic outside more than fifteen cultural venues. The double line of dots is the neighbourhoods common signature, rolling out a playful and dynamic red carpet for visitors and indicating the presence of a cultural venue at the pedestrian scale.

Add comment March 15th, 2010