We are proud to have supported ARUP this year with the installation of Light Breezes,
which will be found in Cambridge Street, The Rocks.

“Light breezes creates a playful collaboration of light and fabric, it seeks to encourage public interaction and engagement in a delightful way.

Light breezes will be sited along Cambridge Street, a popular thoroughfare within Sydney’s historic Rocks, connecting with the original Nurses Walk and Argyle Cut.

This installation invites the passerby to engage and interact with light by hanging a series of illuminated fabric socks. From the nearby Argyle Cut, passersby’s will see the lights as they flutter in the breeze, changing colour and brightness, like fluid beacons or colourful ghosts.

Light breezes consists of a series of fabric socks which are cut to various lengths. Some will allow interaction while others will hang overhead those meandering along Cambridge Street.

The fabric socks are to be lit with complementary coloured saturated light that will illuminate the walkway and change appearance during the course of the night.

The lights will be fixed to a structural ring at the top of the conical sock; the ring not only holds the light fixing but will hold and shape the hanging sock material. The ring will also provide a fixing point, and allow mounting to a series of catenary wires that are in turn fixed to either flank wall. It is anticipated that these fixing will suffice, however, additional framing may be required to support the span.”

Tim Hunt on Light Breezes Project for 2012 Vivid Sydney – 08/05/12

“The ProSpex Plus range offers integrated recessed lighting with architectural design. These revolutionary downlights incorporate sophisticated mechanisms, providing a new level of installation and effortless adjustment, even in the most architectural spaces.”

ProSpex Plus Special Features

 Architectural grade MR16 halogen, MR16 miniature metal halide and LED downlights with both trim and trimless options.

Adjustable fixtures feature gear driven dual axis adjustment with centre beam optics.

Die cast aluminium trims with minimal thickness. Available in round and square, both adjustable and fixed.

Adjustable versions feature hot aiming with 45˚ centre beam tilt and 350˚ rotation, both with gear driven locking.

Trims available in round with conical and flat faceplates and square with pyramidal and flat faceplates.

Edge of pinhole painted matt black to ensure aperture edge is non-reflective and glare free.

Fixtures adjusted with just a screwdriver, in situ, whilst the lamp is on. Quick access to the adjustment mechanism and for re-lamping via easily removable front plate.

Matching wallwash fixtures in round and square complement the range.

Gear Driven Adjustable Tilt

Gear Driven Rotation

Trimless Instillation

Conical and Pyrimidal Options

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So you need a small pavilion for the Light in Winter Festival, its got to be designed by a group of “creatives”, suitable for public consumption, fast to build and generally look pretty snappy 24/7?

We have a solution; our light shed is just the digs you need. – MUSK Architecture Studio

MUSK Architecture Studio, along with 6 other winning Australian designers – in collaboration with Electrolight – will create their Shed Light installations in Federation Square as part of The Light in Winter next month.

MUSK’s instillation is conceived as a lightweight self-supporting plywood mesh with some space inside and out for pretty much any decent activity you want to throw at it.

The mesh is created from interlocking columns, each built from 2 modular plywood blades, joined together at right angles. Conceptually similar to a space frame, this technique creates a rigid facade without the addition of a structural frame. Material wastage is minimised by basing the design on standard material sizes.

And what about the lighting, you ask? As you move around the light shed, you’ll be intrigued by the interplay of light through the plywood blades. The facade will varyingly flicker between transparency and solidity in reaction to where you are and how fast you’re moving. Importantly, MUSK  are not so much trying to light the shed as an object, but rather manipulate the light to create an ephemeral field of illumination encapsulated within negative space of the night.

MUSK considers the fluid relationship, between the light and the viewer, an elusive dialogue that aptly fits within the festival theme of ‘the word’.

Text from the MUSK Architecture Studio’s Shed Light project proposal. MUSK Architecture is a young architectural practice established in 2011 by architects Hannes McNamara, Daniel Yusko, Chris Le Page and Loris Rebeschini. Contact – Web / FB

The Light in Winter brings together local and international artists, designers, architects, filmmakers and multicultural groups in a free, month-long program of light sculptures, talks, events, workshops, performances and the much-loved Solstice Celebration. Visit the Federation Square website for more information.

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A pdf version of the catalogue is also available for download.

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My Catwalk – Design Office

DesignOffice have just completed the first three high street boutiques for innovative on-line retailer My Catwalk. The stores in Double Bay, Cottesloe and Clovelly each have their own distinct personalities responding to the client’s brief to create residential style interiors filled with natural light, vintage furniture and indoor gardens.

Each store works with the bones of the existing buildings and adds layers of timber, fabric and concrete to create a residential style backdrop for the My Catwalk collection.

A bespoke suite of furniture-style joinery in solid walnut, leather and steel showcases the collection.  Custom designed-rugs, jewellery boxes and a curated collection of both vintage and new furniture completes the interiors.

Goldfields Dwelling – Design Office

DesignOffice have just completed Phase 1 of this simple home located in the heart of Victoria’s Goldfields region, just over an hour from Melbourne. The 100sqm pavilion sits on an elevated site surrounded by native bushland.

Conceived as a simple single volumetric form, the building is uniformly clad in warm grey asphalt shingles. This cladding provides a tonal and textural response to the vernacular roofing of corrugated metal sheets whilst giving scale to the building’s geometric sculptural form.

Large apertures and carvings are then made in the skin in response to internal arrangement, aspect and orientation.   An open kitchen is adjacent to both the dining and living areas and is animated by the daylit apex of the pavilion.  This also serves to provide daylight and ventilation to the bathroom behind.

The main living area to the west is conceived as a tiered timber landscape reflecting the natural topography of the site.  A simple interior palette of concrete, white oak and ceramic tile provide a calm and simple backdrop for living.

Two:Bob – Design Office

Two:Bob is a new cafe designed by DesignOffice which has just opened in the Clifton Hill suburb of Melbourne.

The interior was conceived as a joyous, light-filled and relaxed environment for the convivial enjoyment of food and drink.  Designed with this in mind and in response to the existing architecture, the cafe can be seen as an installation of light-weight furniture pieces crafted from timber, leather and ceramic that nestle within the thick masonry walls of the former bank building.
Painted with a palette of soft muted tones and subtle hues, the high ceilings and large windows create a bright and lucid interior, dappled with light from the tree-lined streets of Clifton Hill.

Download the full Luminale 2012 Programme here.

The Groove Light used by KKDC for this instillation, was also used at The Star in Sydney.

Since early 2012, Light Project have been working with Lucent Lighting to bring their extensive range of downlights to Australia.

Lucent have a comprehensive range of LED luminaires which we feature on our website. Other product and project examples can be found on Lucents website.

Please contact us with any enquiries.

Lucent Lighting is based in London and was founded by Michael Dunk in July 1990 to service the needs of lighting professionals. Lucent operated as an importer for high end European and American lighting suppliers.

In February 2007 Lucent launched a new range of architectural, professional specification grade downlights. Since then we have catapulted to the forefront of lighting specifications from designers, architects and interior designers around the world.

We continue to strive to source, manufacture and supply lighting products which meet the aesthetic and technical specifications of our clients and maintain our position as the first choice partner for a number of prestigious projects both at home and internationally.

Pin-up is a new, independent architecture and design gallery, project and event space housed within one of Melbourne’smost vibrant creative precincts. Firmly engaged with promoting local debate yet with an international outlook, Pin-up is dedicated to exhibiting, communicating and promoting architecture and design in an accessible, responsive and inspirational environment.

TRACE: CHRISTINA WATERSON

Presented by How We Create

Trace maps and connects the underlying conceptual ideas that thread through the practice of Brisbane-based architect and artist Christina Waterson. By physically surveying the origins or her work, the new collection embodies a 3-dimensional ‘trace’, sketch or echo of past trajectories. A softening of material and simplification of lines results in Waterson’s return to essential forms and qualities. Like a stone smoothed by the tidal waters of the ocean, sharp lines soften to tactile curves and arabesques. A palette of materials that range from rubber, leather and felt resonate with a return to artisan values within the traditions of leather-work, sewing, beading and macrame.

The collection of work within the exhibition is informed by Waterson’s recent Winston Churchill Fellowship Research experiences.

DATES

Opening Night: Thursday 15 March 2012 – Photos of the Opening Night

Exhibition Runs: 15 March – 12 May 2012

Hours: Wednesday – Friday 11am – 5pm, Saturday 12pm – 5pm

ADDRESS

Pin-up, Architecture and Design Project Space

The Compound Interest

15-25 Keele Street, Collingwood, VIC

Supported by: City of Yarra, Planning Studio on Peel, De Bortoli, Light Project, Chase & Galley, Chairbiz, Design to Print

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This year four of our suppliers will be taking part. Their stand location details are as follows.

KKDC

Stand: K19, Hall: 4.2

Tuesday 17th April: 1pm – 5pm

Lucent

Stand: D04, Hall: 4.2

Monday 16th April: 2pm – 4pm

Molto Luce

Stand: B51, Hall: 1.2

Wednesday 18th April: 10am – 1pm

Prolicht

Stand: A14, Hall: 3.1

Thursday 19th April: 4pm – 6pm

Vode

By appointment

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