Company LED Artist

Project Stalactite

Product category Lighting

Project leader Teddy Lo

Stalactite is both lighting luminaire and technology, combining product design with real-time information acquisition from an inbuilt driver to provide designed video and motion graphics. An interactive system integrating LED technology to create a volumetric screen, Stalactite’s rectangular 3D display can be used for commercial applications, showroom displays and advertising.

The installation, which resembles the shape of a stalactite, creates a matrix of dripstone grid, creating an interesting volume of poles overhead in the form of a chandelier. Consisting of custom-made LED light strips, the cover is made of polycarbonate tubes treated with a chromic acid anodising process to provide a reflective yet translucent visual effect. This special finish – its 60% transparency – contributes to cost savings in high power LED installations.

Stalactite consists of 260 pieces of dripstone, each with seven colour-changing LEDs. By using total of 1,820 pixels, eye-catching and colourful lighting scenarios can be created. The Stalactite 3D Display comes with an easy-to-use motion graphic system which allows the import of video files to be displayed within the spatial region and enables designers or animators to create shapes and 3D video content for the volumetric screen. It also allows for external video cameras to be plugged in, displaying real-time data in true 3D format.

Stalactite was designed to break away from the hardware orientated, industrial look of other volumetric display products. More than just a hi-tech engineering project, it is also a light sculpture.

 

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Company Index Architecture

Project Life With(in) A Box

Project designers Index Architecture

An all-in-one, multi-purpose cabinet described as a ‘living-machine’, catering to the needs of the resident in each room of the serviced apartment, measuring 20 sq-m on average. This ‘machine’, dimensioned precisely to provide for all the daily needs and electrical appliances for a single individual, can be boxed up, moved and relocated to anywhere in the world as a piece of cabinetry. In this instance, architecture and product design merged to bypass cultural, social and economical boundaries, reacting to context and limitations in the most direct way.

 

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Company Fang Studio

Project Gradient Furniture

Project designer Danny Fang

The Gradient collection is a set of all-weather wicker chairs that is a contemporary interpretation of traditional wickerwork. It is a showcase of the unique quality of the age-old craft of wicker weaving, through a visually distinctive handwoven pattern. The wicker weave is the main focus of the collection and the chairs are designed as a vehicle to optimally display the weave. The gradation of colour transforms the traditional material into a modern and sophisticated product, bringing relevancy to wickerwork in the context of contemporary design.

 

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Company Fang Studio

Project Geppetto chair

Project leader Danny Fang

Geppetto is a polycarbonate chair inspired by the ingenuity of China’s Ming dynasty furniture. It fuses the elegant form of a classic Ming chair and the pragmatic sensibilities of contemporary design. The result is a lightweight, stackable and weather-resistant armchair that pays homage to traditional Chinese aesthetics. Ming furniture is made from a single type of material without any adhesives or nails. The Geppetto, made of one piece of polycarbonate, draws an ironic parallel. Modern technology also allows the curves of a Ming chair to be rendered in a split second.

 

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Company NHDRO (Neri&Hu Design and Research Office)

Project Solo chair

Project leaders Lyndon Neri, Rossana Hu

An design inspired by the Roaring Twenties of old Shanghai, the Solo chair series possesses a nostalgic elegance with an air of masculinity which truly stands on its own, and is available in both black and brown.

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Company NHDRO (Neri&Hu Design and Research Office)

Project The Narcissist

Project leaders Lyndon Neri, Rossana Hu

The Narcissist is a collection of objects for the use of dressing and personal grooming. The collection includes the Tocador and stool set, the Dowery jewellery box and a wall mirror. All three pieces utilise different applications and implications of crystals, while all three usages emphasise the obscure quality of crystals, meant to be a subversive critique of crystal’s intrinsic attractive visual quality.

 

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Company Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Institute of Textiles and Clothing

Project Objet D’Art a la Maison – Seamless Woven Twins

Project leader Dr Xueqin Lily Wang and Prof. Frankie Ng

The design concept covers cross-disciplines and entails new design principles, applications of new materials, woven textiles design, fashion design, art creation, and applications of advanced jacquard weaving to achieve originality in concept, research methods and final creations. It is envisaged that the knowledge gained from this design concept and prototype will ignite an explosion of future research in this direction and applications. This is an example of an objet d’art that entails the latest woven technology.

 

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Company Play

Project Play P1 kitchen system

Project leader Stan Ho

The P1 worktop design comprises integrated washing and cooking zones which can be concealed with toughened glass sliding tops. The sink mixer can be pushed downwards to allow the sliding glass top to conceal the washing zone (sink). The upper section of the base cabinet is contained and supported by an aluminium structure consistent in design with that used in the wall hanging cabinets A ‘floating effect’ is created in the lower section by use of mirrored finishes, and reflected in the transparent door fronts and sides of the wall hanging cabinets.

 

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Company Moen (Shanghai) Kitchen & Bathroom Products

Project ioDigital

Project leaders Moen Industrial Design Team (Chris Gilbert, Jen Sedwick), Seymour Powell, DCA Design International

ioDigital is an innovative, easy-to-use digital controller that gives users the ability to precisely set and maintain water temperature and flow for three unique applications: vertical spa, shower and Roman tub. The foundation of ioDigital is its intelligent interface. LED indicators provide quick, visual feedback for the user, flashing until requested settings are achieved. ioDigital technology allows users to easily create the ideal custom shower experience by programming preferred settings into memory.

 

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Company Moen (Shanghai) Kitchen & Bathroom Products

Project 90 Degree

Project leaders Chris Gilbert, Jen Sedwick, Aniwat Rerkrai

The 90 Degree series by Moen combines simplicity and functionality with a minimalist aesthetic to complement any bathroom and kitchen, featuring a real mirror-like surface thanks to a high-polished finish. M-Pact technology means the lavatory faucet can be easily remodelled without replacing the under-deck brass valve body (the plumbing system) and reducing the using of metal valve materials.

 

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Company Moen (Shanghai) Kitchen & Bathroom Products

Project Neoclassic

Project leader Aniwat Rwekrai

Neoclassic is a bathroom faucet suite blending innovation and style. Designed with Duralast, the latest Moen cartridge with a tiny body and diamond-coating ceramics disc technology, Neoclassic features a slim, tall, craft-like and luxurious look. Inspired by Moen China’s marketing research, the ‘Neoclassicism’ style is a harmonious combination of Classicism and Modernism styles.

 

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Company Hashimoto Yukio Design Studio

Project Moonbird

Project leader Yukio Hashimoto

This desk lamp was inspired by the image of a bird lingering silently under the moonlight. Each body is carved from solid wood, with luminescence achieved using the most advanced lighting technology. Approached as a piece of sculpture, Moonbird combines the warmth of natural wood and advanced technology.

 

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Company LED Artist

Project Stalactite

Project leader Teddy Lo

Stalactite is both lighting luminaire and technology, combining product design with real-time information acquisition from an inbuilt driver to provide designed video and motion graphics. It is an interactive system that integrates LED technology to create a volumetric screen; the rectangular 3D display can be used for commercial applications, showroom displays and advertising.

 

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Company Optiled Lighting International

Project Array

Project team Optiled Design Team

Array is a, LED replacement luminaire, substituting conventional halogen AR111 luminaries. It surpasses the convention in heat emission, energy consumption and life span without the loss of lighting performance, making it environmentally-friendly with performance comparable with conventional AR111 lighting.

 

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Company NHDRO (Neri&Hu Design and Research Office)

Project The Emperor

Project leaders Lyndon Neri, Rossana Hu

This oversized light was inspired by the folklore story of an emperor and a nightingale. Neri & Hu took a modern interpretation of this story to produce this collection of pendant/floor/desk lamps in stained woven bamboo. The use of hand-crafted bamboo weaving in an industrial product creates an elegant design statement.