Visitors will be impressed by the 780 m² Zumtobel stand on account of the way in which the subject of light is presented, in terms of architecture, and the quality of its design. For each application area, Zumtobel will display the most important trends and requirements. Visitors can experience how adaptive lighting solutions combined with state-of-the-art control systems enhance people's sense of well-being and performance, reduce costs, create identity and add value.

“Urban living spaces” is the topic of the latest edition of Zumtobel's customer magazine that is now available in German, English, Italian, French and Dutch. The magazine takes up various perspectives of how a city can be seen as a challenge. A portrait of the Singapore-based WOHA architects' studio shows how buildings can become landscapes even in large cities.

Chris Luebkeman from Arup is interviewed about the future of the city that is written by all people jointly. Moreover, the opportunities of creating urban living spaces that are fit for the future is described based on various international architectural projects: 

• •    a photo series depicting the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavik, Island,
• •    the extension to the Städel Museum in Frankfurt,
• •    the newly built Salewa headquarters in Bolzano,
• •    the Galleria Centercity shopping mall in Cheonan, South Korea,
• •   and a number of briefly described projects from all over the world

Finally, Thomas Schmölz, Head of Zumtobel Product Development, is interviewed about technological aspects and how future requirements and demands of urban living spaces are reflected by the development of new products, as is also demonstrated by the Spring 2012 product highlights attached to the magazine.

For the first time, the lightlife magazine is also available in German and English as a free app for iPad.

» Click here to download the iPad app.

As usual, you may also order the new lightlife edition from the » Service section of our website or download it as a pdf file.

The latest version 6.6 of Zumtobel's data plug-in for the DIALux and Relux lighting design programmes is now available for downloading.
Use the data plug-in to download to your computer the current data of all Zumtobel products to be used in the two lighting design programmes.

» Download the data plug-in

Die REVIT Daten im Servicebereich werden laufend um weitere Zumtobel Produktfamilien ergänzt.

» Click here for an overview of the currently available REVIT files
The updated library of specifications is available for downloading in the following formats:

Product master data are available in Datanorm 5 and Datanorm 4 formats.
» Go to specifications in Datanorm format

The Microtools LED lighting system particularly impressed the jury with its minimalist design language and received a “Best of Design Plus powered by Light+Building” award. Moreover, the Iyon LED spotlight system and the Ondaria circular luminaire won awards for their outstanding product design combined with highly efficient lighting technology in each case.

» Microtools – LED lighting system
The Microtools LED lighting system cannot fail to impress on account of its minimalist design language, high-quality manufacture and excellent lighting quality. Featuring high-quality design and excellent lighting quality, the Microtools LED lighting heads, the smallest currently available on the market, set new standards for shop lighting and comply with the most advanced requirements.

» Iyon – LED spotlight range
The Iyon spotlight range incorporates state-of-the-art LED technology in a sophisticated design by DeluganMeissl Associated Architects. Its flowing lines give the Iyon spotlight an elegant look while ensuring perfect functionality. The unique lens-reflector system provides brilliant accent lighting with a variety of beam angles.

» Ondaria – opal circular luminaire
The design (by Stefan Ambrozus) and lighting effects of the Ondaria circular luminaire speak the same language: the luminaire's slightly concave surface matches its soft design. Uniformly illuminated, Ondaria makes sure that the outlines of LED or conventional light sources are invisible, providing a harmonious ambience.

Both the Iyon LED spotlight system and the Tecton LED continuous-row lighting system could not fail to impress the 30-member jury thanks to their outstanding product design.

The red dot design award is one of the most renowned design prizes worldwide, which is awarded in three categories. This year, 1,800 manufacturers and designers from 58 countries submitted a total of 4,515 products to compete for the red dot.

IYON LED spotlight range
The Iyon spotlight range incorporates state-of-the-art LED technology in a sophisticated design by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects. Its flowing lines give the Iyon spotlight an elegant look while ensuring perfect functionality. The unique lens-reflector system provides brilliant accent lighting with a variety of beam angles.

TECTON LED continuous row system
Zumtobel's Tecton continuous-row lighting system cannot fail to impress with its unobtrusive design by Billings Jackson Design and makes it easy for architects, designers and electricians to fulfil the most varied lighting tasks using one consistent system.

The prize-winning products will be on display in a special exhibition held at the red dot museum in Essen from 3 to 29 July 2012.

On 10 February 2012, the top 100 award winners of the four iF competi-tions were jointly called to the stage for the first time. During a ceremony held at the BMW World in Munich, Zumtobel's MICROTOOLS LED light-ing system received one of the coveted iF gold awards. The jury was par-ticularly impressed by the lighting system's minimalist design language especially developed for installation in or on wooden shelves, glass and metal panels.

Moreover, the IYON LED spotlight system and the ONDARIA circular luminaire won awards for their outstanding product design. The iF awards are among the most important design labels in the world. Win-ners are chosen by independent juries comprising internationally re-nowned designers, businessmen and professors according to specific pre-defined criteria. Each year, the best designs of innovative companies are given awards in various categories. The iF award is considered an indicator of future-oriented design trends and product innovations.

Entries for the famous design award included a total of 4,322 products submitted by more than 1,600 international competitors. 1,218 of these products have won an award. In addition to the iF design exhibition, which will be held from 6 to 10 March 2012 at the CeBIT in Hanover, all products will also be on display in Haikou (Hainan Island/China) from May 2012 and for several months also in a permanent exhibition that will be held at the Hamburg HafenCity in the second half of 2012.

The Times Square Alliance marketing consortium in New York has implemented the Valentine's Day Heart for the fourth time in a row. In collaboration with re-nowned artists and architects, the subject of love is elaborately set centre stage. BIG♥NYC by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) is the title of this year's project. The leitmotif of the installation created by the Danish architects is “more people = more love”. A single person can activate the beating heart by touching the panel set up next to the installation. The more people take each other by the hand to form a human chain, the faster will the heart pulsate to finally climax in a brightly burning heart. In this way, an impressive lighting scenario is created by focusing human energy – a luminescent symbol of love, so to speak.

The three-metre tall luminescent sculpture is made of 400 transparent acrylic tubes fitted with LEDs. They form a cube around the red Valentine's Day Heart, which reflects the city lights. The heart itself seems to hover in the air.

Credits: © David Sundberg/Esto 

The “Madonna of Mayor Jakob Meyer zum Hasen” (“Virgin of Mercy”), which is considered one of the most famous, most important and most beautiful paintings of the 16th century, is also the most expensive work of art in Germany. The masterpiece by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543) was painted in Basle between 1526 and 1528 and shows the family of the Mayor of Basle next to the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus.

In summer 2011, the painting was purchased by entrepreneur and art collector Reinhold Würth. The Würth collection comprises more than 14,000 artworks, most of them pieces of modern and contemporary art. The old masters from this collection are  made accessible to the public at the “Johanniterhalle” (St. John's Hall) in Schwäbisch Hall. With the entry of the “Virgin of Mercy” in January 2012, the Johanniterhalle will be renamed “Johanniterkirche” (St. John's Church), in order to do justice to the initial function of the building originating from the twelfth century.

There are particular requirements concerning the environment for the most expensive German painting. It has therefore been accommodated in a special exhibition wall. The lighting system for the Madonna must also comply with the special requirements of the nearly 500-year-old painting.

The masterpiece will be shown in a special showcase-like exhibition wall and gently illuminated to optimum effect by Zumtobel's MICROTOOLS. Especially when it comes to the illumination of artworks, the miniaturised LED spots demonstrate their strengths within minimum space. On account of their extremely pared-down design, they remain almost invisible for viewers and, thanks to considerably reduced thermal radiation, can be placed close to the exhibits.

Each year, up to 3.5 million visitors come to see the Fête des Lumières in Lyon. This Festival of Lights dates back to a custom started in the year 1643. On 8 December each year, the city's inhabitants light candles on their window sills to honour the Virgin Mary.

In 2011, the Festival of Lights organised by the City of Lyon was held from 8 to 11 December. Renowned lighting designers and artists made the city shine anew in a variety of ways. Students from the Berlin University of Technology were also among the participants and, together with fellow-students from I.A.E. Université Lyon, created five space/lighting installations on the subject of “City & Nature”. In five empty stores, the installations “Crime Scene”, “Lonely Heart Club”, “The Miracle Machine”, “Nestinginstinct” and “Once upon a time there was a tobaccoshop” were implemented. The international collaboration of students was sponsored by Zumtobel.

Art Basel Miami Beach is the most important art show in the United States. In this exclusive setting, Zumtobel presented the eL Masterpiece, jointly developed with Daniel Libeskind, to the public for this first time.

The première provided impressive evidence of the interaction between creativity, artistic intention, sophisticated design and technical lighting expertise, brought to perfection in the creation of this work of art.

Visitors at the exclusive event were excited about eL and the concept behind this Masterpiece: the multicoloured light of eL mimics and reproduces the cosmic light that fills the universe.  

The Masterpiece is 2.70 m tall and cannot fail to impress with its special-steel surfaces polished to a mirror finish and fitted with 1,680 LED modules. A micro-controller has been built into each module. This is the innovative feature that makes it possible to meet the exacting and complex demands of controlling each LED individually. This highly complex technology is completely invisible to the beholder.

eL is the fourth Masterpiece Zumtobel has developed and produced as part of its partnerships, sometimes extending over several years, with artists working in a wide range of disciplines. Each Masterpiece is both a fascinating luminaire and a beautiful  work of art.

Some 134,000 visitors from 100 countries came to Duesseldorf to attend Medica, the world's largest medical trade fair. During three days, from 16 to 19 November 2011, extensive application know-how on innovative lighting solutions perfectly adjusted to enhance the well-being of patients, care personnel and visitors was presented at the Zumtobel trade fair stand.

Energy-efficient LED solutions and new products for patient rooms and clean rooms were among the product highlights presented at the trade-fair stand: the new IMWS medical wall system as well as a number of LED products added to existing luminaire ranges for patient rooms and public spaces were shown for the first time.

From 16 to 18 November 2011, Zumtobel made its debut at EXPONATEC COLOGNE. Some 4,000 expert visitors came to Cologne to gather informationabout innovations in the museum, conservation and restorationindustry. Zumtobel's trade fair appearance revolved around the latest LED technology, which – combined with proper application know-how – is particularly suitable to meet conservational requirements.

For three days, visitors to Zumtobel's trade fair stand had the opportunity to let themselves be inspired by innovative lighting solutions which gently yet impressively show entire museums as well as individual exhibits in the right light. Curators, technical directors and conservators as well as gallery owners, architects and designers were impressed by products such as ARCOS Tunable White, MICROTOOLS and SUPERSYSTEM.

3D CAD data for Zumtobel's product ranges are now available for downloading also in Autodesk Revit format. The first product ranges can already be downloaded from the website's Service Center under menu item “Revit CAD data”. Other product ranges will be added to the collection on an ongoing basis.

Revit data also in the catalogue
3D CAD data are now also available in the online product catalogue. In addition to other CAD data in DWG format (2D/3D), you find the Revit files for a product – if already available for this product range – in the product's downloading section.

 » Here you find the Revit CAD data that are presently available and regularly updated.

» Click here to see which files are available for downloading in the Product Catalogue for the TECTON product range, for example.

The centrepiece of Bremen’snew Kunsthalle is the lighting installation “above – between – below” designed especially for this building by renowned US lighting artist James Turrell.

The three-floor installation comprises three lighting spaces positioned exactly on top of each other. These rooms are linked with each other by glazed walk-over sight openings illuminated by Zumtobel LED light lines in variable colours.

The ground floor features a black granite slab dotted with STARFLEX light outlets by Zumtobel. Looking down from the first floor, the light points form the starry sky of the antipodes to the Kunsthalle – the sky at the opposite point of the Earth. Looking upwards through an opening in the elliptical chamber on the second floor, visitors can see the (starry) sky above Bremen.

Thus, visitors seem to be standing right in the centre of the Earth between two sections of the sky.

Photos: Harald Rehling

The sixth issue of Zumtobel's LIGHTLIFE customer magazine deals with the link between historical and contemporary architecture, which is becoming ever more important.
The new LIGHTLIFE 6 covers the following, and many other articles and reports:

• Selected projects
Projects like Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt am Main and the Angel Building in London, for instance, demonstrate how refurbishments and renovations are carried out effectively and show the important contribution provided by contemporary lighting.

• Interviews
According to this issue’s title “How much tradition does the future need?”, architect Odile Decq extensively explains her views on the link between traditional and modern architecture. Roman Delugan and Christian Schrepfer of Delugan Meissl Associated Architects take the IYON spotlight as a basis to inform readers on changes in product design and on the challenges of shop lighting.

• Product highlights
The new LIGHTLIFE also includes product innovations and additions launched in spring 2011,
» which you can also separately download here.

Read LIGHTLIFE 6
Like all other issues, LIGHTLIFE 6 is available
» for download here or can be ordered hereas a print version.

Zumtobel Light Centre, Dubai conducted ‘Zumtobel LightFest’ for its clientele from the MENA region along with new potential customer base invited via the Light Middle East exhibition in association with Messe Frankfurt. The fest attracted elite professionals from the lighting industry with several highlights including conference by Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Schulz, (German lighting designer of the year) CEO of Licht Kunst Licht AG, live entertainment by ‘Salha & the Million dollar band’, ‘light drawing’ and worlds of lighting experience.     

Notably Mr. Andreas also delivered interviews and conferences during the ‘Light MiddleEast’ exhibition with leading magazines and radio stations on various lighting projects and the synergy he shared with Zumtobel as a leading lighting company. The guests remarked that LightFest was one of a kind experience which created a unique platform to celebrate light. The Light Centre has now made become a hub for lighting professionals and serves as an ideal platform to touch and feel world class lighting solutions through the mock up areas designed for various application areas. 

With immediate effect, there will be a so-called QR (Quick Response) code on all cardboard packaging for Zumtobel luminaires of the standard range. This code - similar to a bar code - makes it easy to quickly access information on the respective product, even when you are not at the office.

If you have installed free QR reading software on your smart phone, all you need to do is focus your cell phone's camera onto this black-and-white square; you will then be automatically directed to the respective product in Zumtobel's online catalogue.

All information available on the product, such as installation instructions, data sheets and product details, can be conveniently retrieved from the product catalogue. In order to make it really easy to navigate the catalogue using a cell phone as well, the whole online catalogue has been optimised for mobile devices.

Zumtobel’s “Map of Light” app has now been optimised for iPad, which makes it even more convenient to use. Of course, the iPad app, too, features all the tried-and-tested functions of the iPhone app.

Function 1: Map of Light
The Map of Light shows you state-of-the-art lighting solutions and impressive pictures of more than 700 projects implemented all over the world, 24 hours a day, inspiring you with new ideas and impulses for upcoming projects.

Function 2: Highlights
Our projects are implemented on the basis of innovative technology and advanced design. The product highlights will always keep you abreast of all product innovations, wherever you are.

Function 3: Contact us
Do you have any questions, ideas or suggestions? Use the new Zumtobel app to contact us quickly and easily.

How & when?
The Zumtobel app for iPhones and iPads is available free of charge at the AppStore. Our newsletter will keep you informed about any new features or additional functions.

» You can download the free Zumtobel app directly to your iPhone

Mobile access to the entire Zumtobel product catalogue is also possible via smart phones and tablets by other manufacturers than Apple. For more information on this subject, click here
 

 

Zumtobel’s online product catalogue has been optimised for access via mobile devices, enabling users to directly access information on the complete product range also when away from their office, by means of smart phones and tablets.

To this end, all you need to do is go to http://mobile.zumtobel.com (or the page of the respective country, e.g. http://mobile.zumtobel.de) via the mobile device’s browser. As this is not an App, no software needs to be installed, and access is possible from various devices.

The system supports iPhones, iPads as well as Android-based mobile phones and tablets. Access is, however, also possible using Blackberry devices OS 6 and higher, as well as other current smart phones, such as the Nokia S60, for instance.

In the mobile version, too, products can be accessed directly via a quicklink. To do so, all you need to do is enter the respective order number following http://mobile.zumtobel.com. For article number 42918319, for example, this would be http://mobile.zumtobel.com/42918319.

The exhibition “Zaha Hadid, une architecture” is currently on display inside the breathtaking structure of the Mobile Art Pavilion in Paris. Thus, the exhibition shown inside the mobile structure is dedicated to the oeuvre of the very architect who designed it.

In 2007, the pavilion, which was already on display in Tokyo, Hong Kong and New York, had been designed by Zaha Hadid for the CHANEL fashion brand. Now CHANEL donated the structure boasting a formal language of continuous fluidity to the Institut du Monde Arabe. In future, the pavilion set up in front of the Institut will be used to host exhibitions by talented artists from Arab countries.

“Zaha Hadid, une architecture” until autumn
The current exhibition of the Pritzker award winning architect will be on show until autumn. “Zaha Hadid, une architecture” displays a variety of projects and research agendas covered by Zaha Hadid Architects in the past years. Zumtobel has designed and provided a lighting solution matching the pavilion's organic look.

Sophisticated illumination
The colour temperature of the DALI-controllable ARCOS LED spotlights installed by Zumtobel can be continuously adjusted within the range between 2700 K and 6500 K, which ensures sophisticated accent lighting of the exhibits.

The lighting concept, which is focussed on individual points emphasising the special qualities of the pavilion's architectural structure, is enhanced by minimalist SUPERSYSTEM LED spots.

Photos: Francois Lacour

A recently constructed 20-metre-high tower consisting of concrete formwork elements provides a focal point for visitors to Frankfurt’s Schaumainkai. The “Städel Tower”, as it has been named, is made up of 15 formwork elements which were used when casting the concrete slabs for the recent underground extension of the Städel Art Museum.

The architects responsible for the museum’s construction project, schneider+schumacher, also designed the tower. The structure was made possible by joint support from the planners and contractors for the Städel extension, including Zumtobel who were instrumental in designing the museum’s lighting concept. Zumtobel provided 24 14-watt LED light lines to stage the tower at night. These are installed inside the structure, allowing the light to penetrate to the exterior through the various openings in the panels. 
 
These LED lines are individually controlled and orchestrated via DMX . Alternately, the luminaires are slowly dimmed, which gives the structure a fascinating appeal that makes visitors stop and look. The subtle lighting scenes turn the three-dimensional quality of the structure into a special experience: in the process, the Staedel Tower’s seemingly solid appearance is mitigated and the tower itself is transformed into a slender object of lighting art.

 

Photos: Jörg Hempel

Markus Schinwald represents Austria at the 54th Biennale that is held from 4 June to 27 November 2011 in Venice, where the artist is showing his own interpretation of the Austrian pavilion designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1934.

Labyrinth
Schinwald leads visitors to the pavilion into a floating labyrinth consisting of specifically positioned walls that are suspended from the ceiling down to a height of 1.5 m above the floor. This arrangement allows viewers to see only the legs of the visitors – viewers become voyeurs and the visitors themselves become part of the installation.

Daylight-based concept
The pavilion features a continuous row of windows located directly below the roof allowing daylight to penetrate deep into the building. Combined with the intense daylight selectively entering the building through additional skylights, an interplay of light and shadow is created that attracts visitors' attention and makes new spatial structures emerge.

The daylight-based concept is supplemented by Zumtobel's ARCOS spotlights which set the perfect lighting stage for the exhibited sculptures and paintings by Markus Schinwald, even late at night.

Photos: 1 Andreas Balon; 2 Dimitrios Tsatsas, Stylepark; 3 Zumtobel

Haute cuisine and top design in an unusual setting – in a nutshell, this is the concept of The Cube, a mobile restaurant operated by Electrolux, manufacturer of domestic appliances. The architects and designers of Park Associati in Milan created a 140 square meter pavilion with a panorama terrace, which will be touring Europe in the next months, stopping only where no other restaurants can be found. In line with the extraordinary concept, the clients requested an outstanding ambience, too, and therefore commissioned Zumtobel with developing a lighting solution.

First stop: Brussels
The first stop is the Parc du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, where the all-white pavilion has been set up not in the park itself, but on top of the Arc de Triomphe, providing a unique sight as well as a breathtaking view.

The interior of The Cube boasts a highly flexible design to allow adjustment to a variety of occasions. Before and after dining, the large table seating 18 guests is lifted up to the ceiling to create more space, converting the restaurant into a cosy lounge in no time. The right light for every situation is provided by the multifunctional SUPERSYSTEM lighting system, which is used both in the open kitchen and in the entire restaurant area. The extremely small and energy-saving LED spots blend harmoniously into the modern purist interior. Thanks to their focussed light, the minimalist Zumtobel spots are perfectly suitable for accent lighting, providing subtle and effective illumination for the entire room.

Simply brilliant
The foyer is illuminated by a luminaire especially developed and manufactured by Zumtobel, which also meets the pavilion’s high design requirements. Inserted flush into the ceiling and, thus, blending into the interior as well, the innovative PANOS INFINITY LED downlights provide pleasant and bright illumination of the entrance area. The art of simplicity is also pursued by the LINARIA light line, whose uniform brightness ensures the necessary visual comfort in the kitchen zones.

Travelling through Europe
Travelling through Europe, from Belgium via Italy and Switzerland to Russia and Sweden, selected chefs de cuisine will prepare the food at each stop. For three months, each of them will cook for the guests in the open kitchen in full view.

For more information on The Cube and booking seats, please go to:
» http://www.electrolux.co.uk/Cube/

Setting products and architectural design effectively centre-stage is a key factor for enticing more customers to enter a shop, increasing their length of stay and stimulating sales. What is most important here is how light can be used to direct attention and perception, while making both customers and staff members feel at ease. In order to be able to match its lighting solutions even better to the customers needs, on the basis of scientific findings, Zumtobel decided to conduct a two-part study.

In the first part of the study, an online questionnaire was prepared in collaboration with the University of Stockholm (KTH). Based on visualisations, customers had to compare and evaluate a number of different lighting concepts, which allowed to draw conclusions on the effects that individual lighting factors – such as light colour, light distribution and lighting intensity – have on the customers’ purchasing behaviour.

In the second part of the study, the eye-tracking method was used to analyse the effects of various lighting parameters on the customers’ eye movements. This study was conducted in collaboration with the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and Felsh Lighting Design.

For further information and the findings of the studies please go to Zumtobel’s application microsite: » http://www.zumtobel.com/shop/en/index.html

On 2 March, Zumtobel hosted an inauguration event in Dubai to open its first Light Centre in the Middle East. At the 750 square metre premises in Dubai, application-focused lighting solutions are presented, above all for the Hotel & Wellness, Presentation & Retail, Art & Culture as well as Offices & Communication areas.

Since 2007, Zumtobel has been represented in Dubai with its own distribution company. At present, the Middle East is serviced by 15 staff members. They can now use the Light Centre as an appropriate place of communication to talk with customers and present products. Events on cross-disciplinary architectural and lighting subjects are also intended to be held in Dubai, in order to allow architects, lighting designers and designers to get involved in exciting discussions and talks.

Following the Shanghai Light Centre, which was opened in 2010, the Dubai Light Centre is the 17th institution of that kind worldwide. With this step, Zumtobel has emphasised its goal of continuing growth in the markets outside Europe and of strengthening its presence in major economic regions.

From 22 September until 14 November 2010, on the occasion of the French-Russian Year, the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow hosted an exhibition presenting 50 masterworks from the Louvre and six drawings from the Musée d’Orsay, both museums located in Paris. Works by artists such as Claude Monet, Peter Paul Rubens and Camille Pissarro created between 1580 and 1900 were presented under the motto "To Draw and To Travel".

The exhibition, which was divided into several chronological and thematic sections, for the first time presented these rare works, which can usually only be seen by visitors of the famous Paris museums.

In order to illuminate the masterpieces to optimum effect, the Tretyakov Gallery relied on luminaires from the ARCOS range by Zumtobel. Accommodating some 140,000 exhibits, the gallery in Moscow is one of Russia’s largest and most important art collections.

 

Photos: TRINOVA

Zumtobel strikes a positive balance for the EuroShop trade fair that ended in Düsseldorf on 2 March. During the five trade fair days, the company met with a very keen interest on the part of customers, resulting in detailed project talks and great enthusiasm for the innovations presented.

Lighting concepts involving LED technology were particularly “en vogue”. EuroShop marks an important milestone and a pioneering performance in shop lighting based on LED.
 
On an exhibition surface of approx. 300 m², Zumtobel presented innovative lighting solutions for various shop situations, such as shelves, shop windows, counters for fresh products or display tables. The open trade fair stand with white as the predominant colour was greatly appreciated and, thanks to a multimedia performance, was transformed into an impressive backdrop in the evening.

The PANOS INFINITY LED downlight and the OPURA free-standing luminaire could not fail to win over the jury of this year’s iF product design award. The fact that these Zumtobel products have won the coveted award once again emphasises their high design standard - besides there lighting quality and efficiency. "We are very pleased about this international award. For us, prizes like the iF product design award prove that the products, which we usually develop in close collaboration with renowned designers, have the creative power needed to establish new trends and set new standards", explains Reinhardt Wurzer, Zumtobel Marketing Manager.   

 Entries for the famous design award included a total of 2765 products submitted by more then 1000 international competitors. 993 of these products have won the award. Today, the iF product design award counts among the most important design labels worldwide.

The award-winning products will be presented at the 2011 iF product design award exhibition in Hanover. From 1 March until June 2011, all those interested can take a close look at the iF award-winning products.

A former workshop, which can no longer be identified as such, serves as a presentation and retail area for the new G-Brand multi-brand store in Deinze, Belgium. The new premises of the apparel store, which offers a variety of fashion brands for both men and women, has been completely renovated, attracting customers into the shop with a pleasant atmosphere.

Attractive lighting
The lighting concept used to this end, which comprises an LED lighting system and shop spotlights, creates vivid, exciting lighting scenarios by setting accents in selected areas. In this way, the interior is turned into a pleasant world of experience, which directs customers’ attention directly to the products on display.

A lighting solution that allows architecture and products to take centre stage
For safety reasons, no building services were allowed to be integrated into the fireproof ceiling. The architects therefore opted for an unobtrusive track-mounted solution using the SUPERSYSTEM lighting system. As a special version in white, this system has been installed in the ceiling that is suspended at varying height. LIVIANO spotlights, also in white, were eventually mounted on this track system. In this way, the luminaires blend uniformly and unobtrusively into the contemporary shop design.

Above the POS areas, the customer counters are illuminated by SOLINA pendant luminaires. Even in case of an emergency, the lighting will make sure that people find their way out, as PURESIGN and RESCLITE escape sign luminaires have been installed throughout the building.

The opening ceremony of the "Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment" will take place on 3 February 2011, at 7 p.m., at the Zumtobel Light Forum in Dornbirn. At the exhibition, the outcome of the Zumtobel Group Award will be presented. The architecture prize, which was awarded for the second time in September 2010, aims at supporting trendsetting projects for sustainable and humanitarian approaches in the urban context. The exhibition can be visited until 1 March 2011 at the Dornbirn Light Forum, upon previous appointment.

Dr. Harald Sommerer, CEO Zumtobel Group, will open the evening with a short welcome address, followed by Kirstin Feireiss from the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin, who, as the curator of the Zumtobel Group Award, will in particular highlight the importance of the award for the architectural culture. Stefan Behnisch, renowned architect and chairman of the Group Award jury, will then present the prize-winning projects in detail.

The variety of project approaches presented will make the exhibition a fascinating dialogue on the subjects of efficiency and sustainability, providing exciting perspectives and ideas on urban development and architecture. In addition to the prize-winning projects, eight other distinguished projects will be shown at the Light Forum.

The prize winner in the "Built Environment" category is the project by the TRIPTYQUE architecture firm in São Paulo. Their HARMONIA 57 project presents an environmentally and architecturally trendsetting office and gallery building. The nonprofit Terreform ONE + Terrefuge group of designers from New York City could not fail to impress the jury with its New York City Resource and Mobility project in the "Research & Initiative" category.

If you would like to visit the exhibition, please register in advance by contacting Cornelia Netzer on
phone no. +43 5572-390-1293,
or by e-mail: cornelia.netzer@zumtobel.com

Duration of exhibition:
4 February - 1 March 2011

Address:
Zumtobel Light Forum
Schweizer Strasse 30
A-6851 Dornbirn


Images: Publication is free if due acknowledgement is made: Zumtobel

From 18 to 23 January, Zumtobel made its debut at "imm cologne", the international furniture show held in Cologne. Its trade fair stand was based on a new joint concept developed in collaboration with the companies Grohe, DuPont and Hasenkopf.

Relaxing feel-good atmosphere
At the 66 square metre stand, the Corian® surface finish material – developed by DuPont and produced by industrial manufacturer Hasenkopf – and designer fittings by Grohe were set centre stage, using atmospheric lighting solutions supplied by Zumtobel, to impress expert and general visitors.

Zumtobel ARCOS LED spotlights, APHRODITE LED spots and LQ pendant LED luminaires demonstrated the emotional effects of light and its role in creating a relaxing atmosphere in spas and resorts.

“Interactive Kölsch” lighting installation
In parallel with “imm cologne”, Cologne also hosted a lighting installation developed by the Mainz University of Applied Sciences [FH Mainz] and implemented using Zumtobel’s CAPIX LED façade lighting system. In the context of Germany’s largest design event, “PASSAGEN 2011”, students of the “Communication in Space” master programme turned the former Camouflageclub in the basement of the Monte Christo Hotel into an interactive space with quite a special atmosphere. The lighting installation made of 1600 LED luminaires was controlled by visitors’ Kölsch beer consumption – hence the name “Interactive Kölsch”.

For more pictures and also videos of the FH Mainz installation, please visit
» http://passagen.fh-mainz.de/