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Other award-winning products
The following Zumtobel products were also awarded at the Iconic Design Award 2016: Interior Innovation:
• » SEQUENCE surface-mounted and pendant LED luminaire
• » SUPERSYSTEM LED lighting system
• » CAELA wall-mounted, surface-mounted and pendant LED luminaire
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LuxLive 2015 will be an unrivalled showcase of the best the industry can offer in terms of the latest technology, developments and expert thinking.
Come visit us on stand number P19! We look forward to seeing you there!
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Zumtobel will be exhibiting at the DataCentres Ireland Exhibition on 10th - 11th November 2015.
DataCentres Ireland combines both a dedicated exhibition and a adjacent multi-streamed conference, giving attendees access to the latest in information, best practice, products, services and solutions. The Conference is your opportunity to hear the latest in ideas, best practice and case studies presented by leading industry experts and part in facilitated discussions. DataCentres Ireland addresses every aspect of planning, designing and operating your datacentre, server room, storage facility or solution.
Come visit us on stand number 108!
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Watch the installation video that provides step-by-step instructions on how to install SLOTLIGHT infinity.
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Designed by Luke Smith-Wightman and FMark and manufactured by Zumtobel, Linetik is a free-standing workplace luminaire. The concept is the precise and comfortable delivery of light from a highly efficient and extremely minimal body. The specialised optics and unique geometry ensure unprecedented performance for a free-standing luminaire. Linetik emits both direct and indirect light and creates a comfortable and stimulating lit environment, using very little energy. Its extremely minimal form, advanced LED optics and integrated sensors, make Linetik a revolutionary workplace luminaire which is genuinely original, innovative and sustainable.
Well done to all those involved in the design, engineering and marketing of this luminaire!
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The Mixology15 Awards took place this year at Old Billingsgate, London on 25th June.
Designed by Luke Smith-Wightman and FMark and manufactured by Zumtobel, Linetik emits direct and indirect light. Creating a comfortable and stimulating lit environment, Linetik uses very little energy. Its extremely minimal form, advanced LED optics and integrated sensors, make Linetik a highly refined workplace luminaire which is genuinely original, innovative and sustainable.
Well done to all those involved in the design, engineering and marketing of this luminaire!
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Now in its 19th year, the popular Zumtobel Photographic Competition will be taking place again this year, don't miss your opportunity to take part. Read on to find out more!
Every year, we mail out in excess of 1000 disposable cameras to leading architects all over the United Kingdom. The brief is for the individual to take a shot of anything that is particularly unusual, preferably of the built environment, but it can involve internal or external architectural details, shots of people or purely abstract. The choice of theme is endless! We are specifically looking for the best use of light captured in the photo.
Over the last 18 years we have had many thousands of entries, many with an extremely high standard of photography. Last year was no exception with in excess of 400 entrants taking part!
Entrants have 3 months in which to capture their best snapshot. We arrange all the developing and a leading panel of judges short list and select the Top 20 entrants with the Top 4 winning some fantastic photographic equipment presented to them at a lovely lunch held in their honour.
So if you fancy taking part in an exciting competition this summer and trying your hand at winning a great prize why not enter the Zumtobel Photographic Comeptition 2015 simply e-mail your details to [email protected] or visit www.zumtobelphoto.com to register.
Cameras will be mailed out in early July and the deadline for returning them back to us by is 2nd October 2015.
Best of luck with the competition and we look forward to receiving your entry!
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Eddie Embleton, Managing Director of Voltimum UK & Ireland, adds, “Zumtobel Lighting is another new manufacturing brand to join Voltimum this year. The crucial roles that lighting now plays in many applications – such as smart homes, automated buildings and the ‘Internet of Things’ means Zumtobel is very much a brand we are proud to represent. We are extremely happy to be able to bring Zumtobel’s technical expertise, product information, news, training and other services to our audience,"
To view Zumtobel’s listing on Voltimum go to http://www.voltimum.co.uk/
Lighting design for workstations is traditionally based on levels specified in applicable standards, which usually refer to visual and in part also to emotional aspects. The DIN SPEC 67600 standard (04/2013) includes valuable new design recommendations for biologically effective lighting. Here, the factor of time plays a highly decisive role for the first time. Daylight is the most important timer for people's circadian rhythm and has always determined our phases of activity and regeneration – above all before artificial lighting became available in large quantities. The eye is not only the visual sense's central organ. Moreover, the eye with its circadian photoreceptors situated on the retina also acts as an interface for keeping track of time. Information is forwarded to the brain, more precisely to the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) which is considered the central pacemaker of the timing system. Via subsequent physiological processes such as hormonal control, this system fulfils the primary timing function. In addition to daylight, artificial lighting can influence stimulation and a good night's sleep – hence also people's well-being and health.
LIGHT IN TIME – An analysis of nature and people over the course of time
The time-dependent factors influencing artificial lighting are based on natural geographic and meteorological conditions: changes in incident daylight over the course of a year and underlying weather-based fluctuations. When designing LIGHT IN TIME lighting solutions, the focus is primarily on the individual. Various chronotypes, different schedules and a variety of locations for work and leisure-time place individual requirements on biologically effective lighting solutions. Light can make a contribution to bringing some kind of order into these varied time-based parameters.
The pioneers: new technologies and scientific findings
For the first time, the DIN SPEC 67600:2013-04 standard prepared by experts of various technical disciplines includes specific design recommendations for biologically effective lighting. Thus, innovative technological options and current research findings have been combined. The circadian photoreceptors on the retina are addressed to optimum effect via high intensity levels of the bluish spectral component. However, they must be stimulated within an appropriate time frame. Then reduced reddish light is once again used for the transition to regenerative phases. This necessary change in spectral distributions combined with appropriate illuminance levels is supported by LED technology featuring » tunableWhite to optimum effect. Yet, the biological effects of light should not be reduced to the subject of light colour. The impacts of a variety of design approaches to the circadian system are too complex (see table from the DIN SPEC 67600 standard).
Extract from DIN SPEC 67600:2013-04
More intense biological effects of light are produced by | Less intense biological effects of light are produced by |
Higher level of radiation | Lower level of radiation |
Longer duration of exposure | Shorter duration of exposure |
Higher level of blue components | Lower level of blue components |
Wide-area lighting | Pinpoint lighting |
Dynamic changes in lighting | Constant lighting |
Lower level of radiation before the light exposure under review* | |
Morning light is most effective for synchronising the body clock | Light in the afternoon affects the body clock to a relatively low extent |
* Persons who have been adjusted to darkness for an extended period before being exposed to light will be more sensitive to light and show a stronger response |
LIGHT IN TIME primarily follows nature and the individual
What to keep in mind when implementing LIGHT IN TIME lighting solutions:
1) Artificial lighting should follow the natural course of daylight as closely as possible and be used only in addition to daylight.
2) Lighting solutions where users are able to adjust lighting conditions individually enjoy a high level of acceptance by users. One of the main consequences of the impact LIGHT IN TIME solutions have on physiological functions is that individual control options must be provided. Hence, people's needs are taken into account and manipulative actions are avoided.
3) The integral approach on lighting effects is essential: it is mainly the emotional and biological effects that are included in the design approach in a well-balanced manner.
Example: On the one hand, the right amount of light in an intense bluish light colour at the right time has a biologically supporting effect. On the other hand, many people perceive a high blue component as unattractive or even annoying, depending on individual preferences, weather conditions or visual and/or space-defining tasks (see illustration).
Last but not least: optimised LIGHT IN TIME concepts for stabilising the timing system do not start and end at the reception desk of the office building. They continue in people's private living spaces and during leisure-time activities. For instance, doing sports in daylight has a stabilising effect and promotes a sound sleep, whereas extensive exposure to electronic screens in the evening is counterproductive. LIGHT IN TIME is based on a specifically designed sequence of light and darkness over a period of 24 hours – there is a time for everything!
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The Top 21 entrants of the 2014 Zumtobel Photographic Competition enjoyed a lovely lunch held in their honour to celebrate their achievement in our competition last year....
All 21 were presented with a copy of their winning photograph enlarged and framed, with the top 5 winners receiving some fantastic photographic equipment.
We would like to say a big thank you and well done to all of our top achievers, we had some real budding photographers! Our Top selection are namely; Winner and in the Top 21: Violet Bennell of Proctor and Matthew Architects - London, 2nd Place: David Jennings of EPR Architects - London, 3rd Place: Will Wilson of NPS Humber - Kingston Upon Hull, 4th Place: Danielle Strzelecki of Honky Interior Architecture & Design - London, 5th Place: Maria Castrillo of Allies and Morrison Architects - London, Highly Commended and in the Top 21: Marinella Bononcini of 3DReid - London, Highly Commended: Peter Lyon of Pylon Design - London and in the Top 21; Wiebke Rietz of Alchemilla Architects - Chard, Gosia Niedzweidzka of HCLA - London, Sidney Zindere of Archimode Studio - London, Stephen Clenndenning of Faulkner Browns Architects, Darlington, Craig Hopkinson of 21st Century View - Taunton, Richard Burfoot Architect of RGB Architects - Twickenham, Caroline Peachey of Roger Peachey Architects, Hereford, John Hibberd of John Hibberd Associates - St Leonards on Sea, Len Downes of Len Downes Associates - Harrogate and Oscar Walheim of Grimshaw Architects - London.
We would also like to say a big thank you to our panel of expert judges namely; Andy Cassie (CIB), Morley Von Sternberg (Photographer), Ross Carpenter (Farrow Silverton), Robert Mumby (Archer Humphryes Architects), Sarah Betts and Chris Foges (Editor of Architecture Today).
Everyone was extremely pleased with their achievement and had a really lovely afternoon.
If you would like to participate in the 2015 Zumtobel Photographic Competition please e-mail your details to [email protected] or visit www.zumtobelphoto.com and apply online.
We look forward to receiving your entry!
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Taking place in the Serpentine's Sackler Gallery, designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate Zaha Hadid, the event was very well attended with in excess of 100 of people.
The evening commenced with a welcome from Zumtobel's Marketing Director Steve Shackleton. Everyone was then given an opportunity to view and experience the works of Julio Le Parc for themselves with a curator tour of the gallery.
This is the first major kaleidoscopic UK solo show from Argentinian born artist Julio Le Parc's work. Through his work, the Serpentine Sackler has been transformed with immersive light installations and includes the artist’s signature interactive games. The exhibition highlights the different dimensions in his works, from his politicised drawings and interactive works to his iconic light installations. Experimentation with light as well as the physical involvement and visual stimulation of the spectator have been crucial throughout Le Parc’s career. At the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, the visitor’s participation is both passive and active, with the exhibition design reminiscent of an amusement arcade and its numerous booths. While Le Parc’s light installations offer an immersive experience, his interactive ‘game’ works become a place for activity. Born out of his political activism, the ‘games’ include unstable, moving floors as well as punch bags and cut-out target silhouettes upon which are depicted familiar political archetypes, such as a dictator, a politician, a pacifist, a policeman and a museum director. The Limited Edition produced on the occasion of his exhibition is a silkscreen print of the target image from the interactive installation Choisissez vos Ennemis (1970) from his Jeux Enquête series, which is included in the show.
The event was very well received and enjoyed by all attendees.
Congratulations and well done to all the lucky winners! Our Top selection are namely; Winner and in the Top 21: Violet Bennell of Proctor and Matthew Architects - London, 2nd Place: David Jennings of EPR Architects - London, 3rd Place: Will Wilson of NPS Humber - Kingston Upon Hull, 4th Place: Danielle Strzelecki of Honky Interior Architecture & Design - London, 5th Place: Maria Castrillo of Allies and Morrison Architects - London, Highly Commended and in the Top 21: Marinella Bononcini of 3DReid - London, Highly Commended: Peter Lyon of Pylon Design - London and in the Top 21; Wiebke Rietz of Alchemilla Architects - Chard, Gosia Niedzweidzka of HCLA - London, Sidney Zindere of Archimode Studio - London, Stephen Clenndenning of Faulkner Browns Architects, Darlington, Craig Hopkinson of 21st Century View - Taunton, Richard Burfoot Architect of RGB Architects - Twickenham, Caroline Peachey of Roger Peachey Architects, Hereford, John Hibberd of John Hibberd Associates - St Leonards on Sea, Len Downes of Len Downes Associates - Harrogate and Oscar Walheim of Grimshaw Architects - London.
The winners are also announced in a special high quality Winner's Supplement Booklet in Architecture Today. A PDF copy of the Winner's Booklet is below.
The Zumtobel Photographic Competition - So what's it all about.....
As a worldwide leader of professional innovative lighting, how light works is extremely important to us. It's what we do at Zumtobel, all day, everyday. Making the most of light, with our back to basics disposable camera, is the essense of the competition.
Every year we get in excess of 1500 camera requests and send out more than 1000 to top UK architects. There is no set theme, so the choice of photographic topic is endless!
Entrants have 3 months in which to capture their best snapshot. We arrange the developing and a leading panel of judges short list and select the Top 20 entrants, with the top 5 winning some state-of-the-art photographic equipment.
If you are a UK based architect and would be interested in taking part in the 2015 Zumtobel Photographic Competition simply e-mail [email protected] with your details or visit www.zumtobelphoto.com and register online.
We look forward to receiving your entry!
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This optic is precisely tuned to suit the distribution characteristics of the LED lighting points, and guarantees glare-free light (UGR < 19 and L65 < 1500 cd/m²) as well as highly diffuse light distribution. This makes reflected glare on notebooks and tablets a thing of the past. Thanks to tunableWhite technology, users can adjust the colour temperature of the LIGHT FIELDS evolution LED luminaire range continuously between 3000 K and 6000 K.
Design: Chris Redfern, Sottsass Associati
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About the Good Design Award
The Good Design Award, one of the world's most renowned industrial design programmes, was established in Chicago in 1950. The Good Design Award programme was founded by the architects Eero Saarinen, Ray and Charles Eames and former MOMA director Edgar Kaufmann Jr. and is organised by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design, in collaboration with the European Centre for Architecture, Art Design and Urban Studies. “Good Design” is an international trademark for innovative design. The awards are given to high-quality products that cannot fail to impress in terms of form, function and aesthetics.
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