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Brilliant: Lights and Lighting (V&A Contemporary)
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Product Description
Light is a powerful force for design inspiration. From the mundane to the bizarre, the strictly functional to the wildly ostentatious, a panoply of objects has been created in response to the desire for artificial illumination. This first title in the V&A Contemporary Series explores the exciting range of new lighting forms and technologies from the archetypal domestic lamp to innovations in lighted clothing. It features a range of internationally renowned designers, from Ron Arad to Karim Rashid. Covering products from the one-off to the mass-produced, it also charts crossovers in design practice, incorporating textiles, fashion and ceramics as well as product design and new technological developments. New materials which pulse and glow, alternative means of power conduction which negate the need for wires, heat resistant fabrics and 'cool' light sources all offer new and exciting opportunities to designers. This book introduces some of the most innovative names in contemporary lighting and explores the significance of light in the designed environment.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #454414 in Books
- Published on: 2004-02-27
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 128 pages
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About the Author
Jane Pavitt is the University of Brighton Senior Research Fellow in Product Design at the V&A Museum. She writes widely on contemporary and 20th-century design and has curated several major exhibitions, including Brand.New (V&A, 2000). Her publications include Brand.New (V&A Publications, 2000) and Prague: Buildings of Europe (M.U.P., 2000). She is the curator of the V&A's first ever lighting exhibition, Brilliant (V&A 2004), which this book accompanies.
Customer Reviews
Nice little book
A very nice collection of contemporary lighting from the well known to some of the newer faces in design.
Nice pictures throughout and compact enough to carry with you as reference where needed. The quotes from the designers about their designs are particularly nice as it gives you a good insight into what the design is all about.
Lighting
a great resource of unique and original designs within lighting. Helps you to see a wider range of lighting design
