LIGHTFORM BLOG HAS A NEW HOME!

 

We’re excited to announce the re-design of our website. Learn more about our brands, find out about our newest products, read about our projects, and look at our latest inspirations on the web,  all in one place.

  

visit the new blog at lightform.ca/blog

INSPIRATION: Yingjia Club by Neri & Hu

Yingjia Club by Neri&Hu, Moooi Random Pendant via Dezeen

Yingjia Club by Neri&Hu, via Dezeen

Yingjia Club by Neri&Hu, Moooi Random Pendant via Dezeen

EVENTS: Interiors from Spain at HD EXPO 2012

BOVER

Trade show season is in full swing and Las Vegas’ Hospitality Design Expo is coming up on May 15-17th. This year HD Expo is proudly presenting Interiors from Spain, an ICEX initiative (Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade) that brings together some of the best in Spanish design and production. With companies like Marset, Vibia, Bover and LZF exhibiting, the show will bring together some of the most prominent taste makers in Spanish lighting.

Check our blog the week of the event for photos of the show!

More photos of Spanish Lighting to be showcased at HD Expo 2012:

NEWS: Rich Brilliant Willing at ICFF + NEO CON 2012

INTRODUCES THE

Trig Floor Lamp

at ICFF and NeoCon 2012

 

Anodized aluminum, 13 x 13 x 26-51″

 

“RBW continues its exploration of form and material with Trig, a simple adjustable-height LED !oor lamp of anodized aluminum. Paring down the iconic tripod lamp, RBW presents Trig as part of a new series of products that is at once minimal and human. Simply touch Trig anywhere to switch it on or off.”

 

RBW is presenting their full collection at the ICFF 2012 booth 1936 and debuting for the first time at NeoCon 2012 booth 8-7078.

JOB WELL DONE: Interview with Insight Design Group

This interview is published in our April Newsletter

British Pacific Homes, Aerie presentation suite, featuring the Palluco Fortuny Floor Lamp

 

While our Job Well Done coverage has normally focused on one project, Insight Design Group’s prolificacy warrants a discussion on their award winning scope of work over the last few years. Working with their clients to achieve beautiful, livable spaces, the team at Insight has a portfolio that speaks to their commitment to creativity, mixing modern and traditional motifs, and designing spaces that are striking as well as unique.

Cressey Developments, Meccanica Presentation Suite featuring George Nelson Criss Cross Saucer Lamp

 

Never falling into habits that render interiors formulaic or predictable, Insight Design Group keeps it fresh every time around. We’re always thrilled with their choice of lighting and we had a chance to talk to them about their design process, and where lighting fits into it all.

LIGHTFORM: Can you tell me a little bit about the story of 
Insight Design?

Insight Design Group is an Interior Design Firm that focuses on Residential, Commercial and Hospitality projects.  The firm has been involved with some of the most successful developments and projects in Vancouver and throughout Canada for over 15 years.

British Pacific Homes – Aerie Presentation Suite featuring the Moooi Random Pendant

 

 LIGHTFORM: Your projects focus mostly on designing spaces 
for living, and we want to know what the most important 
considerations are when lighting living spaces.

Lighting must have a purpose, so when implementing any design, we imagine how the end users will be living, entertaining, working etc. and create the corresponding mood accordingly.  Often, a significant amount of time can be spent to ensure that the fixtures chosen are perfect. They must mesh with the concept and persona of the space and typically create that little bit of eye candy we inject into each space.

Intracorp Developments, Metroplace Show Suite featuring the Diesel by Foscarini Cage Pendant

MORE PHOTOS: DGA & BOVER at Frankfurt’s Light+Building 2012

 

Bover at Light+Building 2012, Fora Suspension

DGA at Light+Building 2012, EOS 25 Pendant

PHOTOS: Vibia, Brand Van Egmond and Terzani at Light+Building 2012

 

Vibia Origami Modular System

NEWS: Vibia Launches CREA at HD Expo

With the launch of CREA comes 14 new collections with 5 new modular design families. All of them easily designed through Vibia’s interactive website featuring full CRM and project management tools available through CREA.

 

When we visited Vibia at Euroluce last year, we wrote that they stole the show with the introduction of their newest modular systems that are as much art installations as they are lighting systems. Vibia’s R&D visionaires have created CREA (Create Your Project), a digital design tool featured on the Vibia website to go hand in hand with all their latest designs, but configured to work for any Vibia product.

Things you should know about CREA

PHOTOS: This week at Frankfurt’s Light+Building Fair

 

ARES at LIGHT+BUILDING 2012, in photo: La Dina in their Fantasy Garden theme

 

Sunday was the first day of Frankfurt’s Light+Building fair: The world’s biggest trade fair for lighting and intelligent building. It boasts over 1,500 lighting manufacturers (including Brand Van Egmond, Vibia, Flos, Ares, DGA, Fabbian, Marset and Bover) making it one of the most complete representations of the lighting industry.

 

Marset at LIGHT+BUILDING DAY 2012, in photo: Pleat Boxes by Javier Manosa

 

From decorative to architectural to outdoor, almost the full spectrum of lighting is represented at the fair. The theme at Light+Building this year is energy efficiency and incorporating lighting efficiency into the broader scheme of engineering, architecture and construction. On our first day we visited the booths of Ares and Marset – two brands that never disappoint in their showings.

Here are some photos from our first few days at the fair:

ARES at LIGHT+BUILDING DAY 2012, in photo: Greta Floor Outdoor Floor Lamp

Marset at LIGHT+BUILDING 2012, in photo: Tamtam Pendant

NEWS: Roll & Hill at Salone Del Mobile 2012

 

As the featured lighting brand at Salone del Mobile this year they’re excited to introduce these two very original additions to their collection:

 Rudi

by Lukas Peet

Jewelry is the inspiration for Rudi, a series of pendant lamps named after Lukas Peet’s father. Rudi is made from bent brass tubes that hold handmade cold cathode lamps. The fixtures hang from their cords, which are knotted around the metal tubes.