Living Light

LIVING LIGHT by David Benjamin and Soo-in Yang: "The Living".

HINT: Permanent outdoor pavilion.

"is a permanent outdoor pavilion in the heart of Seoul with a dynamic skin that glows and blinks in response to both data about air quality and public interest in the environment. The skin of the pavilion is a giant map of Seoul with the 27 neighborhood (gu) boundaries redrawn based on existing air quality sensors of the Korean Ministry of Environment—each shape in this new map encloses the air closest to one of the sensors. Then the map illuminates to become an interactive, environmental building facade. Citizens can enter the pavilion or view it from nearby streets and buildings, and they can text message the building and it will text them back."*

*from www.livinglightseoul.net

ResoNet

RESONET by Mark Francis Tynan & William Hailiang Chen.

HINT: Cascade of light.

"ResoNet visualises the resonant frequencies inherent in the natural environment, via the interaction of the public and surrounding elements detected by a LED net. By using Low-Fi techniques ResoNet creates a cascade of light triggered by the vibrations detected across the structure. ResoNet’s tensile web structure is stretched across a space, like a spider web. A series of vibration sensors & LED circuit components are fixed at key intersections on the tensile network, to detect minute vibrations as a result of human and natural activity. Be it a brush of a hand, or a passing breeze, the energy is converted into light that resonates across the structure, immersing the public in a cascading visual of flashing LED’s."*

*from www.reso-net.org.

Delight Cloth

DELIGHT CLOTH by Tsuya textile Co. Ltd.

HINT: Light emiting textile!

"Delight Cloth is a light-emitting textile comprised of thousands of fiber optic strands. With a diameter of only 0.25 to 0.5 mm, the optical fibers are woven into a large translucent tapestry that can be hung vertically or horizontally. The material may be used for wall or ceiling treatments, as well as banner signage or clothing. Delight Cloth can be fabricated with imbedded graphics or logos, and may be used to emit a wide variety of colors of light."*

*from www.transmaterial.net

Burble

BURBLE by Open burble team.

HINT: Wall of illuminated ballons.

"The Burble is a massive structure reaching up towards the sky, composed of approximately 1000 extra-large helium balloons each of which contains microcontrollers and LEDs that create spectacular patterns of light across the surface of the structure. The public, both audience and performer, come together to control this immense rippling, glowing, bustling 'Burble' that sways in the evening sky, in response to movements of the long articulated interactive handle bar at the base of the structure. The ephemeral experience exists at such a large scale that it is able to compete visually in an urban context with the buildings that surround it."*

*from www.haque.co.uk

Colour Lights

COLOUR LIGHTS by Maarten de Ceulaer.

HINT: Simple and unique lights!

"Series of lights containing water tinted with food colouring in Milan later this month. Called Colour Lights, the range consists of glass vessels filled with water containing non-toxic colourants. The concept is simple but unique; by adding a few drops of edible food colourants to the water inside the bottle, you can change the colour of the lamp, and the atmosphere of the space."*

*from www.dezeen.com

Elena Corchero

"Graphic Fan Lace" by Elena Corchero.

HINT: Incredible lighting fan!

"This hand-held embroidered and embellished fan stores solar power during the day, ready to be transformed into an ornamental light display for the home at night by incorporating solar cells into the textile's fabric."*

*from the book TEXTILES NOW, by Drusilla Cole.

Helena Hietanen

Helena Hietanen, Helsinki-based sculptor by TEXTILE DESIGNERS.

HINT: Technolace wall hangings.

"Fabricated from strands of optic-fibers, her work combine handicraft traditions and cutting-edge fibre-optic technology to create textiles that transmit light. Hietanen discovered fibre-optics at a trade fair and she discovered how to adapt it to create traditional lace patterns by combining traditional hand craftsmanship with today's technology, which is what she had wanted to do all along."*

*from the book TEXTILE DESIGNERS, at the cutting edge. By Bradley Quinn.

Astrid Krogh

Astrid Krogh, Denmark-based designer, by TEXTILE DESIGNERS.

HINT: Fibre-optic textiles, the visual pulse of light.

"Krogh anchors her designs to new technologies by weaving lenghts of optic strands into iridescent tapestries that glow, illuminate and flare into a rainbow of brilliant colours. 'My work incorporate artificial light but they are not artificial light sources themselves. My work is mostly influenced by the daylight I see outside my window'. "

"Altought Krogh works with hi-tech materials, she relies on traditional techniques to craft her textiles. 'It is very important to me to be able to switch between old craft techniques and new technologies'."*

*from the book TEXTILE DESIGNERS, at the cutting edge. By Bradley Quinn.