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Laluna Fiber Optic Lamp Looks Like Glowing Spaghetti

Technabob — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:35:32 +0000

How’d you like one of these organic glowing orbs hanging from your ceiling? The intricate Laluna chandelier uses brightly lit, intertwined strands of fiber optics to light up your room.

Designed by German artist Steffen Bauer for Crescent lighting, the Laluna fiber optic lamp connects to a bright halogen (which changes color with a turning color wheel) or color-changing LED light source which can be mounted in the ceiling or in another room. As a matter of fact, a single light source can be connected to up to a dozen of these otherworldly fixtures.

The chandeliers are available in two sizes 15.5-inches and 23.6-inches and prices range from about $1000 to $1200 USD including a single light 100W halogen source.

[Crescent Lighting]

Glofab: Fiber Optic Lights That Don’t Suck

Technabob — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:45:25 +0000

When I think of fiber optic lighting, all that comes to mind are those awful 1970s starburst lamps. So I was so thrilled when I came across these beautiful organic designs which use the same basic lighting technology that begat such ugliness in the first place.

Created by Torbjörn Lundell of Sweden’s GloFab, these unusual fixtures radiate an ethereal glow as light courses through their fibrous veins.

I like to think of GloFab like an illuminated textile. By weaving intricate patterns of fiber optic cable, then connecting them to a bright light source, these wondrous glowing sculptures come to life.

GloFab lighting is available as either a woven fabric or in a spherical design, and are available only on a custom-quoted basis at this point.

[via designboom]

See Through Clock Projects the Time

Technabob — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:03:14 +0000

Here’s another cool clock design from Japan’s I.D.E.A. International. This one lets you project a functional analog clock face onto any wall.

The projection clock is housed in a see-through acrylic shell which shows off the unique optics and mechanical components that generate the clock image.

The projector works from up to 13-feet away to produce a clock face around 5-feet in diameter. It should be plenty bright thanks to its 50-watt halogen light source. The I.D.E.A. Projection clock costs ¥15,750 (appx. $133 USD), and can be found on the Transit website.