Posted by Amit Soni on 3rd May 2013
Say hello to the world’s largest chandelier – stunning, isn’t she?
Reflective Flow is a chandelier located in Doha, Qatar suspended in a glass atrium between 2 office complexes.
Its spectacular looks are the result of 2,300 hand ground optical crystals, and 55,000 colour changing LED lights coming together, in a 38.5m long chandelier weighing an incredible 19,900kg – that’s nearly 20 tonnes!
The snake-like const… Read more
Posted by Richard Clarke on 1st May 2013
An Amsterdam-based studio has combined advanced, eco-friendly LED lighting technology with elements from the natural world to create an incredible synergistic installation that will literally blow you away!
A Fragile Future?
Studio Drift, the company behind the installation entitled Fragile Future, is in itself a synergy of cultures.
Founded in 2007 by Lonneke Gordijn from the Netherlands, and Swindon-born Ralph Nauta, Stud… Read more
Posted by Amit Soni on 30th Apr 2013
New York based design studio BWArchitects blew away visitors to the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival with a stunning LED lights installation.A sea of delicate pink, purple and white flowers were assembled by hand using steel rods and translucent paper. Each flower holds a total of 1,600 LED lights, anchored to painted wooden bases.The flowers were then installed up the steps of the courthouse in New York where the festival was being held – the evening… Read more
Posted by Richard Clarke on 29th Apr 2013
The Dutch have never been the kind to think inside the box – and they’ve shown us again what is possible when we really channel our creative juices.Sophie Valla is an architect based in Amsterdam, Holland, and was tasked with an interesting project when the North South subway was constructed in North Amsterdam.The resultant space that was vacated when the Nieuwe Leeuwarderweg highway was dropped by a height of 7m became the scene of a project int… Read more