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Description

Light-Form is a modular lighting system consisting on a variable number of identical modules, completely dependent on each other, linked together to create a dynamic mosaic that interacts with the user, enabling the creation of the desired light size by manipulating the object on a revealing game of light, shapes and contrasts. As the person starts the opening process, light is unveiled through bright emitting, or reflecting surfaces. When the system closes the light is hidden. This way the lighting system is completely integrated into the wall resulting both as a texture and an appliance.

The possibility to reverse the surface color, results in a timeless game, "creating" a pattern by manipulating at any time the folding tiles of each modular panel. By choosing the kind of material and the quantity / quality of light, the user can customize his space in the most suitable way. Upon installation, the light is integrated with the existing construction material, becoming a variation of it. The manipulation of the structure creates shades of different qualities. The idea calls in mind the mining process, breaking away the dark rocky material to obtain "precious" light.

Light-Form is made with an innovative Italian patented technology of flexible european Maple wood wedges, making the “dark side” of Light-Form. The modular panels can be combined in various ways, with different modules being later available, adding the emotion of natural wood and the purity of OLED light to the game.

The prototype of Light-Form has been presented for the first time last April, during the Milan Design Week, raising considerable interest worldwide. The product will be available by December 2010, distributed by the Italian company ILIDE - Italian Light Design, in 1x1m modules with different configurations, easily assembled to cover any surface.

Biography

Daniele Gualeni graduated as engineer, during his youth he constantly cultivated his interests in art and Design, by creating and directing magazines, cultural associations and art exhibitions. At the same time he worked as a freelance designer for different Italian companies. In 2006 he moved to New York where he worked closely with local artists and designers. In 2008 he improved his passion for design, achieving a Masters in Industrial Design at the Politecnico di Milano. Since 2009, he manages and directs his own study of industrial design. His main interests are the fusion between art and science, creativity and technique, innovative materials and eco-friendly products.

Francesca Rogers grew up between London and Milan. After an Art & Design Course at Central Saint Martins, she studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano, participating in the Erasmus Program at the UPC in Barcelona. After her third year she moved to London to finish her studies, and after an internship at Claudio Silvestrin Architects she took her Diploma at the Architectural Association, obtaining her Riba part I and part II. She now works part time in an architectural practice in Milan and on her own projects. Fond of "workshop" experiences, as very intense immersion into life and design, she has taken part in many throughout her years of architectural studies, taking her to Mali, Japan and Thailand. Her interest lies in thoughtful yet simple designs responding to people's basic needs.