Did someone say competition? We love nothing more than flexing our lighting design muscles, so when Philips announced their Strand Lighting centenary competition we’d signed up before the brief’s ink was even dry.
You’ve got to be in it to win in it – we were and we did. Our light art entry, Anamorphosis, was named the winner at The Society of Light and Lighting Fresnel Lecture, Royal Institution of Great Britain (oh, the grandeur!)
To come out on top we had to upcycle a vintage Strand fitting, rejuvenating the classic piece of kit while representing the three main competition themes: brand heritage, innovation and upcycling. We chose the PATT 23 for its iconic shape/profile and had to make our final design look more than pretty – it needed to function as a light source and could incorporate any lamps from the Philips Lighting range.
Our thinking behind Anamoprhosis was to communicate the technological advancements in the lighting industry by taking the good of the old and combining it with the ingenuity of the new. We literally “exploded” the PATT 23, exposing the inner workings that make it so great. LED lamps were arranged in a circular 12-point clock pattern, pulsating on and off, clockwise around the PATT 23 when viewed from the front, reinforcing the anamorphic nature of what the observer sees.
A short video has been made about the competition and our award-winning lighting design entry – see it here. And you can read about it in the press here: Entertainment Technology & Architect Magazine
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— Paul Nulty
