ESTILUZ

Today, we visited the Estiluz Showroom to look at their product range. They had may great options, mainly for hospitality and high-end residential projects.

Here is a highlight:

VOLTA Family:

  • One of their original fixture families - mainly designed as table and floor lights.

  • The Pendant version has a standard size of 2ft, double and triple heads.

  • NEW: Volta is now available as monopoint with two interchangeable 15 and 50 beam spreads (both included).

REVOLTA is an interesting looking acoustic fixture (playful) with 40% sound absorption. DN $2000 with 3 pendant fixtures.

  • The acoustic panel can also be removed for a fully open design.

CIRC Family:

  • Another one of the original designs. Available for interior and exterior use with different mounting options.

  • Each frosted glass fixture is approx. 6watts with 720 lumens (perhaps initial). Comes as 2700K as standard

  • The pendant model comes as a single or group.

  • The sconce model is now offered as an integrated in a mirror. Great option as a vanity mirror! Available in Oval, Small and Large Round shapes.

  • They have the option to do custom size mirrors and have multiple lights.

BOLS - New family:

  • Powder coated aluminum body with hard-wired and plug-in options.

  • Available for indoor and outdoor use.

  • Blos floor and table lamp come with an optional planter and tray as add-on accessories.

MORSE: Pendant mounted linear tube with 3 heads (short cylinder look). The lights can rotate 320 degree and can provide a good up/down effect.

CUPOLINA:

  • ADA rated. We liked the simplicity of it and think it's a great option for hospitality and residential projects.

  • We discussed the feasibility of adding a on/off switch to the sconce and tabletop models for use as a reading light. Estiluz is reviewing.

FRAME is another table and floor lamp that we liked. The light reflection is pretty. Comes in 3 different sizes. Outdoor rated. DN is $800 to $1000.

General Info:

Dimming is Triac as standard down to 5% (but in reality more like 20%).

0-10V is available for better dimming and just needs to be listed when ordering (not on the cut-sheet).

Not all fixtures are offered in 2700K, although they are considering it. Some outdoor options are offered in warmer 2400K (Nice!)

They have a warehouse in New Jersey for in-stock items. Lead time for available items is 3 to 5 days.

For custom-made and new orders, the lead time is 8 weeks.


2022 BDNY

Did you miss this year's BDNY? No worries, we have you covered! Here are some of the products we found interesting for various projects. Mostly glass works and metal works for high-end residentials, lobbies, and large decoratives (mostly pendants) for natural rustic material suitable for hospitality projects!

JUNIPER LIGHTING

We closed the month of August with a great visit to the JUNIPER factory for a comprehensive tour and did a short presentation for their team about "the importance of lighting and who is a lighting designer" by our fab studio director, Kelly Roberts!

During the tour, we witnessed the complex up-to-date machinery and technology used in making their products.

They manufacture everything in-house, allowing flexibility for various modifications in length, shape, finish, custom corner, etc. The only thing that is outsourced is the LED board. We noticed that many of the production steps are done manually, from corner welding to unique patina finish baths to achieve various oxidation levels.

A couple of upcoming updates that we are excited about are the surface mounted MULTIVERSE track system and the new LED light and diffuser in their THIN linear family that would give a completely node-free look even when dimmed very low!

AND, the current lead time is about 2 weeks which is excellent!

In the end, many thanks to the whole team for the excellent presentations and warm welcome!

ASTRO

ASTRO LIGHTING

Today we looked at the new and updated products in 2022.

PARMA: plaster, flexibility in finishes, modifiable on site. Available in up/down.the We looked at small size

KOS: Round cylinder, outdoor rated, natural concrete finish.

HALFTONE: Integral LED, in 2 sizes of 16” and 24”. Smaller one has more light projection! Retail for$702 and $502 . ADA compliance. We really liked the look! Interesting when installed as a group to create a pattern with overlap.

READER: NEW*. Unique in terms of mounting both horizontally and vertically. Up/down and adjustable to sides. Beautiful finishes. Great optics with regressed lens!

Ascoli light: Different mounting. Mono point with extended arm option, round and square canopy, single and multi canopy, track style mounting bar is also available in 2, 3, 4, 5 arrangements. Lamping: 6W max GU10* we are concerned with the dimming.

Magnifying mirror: Around $200 - Rocker switch in the bottom - X5 times magnification

Another new one: Catina, will be folded back into itself.

AVINION: Nice looking retro led glass rod sconce. Replaceable lamp. Up/down option Good option for decorative sconce

EDWARD family has a nice simple design, seamless with interesting finishes

Eclipse 300: one of the always interesting

Aquina: retro-fit lamp

MIRROR LIGHTING:

VARENNA: Intreating round mirror light. Also available in square and oval shapes. What' was unique about them was the curved edge.

RIVA is another beautiful sconce with a matte glass shade

Coming soon: picture light coming soon from UK! Excited to see this!

MARSET

Today, we paid a visit to the MARSET showroom to look at their expanded indoor and outdoor fixtures.

Overall, the fixtures come in playful colors and unique finishes. One thing to remember is that not all the products are offered in 2700K, although they offered more in this CCT than other decorative manufacturers we’ve dealt with.

They have a couple of new outdoor fixtures, such as the JAIMA pendant, and floor mounted fixture with a flexible fabric shade. We also liked the SANTORINI, a pendant-mounted fixture inspired by the lantern shape with a glass lens and playful finishes. It looks like a modern-looking vapor-proof fixture.

Another interesting fixture that we looked at was the BOHEMIA. We liked the opaque outer finished blown glass which was somehow translucent and provided a nice light effect.

Joker Light

Joker Light was our first in office product presentation of 2021! 

Joker lighting North American lighting manufacturer. European parent line is Arkos lighting. Shipping port of entry in Miami, FL. Product shipped directly from overseas; not stocked in USA. 

Nice architectural light fixtures with clean form factors.  

Track, recessed, suspended, and surface mount. No wall washers. 

 

Track available in 48V and 24V 

PLUS 48V -  track head with telescoping beam from 12deg – 51deg. Clean beam spread and field angle! DN $383 - $433 

TOP - Surface cylinder provides field changeable TIR optics $77-112 

Black foster -  teeny multicell downlights available recessed or track mounted. An affordable version of iguzzini laserblade price: (depending on qty of cells) $94 

Shot – teeny recessed 1.5" aperature with 1.9" recessing depth DN $61 

Spin – decorative suspended downlight or track suspended down light. Very attractive form factor with fun finishes and 2 beam spreads 20deg and 40 deg 

LODES Lighting

Today, we looked at LODES Lighting from Italy.

They are specialized in high-end decorative, architectural, and custom-made fixtures. They are represented by JB Lighting Collection here in the US.

  • All their LED chips are manufactured in japan

  • LASER surface mounted sconce is a 10x10cm cube shape with 1800lm!

  • They have collaborated with DIESEL for some of their new collections such as Fork, Pipe, Glass drop, Flask; all with retrofit bulb E26

  • NEW Collections: PUZZLE Square and twist and PUZZLE round

  • BEETLE is really nice looking sconce suitable for hospitality projects,

  • EASY PEASY is a fun table lamp with top nob dimming.

  • In pendants, we looked at the JEFFERSON, SKY-FALL (nice finishes like rose gold, brass,..), RANDO, RAIN (very nice with a beautiful matt finish)

  • The TUBE NANO DUO is installed in New York Amtrak station

  • NEW: CINA GU10, PLUG-IN new micro canopy: power 6 fixtures on one canopy/driver


iLIGHT by LUMINII

We looked at the updated iLIGHT linear fixtures great for landscape, commercial, and hospitality projects.

PLEXINEON White & Color Luminaires:

Rigid and flexible neon fixture; 2-4 W/ft deliver 50-90lm/ft. Available in lengths ranging from a fraction of a foot to 8 feet, Plexineon White 1X and Plexineon White 2X are submersible (IP68).

The flexible model’s tightest bend is 2.5” in diameter.

HYPNOTICA (RGB) Color Changing Series:

Rigid RGB linear fixture, controllable in 6” increments, with an aluminum housing; available in straight lengths up to 8FT and 90 degree mitered corners.

Compatible with any DMX 512 controller or any RDM (Remote Device Management) controller.

HANDRAIL Lighting System:

high quality and well priced (comparing to competitors) handrail lighting fixture 211 to 253 lm/ft. Available for installation in standard and glass handrails; controllable with 0-10V dimmer.

Available in four beam angles: Clear lens: Asymmetric 60 degree, Symmetric 65 and 110 degree - Frosted Lens: 120 degree.



PABLO DESIGN

We looked at the updated PAPLO DESIGN products. Pieces are typically made in China or Taiwan and assembled in San Francisco.

SKY SOUND: A pendant fixture with a combination of acoustical element and powerful Omni-directional lighting. The disc is PET. Available in 18’, 24’, and 32”; available finishes are Stone Grey, Anthracite, Turquoise, and Chestnut.

BOLA DISC: This popular product is now available in dim to warm, the standard is 3000K. Black is the new finish. Not ADA compliant.

*Custom CCT requires a minimum of 54 QTY. Overlap installation is also another cool feature.

BOLA SPHERE TABLE: Could be locked down to a surface. A great option for hospitality. Dim to warm 1800K to 2700K is the standard. Static white is also available.

The Pablo Talia wireless charging base is $195.

Variety of task lights:

BRAZO - LIM360 - CORNER OFFICE (great for open office layout)

Some upcoming products:

CANDELA: Coming summer 2021; great for restaurants

CIELO (standard 27K, 50piece min for custom CCT - an adjustable cord from the back, push and adjust)

LANA: Magnetic mounted shade table lamp and sconce.

BARN LIGHT ELECTRIC

Barn Light Electric gave a quick webinar on their new products recently. We were excited to see their new expansion into more modern forms and turned-wood expressions. These were truly beautiful pieces! Barn Light’s ease of customization and American-made local factory makes them a go-to for us.

SDA Showroom

Today we stopped by the SDA Showroom to see what is new from their line card.

Alphabet

We stopped by alphabet to look at many of their new fixtures. We looked at their Nu Vector Downlight series which has beam shaping technology. The fixture shown below on the right is adjustable with 0.5" aperture, 600 Lumen output, provide illumination to upto 25ft. It's a great option for a quiet ceiling. The DN price is around $155.

The standard track head is around $150, dim to dark, 1%. 0-10, DMX, Dali. Line voltage into extrusion. Each part has it’s own driver. Optic down to 10°, wallwasher, different snap-able diffuser. Offer a quiet ceiling.

They have a nice concrete fixture and surface mounted fixture with a mirror in the middle.

 

ALW

ALW showed their super plane twist open products. A triangle, square, and rectangle are available. However, soon their ring fixtures will have sections like these products too. These fixtures are great for wrapping around columns and have surface mounted options as well.

1.5 profile fixture: Super plane 25 ft continues run recessed mounted. Comes in fully frosted, half, and clear.

It comes in 3 standard shapes,  straight, triangle(2 open sides, 1 joint) square (2 open sides, 2 side joint)

Open side allows twisting, 30° tilt

 

The 1.5 moon ring: Can go up to 16 ft section recessed go around a column.

Go figure series: Linear light fix and connection hub. 2 and 4ft linear, one side and 2 sides illuminated. There is amiable hobble with screws. They have 2 to 6 joint hubs.

Arancia

All of their fixtures are 90+ CRI. We looked at the pendant lights and 3 watt small downlight. There is a 4 week lead time and everything is made to order.

 

Day-O-Light

Delray

The ring pendant that we viewed can be a single direction fixture. It comes in many different finishes like

leather, wood, perforated patterns.

  

Designplan

We looked at many of their outdoor fixtures (as shown below).

We looked at a larger version of the pivot that has an adjustable beam and is exterior rated.

We were also very impressed by the quality of the Buzzi and Buzzi products.

 

Designplan also informed us that they do have a steam room rated fixture. (what is it called?)

Ecosense

Ecosense is coming out with their own control system- the lore driver. The image below shows the road map of what the company is striving towards- though some of it is not yet realized.

  

ERCO

ERCO is coming out with a new line of wall washers. A nice feature of this line is that their wall washers can be closer to the wall (1 to 5 ratio for the wall to ceiling). These come in black matte as a standard finish. They come in flanged and trimeless. These fixture should be coming out in January.

ERCO also has new bollards coming soon. (the last 2 on left come in smaller size.)

Feelux

We looked at the monorail system.

There is a pendant fixture for the little track that had a 1,000 lumen output.

We also looked at the FLX Stix.

 

Hemera

Tunable white pendant fixtures. Smaller fixtures with 0.5" aperture are 266 lumen output. Medium fixtures has 1,000 lumen output. Large fixtures with 2" aperture are 2,000 lumen output.

Hevi Lite

We looked at their sconce and their retrofit unit. The strip in the retrofit unit rotates and adjusts.

 

iLight

Intense Lighting

Lens Vector Technology.  Liquid crystal beam shaper.  They have shallow 2" housing. Up/Down sconces are wet rated.

  

Saco

We looked at their dual brightness v-stick. They have an app called saco switch.

 

Selux

Tri-tech. They now have silicone optic that allows for customizable optics. They have a variety of mounting options. They are also trying to minimize hardware on their fixtures.

   

The Lighting Quotient

We looked at their track system. They have both a wall wash fixture and a spot fixture for the track.

They also now have a bi-asymmetric distribution in their louver.

  

Luminaire LED

We took a brief look at their products. They offer a battery pack for their surface mounted linear fixture.

 

Lumenpulse

 

Luminii

NovaFlex

NovaFlex showed us some of their new products including the neon led and the field curvable products. The bend radius is shown the photo.

 

Tivoli

Tivoli showed us their dedicated color mix fixtures. The new tape is 97 CRI. 1 5/8" increments cut. 5/32" spacing between led chips. This tape is less than $20/ft.

*A great option for the back of a mirror. Clear uniform lighting with no dotting.

We also looked at their hand blown festoons.

 

USAI

We-ef

They make marine grade exterior fixtures. Everything is modular which makes it all easy to replace in the field. We-ef also showed us their fixtures that take gobos.

 

Whitegoods

 

 

Rich Brilliant Willing

Rich Brilliant Willing visited us today to show us many of their decorative fixtures.

All of Rich Brilliant Willing's fixtures are dimmable. They are either able to dim to dark, dim to warm, or have TRIAC dimming. In addition to them all being dimmable, all of their fixtures come in the following color temperatures:

  • 22K
  • 27K
  • 3K
  • 35K
  • 4K

The first fixture we look at was the Crisp. This fixture comes in the following 4 finishes:

  • Copper
  • Chrome
  • Frosted
  • White

The sample he brought in was in a copper finish.

  

Ledge

The ledge can be used as an upward or downward installation. This fixture comes in both a round and a square shape and tends to come in either black or white finishes unless you need it customized. If this fixture is facing down, it is considered suitable for wet locations.

Palindrome

 

This fixture is unique in its adaptability. It allows you to customize the configuration to fit the size and shape of the space you are working in. The Palindrome comes in 4 different varieties:

  • Palindrome 2
  • Palindrome 4
  • Palindrome 6
  • Palindrome 8

Pilot

The pilot comes in 6 different varieties:

  • Pilot Chandelier 2
  • Pilot Chandelier 3
  • Pilot Chandelier 3
  • Pilot Chandelier 6
  • Pilot Chandelier 8 (shown above)
  • Pilot Chandelier 16

 

Monocle

The monocle is damp rated and comes in the following three finishes:

  • Black
  • Gold
  • Natural

Notch

 

The Notch is a sconce that casts lighting from the top or bottom of the fixture.

Another great aspect of Rich Brilliant Willing is that they are located in Brooklyn, and have very quick ship times.

VIBIA Lighting

We looked at 3 new products from Vibia Lighting in the office today:

Algorithm:

A sphere shaped LED product suspended at different heights and attached to the ceiling via a floating tubular structure.

  

  • Standard 2700K (opt for 3000k and 3500K with a minimum order.)
  • Adjustable aircraft cable (the tubular structures are pre-cut in desired lengths.)
  • Hand blown Glass.
  • Acrylic diffuser.

The Flamingo:

A decorative pendent great for ambient lighting.

  • 2 × LED 5.6W,  delivered 1102 lm
  • standard 2700K, 80+ CRI
  • Acrylic diffuser.
  • Aluminium housing is available in matte gold, matte white, and charcoal gray matte finishes.
  • 0-10V, Dali and Lutron Eco dimming options.

Mayfair:

 

  • A surface mounted pendent, a table lamp, and a floor lamp fixture with direct/indirect light distribiution.
  • Standard 2700K, , 80+ CRI. (opt for 3000K with minimum order)
  • Aluminium LED housing is available in matte gold, matte white, and polish chrome finishes.
  • 0-10V touch dimming control. (sensor is located on the base in a table lamp model and under the shade in a floor lamp model.)

 

 

Sonneman

Today we have reviewed the Sonneman's new products in the office.

They have presented the Suspenders from the decorative family. It comes in different pre-configurations such as linear, zig zag, tandem, tri bar,...

It' good to remember that the components are very delicate and require a lot of care at the time of installation.

The component includes a power bar, hanger and luminaire. this system offers direct/indirect lighting, aimable light spread hanged with aircraft cable.

The power bar accommodate variety of  luminaries types and distributions such as:

  • Drum (etched cased glass, 3w.)
  • Cylinder (50°, 5w, up or down lighting.)
  • Light-bar (linear light, 10w, up or down lighting.)
  •  Crystal chiclet (2w, it can be installed horizontally or downward.)

 

The Constellation fixture

The Kit can be apart and includes:

  • 2 LED heads.
  • 4 different configurations.
  • Remote constant current driver.
  • 15 different lengths.
  • Standard color temperature of 3000K.

 

The pre-configured designs are in stock and ready for fast shipping.

1500 delivered lumen.

From the commercial family they have presented the ALC, flush and semi flush mount.

It comes in 2" and 3"  diameters with 3 different lengths integral LED, standard 3000K, 25° narrow flood lens, 1060 lm/10 watts and 2110 lm/ 20 watts.

Tik-Tak is an interesting tandem LED pendent with suspended rods in multiple level (up to 6 tier). It is great in residential and hospitality projects. Each rod can be independently positioned as up or down light, and adjusted with infinite variability to any height along the suspension cables.

It has 10' adjustable cable, 47" fixture's width, 2288 lm/20 watts, 3000K and 90 CRI.

Double Corona

An LED ring pendant available in 6" (580lm/8w), 16", 24" (3170lm/51w), 32", 48" and 60" diameters. It has just 1 LED board to achieve a uniform distribution, 6' adjustable cable.

It can be installed in a max 30° slop ceiling.

Thin-Line

A one sided LED wall bar and pendent, suitable for damp location. It comes in  1" height, 3' (1110lm/ 10w),4', 6' and 8' lengths, down and up/down distributions,  110V, ELV remote driver.

 

 

 

XAL Showroom

At the new XAL showroom, they presented the new commodity and boutique products. Under the Commodity products we saw the Vela, Mino 2.5 and Baso family.

Vela Evo was launched globally in 2017 in 3 sizes of 1.5', 2', 3' and 4' diameter. The 1.5' model is priced at $540 and goes up to $5000 for 4' version which can be used even as a high bay architectural fixture due to high lumen output.

What is unique about this fixture is the double sided printed led board, for uplight. Currently, the standard color temperatures although the tuneable white is under development for European market, it is available in both tuneable and RGB for US market.

In the surface mounting installation the gap between the cone shape housing on the back of the fixture and the ceiling is just 1 inch and wont be noticed even when looked closely.

The BASO family is another product which we looked at. It is exclusively available in US market and comes in 1.5", 2.5" and 4"  wide recessed extruded aluminum profile, trimless or with trim. The Wallwasher  version has 1.5 aperture, snap-in lens, 3500K and 4500K available. It is also customization for larger projects and quoted around $90/ft. The board and cover are integrated and use snap system to be placed to the channel, aluminium board to help the heat transition. It also has the wall to wall configuration.

 

The Baso Cove is coming on August 2018 in 3.5" and 4" aperture. It also benefits from snap-in system to be used in trimed and trimless shape in wood ceiling.

Later they showcased the Task system and Move It system which belong to their boutique products line.

The Task acoustic is an office lighting. It is an edgeLed product in 4', 8' sections, 2'x2' corner and curved corner. They recently launched acoustical panels made out of PVD  to reduce noise. It is designed in an inlay and single mount to go with the fixture in half circle or half square shapes based on fixture shape.

The Task System is another Edge lighting product in this family. It comes in 4', 8', 12' sections and 2'x2' corner which also comes as wall mounted.  There is a linear connector between each fixture. The driver is in the first 3 set to keep the board temperature down. The optic is in 4 layers to achieve low glare. There is also an extra set of LED on the back of channel to achieve the asymmetric distribution. The ratio of direct/indirect could be between 60% to 40% and 30% to 70%  uplight. The direct/indirect lighting are controlled together (no separate dimming). Suspension head and wall to wall option are also available for this fixture. The quoted price is around $100/ft.

 

Their other boutique product is the Move It System. It is a magnetic track system with 1" or 2" wide suspended extruded profile channel and various inset options like; spotlight, linear light and pendent recessed light and uplight which are flexible and adjustable. The spotlight has an adjustable beam angle of 17° to 43°.

The Move It system can Also be used as a wall-washer. It comes in 1', 4' and could have spotlights on the track which are non-current dimmable (12V). There are also Opals for 1' and 2' channels. Currently, the ends are glowing but they are considering to develop a non-glowing end. The snap-in system also reduces the errors of a contractor in case of the reverse installation. The channel can be used in the architectural cove. For using grazer as a cove light, only 6" spacing is required for shooting the light. They are developing a half channel in 2018 to be used instead of an architectural cove.

 

Digital dimming can be used for downlights on this system and Dali for individual track heads (700 lm to 1200 lm). They are currently looking to work with US control system manufacturers to make their controls compatible with this line.

From the Move It family, the Move It 25 with multi connector node is a unique outstanding magnetic lighting system. It can be ordered as a standard parts from the cut sheet. The end cap is a around unit which is power feeder with electric connectors, remote driver, 24 constant voltage. Each power feeder can takes 6 arms (channel is not cuttable. It has magnetic part.) with possibility of rotation for each arm to achieve the desired angle. It is a time consuming and expensive fixture, since it needs a lot of customization and communication.

And finally, they presented their newest creation, UNICO.

It gives a total control and flexibility over the light shape. They achieved a very narrow 12° spot, 35° round or square spot,  55° and 75° flood light, wall washer and symmetric/asymmetric light distribution all in one fixture. It has 2 mounting option, 6 design shapes, 9 light insets (up to 420 lm each) and three control options which can be individually combined.