My light & building 2016

Going to the light + building exhibition at Frankfurt is something more than exciting for a lighting designer!11 buildings 2.500 exhibitors, lots of new products, lectures and opportunity of inspiration. 

Every two years, the industry presents its latest innovations for the fields of lighting, electrical engineering, house and building automation and software for the construction industry at the world’s leading trade fair for architecture and technology. 

About the field of lighting over 1.500 manufacturers present the entire spectrum of lighting technology at the same time and place, e.g., design luminaires in a variety of styles – from modern to classic –, technical luminaires and lamps of all kinds and for all applications, as well as a large selection of lighting components and accessories. 

Among them, prompted by a presentation for the course Light & Technology, i tried to find manufacturers who have some similar principles such as usage of sustainable materials, minimal amount of wastage during the process, reducement of their environmental footprint.


polygon fixtures made by bamboo plywood that are fastened together with nylon clips
kitsets are 1/30th of the volume of the assembled light
https://www.davidtrubridge.com/ 

precision cut with a laser, assembled by hand using nontoxic adhesive
http://www.graypants.com/ 

the patented polywood system from FSC certified forests
http://www.lzf-lamps.com/ 

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