Tag Archive: Lighting Design

  1. Arc Magazine Interview Yorgo Lykouria

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    Yorgo Lykouria features in issue 124, the October/November issue of Arc magazine. In this interview by Matt Waring, they discuss the success of Ambitus, lighting for offices, and Yorgo’s approach to lighting design . To read the full article, you can find it at arc magazine pages 56 through 62.

     

    arc is the leading international publication focused on lighting in architecture.

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  2. Ambitus Longlisted in Commercial Products at the Designer Awards 2021

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    Ambitus, designed by Rainlight for Zumtobel has been longlisted for Product of the Year: Commercial by the Designer Awards. The Designer Awards celebrate residential and commercial kitchen, bathroom and architectural design projects in the UK and worldwide. Now in its 19th year, the established event attracts world-renowned designers and architects as well as senior professionals within the design industry.

    Ambitus is an innovative high-performance luminaire designed for Austrian manufacturer Zumtobel, one of the world’s most well-respected lighting manufacturers. Yorgo Lykouria collaborated with Zumtobel over a ten-year period of extensive research and development, in a time when the lighting industry made the seismic shift to LED. This distinctive circular luminaire unites state-of-the-art technology with nuanced architectonic form.

    See the full list of finalists on the Designer Awards website.

  3. Ambitus on the Cover of Designer Magazine

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    Ambitus; designed by Rainlight for Zumtobel, is included in the October 2021 issue of Designer Magazine.  Ambitus made the cover and is shown in a double page spread as part of a feature on illuminating lighting.

    To read the October issue, view on issuu.com

  4. Ambitus by Rainlight for Zumtobel Shortlisted for FX Award

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    Ambitus has been shortlisted under the Lighting Category at the 2021 FX Awards. The prestigious FX Awards invite both British and international design talent from all over the world to enter the very best of interior products and projects. Organised by FX magazine, these coveted awards are one of the highlights of the design industry calendar, taking place just before the run-up to Christmas.

    Ambitus is an innovative high-performance luminaire designed for Austrian manufacturer Zumtobel, one of the world’s most well-respected lighting manufacturers. Yorgo Lykouria collaborated with Zumtobel over a ten-year period of extensive research and development, in a time when the lighting industry made the seismic shift to LED. This distinctive circular luminaire unites state-of-the-art technology with nuanced architectonic form.

    See the full shortlist on the FX Awards website

     

  5. Rainlight featured on Studio Chats Podcast with Kelsey Paul

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    Kelsey Paul, host of the Studio Chats podcast interviewed Rainlight studio’s Creative Director, Yorgo Lykouria about his career insights, views on fostering mentorship and inspiration within the studio and trusting your creative instincts.

    To listen to the full conversation visit the episode website.

     

  6. Yorgo Lykouria speaks with London Society

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    Rainlight’s Creative Director, Yorgo Lykouria speaks with the London Society about “Why the Post-Pandemic world needs high-level thinking”.

     

  7. Rainlight launches new conversation series ‘Weather Report’

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    ‘Weather Report’ is  a series of conversations between Rainlight’s Creative Director, Yorgo Lykouria and a variety of industry experts, futurists and creatives. During these discussions we’ll explore the perspectives of some of the most innovative and provocative leaders and thinkers touching on issues as varied as design for climate change, the future of cities, material innovation, inclusive design and how to approach design education.

    We kick off on Earth Day with Dr Andrew Dent, Executive Vice President, Research at Material ConneXion, Chief Material Scientist at SANDOW. A leading expert on sustainable materials, he plays an important part in creating a new generation of more sustainable products.

     

  8. Ambitus by Rainlight for Zumtobel Group wins 2021 “Best of Best” Lighting Design Award

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    AMBITUS by Rainlight for Zumtobel Group has been awarded a 2021 Red Dot Design Award “Best of the Best” for Lighting Design.

    The Red Dot Design Award, first awarded in 1955, is one of the world’s most famous product design awards, with a jury of international design experts that recognises exceptional design achievements in a number of different fields.

    This luminaire’s ring shape means it has light distribution of almost 360 degrees, supplying maximum efficiency and quality of light. The design development stage involved using pliable LEDs and a highly complex tooling process, while AMBITUS’s perforated pattern is achieved using sophisticated computational formulas, with the resulting abstract design reminiscent of being beneath a starlit sky. The result is a precise, elegant product that fuses design poetry with sharp functionality.

     

  9. Nagare by Rainlight for Okamura wins Good Design Award

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    The Good Design Awards are recognized internationally as the oldest and most prestigious prize for product design excellence.  The awards have been managed by the Chicago Athenaeum since their inception and use criteria such as concept, function and utility as they assess their winners.  Rainlight’s Nagare design for Japanese manufacturer, Okamura has received a Good Design Award in the furniture category again this year, the second consecutive win for the collaborators as Rainlight’s Traverse table design for Okamura won in the same category last year.  Nagare which means ‘flow’ in Japanese is a range of seating and tables that brings a gentle sense of movement and a sculptural statement to wherever work might take place. The collection will be accessioned into the Museum’s Permanent Design Collection in Chicago.

    To learn more visit the awards’ website here.

  10. Rainlight Looks Forward to 2021

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    As a gift to the planet, on behalf of the Rainlight community, we’re engaging with the World Land Trust to purchase acres of natural habitat in order to ensure they are protected and preserved. WLT works with its network of trusted conservation partners to create wildlife reserves around the world. Every acre that is saved becomes part of a larger reserve that is protected in perpetuity by a partner organization.

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  11. Rainlight featured during ITA Design Day 2020

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    On November 5th the Italian Trade Agency hosted Design Day 2020, inviting Rainlight’s Yorgo Lykouria to participate in a discussion on the theme “Innovation, Style and Sustainability in Italian Design: Synergies and Opportunities in the U.S. Market”.

    To watch Yorgo’s full presentation…

  12. BoxLife by Rainlight for Scavolini wins SBID Product Design Award 2020

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    The SBID (Society of British & International Interior Designers) has awarded BoxLife by Rainlight for Scavolini a 2020 Product Design Award. The SBID awards recognize and celebrate innovation and quality within international design for both project and product contributions to the industry. Boxlife was awarded in the contract furniture category.

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  13. ThinkLab invites Rainlight to weigh in on the Future of Materiality

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    ThinkLab, a division of Sandow that focuses on research and consulting to the contract interiors world, invited Rainlight to join a panel of industry experts discussing the “Future of Materiality: Exploring new technologies, ideas and inspiration for the design ecosystem”. Led by ThinkLab’s President, Amanda Schneider, Rainlight’s Creative Director Yorgo Lykouria joined Suzanne Tick of Suzanne Tick, Dr. Andrew Dent of Material Connexion and Primo Orpilla of Studio O+A in outlining some of the key concepts at play while innovating for the post-COVID 19 world.

    To watch the discussion

  14. Rainlight honored in multiple categories at 2020 Neocon HiP Awards

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    The 7th Annual HiP Awards was presented by Interior Design magazine’s Cindy Allen via a digital ceremony on June 12th. Rainlight’s design of Boost ottoman for Carnegie, was a winner in the Accessories category while Allsteel’s Rise was an honoree in the Workplace:modular seating category and Arcadia’s Allsorts & Smallsorts collection was an honoree in Workplace: Benches/stools category.

    To see the awards list

  15. Boost ottoman and Allsteel’s Rise win #Metropolislikes at 2020 Neocon

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    Metropolis Magazine editors have chosen two of Rainlight’s designs as winners of the 2020 #Metropolislikes awards. #Metropolislikes is a bi-annual product awards showcase. Carnegie’s Boost ottoman and Allsteel’s Rise were two of the 35 products selected. This year due to the effects of COVID-19, Neocon is being hosted virtually via Neoconnect, an online digital gallery of the conference’s exhibitors, panels and content.

    To see the awards list

  16. Dezeen features Scavolini’s BoxLife during Virtual Design Festival

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    Dezeen’s Virtual Design Festival (VDF) is an online platform hosted April 15th- June 30th, 2020. The festival was announced by the online publication in response to the cancellation of many major international design symposia and exhibitions due to COVID-19.

    In a video interview, Yorgo Lykouria describes the inspiration behind and features of Scavolini’s BoxLife.

    To watch the full video

  17. BoxLife by Rainlight for Scavolini wins NYCXDesign 2020

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    The NYCxDesign awards are held annually in May as New York welcomes designers and manufacturers from around the world during it’s annual city-wide festival. This year’s awards ceremony was live-streamed via Facebook Live for the very first time and hosted by Cindy Allen of Interior Design Magazine.
    Rainlight was honored to be awarded the winner of the Storage product category for their design of BoxLife for Scavolini.

    Boxlife is a modular system that contains every necessity from a kitchen module to a fold-able bed, office workspace, laundry unit and more. Each function is concealed into a compact series of ‘boxes’ that can be utilized as their need arises.

    To watch the awards

  18. A letter to Italy

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    Designcurial features a letter of hope and adoration written by Yorgo Lykouria to Italy, during this challenging time.

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  19. 100% Design: Design as a Living Experience

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    Rainlight’s Yorgo Lykouria presents “Design as a Living Experience” at 100% Design during London Design Festival 2019. Yorgo explains his vast experience working with global brands to demonstrate how objects provoke thought and stimulate emotions and why they are so essential.

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