
How Technological Feats Fuel Our Utopic Visions
Illuminated Wood Panels, Inserts for Brick Walls, and Fixtures Made from Recycled Plastic, Mycelium, and Hemp
OG Brick LighT
Omar Gandhi Architects
Originally conceived for architect Omar Gandhi’s own residence, the OG Brick Light can seamlessly integrate light into the fabric of a masonry wall. The dimmable light comes with a bronze finish that blends into a textured, buff brick wall in a traditional common bond pattern. Available in two sizes—single-width and double-width—the OG Brick Light is designed for both interior and exterior applications. Encased in metal and protected by a delicate mesh, the fixture softly diffuses light, casting a subtle vanishing effect during daylight hours and a warm glow at night.
Ketra D2 and Rania D2 Downlights
Lutron
Ketra and Rania architectural downlights are now available in a new 2-inch aperture. Both the Ketra D2 and Rania D2 work seamlessly with Lutron’s premium lighting controls and shades to create personalized spaces and are wirelessly controlled, reducing the space needed for panels. The Ketra D2 comes in a variety of trims, colors, and ultra-slim housings ideal for maximizing ceiling heights, while Rania replicates natural white light via a breakthrough three-channel emitter.
Clear Coil Collection
LightArt
The Clear Coil Collection is the industry’s first set of optically clear, 3D-printed fixtures that harness molecular recycling technology to upcycle discarded materials like carpet fibers, dense plastic containers, and packaging into six pendant shapes. Compared to the traditional mechanical recycling process, which is limited to specific sources of plastic waste that can be recycled a finite number of times, molecular recycling can break down a much broader range of waste an infinite number of times. The Coil Collection Take Back Program supports the company’s closed-loop system, encouraging customers to return their Coil fixtures at the end of their lifecycles.
MushLume Lighting
The Terrace Collection
Available in versions that expand outward and inward, the Terrace sconce collection of UL-certified incandescent surface-mounted luminaires is an homage to the natural beauty of terraced landscapes. Handcrafted in Brooklyn, NY, this bio-fabricated lighting collection is grown, not manufactured, from hemp combined with rapidly renewable mycelium. In just a few days, the mycelium cultivates a thick network of hyphae that binds to the hemp substrate, solidifying into a solid structure within the custom lampshade molds. After the mycelium has fully matured, the lampshades are demolded, dried, and heated, creating a stable, inert, and 100% biodegradable product.
Dead City Collection
Mutuus Studio
Seattle-based multidisciplinary practice Mutuus Studio, along with their in-house fabrication shop, Mutuus Made, has released their first line of lighting fixtures. Inspired by Mutuus partner and artist Saul Becker’s landscape paintings and sculptures, the lights in the Dead City Collection offer a timeless ambient glow for residential or commercial spaces. Each fixture is handmade with linen micarta and brass and references a lost city: Dead City Pendants (available in two sizes), Petra Sconce, Tikal Armed Sconce, and the half-round Daro Sconce. The lights are UL Listed for dry locations only.
Wooden Lighting Panels
formatwood.com
Any of Form at Wood’s wooden panels, no matter the shape, can be transformed into a light fixture with the addition of an integrated lighting system. The edges of the illuminated panels are equipped with an advanced LED strip that softly illuminates the surrounding panels, creating a 3D geometric visual effect. Controlled via remote or a smartphone app, the panels feature built-in lighting effects and mood modes, an adjustable light color range from 2700K to 6500K, and smooth light intensity adjustment up to 1300 lumens.
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