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  • ongoing
    exhibition

    we had the pleasure to co-curate the new MAK Design Lab at the Museum of applied Arts in Vienna. Within the permanent exhibition one can find as well a few of our projects like 'the idea of a tree', 'limited moths' or 'LeveL

    MAK Design Lab

  • dec. 2022
    acquisition

    we are happy that our project 'Access' was acquired by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
    thanks a lot.
    The project 'Access' is a set of six drinking glasses, confronting people with the global distribution of clean drinking water.

    High Museum of Art Atlanta

relumine

a project where the use of a contemporary light source completely changes old lamps into something new

  • year 2010

  • categories Limited Editions
    Products & Furniture

  • commissioned by

    self-initiated

  • for

    Design & Art

The start of this project was a focus on light sources. Instead of completely designing a newly shaped lamp, relumine plays on the fact that we have to switch from old light bulbs to new energy saving light sources. Each relumine lamp uses two, discarded lamps, which are disassembled, sanded, newly lacquered and adapted with newer technology, before they are connected by a glass tube which holds a fluorescent tube. 
By introducing a different mean of light source to the old lamps, their look and feel changes completely. They become one new unit, each with its own character. Together these two lamps need less energy than each one in its previous life.
The project was initially made for the bulb-fiction show at the Gallery Klaus Engelhorn during Vienna Design Week 2010, and are now available via Design & Art in Vienna.

relumine lamp Mimi & Mango

relumine lamp Fleming & Florey

relumine lamps Lord Archie & Mike with Fabiana & Bernie

relumine lamp jordan & timaeus

relumine lamp lapis & lazuli

relumine lamp rosmarie & anton

Together these two lamps form a new typology of light object and need less energy than each single lamp needed in its previous life.

single components of a relumine, disassembled

making of

  • material

    various lamp parts, electronics, glass

  • dimensions

    various

  • production

    on request, limited edition of 30 + 3 AP

  • collection

  • technical
    information

    the lamps use T5 fluorescent tubes with 21 or 28 Watts as a light source. This generation of fluorescent tubes needs less energy, is available in a few light colours and just requires an electronic ballast and no additional starter.