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Light and Building, Frankfurt 2008
Crescent at Arc08
New Fibre Optic Pendants at 100% Design
Crescent
Win at Arc07
Part
'L' Need Not Be Dull
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Light
and Building, Frankfurt 2008
Frankfurt was successful
for us again ths year. As usual we shared the stand with Energy
Focus and our sister company, LBM. Bernhard and the LBM team did
a great job with the stand design yet again, and there was a good
mix of functional and decorative products,fibre optics and LEDs.
The images that follow show some of the new products on the stand.
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view shows some of the decorative products with Laluna, Vino
and Medusa all suspended around the comfortable seating areas.
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new Low Energy downlight range were located in vertical slots
around the outside, two of these features can be seen here.
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Vino range has been extended with the addition of two new products,
Vino Leaf, below, and Vino shade, shown left. The two original
designs are shown illuminating the counter tops of the stand,
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The
Vino Leaf is a more organic aproach to the contemparary pendant
luminaire, but whatever the design influences the whole Vino
range provide strong, controlled downlight output, especially
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One
of the products that caused the bigest stir was Lucemento which
is a really fantastic concrete material that transmits light!
This is an amazing product with endless possibilities.
A finely woven fibre optic material is cast in precisely spaced
layers within a compressed concrete substrate. This is then
sliced up into a number of standard thicknesses. Any light pattern
is transmitted through the fibre to the front face of the material.
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22 February 2008
Crescent at Arc08
We had
two stands this year at Arc08, our normal position on the mezzanene
level which showed the LED linear wall wash system and some new
downlights with LED or HID lamps, (the downlights all comply with
the requirements of Part 'L' of the building regulations), amongst
other things. We also showed products on our second stand,on the
decorative gallery.
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Our main
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The
three new Pat 'L' downlights shown at Arc08. A data sheet will be
available on these products very soon. |
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CRE2550 Laluna
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The decorative stand
upstairs on the gallery level showed Ufo, Scintilla and some wall
mounted LED options, such as the CRE 2711 square glass unit, shown
below.
The star of the
stand was, as usual, Laluna. Mounted a little lower than normal,
visitors wanted to touch it, entranced by it's ethereal beauty.
Most were suprised that the prices start as low as around £500
including a TH projector.
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19th July 2007
New
Fibre Optic pendants at 100% Design
 
We are exhibiting at
100% Design for the third time, with another eye catching display
featuring the stunning Simon Bruenner designed ufo fibre optic pendant
fitting, shown on the left above. The ufo glass disc seems to float,
connected only by the fibres that feed out from the centre -it is
really an arresting design & we are looking forward to the reaction
from the visitors at the show!
On the right above is the new Scintilla, also designed by Simon,
a fragile, minimal design which combines fibre optic technology
with the classical features of historical chandeliers. Scintilla
creates subtle, seductive lighting with the possibility of exciting
colour change effects if required. The state-of-the-art materials
lend an atmosphere of simplicity.
Also new for the show
this year will be a number of new wall mounted LED products and
a new linear wall wash LED system. We are particularly pleased with
wall wash product as it can light a wall with better than
2:1 uniformity - made possible by a special lens design & carefully
constructed extrusion section. It uses the latest Luxeon K2 LED
and works very well when operated at 700mA. We hope to be able to
demonstrate its performance on the stand - see you there!
100% Design 20th - 23rd
September, Earls Court 2, London
CRESCENT - Stand L1
100%Design
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22nd February 2007
Crescent
win at Arc07
The Arc07 exhibition
was particularly successful for us this year. We designed at stand
with a much cleaner, uncluttered look, but which still showed a
lot of new products. The new recessed LED products and the prototype
of a unique wallwash LED system were installed in the white demo
'bins' seen above, so that they could be demonstrated but didn't
spoil the softer feel of the area. Laluna
created a lot of attention, as usual.
The walls were lit with the CLS system which created an interesting
edge lit effect on the extrusion shapes and logo outline.
Many people complemented us on the design, but the icing on the
cake was to win the Arc07 & Society of Light & Lighting
'Best Stand Design' award.
Well done the Crescent design team!
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26th July 2006
Part
'L' Need Not Be Dull
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The
recently upgraded Crescent EFO (Efficient Fibre Optics) projector
delivers over 45 luminaire-lumens/circuit watt meeting the requirements
of L2A and L2B for new and existing buildings. This figure is
actual delivered lumens and takes into account both the efficacy
of the lamp and the LOR of the luminaire.
The EFO projector is manufactured by Crescent's parent, Fiberstars,
and has had a modified, higher output cloverleaf lamp reflector
profile added in recent months. |
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EFO system using six or eight tails has been independently tested
by ITL of Colorado and gives just over 50 luminaire-lumens/watt
easily exceeding the minimum requirements of Part L for both
domestic and commercial buildings.
This will enable the 'small downlight' look to be used to provide
a variation in the lighting effect around the edge of large
areas, to wall wash, light corridors, lift lobbies, reception
areas meeting rooms.
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EFO
is also a very useful tool in helping designers meet the
demands of Part L (L1A and L1B) for private houses where
it can add much needed sparkle in comparison to cfl downlights. |
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enables the owners' preference for tungsten downlights
to be offset by using EFO in both the decorative and working
areas of the home. |
The projector houses a 68w metal halide lamp with a rated life
of 10,000 - 14,000 hours. This is focused using the unique 3-way
or 4-way cloverleaf reflector, via quartz rods through to the
fibre. |
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