Architects and Designers – Architectural and designer uses for Surelights LED Lighting, EL Panels and EL Wire

Give your architecture and design projects a new lease of life and create stunning lighting effects with Surelight LED and Electroluminescent lighting solutions:

We have many clients who are regularly incorporating our Surelight lighting products into their creations. Please scroll down to view information on a wide variety of architects and designers who have utilised our lighting.

Studio 557 Bar & Grill LED Lighting

Ecclesall Road - Spacepad

Surelight have provided colour changing LED Lighting and our low energy MR16 LED light bulbs to Spacepad Studio.

The former Walnut Club Champagne Bar in Ecclesall Road, Sheffield has been under major refurbishment. Surelight's LED lighting added some finishing touches to this ultra-modern interior of the newly refurbished bar and grill, now called "Studio 557"

“It’s boutiquey: very sleek, very contemporary, very cool,” says designer Mark Platts, who is driving the scheme.

Other recent projects of his company, Spacepad, include a new housing development on Psalter Lane in and the Playspace activity centre at Ranmoor Sheffield.

Platts and his partners – promoter Carey Williams and construction specialist Andrew France – have installed a new first-floor reception, moved the kitchen upstairs and opened out the space to create a bar and open-plan multi-function venue which can be hired for parties, wedding receptions, corporate functions and conferences.

LED colour changing back-lit walls and counter fronts feature throughout the building, hidden LED lighting highlights the lush alcove seating with a soft tempting illuminance.

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Luxury Property Developers; St James (Berkeley Group) use Surelight's Andromeda LED Lighting

Water Feature at Grosvenor Waterside, Chelsea, London.

St James (Berkeley Group) Use Surelight's Water Resistant Andromeda LED Strip Lights to illuminate this exquisite urban water feature at Grosvenor Waterside, Chelsea, London. This amazing water feature designed by German artist of international renown, Ekkehard Altenburger is lit with Surelight's Water Resistant Andromeda LED Lighting Ekkehard Altenburger's Grosvenor Waterside piece visualises the flow of the River Thames, via moving water and granite carved with a profile of the River Thames as it makes its way through London. St James' Luxury Apartments overlook this wonderful piece of urban art. Our Andromeda LED Lights create a wonderful effect as the water reflects the apartment lights on this serine and peaceful focal point. The Andromeda LED lighting completely transforms the mood in the area at night, giving the falling water a magical appearance. Please click images for a larger view (Note: You can use your keyboard arrow keys to navigate through each photograph)

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Tamsquite uses Surelight's LED Flexible Strip

'Tamsquite' really know how to add the finishing touches to a project to make it scream out luxury! Tamsquite have used our LED Flexible Light Strip in this recent Barn Conversion project. The lighting throughout the whole building is to die for! The floating staircase (left) shows how our Flexible LED Strip Lights can be used to remarkable effect. Tamsquite not only have used our LED Flexible Strip for the floating stairs, but as hidden cove lighting throughout the rest of the building. I think we can all agree that this building screams out luxury and the clever use of lighting adds that extra zing to this project. Please click images for a larger view (Note: You can use your keyboard arrow keys to navigate through each photograph)

HC Gilje - LED Neon Light Rope Installation in Fantoft-paradis Tunnel for Bybanen in Bergen

Norwegian artist, designer and lighting specialist HC Gilje uses our LED Neon Light Rope to amazing effect in the installation "puls" in an LED Neon Light Rope installation inside the fantoft paradis tunnel in the newly opened metroline Bybanen in Bergen, Norway.

The installation consists of two long wave patterns of light, one side red, the other blue. The total length is about 400m. The two wave patterns overlap, so for about 100 m you will see both the red and blue pulse.

"I wanted to work with the fact that the train is moving at about 70km/h (about 20m/s) through the tunnel, using the movement of the train as a way of animating the two wave patterns mounted on the tunnel walls...There are a lot of factors influencing how the work is experienced.  If you sit by the window closest to the tunnel wall the wave breaks up into rapidly changing curves and lines. If you sit closer to the middle of the tunnel you will see longer stretches of the wave. You will also see reflections of the waves in the windows of the train."

Please Contact Us for further details, or visit HC Gilje's website at www.hcgilje.com

Couture Clubbing uses Surelight Electroluminescent Wire

‘Couture Clubbing’ is the innovative idea brought about by two Central Saint Martins graduates Amy Winters and Kseniya Zagorodnyuk. Professionally they were trained in costume/set/art direction and upon graduation they formed a fashion and entertainment label.

Their latest ‘Paradise Lost’ collection is based on the epic poem by John Milton. It describes the journey of The Fall of man from the perspective of Satan. Every single outfit represents a character or an episode from the poem. Innovative fabrics used in the collection react to sound, light and atmosphere.

Left: ‘The Chaos dress’ is based on the idea of chaos and transformation. The shape and the colour of the dress were inspired by Dali’s ‘Birth of the New Man’ painting, which depicted a man in a transformed egg. The form is outlined with Surelight Neon Glow Wire.

Right: Red skirt with electroluminescent wire

You can visit the Couture Clubbing website at www.coutureclubbing.com

ART REVIEW says:

“One area that fascinates designers is electroluminescence and light projections. Young designers Rachel Wingfield and Sam Buxton experimented with eerily phosphorescent electroluminescence. Buxton used it to make a clock, Wingfield a duvet that gradually lights up at dawn to help the user wake up… , … Designer Soner Ozenc recently applied electroluminescent design to create his Sajjadah 1426 prayer mat, which glows brightly when pointed towards Mecca.”

Right: Visit our Video Gallery to see this Surelight EL Glow Wire Installation in action! The design uses over 1000m of our EL Glow Wire, and using DMX control looks absolutely stunning. It was designed and created by Mathias Gmachl at Loop.ph.

To see their website go to www.loop.ph

Rachel Wingfield

Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2002 with an MPhil in Textiles, Rachel Wingfield’s work has been exhibited internationally at the furniture fairs in Tokyo, Milan, China, Stockholm, Valencia, Brussels and London.

Rachel was also a finalist for the Peugeot Design Awards in 2002 winning the development prize for LightSleeperBedding. Her work DigitalDawn can now be seen in the textile collection of the V&A Museum after a successful exhibition in the lighting show ‘Brilliant’.

Rachel Wingfield set up loop.pH to develop reactive surfaces for the interior and has worked on architectural and fashion commissions, product design and public installations. At The London Show, loop.pH was short-listed for best newcomer in the 100% Design Blueprint Awards.
SonUmbra by loop.pH

You can visit her website at www.loop.ph

You can contact her at info@loop.ph

Nathaniel Rackowe - Exterior installation ‘Spin’

Displaying new works created from light and sound, Nathaniel Rackowe exhibited his exterior installation ‘Spin’ in a selected area of the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail.

Using light, kinetic elements, and common industrial materials, Rackowe makes large-scale works that animate architectural spaces and transform viewers into active participants. Often built on-site, his pieces explore the boundaries of physical spaces, moving through them or casting light about their perimeters like search beacons.

Axis ‘Process & Practice’ review:

Nathaniel seemingly decided to ignore this romantic woodland of dreams and mythology and instead deliberately imposed his masculine urban vision onto this restless place. Order from chaos. Whilst one of his works used light to expose the underbelly of environment – scanning the surrounds and drawing straight lines to bisect it visually, the other had a truly alien presence. Glowing wires constructed a 3D illusion of a digitally rendered wireframe drawing. Suspended high up in the trees, the rectangular form appeared to move in and around them, constricting and containing them, ignoring their structural dominance, cutting through their power. Suggestions of urban neon, of advertising, of technology, juxtaposed against the rural defying it. - Carolyn Black, May 2006

You can visit Nathaniel Rackowe's website at www.rackowe.com
You can contact him at nathaniel@rackowe.com

Image: Spin 2006, by Nathaniel Rackowe. Image courtesy of the Artist and Bischoff/Weiss

Craig DuAlba

Craig DuAlba used our Surelight wire to create these fantastic glowing rings in the floor.

“I needed lighting that would be bright enough yet small enough to go around the glass rings, and the Surelight EL Glow Wire was perfect. I wrapped three layers of wire (top to bottom) around the outside and inside of the glass rings. It was then all hooked up to an X10 switch and with one turn of the switch all three rings glow brightly. I live in Irvine, California and the glowing rings are one of the most unique aspects of my house”

Craig DuAlba
seeraig@cox.net

Tuukka Halonen

Tuukka Halonen is currently working with UK and international clients such as Habitat, Sainsburys and Artek Ltd, specialising in industrial design. He started his own studio in 2005 in Helsinki, Finland.

Tuukka’s spheres, incorporating our Surelight Electroluminescent Wire, are inspired by traditional Scandinavian Christmas straw decorations. The spheres are built from different sized triangles, creating beautiful geometrically decorative ambient lighting.

The handmade spheres come in 2 different sizes, 65cm or 40cm diameter.

Please Contact Us for further details, or visit Tuukka’s website at www.tuukkahalonen.com.

Soner Ozenc

Born in 1980, Turkey, and currently a freelance designer based in London, Soner Ozenc continues to explore Electroluminescent Printing and EL wire technology and its possible applications.

In 2005, Soner Ozenc graduated with an MA in Industrial Design, Central Saint Martins College. During his studies, he was aiming to combine the traditional materials with high technology.

EL Panel Butterfly Night Lights by Soner Ozenc A magical luminescent butterfly night light that gives a soft diffused glow from its wings. This Butterfly Night Light by Soner utilises Electroluminescent Panels rather than EL Glow Wire, which Surelight also supply. This lamp can be used as a decorative element in any interior. (Joint project with John Wischhusen)

The Sajjadah 1426 EL Panel prayer mat by Soner Ozenc Muslims pray five times a day. The only product they need to perform their prayers is a prayer rug or prayer mat. There is one thing they need to be careful about: the holy city of Mecca – the direction towards which they should perform their prayers. ‘Sajjadah 1426′ is designed to solve this problem in a subtle way while enriching the praying experience with the illuminated patterns on its surface. The word ’sajjadah’ is a Persian/Turkish word meaning ‘prayer rug’ and the number ‘1426′ stands for ‘2005′ in Islamic calendar. It indicates the direction via the data coming from a compass module embedded inside the prayer rug. The closer to the direction of Mecca it is turned, the brighter the EL Panel pattern illuminates.

The Time Curtain - EL Panel Installation The Time Curtain, like the EL Butterfly Night Light, also uses EL panels in its design. Sureligiht supplies EL Panels, as well as EL Glow WIre. The product is a brand new approach to how we display and understand ‘time’. ‘Time’ has always been a barrier on our way but now with the Time Curtain, you will literally be passing through ‘time’ leaving behind the past- a total relief. Time Curtain represents our freedom against time and all the things we always wanted to leave behind. Open your Time Curtain to a bright future!

Soner Ozenc is specialised in this technology and open to commission works.

For further information, please contact:

Soner Ozenc
e: info@sonerozenc.com
w: www.sonerozenc.com
* Photographer: Soner Ozenc. Model in image ’s1426 perform 1′: Zulfiqar.

Benson Saw and Voon Wong

Benson Saw and Voon Wong are part of a group of talented designers whose concepts and designs are increasingly being used to exhibit new products and materials into the public domain. Saw has designed and created a range of dramatic illuminating furniture, using our Surelight Glow Wire as the base material. As seen at the Designers Block in Milan, Italy, these products have been recently nominated for the Peugeot-OXO Design Awards.

Exhibitions in London, Milan and Cologne have provided the initial platform for Saw’s wonderful creations.

Benson says: “I came across Surelight Electroluminescent (EL) Wire as an alternative to traditional light sources. I wanted to apply this technology in a new way. This technology was combined with the traditional craft of weaving. The chaise-longue (seen left) was one of several objects used to demonstrate the application and scale of the woven EL wire”

If you are interested in these products please Contact Us for enquiries or details.

Danielle Sobik

An up and coming designer, Danielle’s designs have been widely admired in the design community. Having won the Design and Art Direction student award for Interactive Design in 2005, and having being shortlisted for a New Designers Award, Danielle is well on her way to success.

Her interactive sofa (right), which incorporates our Surelight Glow Wire, was exhibited in the New Designers Selection Exhibition in London.

Using our light emitting EL (Electroluminescent) Wire technology in conjunction with trigger sensitive materials the visual pattern displays a randomized pattern which forms depending on where a person is located on the sofa.

It has also been shotlisted for the Daily Mail Ideal Home Show 2007 (9th March – 1st April 2007)

Please Contact Us for further details.

Katie Gaudion

Katie Gaudion, a talented young designer based in Brighton, has just launched her fabulous range of unique umbrella designs, incorporating our Surelight Glow Wire.

Please Contact Us for further details.

Right: Surelight Umbrellas, 2005, by Katie Gaudion

Creatmosphere

Founded and managed by Laurent Louyer, the Creatmosphere philosophy has always been to explore the full potential of light with no limitations. “Light has always been part of my subconscious” explains Laurent “it is an emotional medium, some people consider it as art; I consider it an opportunity to create atmosphere. And whether it is using light to create an environment changing Scenography or simply illuminating an object, it is always exciting”.

Left: Lighting display for the Newcastle Festival of Lights
Right: EL Tree, The Big Chill Festival, by Laurent Louyer

Laurent has used Surelight wire in many interior and exterior installations, including his annual outdoor displays at The Big Chill Festival.

You can contact Laurent Louyer on:

Tel/fax: +44 (0)20 7713 0322
Mobile: +44 (0)7900 60 52 19

You can visit his website at www.creatmosphere.com.

Louisa Pacifico

Louisa’s Loup Light incorporates our Super Bright Electroluminescent Wire in White, and Giant Knitting Needles. Loup Light combines new materials with traditional craft practise. The design is mains operated.

Available in various colours and materials.

Please contact Louisa Pacifico, louisapacifico@yahoo.co.uk or 07838 102 031

Mark Dowson

Studying for his BSc in Product Design, Mark utilised our Surelight Neon Glow Wire in a lighting project for his Design for Manufacture module at Brunel University. As shown left, the actual product was a hollow cube which was, as Mark describes, “…inspired by unique jellyfish characteristics. The transparency of a jellyfish is represented by the aesthetical qualities of the light. The edges of the cube have form. The rest of the light is hollow to create the effect of complete transparency.” The glow wire was threaded in a cubic acrylic rod frame, and the inverter stored in a triangular section in one corner.

Mark is currently in London, designing gifts and toys for Marks and Spencers during his work placement year.
Email: darkmowson@hotmail.com
Tel: 07706 260523

Rebecca Skeels

Surelight and Rebecca have designed and produced six large hangings for a restaurant in Bracknell, Berkshire. The design was inspired by Austrian painter and illustrator Gustav Klimt’s style, combined with the elegant and contemporary feel of a high class restaurant. From this two other very similar projects were commissioned; one for a sound studio and another for an event at Jongleurs Comedy Club in Reading.

As well as designing and making one off pieces of work for individuals, companies and galleries, Rebecca also teaches, demonstrates and lectures on jewellery, precious metal clay and creative thinking techniques.

+44 (0)7715093690
Rebecca@skeels.co.uk
www.skeels.co.uk

Rebecca’s thoughts on Surelight EL Wire:

“I think this is a great material to inspire not just designer makers, but also product, performance, architectural, interior, and packaging designers. From students to professionals.

Surelight EL Wire, like many new and exciting products, is still waiting for the exceptional breakthrough of innovative design and for someone to use it in a unique, elegant and captivating way. There are some great designs on the Surelight website already, but I feel it can go yet one more step further. Lets hope I get there first…. if I have time.”