Products + Technology

The Chinese state newspaper recently reported that a private aerospace institute in Chengdu plans to launch an “illumination satellite” into orbit by 2020. The artificial moon will be bright enough to replace street lights.

Using the cylindrical Flindt Bollard as his starting point, Danish designer Christian Flindt created Louis Poulsen’s new Flindt Wall, a circular wall-mounted luminaire that brings bold, sculptural illumination to both indoor and outdoor spaces. Based on the same carved-out design as the Flindt Bollard, the Flindt Wall continues this aesthetic, emitting a soft glow in multiple directions.

Litecontrol’s Vora 50L architectural recessed troffer utilizes laser-etched, acrylic light guides for edge lighting, resulting in uniform illumination across the entire surface of the luminaire. A center mixing chamber captures excess light exiting the opposite end of the light guides and recycles it uniformly within the chamber, which allows users visual access to a portion of the luminaire that is typically shielded with a diffuser.

Pickleball is a racquet sport that is growing in popularity, with many leagues and clubs beginning to stay open at night. Access Fixtures’ new line of complete pickleball court lighting packages, based on the company’s APTA LED luminaires, is designed for effective lighting of pickleball courts.

Acuity Brands, Inc.’s updated Slot pendant, surface, and wall mount LED family by Mark Architectural Lighting was designed to offer flexible design options.

Espen Technology’s hybrid Type A+B TLED replacement lamps, an expansion of the company’s UniFlex lamp family, can be powered by an existing fluorescent ballast (plug & play, Type A), as well as be directly wired to line voltage (ballast bypass, Type B).

FLOS recently announced the U.S. launch of the Bellhop cordless table lamp, originally designed by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby for London Design Museum’s Parabola restaurant.

Amazon recently launched 27 new home luminaires to expand its Rivet and Stone & Beam private label furniture and home goods brands.

Waldmann recently introduced STELLAR recessed ceiling luminaires, available in 2×2-foot and 2×4-foot configurations, STELLAR DUO dual recessed luminaires, designed specifically for hospital bed lighting, and the low- profile CRESCENT night light and touch keypad NAVIGATOR multi-function controller.