Above is a spatial sculpture Created by and artist by the name of Carlo Bernardini. He is a practicing artist in Italy who transforms and defines space in large rooms and environment. He uses high output illumination in combination with side glow fiber optics, in a very linear arrangements to create the illusion of a flat surfaces. This approach is impressive in scale, while maintaining a visual elegance. Feel free to take a look at his website where you can find more images and videos. Carlo Bernardini
Above is a light fixture called kurage 3 designed by schemata architecture. Schemata is a design firm who, seem to be pushing the envelope as designers. The website they have hosted does not have working images, but the work they do can be found all over the internet. When designing kurage 3, schemata was driven by the ability to control the amount of light emitted through the curve of the fiber optics, and how the brightness could thus be controlled through these elegant curves.
Schemata Architecture Website: http://www.sschemata.com/en/index.php
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Medusa, a lamp design by award winning furniture designer Mikko Paakkasen. This is one of his award winning designs, which was inspired by the jellyfish. It is designed with a micro processor, and motor which moves the strands of fiber optics with the beauty of a swimming jellyfish. It is interesting the way Mikko introduced a kinetic element to the design in a manner which does not detract from the design, but enhances it. I could not find a video of it in action, but here is a link to his website;
http://www.paakkanen.fi/info.html
Above is the work of Astrid Krogh, who deals with edge lighting more so that the others I we have seen. Krogh has delved into the beauty of lighting most projects, and they are quite simple yet beautiful. The top image is an installation done with perforated plywood, and Fiber Optics, where the ends of the fiber optics stick through the perforations in the wood to give a pixilated effect which was inspired by glowing algae in the ocean. The bottom image is a modular system which can create a very beautiful facade or wall treatment. I am not 100% sure that this is LED’s w/ Fiber Optics or not, I looks a lot like white neon tubes, but it does show potential for a modular system. Her website is;