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Natural sources of light useful to inspire your designsTRANSCRIPT
LIGHT
LIGHT
GOD COMMANDED THE LIGHT INTO BEING
LIGHT INCANDESCEND LIGHT SOURCES
LIGHT INCANDESCEND LIGHT SOURCES
A FLAME ON THE HEART AND A FLAME WITH 0 GRAVITY
LIGHT INFRARED
INFRARED LIGHT
LIGHT XRAY
XRAY
Wonsuk Cho X-‐Ray Light
LIGHT LUMINESCENT LIGHT
Bioluminescence is light produced by a chemical reacKon
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LIGHT LUMINESCENT LIGHT
AURORA BOREALIS
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LIGHT CHEMILUMINESCENT LIGHT
ORION NEBULA
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LIGHT CHEMILUMINESCENT LIGHT
BITTER OYSTER FUNGUS
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LIGHT CHEMILUMINESCENT LIGHT
FIREFLIES
LIGHT CHEMILUMINESCENT LIGHT
ZOOPLANKTON BEROIDAE
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LIGHT SPHERICAL NATURE OF LIGHT, CHRISTIAN HUYGENS
LIGHT SPREADING AWAY FROM THE SUN
LIGHT ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
LIGHT PROVIDING ENERGY TO THE PLANTS
LIGHT ALBERTO T. ESTÉVEZ (SPANISH), GENETIC BARCELONA PROJECT
ILLUMINATING THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF ANTONI GAUDI’S CASA MILÀ introducing the gene for luminescent protein producKon
LIGHT ALBERTO T. ESTÉVEZ (SPANISH), GENETIC BARCELONA PROJECT
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURES introducing the gene for luminescent protein producKon
LIGHT JACK MAMA (BRITISH), CLIVE VAN HEERDAN (BRITISH), PHILIPS DESIGN
BIOLIGHT array of glass cells that can be hung or wall mounted, connected via silicon tubes
to a food reservoir at the base
LIGHT EDUARDO MAYORAL GONZÁLEZ (SPANISH), UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE (SPAIN),
PLANNING AND PRESERVATION COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
BIOLUMINESCENT DEVICES Living lighKng that can be configured for different public spaces
(Bacteria: Vibrio Fisheri, PyrocysKs Fusiformis)
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VibRio produced light in a circadian rhythm, meaning it produces more light at night Kme than during the day. In the symbiosis, vibrio is provided with food and shelter within the squid, and in return, produces enough light from the organ to provide the squid with the camouflage of the waters surface, and is also used to aZract prey. The bacterium emits a blue-‐green light at the frequency of 490nm (nanometers).
BIOLUMINESCENT BACTERIA Vibrio Fisheri
LIGHT
It emits blue light when excited by movement
BIOLUMINESCENT BACTERIA PyrocysKs Fusiformis
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BIOLUMINESCENT PLANKTON
PETIA MOROZOV, MADLAB, USA
BIOLUMINESCENT TOYS
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The Ktanium ribs of the lampshade are visible between the sheets of biopolymers on which the modified cells are grown and maintained. The cells in the lamp were geneKcally enhanced by the introducKon of firefly’s luciferase gene. Under the foot of the lamp, a small propeller, which circulates the liquid nutrients in the vessel.
JORIS LAARMAN (DUTCH)
HALFLIFE LAMP
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MICROBIAL ENVIRONMENT, A LIVING ENTITY IN THE HOME. IT’S ADAPTIVE BY DESIGN, NEVER STATIC, THE MODULARITY CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN 100 SAMPLES
PETIA MOROZOV, MADLAB, USA
BACTERIOPTICA
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ARISE THE AWARENESS ABOUT THE TRUE COST OF ENERGY, DIRECTING THE IMPACT ON THE USER. THE USER IS REQUIRED TO BREAK OFF THE TOP OF A GLASS BULB CONTAINING LUMINOL. THIS CHEMICAL GLOWS BRIGHT WHEN REACHT WITH THE IRON IN THE BLOOD.
MIKE THOMPSON (BRITISH)
BLOOD LAMP
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BY INSERTING NANOSIZED GOLD ELECTRODES, INTO P HO TO S Y N T H E S I Z I N G CHLOROPLASTS OF THESE PLANTS, SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE RUN CURRENT. EXHALING INTO THE VESSEL PROVIDES A SUPPLY OF CARBON DIOXIDE FOR PHOTOS YNTHE S I S . I N R E T U R N T H E A L G A E GENERATE ENERGY TO LIGHT THE LAMP.
MIKE THOMPSON (BRITISH)
LATRO
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B I O L U M I N E S C E N C E I L L U M I N A T E S T H E EVERYDAY. T H I S P R O J E C T W A S EXECUTED WITH BIOLOGIST SIMON PARK, IN ORDER TO E X P L O R E T H E L I G H T PRODUCING PROPRERTIES O F B I O LUM IN E S C EN T BACTERIA OUTSIDE THE U SUA L CONF IN E S O F SCIENCE. Q U E S T I O N I N G T H E IMPORTANCE OF SOME ITEMS IN OUR DAILY LIFE, F O R M A G N I F Y T H E P R E C A R I OU SN E S S O F FASHION AND HABITS.
ANNE BRODIE (BRITISH), INSTALLATION IN THE HERB GARRETT IN LONDON
EXPLORING THE INVISIBLE
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B I O L U M I N E S C E N C E I L L U M I N A T E S T H E EVERYDAY. PACKING HUNDRED OF PHOTOBATERIA IN THE P E T R I D I S H E S F O R EMITTING NATURAL LIGHT, TO TAKE PICTURES BY MEANS OF THE REFLECTED LIGHT AND LONG EXPOSURE OF THE CAMERA’S LENS, U S I N G T H E BIOLUMINESCENCE THAT GRADUALLY FADED AS THE BACTERIA DIED.
ANNE BRODIE (BRITISH), INSTALLATION IN THE BRITISH SCIENCE FESTIVAL IN LONDON
EXPLORING THE INVISIBLE
LIGHT
Living Light is a self-‐sustained suspended garden for beauKful indoor living spaces. This product was designed by Michael Oechsle for Electrolux Design Lab 2012 and allows fresh plants to grow while the moist soil is used as an “earth baZery” to power OLED lighKng.
MICHAEL OECHSLE for Electrolux Design Lab 2012
LIVING LIGHT
LIGHT MICHAEL OECHSLE
for Electrolux Design Lab 2012
LIVING LIGHT
MATERIAL.. DigitalDawn,
by Future Physical and the Royal College of Art's InnovaKon Unit
Digital Dawn