JUNIPER LIGHTING

We closed the month of August with a great visit to the JUNIPER factory for a comprehensive tour and did a short presentation for their team about "the importance of lighting and who is a lighting designer" by our fab studio director, Kelly Roberts!

During the tour, we witnessed the complex up-to-date machinery and technology used in making their products.

They manufacture everything in-house, allowing flexibility for various modifications in length, shape, finish, custom corner, etc. The only thing that is outsourced is the LED board. We noticed that many of the production steps are done manually, from corner welding to unique patina finish baths to achieve various oxidation levels.

A couple of upcoming updates that we are excited about are the surface mounted MULTIVERSE track system and the new LED light and diffuser in their THIN linear family that would give a completely node-free look even when dimmed very low!

AND, the current lead time is about 2 weeks which is excellent!

In the end, many thanks to the whole team for the excellent presentations and warm welcome!

LIGHTFAIR 2021

A brief look at LightFair 2021, held at the Javits Center in NYC. Overall, there weren’t many participants and we’d already seen many of them in virtual presentations over the year.

The one worth highlighting was the ORIGAMX. It is a specification-grade architectural lighting system that was developed by BLACK TANK.
ORIGAMX office is located in Atlanta - Mainly custom made - based on request. Their mono-point features are Hybrid Driver Technology (PWM/Current Control), RGBA LED (2000K-10,000K), and White Light or Color Mixing in one Light.

We also enjoyed seeing the PURE EDGE LIGHTING Saber Suspension in person.

LODES Lighting

Today, we looked at LODES Lighting from Italy.

They are specialized in high-end decorative, architectural, and custom-made fixtures. They are represented by JB Lighting Collection here in the US.

  • All their LED chips are manufactured in japan

  • LASER surface mounted sconce is a 10x10cm cube shape with 1800lm!

  • They have collaborated with DIESEL for some of their new collections such as Fork, Pipe, Glass drop, Flask; all with retrofit bulb E26

  • NEW Collections: PUZZLE Square and twist and PUZZLE round

  • BEETLE is really nice looking sconce suitable for hospitality projects,

  • EASY PEASY is a fun table lamp with top nob dimming.

  • In pendants, we looked at the JEFFERSON, SKY-FALL (nice finishes like rose gold, brass,..), RANDO, RAIN (very nice with a beautiful matt finish)

  • The TUBE NANO DUO is installed in New York Amtrak station

  • NEW: CINA GU10, PLUG-IN new micro canopy: power 6 fixtures on one canopy/driver


PABLO DESIGN

We looked at the updated PAPLO DESIGN products. Pieces are typically made in China or Taiwan and assembled in San Francisco.

SKY SOUND: A pendant fixture with a combination of acoustical element and powerful Omni-directional lighting. The disc is PET. Available in 18’, 24’, and 32”; available finishes are Stone Grey, Anthracite, Turquoise, and Chestnut.

BOLA DISC: This popular product is now available in dim to warm, the standard is 3000K. Black is the new finish. Not ADA compliant.

*Custom CCT requires a minimum of 54 QTY. Overlap installation is also another cool feature.

BOLA SPHERE TABLE: Could be locked down to a surface. A great option for hospitality. Dim to warm 1800K to 2700K is the standard. Static white is also available.

The Pablo Talia wireless charging base is $195.

Variety of task lights:

BRAZO - LIM360 - CORNER OFFICE (great for open office layout)

Some upcoming products:

CANDELA: Coming summer 2021; great for restaurants

CIELO (standard 27K, 50piece min for custom CCT - an adjustable cord from the back, push and adjust)

LANA: Magnetic mounted shade table lamp and sconce.

BETA CALCO LIGHTING

We looked at this brand for the first time and went over their most popular products.

Beta Calco offers up to 200 different finishes! For example, they have 3 to 4 different antique bronze finishes and a variety of acrylic and linen for shades

They are able to provide any CCT and dimming systems, LUTRON, integrated into control panels (great for hospitality projects).

LE LOUVER: Linear fixture with Direct and Direct/Indirect distributions & UGR >9; available in 4, 6, 8, and 12ft, either stand-alone or continuous runs; available with 5 different louver finishes. Starting from 200lm/ft up to 1200lm/ft.

RING: Circular fixture with 3” profile, Down and Up/Down distributions. Available from 2’ up to 18’ in diameter; available as surface and pendant mounted; acoustic panel up to 8' is available as an option. Starting from 4600lm in both Down and Up/Down distributions. RGB is also an option

RAZAR CUBE: Outdoor sconce with 1,2, and 4 sides distributions; this is part of the RAZAR series. Available with 2 beam angles, 3° narrow and 75° wide. the 3° is 2W with 41lm. The 75° model is 5W with 345lm.

Below are some other products that we looked at:

LINDSLEY

LINDSLEY LIGHTING

Today we had a brief overview of the current and new products:

REED: Suitable for general lighting in spaces like a corridor.

2.25" diameter; 6.5" to 72" lengths; 1000lm-1300lm; 40° and 60° beam spreads. Available in pendant, HLO pendant with drop lens, square version.

TULE: Suitable for general lighting in spaces like office, hallways.

4" diameter; 7" tp 60" in length; 1300-4000lm; 25°, 40°, and 60° beam spreads. Available in Pendant with a flushed and dropped lens, surface mounted.

**Tunable white is available for all the above as an option.

MONARCH: Up/down pendant with slits on the top (optional); 4", 12" length; 600lm or 800lm up and 1300lm or 2000lm. 

CUBED: Wet and dry up/down sconce; Available in 3.9”, 5”, and 18”; 400-800lm.

NEW:

  • REED HLO+:  NEW extended length HLO Drop Lenses to mix & match, any Reed Pendant body. The HLO drop lenses now come in 12", 6", 3" and 1" lengths.

  • REED and TULE wet rated

  • Surface mounted REED from 6.5" to 60"

Coming in Fall:

  • Shooting Star Pendant 1" diameter with 1000lm could be done as single or in a cluster with a canopy



BARN LIGHT ELECTRIC

Barn Light Electric gave a quick webinar on their new products recently. We were excited to see their new expansion into more modern forms and turned-wood expressions. These were truly beautiful pieces! Barn Light’s ease of customization and American-made local factory makes them a go-to for us.

LFI

Today we participated in a webinar from LFI.

MF150

  • This product comes in a 4.5” and 5.5” aperture

  • Comes in 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 light configurations

  • There is a trimless knife edge option

  • There are three different sizes of removable magnetic track heads that can fit inside this fixture.

VF400 Series

  • Available in 6”, 8”, and 10” apertures

  • It can be trimless in both sheetrock or wood ceilings

  • It is available in warm dim and tunable white as well

  • It has a textured acrylic diffuser


EF500

  • This product is a slot fixture with a lot of flexibility in the components that can fit into it. There are both point source and linear options available for the slot.


EN600

  • This is a cove fixture that LFI has updated to have a new extruded body. It has the flexibility of being wall mounted or concealed. It also has an option for both inside and outside corners.

  • It comes in an asymmetric distribution as well.

  • It comes in 1’, 2’, 3’, and 4’ lengths.

  • It is available in tunable white that can be controlled through DMX or wireless bluetooth mesh.


Lanie Series

  • These track heads now come with TIR optics that range from a 9 degree beam spread to a 35 degree beam spread. If you include the prismatic lens, the fixture can go up to a 60 degree beam spread.

  • It comes in static white and warm-dim

  • It can hold up to two accessories

  • Hexcell louver, beam shaping lenses, and barndoors are all available

  • 1,000-2,400 Lumens

Alison Track Head

  • This is a low voltage track head

  • 16W

  • 1,000 Lumens

3G

Today we attended a webinar from 3G since they are launching updates to quite a few of their product lines.

Downlights

Their 4.5'“ downlight now comes in a 10 degree beam spread

The 3.3” and 4.5” aperture downlights now have an 80 degree beam spread option

In addition, warm-dim and tunable white options will be coming soon for these fixtures.

Madison

  • Same notes as above

  • The 1, 2, ad 3 light configurations now come in pendant or surface mount options.



Cylinder

  • They now have a 7” tall fixed cylinder downlight

  • Both the 7” and 11” are also available as a double gimbal adjustable downlight. This is done by incorporating the Mini Madison.

Linia

  • All widths are now available in T-shape, X-shape, and custom configurations.

  • All widths also are offering asymmetric beam spread options in both the direct and indirect lenses. The indirect lens will also now have a wide spread optic option.

  • The Micro Madison can now be incorporated into the 3.5” width Linia product.

  • Tunable white option will be coming soon

Zoie

  • They now have a 4 square configuration

  • This fixture now comes in 8” and 12” pendants

  • A lensed wall wash is now available in this product line. This is available in 4, 8, and 12 cell segments.

  • This product can now do continuous runs in pendant, surface, and recessed mounting types.

Cooledge

Today we had Cooledge visit the office. They brought samples of both their tile systems and a fabricated tunable white sample.

Tile System

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There are 1' x 1' and 2' x 2' tiles. The tiles are constant voltage and cuttable in the field. The lines on the tiles are where they tiles can be cut. The circular marks are where the tiles can be screwed or stapled.

The tiles come in the CCT ranging from 22K-57K and are available in low, medium, and high output.

The tiles also come in dim-to warm and tunable white. The dim-to-warm goes from 35K-22K. The tunable ranges from 27K-57K.

Flush mount

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A Flush Mount option is available and is better when a project requires larger use of the product.

Unlike similar products, with the flush mount, maintenance is easier because the fabric can be untucked to reveal the tiles and pushed back in with a spatula tool.

Fabricated Fixtures

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Cooledge also has factory ready fabricated fixtures. They come in suspended, recessed, and surface mount options. They have standard sizes but can also accommodate some custom sizes. They have a 4" minimum standard depth. The fabricated fixtures only come in the medium and high output.

There is only 1 fabric option but it is possible to print designs on the fabric. Acoustic options are also available.

The lead time is quicker with the fabricated products but if maintenance needs to be done, a Cooledge installer will have to do it.

*All of these products work with Cooledge dimming.

SDA Showroom

Today we stopped by the SDA Showroom to see what is new from their line card.

Alphabet

We stopped by alphabet to look at many of their new fixtures. We looked at their Nu Vector Downlight series which has beam shaping technology. The fixture shown below on the right is adjustable with 0.5" aperture, 600 Lumen output, provide illumination to upto 25ft. It's a great option for a quiet ceiling. The DN price is around $155.

The standard track head is around $150, dim to dark, 1%. 0-10, DMX, Dali. Line voltage into extrusion. Each part has it’s own driver. Optic down to 10°, wallwasher, different snap-able diffuser. Offer a quiet ceiling.

They have a nice concrete fixture and surface mounted fixture with a mirror in the middle.

 

ALW

ALW showed their super plane twist open products. A triangle, square, and rectangle are available. However, soon their ring fixtures will have sections like these products too. These fixtures are great for wrapping around columns and have surface mounted options as well.

1.5 profile fixture: Super plane 25 ft continues run recessed mounted. Comes in fully frosted, half, and clear.

It comes in 3 standard shapes,  straight, triangle(2 open sides, 1 joint) square (2 open sides, 2 side joint)

Open side allows twisting, 30° tilt

 

The 1.5 moon ring: Can go up to 16 ft section recessed go around a column.

Go figure series: Linear light fix and connection hub. 2 and 4ft linear, one side and 2 sides illuminated. There is amiable hobble with screws. They have 2 to 6 joint hubs.

Arancia

All of their fixtures are 90+ CRI. We looked at the pendant lights and 3 watt small downlight. There is a 4 week lead time and everything is made to order.

 

Day-O-Light

Delray

The ring pendant that we viewed can be a single direction fixture. It comes in many different finishes like

leather, wood, perforated patterns.

  

Designplan

We looked at many of their outdoor fixtures (as shown below).

We looked at a larger version of the pivot that has an adjustable beam and is exterior rated.

We were also very impressed by the quality of the Buzzi and Buzzi products.

 

Designplan also informed us that they do have a steam room rated fixture. (what is it called?)

Ecosense

Ecosense is coming out with their own control system- the lore driver. The image below shows the road map of what the company is striving towards- though some of it is not yet realized.

  

ERCO

ERCO is coming out with a new line of wall washers. A nice feature of this line is that their wall washers can be closer to the wall (1 to 5 ratio for the wall to ceiling). These come in black matte as a standard finish. They come in flanged and trimeless. These fixture should be coming out in January.

ERCO also has new bollards coming soon. (the last 2 on left come in smaller size.)

Feelux

We looked at the monorail system.

There is a pendant fixture for the little track that had a 1,000 lumen output.

We also looked at the FLX Stix.

 

Hemera

Tunable white pendant fixtures. Smaller fixtures with 0.5" aperture are 266 lumen output. Medium fixtures has 1,000 lumen output. Large fixtures with 2" aperture are 2,000 lumen output.

Hevi Lite

We looked at their sconce and their retrofit unit. The strip in the retrofit unit rotates and adjusts.

 

iLight

Intense Lighting

Lens Vector Technology.  Liquid crystal beam shaper.  They have shallow 2" housing. Up/Down sconces are wet rated.

  

Saco

We looked at their dual brightness v-stick. They have an app called saco switch.

 

Selux

Tri-tech. They now have silicone optic that allows for customizable optics. They have a variety of mounting options. They are also trying to minimize hardware on their fixtures.

   

The Lighting Quotient

We looked at their track system. They have both a wall wash fixture and a spot fixture for the track.

They also now have a bi-asymmetric distribution in their louver.

  

Luminaire LED

We took a brief look at their products. They offer a battery pack for their surface mounted linear fixture.

 

Lumenpulse

 

Luminii

NovaFlex

NovaFlex showed us some of their new products including the neon led and the field curvable products. The bend radius is shown the photo.

 

Tivoli

Tivoli showed us their dedicated color mix fixtures. The new tape is 97 CRI. 1 5/8" increments cut. 5/32" spacing between led chips. This tape is less than $20/ft.

*A great option for the back of a mirror. Clear uniform lighting with no dotting.

We also looked at their hand blown festoons.

 

USAI

We-ef

They make marine grade exterior fixtures. Everything is modular which makes it all easy to replace in the field. We-ef also showed us their fixtures that take gobos.

 

Whitegoods

 

 

Intra Lighting

Intra Lighting stopped by our office to showcase their new fixtures.

Fyo, Flea, and Atos

 

These fixtures all have an overlapping flange.

They come in different distribution angles, from 15° up to 45°.

Available in IP20 and IP44

2700K, 3000K, 3500K, and 4000K CCT

They produce their LED chips in house.

  

Available in flush with a decorative ring, Color cone.

Color cone

Pine hole

LSI

LSI stopped by the office to show us some of their new track lighting.

The control track that was shown is aesthetically where LSI is going. They have recessed, flanged, and flangeless. While the finish is typically black or white, the injected molding will always be grey. There is a power spring mounted to the side.

The track typically has three lines of data that are run and one circuit. There is a power spring mounted to the side. On a standard track with no data, there are two circuits. The racks are compatible with DALI or DMX. The example we were shown was run off of DMX. It is easy to toggle between zone 1 or zone 2.

 

The LP1 (pictured on the right) is one of the new fixtures we looked at. It is a 15w 4 degree spot. It also comes in 12 and 25 degrees. The fixture was modular so it can change optics if needed.

LSI also does a lot of customized work.

Luminii

This time, we dropped by Luminii while in Chicago to see what was new.  

Extrusions

 

  • New extrusions: designed in-house, extruded in USA.
  • Available in up to 12FT lengths.
  • New mounting options for recessed extrusions.
  • Powder coating is done within 5 miles of the factory.

Assembly

  • Workers assemble the whole fixture
  • Corners are always shipped complete
  • Leads withstand 50lbs of torque

Silicone

  • For wet listed, delivered CCT is taken into account on the cut sheets, considering the color shift from the silicone.
  • Still no 22K wet.
  • New silicone formula will be clear layer + white layer and frosted lens will be removed.

Hardware

  • New castings for mounting.
  • Hidden hardware for round.
  • New frame for step light.
  • Local codes dictate need for jbox. NYC would not need one. Long leads or just class-2 connectors

Miscellaneous

  • UL listed for Enlighted controls.
  • Will help verify that longer fixtures will fit in the elevator. (They’ll ship an empty box!)
  • They have a setup for new testing and creating IES files. Process takes about 2-3 days from time of request. Fixtures must be 4FT length.

  • Light quality testing done in image below:

  • Aging Chamber (32days = 5yrs in southern Florida weather)
  • Tavan: lambertion or batwing. Curved corners or rectangle. Can do fewer supports than installed (8FT run)

  • New 3000K offered soon with higher CRI and higher R9.
  • Higher efficacy by end of year.
  • Buy 2 bins, split each into 8 bins. Mostly only use 4 of those.
  • They also do an eye test before going into production.
  • Dimmer wall for testing!

  • Potentiometer option needs to be UL listed. Would put it on the non-dim power supply.
  • Driver option for hotels with quick connects and plug for plug-in applications. Side-menu!

Precision Architectural Lighting

Precision Architectural Lighting visited the office today to show us their wall and ceiling mounted fixtures. The fixtures come in the following lengths:

  • 2'
  • 3'
  • 4'
  • 6'
  • 8'
  • 12'

This fixture can either be direct, indirect, or direct/indirect. Direct and indirect sources can be controlled separately unless it is a 2' fixture. They can customize a corner fixture of any angle. It is suggested that this fixture be at least 18" from the ceiling.

It is possible to make it a perimeter system or used as a sconce. All fixtures in this line are 3 3/8".

Approximately $60/ft DN.

The Paladia Perimeter Cove is a grazer fixture available. It has a 6 degree beam spread. We did see a line in the floor however, the line will likely be less stark if the fixture is higher up.