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Meet the Future

oSMund olSen

 Scandinavian designer Osmund Olsen has
successfully applied his creativity to products
as diverse as dining tables and candleholders
to shoes, kitchen knives, and lighting. At
Light+Building, he displayed a lighting series
that he devised while completing his degree
in Product Design at Denmark’s Design School
in Kolding. Inspired by the fared tutu of
a classically trained ballerina, the acrylic
pendants are ofered in several styles and
lamped with LED.
www.osmundolsen.com

RoBeRt BenSch

 Robert Bensch, a product designer currently
based in Sweden, has long been interested in
lighting — from public lighting and light pollution
issues to how lighting afects mood/behavior. He
is also keenly interested in 3D printing. “I recently
came to terms with 3D-printing as a production
and development method when biodegradeable
plastics made from renewable sources hit the
market,” he says. “I am also interested in all kinds
of diferent materials that can be printed, but also
hand-crafed. Where do we need a light, and how
much of it?”
Bensch unveiled his solution – called Satelights –
at Light+Building. His system invites the user to
re-assemble and adjust the Satelights based on the
individual’s needs. The Satelights system is easily
expandable and ofers a maximum of fexibility in
assembly and placement. It is comprised of basic
materials and components that are available to
everyone and, Bensch hopes, promotes 3D printing
as an on-demand manufacturing process that ofers
open access to replacement or extension parts.
In the Satelights system, the pieces easily ft
together. It runs on 12-volt DC power and utilizes
SMD-LEDs. The power supply can drive up to 20
Satelights, each with a 2-wat light source. It can be
atached to a variety of standard-sized components
available anywhere, and works well in cluster
compositions.
www.iprint3d.de

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