2011年3月15日 星期二

Gubi to re-launch Greta Grossman’s lamp designs

Gubi to re-launch Greta Grossman’s lamp designs

The lamp designs include the Grasshopper floor lamp, Cobra floor and table lamps.He said that a county council employee had witnessed a near miss between led lamp a car and cyclist, and he added: "If the argument is leave them off for good, then the answer is ‘no'."

The Grasshopper floor lamp is known as the most famous design of Greta Grossman. Designed in 1947,CALLS have been made to turn off the lights at one of led lighting Oxford's busiest junctions, after the traffic ran more smoothly when they failed. the lamp’s tubular steel tripod stand is tilted backward and the elongated aluminum conical shade is mounted onto a flexible arm, making the light directional with minimal glare.

Gubi’s new Grasshopper lamp has retained most of the elements of the original design. It is available in five colours including anthracite grey, warm grey, blue-grey, jet-black and vintage red.

Grossman’s classic Cobra lamp takes its name from the shape of the oval shade,Corrine Grimley Evans, a spokesman for the Oxford Pedestrians cfl bulbs Association, said the county council's plans for a redesign involving roundabouts would improve life for those on foot. which is reminiscent of a Cobra’s neck or hood. Cobra won the Good Design Award in 1950 and was subsequently exhibited at the Good Design Show at the Museum of Modern Art. The Cobra’s tubular flexible arm can be bent in all directions while the shade can be rotated through 360o. The base is covered in powder-coated aluminum and weighted with cast-iron ballast.

Gubi is re-launching the Cobra design in both tabletop and floor lamp versions in three original colours including anthracite grey,"The trick was to get this compound into a fiber dstti structure, something that had never been done before." Using an innovative high-pressure chemical-deposition technique developed by Justin Sparks, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry, Badding and his team deposited zinc selenide waveguiding cores inside of silica glass capillaries to form the new class of optical fibers. jet black and warm grey.The lights, which change colour, are part sky lanterns of the continuing overhaul of the centre. Plans are currently underway to install new tiered seating in the main auditorium which is due to be completed in the summer.  

The lamps will be available in mid-2011 from Gubi website and selected retailers throughout the Europe.

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