Category
Art & Design
Oven Aesthetics
Trend cluster
Category
Stellar
Illumination
Lighting designs look to celestial escapism for inspiration.
3.0
Trend score
Trend
What is the Stellar Illumination trend?
Stellar Illumination: While stargazing has long served as a point of fascination in the human imagination, emerging celestial designs in the lighting space revisit this and serve as an elegant metaphor for the urbanite consumer's search for natural harmony and connection in city environments. By leveraging elements of escapism in design, we are able to relieve some of the social and political tensions that burden our lives.
Trend themes
Themes within the Stellar Illumination trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Celestial-inspired Lighting Designs
Designers are creating lighting pieces inspired by celestial escapism, mimicking the night sky, interstellar clouds, and the dynamic layers of light effects seen in nature, with hidden LED lights for a soft illumination from structural forms.
02
Starry LED Lights
Many lighting collections, like Graypants' Chrona, are using LED-powered pendant lamps that beautifully illuminate the space with a dim and relaxing ambiance, creating a stellar installation of constellations that is versatile and can be arranged in different positions.
03
Geometric Glass Structures
Designers are using the balanced line of geometric machine-made structures, such as fluid glass discs, to create the Nebulae collection that gives off various textures like ripples, bubbles, geometric patterns, and even incandescents for an interstellar light effect.
Industry implications
What the Stellar Illumination trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Lighting Manufacturing
Manufacturers are exploring new design inspirations and technology, like hidden LED lights to create soft illuminations, to offer consumers lighting designs that act as metaphors for nature and provide a relaxing atmosphere in city environments.
For
Interior Design
Interior designers can explore the versatile lighting designs available to create a range of atmospheres and effects in different spaces from celestial installations to diffused and relaxing ambiance. They can also leverage the trend towards natural harmony as a statement piece.
For
Furniture Manufacturing
For furniture manufacturers, collaborating with lighting designers to incorporate their celestial-inspired designs into lamps, chandeliers, and other home lighting fixtures can add value to their products and create a coordinated and immersive space of interstellar escapism.
Workshop question
How does your brand attempt to inject broader meaning into the products or services it produces?
Trend signals
Trend signals for Stellar Illumination
Trend score 3.0 out of 10, from popularity 28%, activity 54%, freshness 8%.
Popularity28%
Activity54%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
- Gen Alpha (not a primary audience)
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer (not a primary audience)
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Evidence
Examples of the Stellar Illumination trend
5 featured examples from Apr 5 to Aug 30, 2018CategoryArt & Design
Stellar Lighting Series
Lee Broom Unveils the Observatory Series Inspired by Celestial
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Rethink traditional lighting design concepts and experiment with novel materials and forms.
CategoryArt & Design
Celestial-Inspired Lighting Series
Lee Broom Released the Final 'Observatory' Collection of Lights
Disruptive innovation opportunities include designing lighting fixtures that double as decorative art pieces, blurring the lines between functionality and aesthetics.
CategoryArt & Design
Interstellar Cloud-Inspired Lights
The Nebulae Collection Replicates Dynamic Sky Illuminators
The Nebulae collection showcases innovative lighting designs and highlights opportunities for creative and unique furniture and lighting solutions.
CategoryArt & Design
Celestial Pendant Lamps
Graypants Launches a Collection That Features Mesmerizing Starry Lights
The collection of celestial pendant lamps presents many opportunities for interior designers to incorporate starry lighting and LED lighting technology into their projects.
CategoryArt & Design
Lunar-Inspired Lights
The Orbit Light Rotates around a Swingable Arm to Provide Light
Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the interior design industry by integrating celestial-inspired lighting fixtures into modern spaces.
