Lighting designs look to celestial escapism for inspiration
Implications - 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.
Workshop Question - How does your brand attempt to inject broader meaning into the products or services it produces?
Trend Themes
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Date Range:
Apr 18 — Aug 18
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