August 2014 - AWA Lighting Designers

luminous lanterns form sensual wave in la grande motte, france

luminous lanterns form sensual wave in la grande motte, france by Paul Kozlowski Set along La Grande Motte harbor in France, french architects Marion Moustey and Alexandre Arcens have placed an ephemeral installation facing the calm sea. ‘Sensual Wave’ (Onde Sensuelle) comprises rows of lumin..

Just Like Taco Trucks, Art Takes to the Road

The Rodi Gallery - Aaron Graham On a recent Saturday, Elise Graham and her 23-year-old son, Aaron, pulled a 12-foot van into a parking spot on West 14th Street in Greenwich Village, swung open the back doors, lowered the aluminum stairs, and welcomed visitors inside their mobile Rodi Gallery. Ar..

Light Matters: Creating Walls of Light

171 Collins Street by Bates Smart Architects and Electrolight Modernism induced a shift in lighting away from luminaires and towards invisible light sources that render spaces in a purer (forgive the pun) light. For the first time, lit walls were used to define rooms and to structure architecture. ..

Michael Candy Handcrafts Helical Kinetic Light s

Sculpture by Michael Candy Suspended within the walls of an old dockside warehouse in India, a creature waves its long arms upwards and downwards in a hypnotizing fashion. The plywood and metal body articulates 18 fluorescent tubes that radiate waves of light onto the surrounding architecture as the..

Light Matters: Glass Beyond Transparency with James Carpenter

In Modernism’s attempt to dissolve spatial boundaries with transparency, the material used – glass – is all too often dematerialised. In contrast, the New York-based designer James Carpenter is interested in multiple readings of glass – beyond transparency. As Carpenter explains: “Peopl..

Light Matters: The Missing Element At the Venice Biennale

Toilets, at 'Elements of Architecture' at the Venice Biennale “Elements of Architecture,” the Rem Koolhaas-curated exhibition at the 2014 Venice Biennale, delved into several remarkable structural as well as technical components of architecture, including floors, walls, doors, stairs and toilets..

Woven Sky: A Bamboo Tunnel Installation Woven Together Like a Basket by Wang Wen-Chih

Woven Sky by Wang Wen-Chih Using 600 poles of bamboo and 70 radiata pine logs all harvested locally, Taiwanese Artist Wang Wen-Chih created a massive installation that served as the entrance to the Woodford Folk Festival in Australia. Working with the Sydney-based architecture and design collect..

AWA Project Update 2014: Part 2 of 2

July 31st 2014 Vol. 12.2 Dear Friends, We hope you enjoyed reading our newsletter sent out two weeks ago. A heartfelt thanks for all the good wishes received from many of you. Here is Part 2 of 2 of our project update series. This past year has been busy with several project completions and new ..