These two halls house products from companies such as Selux, Nordeon, Flos, iGuzzini, Artemede, Bega, We-ef, Trilux, Baro, and Erco—in other words, companies that don’t give their products away.
XAL displayed their Unico fixture which is a 9-cell luminaire that features different optics, three colors (including tunable white) and three different control options. They displayed a configurator that allows designers to easily mix and match different scenarios and it spits out a QR code when finished. We witnessed a 35° Spot, 55° Flood, 65° Flood, 75° Flood, 35 x 75 rectangle, wall washer, and narrow spot–all within the same luminaire! The QR code is used to obtain the exact IES files and spec sheet of the just-designed luminaire. Andrea Hartranft of Hartranft Lighting Design witnessed the demo with me and said it was “very cool.” We discussed the dimming options, which will initially include DALI only in EU and 0-10v in the US—this could limit the acceptance in the U.S. We were later told that no firm control decision has been made for the U.S. market and DALI, DMX and Zigbee would all be considered.
The Bega booth is 1000 square meters and has a bar that is bigger than my house.
Coelux, a previous EdisonReport LightTrades(tm) Award winner displayed their latest optical system that artificially reproduces the natural light and the visual appearance of the sun and sky. Lots of U.S. Lighting Designers were hanging out in this booth.
We have seen probably 3 or 4x the number of U.S. lighting designers this year as compared to L+B, 2016. We spoke to Mike Virag of Hossley Lighting in Dallas who has accompanied 3 DFW lighting designers to the show (this is on top of the 15 they hosted at New York’s LEDucation last week.)