Video: SonUmbra installation: beautiful with useful. Solar Powered Lantern Trees by Loop.pH
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Instead of dull city lanterns, the London Design and Arts Festival was lit by … trees. Such an unusual way to combine business with pleasure, and to do it subtly, gracefully and beautifully, was taken by a group of designers from the London studio Loop.pH … So they presented their art project to the public. SonUmbra, glowing trees on the city streets. Unlike LEDs and garlands that traditionally decorate tree branches, the SonUmbra Trees art project focuses on clean energy. You care about the environment - you also care about plants, first of all, trees, which are so necessary for large cities so as not to turn into a concrete jungle. Although the creation trees of the studio Loop.pH can only be called in a figurative sense. These are sculptures woven from a special material, light-emitting fibers, which absorb light during the day and generate it at night, replacing lanterns, light boxes, garlands and light bulbs combined. A stunning sight, especially in winter, on the eve of the New Year holidays, when everything around sparkles, shimmers, flashes with colorful lights, and adds color to the mood, directing it to a festive track.
The highlight of this art project is that light-emitting fiber can be used not only for decorating living trees on city streets. This innovative material can also be used to create individual light sculptures, installations, decorative interior elements, as an addition to existing art objects. It is expected that the light-emitting fiber can be woven into a single "fabric" that is light and almost invisible during the day. But in the evening, such an installation produced a truly enchanting effect, shimmering with intricate weaves, patterns, figures and forms in the night.
The light emitting material is still under development and refinement, and the SonUmbra light installation is just another experiment on the way to perfection. More details about the works - on the website of the studio Loop.pH.
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