Title & Author:

Lightopia / [editors, Mateo Kries, Jolanthe Kugler ; translations, Brian Currid, Jeremy Gaines].

Publication:

Weil am Rhein : Vitra Design Museum, 2013.

Description:

3 volumes (147; 119; 131 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, September 28, 2013-March 16, 2014.
Title from slipcase.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
v. 1. Essays : on the cultural history of light -- v. 2. Masterpieces : 100 lights -- v. 3. Visions : lighting design for tomorrow.
Translated from the German.

Summary:

Lightopia investigates the development of light design, taking a novel perspective by placing the current paradigm shift in the larger context of cultural history. The starting point for the book is the Vitra Design Museum's extensive, never before seen lighting collection, from which particularly rare and important pieces are reproduced here-by designers such as Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier, Achille Castiglioni and Gino Sarfatti. Parallel to these works, contemporary examples from the fields of design and art explore the current developments and transitions in light design: from new illumination concepts and innovative light designs to dynamic urban street lighting and energy efficient multifunctional (media) facades up to art installations and light experiments. Lightopia looks at natural phenomena and new technologies as well as exploring the fundamental emotional power of light. The spectrum of works surveyed extends from light objects inter alia by Troika and Mischer Traxler up to installations by Olafur Eliasson. These art and design objects are juxtaposed with exhibits from different cultural-historical contexts, which all allude to light's various symbolic connotations and speak of people's ongoing fascination with light throughout the ages.

ISBN:

9783931936051 (English edition ; pbk. in sl.cs.)
3931936058 (English edition ; pbk. in sl.cs.)
9783931936044 (German edition)
393193604X (German edition)

Subject:

Light in art.
Lighting, Architectural and decorative, in art.
Lamps.
Stage lighting.
Lumière dans l'art.
Lampes.
Éclairage de scène.
lamps (lighting devices)
stage lighting.
Art and Design.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Kries, Mateo, 1974- editor.
Kugler, Jolanthe, 1977- editor.
Currid, Brian, translator.
Gaines, Jeremy, translator.
Vitra Design Museum.
Essays on the cultural history of light.
Masterpieces, 100 lights.
Visions, lighting design for tomorrow.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285717
Call No.: N8219.L5 L54 2013
Copy: slipcase
Status: Available

Location: Library main 285022
Call No.: N8219.L5 L54 2013
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 285715
Call No.: N8219.L5 L54 2013
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 285716
Call No.: N8219.L5 L54 2013
Copy: v. 3
Status: Available