Lighting Wood

Wood and Furniture

When it comes to sustainability is impossible not to mention wood, a natural material par excellence to which architects and designers refer for the construction of environmentally friendly structures and objects, while respecting the environment.

We have repeatedly talked about the characteristics of the wood and its use in architecture and in decoration: the workability, strength and durability, the variety of species that can be used both for structural coatings, making it a material very versatile and suitable for projects from small to large scale.

Given the widespread tendency to return to a sober style, inspired by nature, wood is widely used in our homes and to stimulate the creativity of the designers, there are many competitions organized with wood as the topic. An example that we could bring back and we had already talked about is the competition in 2013 The Forest in a room organized by FSC, Forest Stewardship Council, a non-profit association that organized the widespread use of certified wood: it is good practice to use wood for the construction of objects and structures, but it is equally important that the same comes from certified forests and is not the result of logging operations in wild territories.

Lighting Wood

Among the many objects of domestic use that may be made of wood, thus abandoning the ferrous materials or plastics that require a longer machining process, we include the sources of light.

The bodies of artificial light, as we noted at the Salone del Mobile in 2014 are increasingly being made in wood, so classic material but processed and treated with the most innovative techniques that make it a current and responsive to the needs of the user.

But how can revive a material and make it suitable to contemporary needs? There are many techniques that allow you to create wooden objects without restrictions of shape and size, while preserving the quality of the light produced.
And, for a perfect combination of quality, innovation and energy saving, the recent achievements of light sources require the presence of the LEDs, capable of delivering optimum light with a big bill savings.

One of the first wooden lamps viewed at Salone Satellite is Wire Lamp designed by Laura Modoni, winner of the first prize in the FSC and the Special Prize ADI Workshop Innovation.
It is a suspension lamp composed of many curved oak wooden planks that can be moved to create a source of light that is always different: cool, quiet, romantic, punk, are just some of the proposed conformations.
As regards the operation, on the back of the axes are fixed leds that, depending on the conformation given to the structure, spread the light in the environment in always a different way.

The Salone Satellite hosts young designers from all over the world who bring in their own culture and fair trials.
Another example is given by the young Japanese designer Kenji Fukushima, on the occasion of the exhibition, presented Nami, a light oak wood, wall, wave-shaped, as the name suggests Japanese.
Also in this case, on the back, were applied the LEDs that light up at the touch of the lamp: the structure is, in fact, equipped with sensors that allow the switching on and off of the LEDs with the simple act of touch.

Finally, a desk lamp: Lamp Mush by the Spanish study Garay Design is a wireless lamp, whose technology lies in the shade. It is in fact equipped with batteries and LEDs positioned below the luminaire ceramic mushroom-shaped hat, resting on a base and a support made of beech wood.
The absence of wires, its duration for more than six consecutive hours and the ability to recharge in two hours, make it an extremely versatile and adaptable object to any room in the house.