Design: DuVernet, Szeto, Padlewski, 1999 (Patented)
Manufacturer: Prandina SRL, Italy

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In keeping with structural explorations, a culmination of research has brought the development of a lighting product called Light Volumes. These are minimal shell structures composed of two symbiotic components: a sewn outer shell holds in tension a compressed internal surface. Together they produce a shaped rigid element that provides a unique new source of diffused, ambient lighting

Award for the DESIGN PLUS competition at light+building

Publication: Design Plus/ Light + Building
International Trade Fair for Architecture and Technology, Frankfurt
Date Published: 2002
Page: 59
Title: Technical lights + lamps / Domestic and Prestigious lighting

"With the DESIGN PLUS Prize, Messe Frankfurt honours the commitment of companies that implemented this philosophy uncompromisingly. With the DESIGN PLUS Prize, we support those manufacturers who have mastered the balancing act between aesthetics and functionality. And the number of such companies is growing. This year, 133 exhibitors of the world's biggest trade fair for architecture and technology submitted 247 innovative and design-oriented products to the competition. Of this total, the jury of experts selected 39 companies, which are being awarded the DESIGN PLUS distinction at the Light+Building in four categories: lighting, electrical engineering, air-conditioning &building automation. " Exert from the introduction by: Dr. Michael Peters