Chlorophilia luminaire from Artemide: design inspired by nature using ACRYLITE® molding compound
- The Chlorophilia light made by Artemide is a harmonious triad of lighting technology, material and natural forms
- ACRYLITE® offers designers virtually unlimited freedom due to the material’s outstanding formability
Chlorophilia emits the cheer of a summer’s day in the garden, with the pendant light swaying gently like a leaf in the breeze. When turned on, the lamp made by the renowned Italian lighting manufacturer Artemide creates a swaying canopy of leaves, creating an interplay of light and shadow on the ceiling.
The design is certainly typical of the multi-award-winning British designer, Ross Lovegrove: “I’m inspired by the logic and beauty of nature,” says Lovegrove, who has already designed more than ten lights for Artemide. For Chlorophilia, the designer recalled floral structures and used them for contemporary light design, thus creating a harmonious triad of technology, material and organic shapes.
High surface reproduction accuracy
The heart of the light design of Chlorophilia are the “leaves”: The gently wavy surfaces with curved contours and a honeycomb-like structure imitate lush foliage. They are manufactured in an injection molding process using ACRYLITE® molding compound – a proven material with a long tradition in the lighting industry.
Along with its high degree of transparency, the brand polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) from Röhm also boasts excellent flowability and surface reproduction accuracy, allowing a very good replication of the delicate structures in the thin “leaves” of Chlorophilia. “ACRYLITE® offers designers virtually endless freedom when it comes to shapes and textures,” says Siamak Djafarian, Head of the Molding Compounds business unit at Röhm GmbH. Lighting manufacturers can also take full advantage of the broad product range with tailored lighting properties offered by ACRYLITE® for a broad spectrum of lighting applications.
“Chlorophilia and ACRYLITE® emit light and positive energy”
The leaf-shaped lighting elements used in Chlorophilia serve as lenses that break and scatter the light. The leaves are arranged radially and partially overlapping over the hanging lighting element, and are illuminated from below by a chip on board LED (COB). This disseminates a pleasant, indirect light around the room and makes its shadows dance on the ceiling.
“In nature, the green plant pigment chlorophyll absorbs the energy of light. But here, Chlorophilia and ACRYLITE® emit light and positive energy,” says Djafarian. This luminaire, as an unusually designed sculpture made of ACRYLITE®, is also quite the eye-catcher even when turned off.“
About Röhm
Röhm is one of the world's leading manufacturers in the field of methacrylate chemistry and supplies customers in fast-growing markets including the automotive, construction, and medical technology industries. We serve a global market with our MERACRYL® methacrylates and PMMA molding compounds under the PLEXIGLAS® brand, which we manufacture in our worldwide production network. Our high-quality products offer a wide range of applications – from paints, coatings, car taillights, medical products, aircraft glazing and household appliance displays to road markings
Around 2,800 employees worldwide play a part in our success. With production and research sites across Europe, North America, and China, we combine regional presence with global expertise and create added value for our customers.
Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) products from Röhm are sold on the European, Asian, African and Australian continent under the registered trademarks PLEXIGLAS® and PLEXIMID®, in the Americas under the registered trademarks ACRYLITE® and ACRYMID®.
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