Meet Advanced Fiber Optics – Europe’s Leader in Optic Fiber Lighting
Posted on June 8, 2010
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AFO (Advanced Fiber Optics) is one of Europe’s leading producers of equipment and accessories for optic fiber lighting. The company manufactures a wide range of products: optic fiber and caps for it, projectors and optic ports, LED lighting systems, optic fiber lighting objects and lighting panels with dynamic effect. Products by AFO can help to find solutions to any inside or outside design problem: from original ideas for the interior lighting to beautiful landscape lamps, from lighting of swimming pools and water basins to creation of “sky of stars” effect.
AFO products are produced in series with each series being created for the solution of the specific task. So MicroBraid optic fiber is used to realize the interior lighting projects – lighting of walls, ceilings, stairs, etc. The Reflex series is aimed at spot lighting of various objects (for example antique exhibits, paintings, show-room objects and so on) while the Fiberance series provides the display lighting.
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The novelty by AFO is the Lofoten series which is ideal for the lighting of swimming pools, fountains and basins. This series offers the possibility to light big mass of water which can lead to a very spectacular effect.
The AFO lighting systems can be installed on various surfaces: soil, water, cement, etc. All this is possible wing to the unique qualities of the optic fiber – electrical and fire safety, water resistance and mechanical durability.
AFO was established 10 year ago in Barcelona, Spain, and today features a large dealer net all over the world.
Baga: Premium Class Lighting from Italy
Posted on June 2, 2010
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Baga is a premius class producer of lighting objects from Italy that is engaged in development, design and production of decorative lighting. The Baga lighting is conceptually characterized by exclusive design, aristocratic forms, manual assembly and use of high quality exclusive materials. The company offers the premium class chandeliers, wall lamps, ceiling lamps, floor lamps and table lamps. Baga is the embodiment of elegance and good taste in modern lighting solutions.
The philosophy of Baga is base don two main principles: material and spiritual. Material principle is revealed in production and distribution as well as in high quality materials and presence of the brand on the major world markets and fairs. Spiritual concept is reflected in the creativity and passion with which the designers from Baga create their products – collection of lighting and accessories as well as special collections for hotels.
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The specialists from Baga resort to various materials in the process of creation of their outstanding lamps. The use traditional hammered iron as well as ceramics and textile. All the materials are produced on the premises of the workshops and laboratories of the company so that allows keeping to the concept of harmonious combination of comfort and elegance. To decorate their products the masters from Italy use refined forged medallions, gold and silvery foil, ceramics, murano glass pendants and crystal. Together these elements create an airy light design able to make any interior more interesting and elegant.
How to Choose Accent Lighting for Pictures
Posted on June 1, 2010
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The accent lightings for pictures are used to draw everybody’s attention to one of the most important details of the interior. Rightly chosen and installed lighting for pictures allows accentuating the advantages of the painting and save it from damages. In order to be able to choose among the numerous variants we offer to you to study the main types of the accent lighting.
The choice of the accent lighting first of all depends on how and to what the painting is fixed. For example, to light the pictures hanging on the beams the spot lights are generally used. They give the accurately directed light to a certain sector of the surface. The spot lights can be easily installed on at any distance form the painting. Besides, you can change the angle of slope and rotation.
If the painting is hanging on the wall or on the ropes, special accent lightings are used. They are installed on the surface above the picture. Such accent lightings use all types of lamps: glow, halogen, luminescent and LED. The choice of light source depends on several factors. For example, the glow lamp gives pleasant for our eyes “warm” light, but it gets hot quickly and changes the shades of red, blue and yellow colours. Such lamps are better to use for the pictures protected by glass. Otherwise they should be installed at minimum 20-50 cm from the picture.
Silkscreens and graphics are very often accentuated with the help of halogen lamps. But halogen lamps also get hot quickly so they should be installed at a distance of 20 – 50 cm from the picture.
One of the most popular types of accents lighting is a luminescent lighting. The luminescent lamps are 5-6 times brighter than glow lamps and serve 10-20 times longer. But this type of lamps contains a small quantity of mercury so when the lamp stops working it should be brought to special utilization centers.
One of the best variants of accent lighting is LED lamps. They don’t get hot, serve for a long time and don’t require special effort for utilization. Multilight diodes of red, blue and green are good for accentuating the colours in which the picture is painted. But this technology is new and still quite expensive.
As far as the size of accent lighting is concerned the optimal dimensions are 2/3 or 3/4 from the length of the picture together with the frame. If you need to light the picture only the light ray should correspond to the width of the painting without the frame.