Lighting Specifier Issue 10 2017 | Page 32

Production / Realization Technology The lamps are assembled by hand in Berlin. Material of the white lamp: Body: Textile and wood construction: steal and brass Light: LEDs Material of the black lamp: Body: Textile and Wood Construction: carbon and PVC Light: LEDs Specifications / Dimensions re-imagine the concept of natural phenomenon and re-construct them into every- day objects. Dividing nature and its phenomenon into bits and pieces and re-assembling it understandable, usable and relatable objects is the methodology of the work. inMOOV is a ceiling lighting device. The unique feature of this lamp is its ability to folds itself inside out. This movement is based on my invention of the Invertible Disc of Studio Lieven and inspired by the movement of a flower when it opens. Through the movement of the lampshade it is possible to regulate the intensity and the direction of the light. The fully opened lamp creates a soft light directed to the ceiling. The folded lamp creates more focused and warm light that illuminates the space underneath it. www.ninalieven.net Diameter: 93 cm Height: 70 cm Weight: about 1,5 kilos About Studio Lieven Studio Lievens (founded in 2015 by Nina Lieven) main interest is in re- imagining the nature and re-constructing it through the human perceptual vehicles, like geometry and science. To understand nature scientifically human need to construct a system that divides its complexity and explains it. Having that in mind the studio tries to 32 “Natural phenomena are the inspiration for my projects. It matters of which the object consists and how it is created. My main goal is to create experience-objects that connect it to something other than the human world.”