design: Carlotta de Bevilacqua, Laura Pessoni
Rotorlite’s striking light effect, generated by a transparent cylindrical pipe inserted into a lightweight aluminum plate that is only 5 mm thick, spreads in a perfectly controlled manner. Every single detail has not been carefully designed for aesthetic reasons; instead, it has been designed in order to meet production, optical and thermodynamic needs. Accomplishment comes from a combination of high-class technical expertise and innovative lighting design. It consists of an aluminum base plate that mounts a power LED, in which a pipe that acts as a conductor of light is positioned. Rotorlite transforms a point light source into a diffuse light source, shifting the emission to the end of the pipe.
Glaring is therefore minimized, but when compared to traditional shielding, the efficiency is not compromised and remains equal to 90%. Not only the particular material used ensures minimum emissions reduction, but also light quality, which is not adversely affected in terms of temperature and color rendering. The use of the pipe, besides avoiding glaring, it controls, directs and enhances light emission. Rotorlite plays with light and shadow, its color it reacts to light. When turned off Rotorlite is clear and immaterial, when it is on a play of contrasts makes sculptural and expressive.
