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Delta Light is known worldwide for its
technical, architectural lighting applied
by architects and designers within the
specification market. To further expand
its offering, the Belgium-based company is
upping its decorative solutions, with more
expressive designs, resulting in bold new
shapes, finishes and colours. The recently
launched Reflections collection aims to give
specifiers the opportunity to combine both
Delta Light architectural and decorative
lighting solutions in their projects.
Made up of three variations of fixtures- the Soiree, Mello and Miles – for one
of the designers behind the collection,
Maarten Demunster, Reflections is all about
trying to use Delta Light’s experience in
light technology in a more decorative
way. Speaking exclusively with darc, he
says: “LED technology has changed the
world of fixture design drastically – not
only technically but also in their form.
Miniaturisation is a trend in the architectural
market and has become unstoppable.
“Lighting is often used as an expression
of the user - alongside their furniture,
the art they choose to put on the walls,
or the car in their garage. Thanks to
LEDs and the consequent miniaturisation,
the focus of lighting has moved on to
the functionality – creating different
atmospheres with light. Decorative lighting
still has a more expressive function and is
becoming increasingly important in creatingthese ‘atmospheres’ when combining it
with the almost invisible architectural
lighting in a space. We are now able to
design a decorative, signature fixture in a
design typology that is combined with our
architectural lighting experience – not only
in its form but also its light output.”
Having worked in product design for over 20
years, Demunster’s passion for design began
at an early age and at sixteen he had grand
plans of becoming a fashion designer; but
with a mathematics teacher as a father, his
parents had other ideas. “I was influenced
by the Antwerp-6 when I was a teenager – a
group of Belgium fashion designers including
the likes of Dries Van Noten and Walter Van
Beirendonck,” Demunster tells darc.