外形独特的LED照明灯
Beem's inaugural lighting collection features two graphic LED pendants

由专筑网王帅，李韧编译

英国设计师Samuel Wilkinson展示了他的新照明品牌Beem的两款设计作品，这款灯拥有曲线、直线和螺旋线形状的灯管。

Wilkinson在4月米兰设计周推出Beem之后发布了两种LED灯，并将其作为Conran Shop18秋冬季新照明系列的作品。

这两款灯名为“微笑（Smile）”与“Curli”，这两款设计都采用了最新的柔性灯丝LED技术，即灯泡可以塑造成有趣的形态。

British designer Samuel Wilkinson has revealed the first two designs from new his lighting brand Beem, featuring curved, straight and spiralling lines.
After launching Beem during Milan design week in April, Wilkinson has released the first two LED lamps as part of The Conran Shop's new lighting collection for Autumn/Winter 18.
Called Smile and Curli, the two designs both utilise the latest flexible-filament LED technology, which allows the bulbs to be shaped into playful forms.


灯具采用最新的柔性灯丝LED技术／Beem's lights utilise the latest flexible-filament LED technology

Beem品牌负责人表示：“纵观历史，灯泡设计领域的发展较为缓慢。几十年来，同样形状的灯泡在市场上较为普遍，这其实很有必要，因为长丝技术限制了市场的发展。”

“然而，今天的柔性灯丝LED灯泡的发展使设计者能够追求全新的方向，开发不同的形式。Beem是世界上第一个使用这种科技创意的品牌。”

“微笑灯”外形简单，它由单一的玻璃棒、安装在玻璃棒上的柔性灯丝和陶瓷基座组成。该系列有三种不同的形状：U形、向上弯曲的微笑形状和直线形状。

而“Curli lamp”点亮后呈旋涡状，绕着灯泡支架盘旋着连续不对称线圈。其设计灵感来源于书法中的装饰扭带或者涡卷。

"Historically lightbulb design has not been a fast-moving field. The same shapes have dominated the market for decades – largely of necessity, as filament technology has restricted the possibilities for formal variation," said Beem.
"Today, however, advances in flexible-filament LED bulbs are enabling designers to pursue radical new directions and develop previously impossible forms – and Beem is the world’s first brand to indulge this tech-enabled creativity."
The Smile lamp boasts a simple, graphic design, comprised of a single glass bar of light fitted with a flexible filament and attached to a ceramic base. The light comes in three different shapes: a U shape, a smile-like upward curve and a straight line.
The Curli lamp is designed to look like a swirl of light. Inspired by the decorative twist – or curlicue – found in calligraphy, it takes the form of a continuous asymmetric coil that curls around the bulb holder.


微笑灯有三种不同的形状：U形，微笑状向上弯曲的曲线和直线／The Smile lamp comes in three different shapes: a U shape, a smile-like upward curve and a straight line

Wilkinson对Dezeen的记者说：“我们有意识地开始按照当代的形式进行设计。相比传统灯泡的复古造型，创造一些不同的东西大有裨益。”

他补充道：“我们意识到几乎所有的灯泡都朝向下方，好似从灯泡支架延伸而出。我们一开始就决定设计出反其道而行的形式，即向上，从而形成分隔的视觉效果。”

“这盏灯在空中变成了一座雕塑，人们为什么要关注上面的灯底座呢？为什么不用灯管将灯座隐藏起来？正如‘Curli’。或者让它成为诸如‘微笑灯’那样的设计视觉的关键部分。”

"We consciously set out to make contemporary forms. The bulb market is saturated with retro styling – it's good to create something different," Wilkinson told Dezeen.
"We realised that nearly all bulbs went downwards and appeared to flow out from the bulb holder. Our initial reaction was to make forms that do the opposite – why not go upward and visually separate the parts?" he added.
"A light becomes a sculpture in the air – why do you want to look at the lump of the bulb holder above it? Why not either hide it with the bulb, as in Curli, or make it a key part of the design’s visual balance, as with the Smile range?"


拥有漩涡状灯光的灯泡／The Curli lamp is designed to look like a swirl of light

每盏灯都应用了最新的软灯丝LED照明技术，这种技术可以让灯泡的使用寿命长达25000小时，且耗能较低。

使用者既可以单独安装这些灯，也可以组成系列安装。这种灯的内部安装着旋转设备，这样使用者就可以轻松地调整灯管的方向，从而与周围的灯泡匹配。

Wilkinson还设计了Plumen001低能灯泡，该设计提名2011年度最佳设计奖（Design of the Year in 2011），该经典设计经久不衰，且设计师最近推出了LED版本。

对于Beem品牌，Wilkinson已经与LED照明专家Chris Stimson和Bujar Shkodra合作，他们都是Well Lit灯泡制造商的创始人。

Each light is illuminated using the latest soft-filament LED technology, which can emit bright, warm light for up to 25,000 hours while using as little energy as possible.
The lamps can be hung on their own or arranged in groups. An innovative rotating mechanism hidden inside means that the lights can be easily adjusted to line up with surrounding bulbs.
Wilkinson was the designer of the Plumen 001 low-energy bulb. The design, which was named Design of the Year in 2011, has endured in popularity and was recently relaunched in LED form.
For Beem, Wilkinson has partnered with LED-lighting specialists Chris Stimson and Bujar Shkodra, founders of bulb manufacturer Well Lit.


灯内部安装着旋转设备，方便轻松地调整方向／An innovative rotating mechanism hidden inside means that the lights can be easily adjusted

Stimson和Shkodra将Well Lit公司经营的非常好，以此摆脱那些劣质、定价过高的LED灯泡市场的大公司的束缚。Wilkinson在2016年第一次与上述二人合作。

Stimson说：“我们渴望挑战这个行业中已经存在的东西，我们希望在设计和性能方面找到突破。”

“在这个由复古工业风格主导的市场中，Beem的产品代表了面向未来的设计美学，其独一无二的外观可以取代许多形态陈旧的灯泡。”

从10月24日起，Conran商店伦敦分店将专门面向公众出售“微笑灯”和“Curli”，此外Beem还计划在年底推出台灯。

Stimson and Shkodra established Well Lit in a bid to "break the stranglehold of big companies that were flooding the market with poor-quality, overpriced LED bulbs". Wilkinson first started working with the duo in 2016.
"We fiercely want to challenge what existed, and still exist, in our industry and the perceptions of what's possible in terms of design and performance," said Stimson.
"In a market dominated by retro vintage industrial styles, Beem products represent a design aesthetic that looks to the future rather than the past, and which offers a characterful alternative to the nostalgic look of many lighting products."
The Smile and Curli lamps will be exclusively available to the public from The Conran Shop's London outlets from 24 October. Beem plans to also launch a table lamp at the end of the year.