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Fiorato,

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Performance in Lighting with such a gifted vision of

what’s over the horizon that some of his creations are

features of science fiction films, a window into the future

par excellence.

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“Thinking back to the beginning of my career is like

a journey into the distant past - Fiorato, the current art

someThinG director of Performance in Lighting relates - Down my

professional path, I measured up against every sort of

serious source of lighting possible or imaginable. For the last few

years, the scene has been taken over by LED, which has

technologically arrived at an excellent level and makes it

time to replace previous lighting sources.”

a voyage into time with

roberto fiorato, leader in lighting This is an opinion that Fiorato has been nurturing for a

design since the seventies while, fighting back scepticism and reticence.

and tireless supporter of leds
“Compared to traditional lamps, LED is more usable

and manageable and is less affected by limits compared

to other lighting when turning it rapidly on and off, for

instance. On the design side, then, the question is divided

led FeelinGs according to those who feel it is more for functional and

technical appliances against those for “furnishing”. In the

former, LED tends to reduce the aesthetic impact and

gives life to minimalist, service shells, needed to protect

the light source. Whereas decoratively, there are many

original ideas that derive from LED such as shape and

colour. No technical or size limits hinder the creativity and

There are two lamps that Roberto Fiorato, art director of freedom of interpretation. The aim here is to furnish by
Perfomance in Lighting and veteran professional lighting designer
making light, while for functional lamps what counts is
is particularly attached to.
to project the necessary light without going overboard,
“The irst is Superdelta and dates back to the Eighties -
remembers the manager - We might say that the lighting design hopefully hiding the light ittings as is used for hotel
status quo took an innovative turn in those days, to the point that
we might come across it in any corner of the globe. It’s still sold, but facades and museums. The convergence of aesthetics

we never made a LED version. On the other hand, LED has become and technology is, however, what industrial products also
part of the Nikko light which, created over 15 years ago now, still
has particularly modern aspects. It is still used in scenes in some need.”

American ilms, generally Science Fiction. Inserting LED did not
cause any complications thanks to our expert in-depth research.” what’s certain is that LED has transformed

the approach to design. It now has to take technical

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