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Towards EDin
technics, through “illuminotronics” (illuminotronica), a
CreaTive
neologism to define the close bond between electronics
and lighting, and one of the most promising technological Gianni Forcolini
illuminoTroniCs frontiers of recent years.
This dialogue directly involves everyone working in Lighting
Design, namely the professionals in industrial product planning
and indoor, outdoor lighting plants.
going beyond conventional ways of seeing lighting, beyond the
Later, lighting artists remove intermediaries by directly working
consolidated canons of design culture.
with materials freely and creatively, continually trying out
art, therefore, is seen as a powerful stimulus to cultivate
new solutions, discovering and trying out new possibilities creativity. LEDin arT aspires to the promotion and
and innovative horizons using technological resources in an
documentation of creative illuminotronics by turning to lighting
alternative manner.
designers and the world of figurative art.
For the lighting designer, the works, installations and
performances become the realisation of what can be invented, Indeed, knowledge of materials and technologies, or in
other words everything available to create works of art, is
a must for each and every artist’s development. In the case
Gianni ForColini
of Light art, the widespread artistic wave to use lighting
expressively, it is surprising to see how much interest there is
Architect and designer, Gianni Forcolini teaches Lighting Design
in developing technological knowledge by its largest exponents
at “Politecnico di Milano”.
and by younger generations. He deals with the design of systems and lighting fixtures for
internal and external environments, in a strictly integration with
often concealed behind each artist is a reined enthusiast
of technical devices, requiring great time and energy to keep architectural, urban and landscape planning, industrial design of
lighting objects, appliances, lighting systems. He is the author
up-to-date and to add functional competencies to of many books on architecture and lighting designers.
the professional role.
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