Product sheet Galileo
Designer:
Giancarlo Fassina
Carlo Forcolini
Year:
2008
Giancarlo Fassina
Carlo Forcolini
Year:
2008
The impressive Galileo luminaire range features innovative design and functional styling. The task lights and free-standing luminaires are made of aluminium and all their components are fully movable. This lends them an amazing lightness and plasticity of form.
Designers Giancarlo Fassina and Carlo Forcolini focussed their attention on ensuring balanced force distribution between individual elements. This has produced a luminaire which, thanks to its ingenious functional principle, can be moved into any position. The counterweight needed to achieve this is asymmetrically positioned on the counterbalance arm in order to allow unrestricted movement in every direction, including the lower upright stand. The shape of the oval counterweight is reminiscent of a typical stylistic element in Salvador Dali’s house in Spain.
A wear-free, self-adjusting friction joint connects the upright stand and counterbalance arm and ensures long-term maintenance-free operation. The asymmetrically mounted pivot point of the lower joint compensates position-dependent leverage forces. A built-in titanium spring provides just the right counteracting force.
This combination of sophisticated force distribution elements results in a luminaire embodying smart mechanical design principles in an exceptionally intelligent way whilst remaining a stylish design element.
The luminaire also sets new standards in terms of materiality and the resulting thermal performance. The lighting head includes a thermal break between the aluminium reflector and the surrounding transparent polycarbonate body, which prevents excessive warming of the luminaire head. The lighting head can therefore be adjusted safely by using either the control or touching the actual lighting head.
The task lights and free-standing luminaires are available in either chrome plated aluminium with a transparent luminaire body, or in a matt black chrome plated finish with a transparent black luminaire body.
Designers Giancarlo Fassina and Carlo Forcolini focussed their attention on ensuring balanced force distribution between individual elements. This has produced a luminaire which, thanks to its ingenious functional principle, can be moved into any position. The counterweight needed to achieve this is asymmetrically positioned on the counterbalance arm in order to allow unrestricted movement in every direction, including the lower upright stand. The shape of the oval counterweight is reminiscent of a typical stylistic element in Salvador Dali’s house in Spain.
A wear-free, self-adjusting friction joint connects the upright stand and counterbalance arm and ensures long-term maintenance-free operation. The asymmetrically mounted pivot point of the lower joint compensates position-dependent leverage forces. A built-in titanium spring provides just the right counteracting force.
This combination of sophisticated force distribution elements results in a luminaire embodying smart mechanical design principles in an exceptionally intelligent way whilst remaining a stylish design element.
The luminaire also sets new standards in terms of materiality and the resulting thermal performance. The lighting head includes a thermal break between the aluminium reflector and the surrounding transparent polycarbonate body, which prevents excessive warming of the luminaire head. The lighting head can therefore be adjusted safely by using either the control or touching the actual lighting head.
The task lights and free-standing luminaires are available in either chrome plated aluminium with a transparent luminaire body, or in a matt black chrome plated finish with a transparent black luminaire body.
Manufacturer:
Address:
Grevenmarschstrasse 74-78
32657 Lemgo
Germany
Phone +49-(0)5261-212–0
Fax +49-(0)5261-212–9000
www.lighteriors.zumtobel.com
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Zumtobel Lighteriors
Grevenmarschstrasse 74-78
32657 Lemgo
Germany
Phone +49-(0)5261-212–0
Fax +49-(0)5261-212–9000
E-mail contact
Collection overview
Family overview
Product overview
