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Optical
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Architonic ID: 1009917
Year of Launch: 2004
Concept
The Swiss architect's projects often border on perfection. They have culture, beauty, technology, essentiality.
Optical is a series of standard, wall and hanging with cylindrical diffusers in transparent methacrylate and a frame in bright aluminium. The diffusers, which can be rotated 360° and adjusted 180°, are lined internally with the optical lighting film OLF (Optical Lighting Film) from 3M, which creates remarkable optical reflections and projects the light uniformly, without shadow effects and glare.
Technical specifications: The stand is in mirror polished aluminium. The diffuser, which can be adjusted and rotated, is in methacrylate with OPTICAL LIGHTING FILM internal film by 3M (OLF) 2 halogen bulbs of 75 W GU10 socker for 230 V, E26 socker for 110V. Dimmer on the power supply cable.
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Hannes Wettstein
Switzerland
Hannes Wettstein (1958-2008) Hannes Wettstein was one of the most influential Swiss designers. Even his career path corresponded to someone who didn’t go by the rule book: Wettstein, born in 1958 in Ascona, first completed studies in building draughtsmanship; his further training as designer and architect was autodidactic. He was as fascinated by technological developments as he was by art history and architecture and his manner of developing ideas always had a touch of alchemy or invention. He continually questioned norms, be they societal, industrial, cultural or ritual, in order to be able to reinvent, explained Wettstein. This comprehensiveness was not an attitude but a method. His openness to continually re-thinking all that defines design – daily routines, spatial organisation and the purposes of things – led him to surprisingly simple solutions that stand the test of time. Hannes Wettstein designed functional objects with such elegance and perfection that they took on their own identities, something that momentary fashions can never achieve. In spatial design he also created architypes: site-specific and sensitive overall solutions, interior designs or set designs. Highlights: 1980 Belux, Snodo 1982 Belux, Metro 1987 Baleri Italia, Juliette 1990 Baleri Italia, Caprichair 1994 Ventura, v-matic 1995 - 1998 Berlin Grand Hyatt 1997 - 2002 EST, Bikes 1999 - 2008 horgenglarus, Art Direction 2000 Lamy, Scribble 2000 Cassina, Globe 2000 Molteni, Alfa 2000 - 2008 Carl Zeiss, Optical Instruments 2002 Ventura, v-tec Alpha 2002 Bulo, Double You 2002 Dada, Nomis 2002 - 2006 Swiss Embassy, Washington D. C. 2003 Cassina, Hola 2003 Molteni, Reversi 2004 horgenglarus, Lyra 2004 - 2008 Juwelier Kurz, Zürich & Basel 2005 - 2008 SF, TV Studios 2005 Lamy, Studio 2005 Accademia, Vela 2007 Max Design, Tototo
