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12 february - 25 april 2004 victoria and albert museum, london http://www.vam.ac.uk --- the V&A is staging its first exhibition of contemporary lighting. the exhibition includes lighting from the strictly functional to the wildly ostentatious. it shows the range of new lighting forms, fabrics and technologies from domestic lamps to futuristic lighted textiles. 'brilliant' looks at creative and innovative uses of light through a display of new experiments in light objects and previously unseen prototypes in fine installations by international designers such as tord boontje, francesco draisci, george baldele, kazuhiro yamanaka, paul cocksedge, ron arad, sharon marston, rachel wingfield, bertjan pot, ingo maurer... another gallery spotlights the home with a display of hundreds of domestic lamps from tom dixon to karim rashid. the show also features debates related to lighting design and new technologies. the exhibition is free. --- the show is designed by shona kitchen, ab rogers and asuka kawabata of KRD. jane pavitt is the curator of brilliant and author of the accompanying book. --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------	‘field of light’ by bruce munro the light installation ‘field of light’ by bruce munro illuminates the V&A’s garden during the exhibition. the 'midsummer light' made in tyvek is the latest creation by london based dutch designer tord boontje. light installation by arik levy paul cocksedge’s 'NeON' features suspended glass vessels filled with natural gas which glow in the dark. rachel wingfield's electroluminescent 'light sleeper' duvet cover. 'as long as I am dreaming' by kazuhiro yamanaka. wire, optical fibre. francesco draisci uses wool yarn, polyester thread and UV light to create a glowing room set in 'home sweet home'. 'huuphuup' lamps. acrylic knitted fibre, epoxy resin, incandescent bulbs by bertjan pot. 'mirror ball' blow-moulded plastic lights by tom dixon.