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de-lighted by  james irvine, ross lovegrove and marc newson --- using light, each designer explores and highlights the many characteristics of Corian® by creating an interactive ‘mini-architecture’ that pushes the material to a new level - the exhibition showcased a hitherto little explored characteristic of DuPont(tm) Corian(R) - translucency ! and its many other innovative qualities: its formability ! thesplendour and purity of its colours ! its tactile quality ! the way it combines with other materials ! and its ability to create monolithic designs ! this theme has been developed in association with artemide (james irvine), luceplan (ross lovegrove) and flos (marc newson). http://www.de-lightedbycorian.com ---  james irvine a vitamin circular bar with seating all the way round. the design allows the barman to serve and interact with all his customers. the entire installation is made in Corian® cameo white and in custom-colour grey-beige – but the real drama comes from the way the design is illuminated. lights from the floor, around the perimeter of the stools and through the centre of the bar all change colour in unison, so that the whole mood of the environment can be transformed in an instant. 'I have been working with Corian® for many years. I wanted to exaggerate the monumental possibilities of this wonderful material. I wanted to do something 'big' and also 'sociable'. as a boy, my mother would drag me around museums and I remember desperately looking for a bench to sit on while she was admiring some painting...' he said.  the bar
---  ross lovegrove lovegrove’s floor is designed to make us look at Corian® from a completely different perspective, and to show that its use in flooring can be highly creative. the organic design is reminiscent of a canyon, burrowed down to reveal layer upon layer of carved Corian®. lit from beneath, the floor is covered in transparent plexi-glass to allow visitors to walk over the design, and view it from a unique angle. the Corian® layers are (from top) glacier white, adobe, custom colour bright yellow, turkish blue, tea rose and mandarin. 'there is a new potential emerging in the field of spacial definition made possible by the use of numerically controlled data to cut complex forms from a surface material. in my installation 'the land of lu' there's no real answer or deeper message in it. it could just be my subconscious looking for some sort of outlet after all the exposure I have had recently to new ways of thinking, new people and new situations, and the contemplation of the convergence of it all and the adventure I know it will bring.' he said the stool
---  marc newson he has created a ‘forest’ of 16 diode lamps that range in height up to 180 cm, putting the illluminated Corian® heads at eye-level, and allowing visitors to examine these shimmering sculptures at close range. created in Corian® cameo white, mandarin and sun, the diode lamps are midway between a design installation and a product, and demonstrate that Corian® can be combined with light to create something both artistic and commercial. 'not what you would expect, but an interesting and seductive quality that has been discovered.' he said
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