The Trend Curve™

The international authority on color and design trends in home furnishings

  • Home
  • TTC Blog
  • About Us
    • What We Do
    • Consulting
    • About Michelle Lamb
    • The Trend Curve Story
    • The Trend Curve Team
    • Life of a Trend
  • Contact
  • Members (now open)
    • *Member Homepage*
    • Member-Only Posts
    • The Trend Curve for Members
    • Trend Flash™
You are here: Home / Design Thinking / The 40 Year Light

The 40 Year Light

December 30, 2014 By Steve Borsch -

jakedysonMost likely you have heard of Sir James Dyson, inventor of the groundbreaking Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner and founder of Dyson, maker of vacuums and many other innovative products like fans, heaters and hand dryers.

But you may not know that his son, Jake Dyson, has been a lighting designer since 2006 with his own firm and that he’s an inventor and disruptor too.

In that spirit of innovation, Jake Dyson Products has created Ariel, an elegant and graceful suspended light that will last for 40 years and is available in both downlight and uplight versions.

What makes most LED products less than optimal as a lighting source, according to Dyson in this article by the U.K.’s The Guardian, is that in some cases, “…you can buy an LED product and six months later it’s 30% less bright — but you won’t realize that because you’re living with it”.

In comparison, the Ariel will maintain its brightness for 180,000 hours, which is equivalent to about 40 years.

ariel

With the introduction of this new lighting, they’re demonstrating how they have solved one of the basic problems manufacturer’s have in extending the brightness and longevity of LED lighting: heat. They have evolved basic heat pipe technology (effectively dissipating heat off of LEDs extends their life) and doing so means the LEDs in Ariel are cooled to a level “unheard of in a light of this power” according to their brochure. Their claim? That the life-span of Ariel will surpass any existing LED suspension light and meet that claim of a light that lasts for 40 years.

The design and engineering in Ariel leverages the knowledge they’ve gained over many years creating other innovative lighting. Take some time at the Jake Dyson Products website and see those other products. We are particularly enamored with ones where they’ve incorporated optics that can put light in motion and target its illumination. Others are elegant, yet modern, task lighting whose illumination can thus be highly targeted and is beautiful to behold.

We predict we’ll be hearing a lot about Jake Dyson Products in 2015 and beyond.

Filed Under: Design Thinking   Tagged With: Lighting, Wood Trends

Recent Posts

  • From Japandi to Japanese Craft
  • Revenge Travel: Now It’s Impacting Home Furnishings
  • Retail Delight: Kitchen Living Dining Copenhagen
  • Valentine’s Day: Tokens of Affection at Brown Thomas
  • What’s Trending: Japanese + Italian Mashups

Posts by Category

Post Tags

Ambiente Americasmart Animal Skin Asian Style Black and White Ceramic Chelsea Flower Show Christmas Color Copper COVID-19 Design Details & Embellishments DMC Dogs Florals Functionality Geometrics Halloween High Point Furniture Market Key Items Kids Licensing Lighting Maison & Objet Marble Metals and Metallics Mixed Media Paper Pattern Retail Reconnaissance Shape Showtime Spring/Summer Sustainability Tabletop Textiles Texture Thanksgiving Toy Fair Transparency Trendcurveteam Valentine's Day White Wood Trends

Site Menu

  • Home
  • TTC Blog
  • Exclusive Content
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Sign Up for Email Updates

  • Hidden

Connect With Us!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Contact Us

The Trend Curve™
16 Penumbra
Lake Forest, CA 92630

Phone: 949-662-1515
Fax: 952-893-1264
Contact us here

Copyright © 2023 · The Trend Curve™ · Trend Staff: Log in