Outdoor Lighting Artemide circular hole Eraclea

It’s called Heraclea and is an interesting system of lighting was designed by Scottish designer Neil Poulton, based in Paris for the famous Italian company Artemide. A model from outside which is a monolith in which an LED lamp draws a circle of light: a circular hole , deliberately inspired by the first half of the twentieth century sculptor Barbara Hepworth, pit volume, making it transparent to the eye: the physical mass of ‘ Eraclea ‘is disappearing is drawn through a gap in a crescent moon suspended, that magically floats in midair. Eraclea was presented during Milan design week 2011.

Eraclea is a light fixture great for decorating outdoor spaces for private streets, parks and gardens, the LEDs emit a gentle light that, in the dark, can serve to guide a path, or signal an arrival.

Yet Eraclea can also be used in the interior became a totem of elegant light.

Housed in a concrete body, the technology incorporates LED 12W, weatherproof, frost-proof, shock resistant and requires no maintenance once installed. The fractional fixed to the ground in a flange. The materials used are concrete for the body and a plastic resistant to the screen.

Neil Poulton is an old acquaintance of Artemis, for which he designed many lamps and also won in 2005, a Red Dot Design Award. He has also worked for brands such as Danish Milan, Sony and LaCie. Its products have also been captured in the collection of Pompidoux Centre in Paris.