Arkalumen

BrightCube recognized at Design Exchange Awards Gala, receives honorable mention in the category of industrial design

OTTAWA, ON (CANADA) November 25, 2009 – The Design Exchange today recognized Mark Tholen of Lumolar and Gerry Briggs of Arkalumen, co-developers of the BrightCube, for the innovative design and engineering showcased in this next-generation LED luminaire fixture. The BrightCube was recognized with an honorable mention in the category of industrial design at Canada’s premier annual design industry gala held in downtown Toronto.

This product is the result of combining Arkalumen’s innovative LED controls and thermal engineering technologies and Lumolar’s striking enclosure design. The industrial design of the product is both beautiful and functional with the unique wired mesh enclosure of the luminaire serving two important functions. According to Briggs, “This design allows the encasement to serve as natural thermal ventilation while also providing a working surface for our proprietary touch-based human-machine interface.”

The innovations of the Brightcube go well beyond the novel design and touch controls. This lamp features the latest generation of lighting-class LEDs designed to offer unsurpassed energy-efficiency and lumen life under normal operating conditions. The BrightCube is also designed to be what its name proclaims: extraordinarily bright. It delivers over 1200 lumens of dynamic full-spectrum polychromatic light using a patent-pending technology recently developed by Arkalumen. The challenge of delivering the equivalent of a 100 watt incandescent light bulb using only LEDs in such a compact form-factor required significant engineering development and experimentation. Gerry explains, “We tried dozens of different cooling strategies before settling on our final design. We use a combination of strategies to keep the LEDs running cool using passive cooling techniques. Customers simply would not accept the idea of a fan in a light so I knew we simply had to find a better solution.”

The BrightCube will soon be available for custom orders directly through Lumolar.

About Arkalumen:

Arkalumen develops intelligent LED drivers and controls, and offers engineering services to OEM lighting manufacturers who wish to develop market-leading LED lighting products with superior energy-efficiency, lumen-performance, and high-quality light rendition.

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