theANEMIX

theANEMIX

theANEMIX is a lighting system that creates unique 3D effect. It's developed by LUXIA, a Chilean company formed by two young architects and lighting designers, Ximena Munoz and Paulina Villalobos.

In Italy was the beginning of theANEMIX when Ximena developed it during her Lighting Design Master studies at IED Milan (Istituto Europeo di Design). Back in Chile, on December 2005, she met Paulina and started to work together in lighting design - a new growing field in Chile-. On September 2006, they founded DIAV and Luxia, two companies focus in light. Through DIAV they develop the architectural lighting design projects and through Luxia -together with Juan Carlos Munoz -they create, develop and commercializes new lighting products as theANEMIX.

Their final goal is to create good lighting atmospheres, good design and quality products, approaching the design process as something ludic which gives a new perception for architecture and space.

They believe in new technologies and low energy consumption products and projects, because both concepts can increase lighting qualities and low environmental impact.

Inspiration
theANEMIX was inspired in bioluminescence , a natural phenomenon which takes place in the sea depth, where some fishes produce light in order to survive in the lightless and hostile environment.

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Bioluminescence is produced by the reaction of two chemical components -the luciferin(biological pigment) and the luciferase (bioluminescent enzyme) - when both made contact just light comes - with no heat- comes out.

theANEMIX took this chemo luminescent phenomenon as an inspiration concept design. Forms and colours recall the spectator to a deep sea environment, where waves and curves are mixed into organic shapes.

theANEMIX is a new lighting system that creates unique 3D effect in space.

It's a panel composed by a luminescent and a reflective layer, which can be modified to create a wide range of visual effects.

The designers chose OSRAM LED technology to be the light source of this system, as it's efficient, small and with a very low cost of maintenance. The glass-aluminium technology was developed by GLASSTECH, a specialized glazing Chilean company.

Using the catalogue matrix forms you can mix several shapes and graphic designs to make your own combination.

theANEMIX is a system that can also be customized. The technology used to make the shapes matrix and modular dimensions allows anyone to produce their own Anemix. Hence it can be used as object, as a communication or mood light surface or as an architectural element.

Ximena Munoz and Paulina Villalobos

Ximena Munoz and Paulina Villalobos

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