I recently did a project for 100% Design in Earls Court.
It was a collaboration with Jason Bruges Studio and Greenpeace with the intention of demonstrating that energy efficient CFL bulbs can be used just as effectively as incandescent bulbs. We found a company called Varilight that was about to launch Europe’s first dimmable CFL lamp. This is huge because the main reason consumers chose not to install CFL’s is that they couldn’t be dimmed the same way as their more greedier older brothers – the incandescent bulb. Now there is a CFL replacement that dims very effectively (and in the same fittings too.) We at JBS created an interactive installation called Light Garden which was an island constructed out of a series of penrose tiles that were cut out of a sustainable wood. There were around 220 Dimmable CFL bulbs on the Island, which would respond to people if they touched one of the four info palettes around the garden. I worked closely with Bibi on this one. The end result was that Varilight’s founder Dr. Anthony Doyle walked off with 100% Design’s Innovation award. A very successful project.
