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Weekly Digest Vol 3.3.1
Welcome to the next volume of Digest, now as a weekly edition where you can find all the latest information and inspiration from our brands and project.
Est Lighting Digest vol.3.3.1: Marset Giveaways, XAL Go Compact, Brutalist-Inspired Residential Architecture
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Digest Vol 3.3
Welcome to the next volume of Digest where you can find all your information and inspiration from our brands and project.
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Halloween Party
A big thank you to all of you who helped us celebrate at our inaugural Halloween party in Sydney. It was a big night of famous ghosts & frivolity – we’re still laughing. Start limbering up for next year – we will be hosting this event again – without a scary shadow of a doubt!
The costumes on the night were nothing short of incredible. The best-dressed on the night, as voted by many, was Karl Lagerfeld (Sam de Jongh). The best-dressed office was the fabulous team at Woods & Warner. We’ll be coming to find you with a special prize.
Thank you to Javier Neito from XAL Austria and Jordi Prat from Marset Spain, who travelled the furthest to be with us.
Big scares and kind regards,
Team Est.
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Digest Vol 3.2
Welcome to the next volume of Digest where you can find all your information and inspiration from our brands and project
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Melbourne Launches New Showroom
The Melbourne (Richmond) showroom officially launched on the 14th of June, three years in the making, it follows the incredible success of the Sydney showroom launch. Unlike the bright and shop fronted Sydney space, the Melbourne showroom is a hidden gem, with very little natural light, it provided the perfect space to showcase the assortment of lighting brands that adorn walls, ceilings and floor of this unique and inspiring space.
The Est team celebrated with over 280 guests, a night that brought together industry friends and clients past and present. It was a humbling occasion that reminded the entire team the importance of honest and loyal relationships and uncompromising support.
The evening was indulged with catering and superb event management by Damm Fine Foods, gin by our local gin distillers, Brogan’s Way, and floral installations by Blossomboy Flowers.
Photography by Jack Lovell
Interior Design by Christopher Elliott Design
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B10 Active House by XAL
B10 is the world’s first active house. Thanks to an intelligent, self-learning building automation system, B10 generates twice as much energy as it requires itself – a surplus that can be used for mobility solutions such as electric vehicles and e-bikes or to supply other buildings with energy. Over a period of three years, the building will be used for the scientific testing of various usage scenarios in actual operating conditions. In the first phase, it will serve as office space with an emphasis on use during the day and during the week. In the second phase, it will become a residential building and will mainly be used in the evening, at night, and on the weekend.
These conditions required a smart lighting concept: It not only had to be energy efficient, but also had to be able to flexibly react to changing circumstances within the rooms. Therefore, the Stuttgart-based firm Candela Lichtplanung, which sponsored the project with lighting and planning services, chose three MOVE IT SYSTEM 25 profiles. They form the backbone of the system, providing the power supply and Dali controls over the entire length of the building. Regardless of whether they are spotlights or wallwashers, lights can be quickly and easily installed in the desired position using the magnet system and individually controlled as needed. This is ideal for rapidly changing usage scenarios and lighting situations. The product also offered a structural design benefit that made it perfect for B10: The architects used a cloth ceiling liner for the building, which was able to be mounted on the MOVE IT profiles.
With its address at Bruckmannweg 10 – hence the name B10 – the research project is located in a suitable setting: on a plot of uncultivated land in the heart of the Weissenhof Estate. Constructed as an exhibition area over the space of a few months in 1927, the site was used by famous architects such as Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier to present their ideas about the living space and construction of the future. One of the building’s immediate neighbours is the two-family house designed by Le Corbusier at Rathenhausstraße 1–3, which houses the Weissenhof Museum and was recently declared a world heritage site. This building uses a portion of the energy surplus generated by B10.
Architect
Werner Sobek
Lighting designer
Candela Lichtplanung GmbH
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Introducing Unico by XAL
UNICO represents the achievement of a truly unique level of flexibility for XAL. Lighting designers and architects can choose between two mounting options, seven design shapes, nine light insets, three colour temperatures and three control options, all of which can be individually combined. There has never been more freedom for professional lighting design using a single luminaire.
See the video here
The micro-faceted reflector technology ensures incomparably precise light distribution and minimum glare. The downlight lenses for generating either round or angular light projections are available in three different emission characteristics. Additionally available are a rectangular downlight and a 12° narrow spotlight as well as a wallwasher lens. There is also a highly anti-glare version (UGR <19), which is ideal for use with VDU workstations.
In addition to truly exceptional flexibility, the minimal dimensions of UNICO also make it a winning product. Despite the high performance of the LED light insets, with up to 360 lumens, they only measure a tiny 38×38 mm. With the low installation height of 80 mm, the downlight is hardly perceptible and therefore can be installed in a wide variety of ceilings without affecting the aesthetics of the room.
With just a single luminaire, a lighting planner can program a wide variety of lighting scenarios. Through the combination of up to nine lenses for various lighting effects, a single UNICO can simultaneously illuminate walls, provide light for basic illumination or accentuate individual zones. And lighting planners can program a wide variety of lighting scenarios which are accomplished through the addressing of different groups, which, of course, can be very individually and flexibly arranged for each application.
Download the brochure here
Create your own Unico system with the configurator here
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Restaurante Alioli, Valladolid
Santorini suspensions and wall fixtures by Marset were used for the Alioli restaurant to support the playful use of colour throughout.
“The reinvention of a mythical 1970’s brewery by Tarruella Trenchs Studio is located in the centre of Valladolid, Spain. As a starting point, the existing facade was painted in a yellow tone similar to the aioli dip as an artistic resource to enhance and give attrativeness to the small facade of the restaurant, located under the porches of Pasion Street. The colour, which serves as a link among spaces, covers the access area in yellow. To keep the gastronomic values, we were also inspired by using elements related to the sea and fishing. A series of benches were lined with the typical black round studded rubber flooring by Pirelli, creating irregular silhouettes – at different heights – reminiscent of the octopus’ tentacles, providing plasticity to this bold element designed for this space. Between these wavy-shaped backrests, the benches and tables were placed. They are made of treated pine planks, as well as the wall where they lay against, bringing warmth to the shop and transporting the diner to a seaport ambiance.” – Tarrualla Trenchs Studio
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Tipics Restaurant, Xativa
Follow me by Marset is a mobile, rechargeable table lamp with a small and warm character.
“The main idea of this project was to create an interior and image Redesign graphics, a restaurant with more than 30 of experience in the field of gastronomy, collect his identity restaurant confidence always with a new gastronomic approach and concept of interior. We start from a place very versatile because of its multiple uses and schedules, and a logo that refers to the ancient castle of the city, which already identifies the local and will serve us a starting point. Why we have reinterpreted the traditional children’s game of wooden building blocks to generate raster graphics and texture that apply to different parts of space and graphic identity end. The restaurant is presented as a large space of 300m2 divided into three different areas: the cover-sweet terrace corner, bar-fresh lounge, dining area and restaurant space privé. The cover-sweet corner terrace is characterized by a large bar glass and stone that serves as exposure of the large selection of fresh pastries, combined space tables to enjoy the outdoor environment. A large glass closure and labeling graphic divides this space entry area main-fresh lounge bar where you can have breakfast or an informal meeting with friends or clients work. The dining restaurant and privé area is part of a space with a subtle decoration woodwork and painting on the walls, combined with the special selection of furniture that blend natural wood oak tables and chairs with black color in different parts of other décor. A special selection of furniture Andreu World, which combines Smart chairs in natural oak finishes, with braided in black or with a special combination of black lacquer and textiles Kvadrat with rotundas and compact Reverse tables in oak and black base. They wanted to emphasize the location of this restaurant and its food culture through the strength of stone and for this, the general container for all spaces combines the limestone of Portuguese origin and Catalan ceramic Living Ceramics with the freshness of a painting textured in the same tones of natural stone to give more space.” – Estudi H AC
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Voyager Espresso, New York City
Designed by NYC practice Only If, Voyager Espresso employs Polo luminaires by Marset.
“In early 2016, Voyager Espresso, a new specialty coffee bar, opened in a subway concourse of the Fulton Street station, in Manhattan’s Financial District. The architect, Only If, was commissioned by the Australian team of Owner Prudence Reid and Owner/Barista Aaron Barnard to develop an innovative architectural and interior design for its initial retail location in this unusual underground site.Voyager Espresso, with its integration of an artistic and scientific approach to coffee, is a welcomed addition to the lagging food scene of the Financial District. Its rotating menu features seasonal, fresh crop coffees from the best roasters in the United States.In contrast to the artisanal aesthetic of contemporary coffee culture, the coffee shop’s design and material palette refers to the namesake spacecraft and scientific approach behind Voyager Espresso. Adam Snow Frampton, Principal of Only If, commented: “From the beginning we knew we wanted to avoid the clichéd language of white tile, reclaimed wood, and exposed Edison bulbs.The material palette we developed is inexpensive yet futuristic.” The walls are clad in oriented strand board (OSB), which is transformed through the application of aluminum enamel paint. Work surfaces consist of black marble countertop, which plays off the texture of the walls. Elsewhere, perforated aluminum, copper, and black rubber are used.The design of the small space is based on the organization of two circles: one for service (the Barista Station) and another for seating (the Grotto). The Barista Station can be read as a positive volume, whereas the Grotto can be read as a negative volume excavated from the surrounding walls.Practically, the layout consolidates the storage and back of house at the rear of the space, and maximizes visibility of Voyager Espresso along its glass storefront to the subway concourse. The layout creates a variety of different social settings for seating, from individual to collective, intimate to exposed.The design team worked closely with the client to integrate custom coffee equipment and refine the ergonomics of coffee making and service.Aaron Barnard, Owner of Voyager Espresso, commented: “The circular bar design allows for two baristas to work simultaneously and seamlessly through two points of sale. The barista does each transaction from start to finish. This helps to make the service more personable.” Through its unique design, Voyager Espresso is redefining coffee culture in New York.” – Only If