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Lighting Design :: Jeshwanth Jakka

2006 | Lightfield Inc. | G TECTS Madison Ave., NYC | Issey Miyake

Lighting plays an essential role in the store’s austere minimalism. In stark aesthetic contrast to neighbouring high-end boutiques; the syncopated rhythm of alternating cool-white-fluorescent light-boxes and black voids of exposed ceiling, sets up an “op-art” plane - provoking the attention of passers-by; while helping resolve space constraints and ceiling clutter. Viewed from the exterior, the high ambient light created by the luminous pattern minimizes daytime storefront reflections, and turns the entire store into a show window - bringing the interiors to the street; whereas when viewed from the interior the glass acts much like a mirror. The cool light is balanced by warm accent-lights selectively aimed at objects of display. Farther, this transitions to the subdued glow of the back-lit white-gauze curtains in the fitting area.



2008 Lumen Award of Merit | IES-NY, iesny.orgArchitectural Lighting - Project Designer

Project was featured in several major periodicals including:Frame (JUL 2007)

Architectural Record (MAR 2007)Interior Design (JUN 2007)



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Gordon Kipping delivers a powerful optical punch to Miyake Madison on New York's Upper East Side

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Ha\-ing nlways acutely ministered the pulse of time, The Pcl Shop Boys knew what 10 pick whell searching for the ultimaie Cushion icon in theil' song flaml)())'O.IlI: 'Thcl'c you arc f at another prc\'icw in 1\ pose [ .. J I collcclOJ"S wear black dOlhes I by ]SS!'y l\Iiyake.' Between his debut in 1971 and today. IhcJapancse fashion designer has been hailed as a p.1ragon OrCOlllelllporar�' f.1shion design mOI'l' than once. l\li�'akc's innovative designs prompted Cilt1l1diall Gonion Kipping Archill�ts to all eye-catching renovation of tile company's Madison Ave bmllch in l\lallhallan. 11)1 lind large, Kipping: chose 10 lei the near·Sp .. wtnn look oCtile 793-m:l shop speak fOl' ilSdfwilholit illlcn'cning prominently. He did so 1101 only by leaving the building's original l-sleel columns and their occasional misalignments intact, but also by combining white walls that end in a mirron-d wall with 11 plain grey floor: b�' e\lm!)' fanning ou[ mannequins across the SP.1('f; and by neatly aligning the product that it all started with -the clothes - on Ollt' �ide. Ifth(.'Sc clements might run the risk ofpr(widing slightly too unostentatious a sctting. then Kipping

couutel-s the danger with II simple but in\'enti\'c eyc-catcher: a chcckerhooni ceiling pallcl'll ofb!ack and whitt· light boxes, Its fl'isky durk.and.light motifis bound to catch attention from J:msscrs by, gleaming through the flush clear gillss facade which c!'Cates a seamless b..1l'riel' Oct ween Ihe hubbub of�ladison ;\\'1' and the scr(,llc-bUl-playfui atmospherc of the shop's interior,

""- Ellen Rutten PI-. Mikiko Kikvyomo

(he» Soooto: Upon renovating Is$O)' Miyoke's Madison Avenue bron<h, Gordon let the building it�lf - oport from 0 solient motif of ceiling light boxes_

Sweet Dreams: The coody-coloured interior of New York's reloxotion solon Yelo i$ 0 $lght for tired eyes.

SlCpping into Yelo fmlll the buzzing St reets of midtown Manhaltan feels like eillering a muted beehivc. It's a facility that ofTcn t-cflexology tl-catments and naps for harried businesspeople. The small cstablishmelll is equipped with scven so-called YeloC.1bs: oblong honeyeomb-shaped pods that invite clients to get ,Iway from it all. The space was de\'eloped by TIl(' Ap.1l·tment, a New YOI'k tinn that t;lkes a holistic appmach to deSign. consulting ou evel]'t hing fI'om a COIllI><ln,Y's name and brand 10 ils mlu'ketiug plan and interior d(.'Sign. When fil'St asked 10 wOl'k on Yelo, Stefan Iloublil. founder of The Apartment, and his team focused on one essential qucstion: in whnt ways call urban dwellers find peace? Figuring Yelo could help, he SCI out 10 design an efficient place of refuge. '\Ve wanted every step inside to 1I10,'e you fun her

awny frolll the street, fUl,ther away from your lI'oubles, }'OUl' desk, and YOUl' boss.' Clients cnter a hushed room whose walls, ceiling. banquettes and check-in desk are a Illonochrome ruby hue. To reach the pods, whit'h al'e prefabricated f!'Oill Kydex (a material normally used for the illleriOI'S of airiinel'S). CUSlOmel'S walk along an OI'.1ngey-ycllow hallway lincd with u'anslucent light columns thM sha"e thc honeycomb form. Inside each 20-IllZ unit. a "{"('lining chair awaits, along with an LED pl"Ojection system that simulates a sunrise at ihe end of napping sessions, Is anyone surpdsed offirt' wQl'kcrs have ail'cady been wooed b,Y Ydo? Not I'cally, '\\'e\'e alwa�'� dubbed OUI' style �I"Olllanlicmillilllnlism�: sa�'s Boublil.

- Tim McKeough -Jonothon Hokicb

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2006 | Lightfield Inc. | the Apartment Creative Agency NYC | Yelo

Featured in:Frame (SEP 2007) * Vouge (JAN 2007)

New York Times Style Magazine (SPR 2007)Newsweek (JUN 2008) * Gotham (APR 2007)


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