• Circadian rhythm
  

   

  “When you think about the design of a luminaire, you design everything except the light. You design the shade, the base, et cetera, but in the end you screw the light in. I wanted to turn that around and start the design process with the qualities of light itself.” This is how Dutch designer Arnout Meijer explains the concept behind his functional (and gorgeous) lamps and his gorgeous (and functional) sculptures. Given the havoc that screen display light is wreaking upon our circadian rhythms, Meijer wants to create lighting sources that are sensitive to the effects of temperature and colour on the human body. While his Thanks for the Sun lamp series allows the user to adapt the temperature of light according to time of day, his Thanks for the Planet (pictured here) sculptures present a fixed palette of gradually changing, luscious, mood-enhancing colours. I (ew)

  Meijer’s sculpture “bluegreen” from “Thanks for the Planets” series. (Photo: Pim Top, courtesy Arnout Meijer Studio)

• COVER

  COVER

  Cover

  After Dark
• Table of contents

  Table of contents
• EDITORIAL

  EDITORIAL

  Editorial

  After Dark
• INTERVIEW

  INTERVIEW

  In the Twilight Hour

  An Interview with Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Snøhetta

  Text: Rob Wilson
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Luna Park

  Place Without Shadows, Coney Island

  Text: Elvia Wilk
• CASE STUDY

  CASE STUDY

  Let There Be Light

  Super-Kamiokande Neutrino Detector

  Text: Sebastian Schumacher
• ESSAY

  ESSAY

  Night Walkers

  Place-hacking nocturnal London

  Text: Bradley Garrett
• FOUND

  FOUND

  The Darkest Hour

  The 1977 New York blackout

  Text: Rob Wilson
• PHOTO ESSAY

  PHOTO ESSAY

  The Night Watch

  Photographer Joël Tettamanti

  Text: Sophie Lovell
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Circadian Rhythm

  Arnout Meijer's light sculptures

  Text: Elvia Wilk
• FOCUS

  FOCUS

  The Illuminati

  uncube’s pick of enlightened façades

  Text: Sophie Lovell, Elvia Wilk, Florian Heilmeyer
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Mirror, Mirror on the Hill

  Solspeil in Rjukan

  Text: Fiona Shipwright
• ESSAY

  ESSAY

  Night Purge

  CH2 Council Building, Melbourne

  Text: Sophie Lovell
• CASE STUDY

  CASE STUDY

  Techno Textures

  Vurt nightclub, South Korea

  Text: Florian Heilmeyer
• PHOTO BOOTH

  PHOTO BOOTH

  In the Photo Booth with...

  Francine Houben

  Text: Rob Wilson
• KLAUSTOON

  KLAUSTOON

  Klaustoon

  XX. Creatures of the Night

  Text: Klaus
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