Creativity requires space – and cableless light

It has happened to everyone: you grapple with a problem for hours on end and then you are talking to colleagues on the way to the canteen and suddenly it hits you – you have got the answer!

It is a well-known fact that creativity is not only achieved at the workplace. In a recent study, Mark N. Phillips, a Stuttgart-based architect and professor for experimental space at the Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, goes even further: he has put forward the hypothesis that “in-between spaces”, that is to say all those areas not yet planned and furnished but kept free as circulation areas, are places of creativity and innovation. To explain, document and demonstrate his idea, a 1:1 living showroom was realised with top-quality products from renowned office furniture manufacturers, including cableless luminaires from Nimbus.

The Roxxane Leggera CL from the Stuttgart-based manufacturer of premium luminaires is an integral part of the showroom along with flexible seating, acoustic elements, and wall and ceiling tiles. The table or floor-standing luminaire has a high-performance rechargeable battery that enables up to 100 hours of cableless operation, making it predestined for versatile use in a wide variety of situations. Other key features of the showroom furnishing and fittings included simple, uncomplicated, intuitive usability, an improvised and temporary character as well as mobility and adaptability. The Roxxane Leggera CL combines all of these features: mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets can be charged at the integrated USB port. The manoeuvrable head can be tilted through 270 degrees and has a sensor for gesture control on top, thus allowing intuitive and adapted light wherever it is needed.

More Information about the study of Mark N. Phillips you will find in the PDF and on the blog:
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