NUUNU by Ingo Maurer
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- Order number: SW11628
NUUNU
With the new nuunu floor lamp, designer Flavia Thumshirn, who has been part of Ingo Maurer's design team for more than 20 years, brings the feeling of a sunny fall walk wherever the lamp is placed.
The inspiration for the nuunu was a walk by the lake in the autumn evening sun. A large tree caught golden light in yellow leaves, with blue water reflecting the scenery below. The designer translated this mood into her new luminaire. Three recessed glass spheres lie on a square base made of blued steel and are illuminated from below. In the center of the base plate, assigned to the three spheres at a defined distance, are three stainless steel rods almost two meters high, at the end of which gold-plated paper is attached to the rod by means of a holder. The gold leaf coating gives the paper, which is approx. 20 cm in diameter, the appearance of autumn leaves on a branch.
Flavia Thumshirn uses a trick from earlier shoemakers to allow the light to shine directly into the leaves. They needed particularly good light for the precise work on their shoes and therefore used glass bodies filled with water, which they placed in front of candles. By refraction, they focused the light simultaneously on the spot where work was to be done. The nuunu glass globes are made of high-quality crystal glass without inclusions and are therefore particularly suitable for this type of lighting.
But the lamp is also a real highlight when switched off. With its delicate, elegant appearance, it is not immediately recognizable as a lamp at first glance. It is much more reminiscent of a sculpture, a design object. The tranquillity it radiates makes it versatile. Whether in your own living room, a hotel lobby or even in waiting rooms: Wherever nuunu is placed, it is never just a lamp, but always an accessory. Thanks to the gold leaf coating, the leaves reflect the ambient light. In combination with the tall, thin rods, which create small movements, the lamp is reminiscent of reeds in the wind.
When switched on, the lamp creates a beautiful play of shadows on the ceiling that varies with the brightness setting. The nuunu has a "dim to warm" function, i.e. the LEDs become warmer by dimming the brightness.
However, the lamp never produces a cold white light due to the reflections on the golden leaves.
Technical data:
Light source: 3x LED
System output: 18W
Luminous flux: 1557lm
Light color: 1800 - 3000K (warm white)
Color rendering index: >90
Dimmable: yes via built-in touch dimmer
Cable length: 300cm
A few information about the technical data
- What is luminous flux?
The luminous flux Φ - measured in lumens (lm) - is the light output of a light source. It describes the power emitted by the light source in all directions in the visible range. To get a rough idea of what this value means, here are a few comparisons:
Candle: 12lm
230V halogen bulb with base GU10, 50W: 345lm
230V halogen bulb with base G9, 60W: 740lm
12V halogen bulb with socket GX5.3 (GU5.3), 35W: 450lm
12V halogen bulb with socket GX5.3 (GU5.3), 50W: 720lm
12V halogen bulb with base G4, 20W: 257lm
12V halogen bulb with base GY6.35, 50W: 840lm
230V halogen rod with base R7s, 100W: 1200lm
- What does color temperature mean?
Roughly speaking, the color temperature indicates how warm or cold especially white light is. The oneness is Kelvin (K). The lower the Kelvin value, the warmer the light gets. The light of a commercial light bulb here would correspond to about 2700K, a candle has about 1500K. The higher the Kelvin value becomes, the colder the blue becomes the light. Daylight is compared with about 7000K. A rough classification of the light color is:
- 2,700 to 3,250 Kelvin: warm white
- 3,250 to 5,250 Kelvin: neutral white
- 5,250 to 8,000 Kelvin: daylight white
- What does the color rendering index called RA or CRI?
The color rendering index indicates the degree of correspondence of the seen body color with its appearance under the respective reference light source. The smaller the deviation, the better the color rendering property. A light source with RA = 100 reproduces all colors very well. The lower the RA value, the less well the colors are rendered. In bathrooms and dressing rooms with mirrors, we generally recommend the use of luminaires and light sources with a high RA value of at least 90.
RA 70-80: medium color rendering
RA 80-90: good color reproduction
Ra 90-100 very good color reproduction
