Vibia introduces a lighting system made from a conductive textile ribbon

Promotion: German designer Stefan Diez has created a customisable lighting system for Barcelona-based lighting brand Vibia featuring a flexible textile track that is fastened like a belt.

Called Plusminus, the system is made from a conductive fabric belt that various light fittings can be clipped onto.

Plusminus is a customisable lighting system

It was designed to give architects and designers full flexibility over lighting schemes. The specially developed textile track, available in four colour finishes, can be hung loosely or pulled in tension to form the system's structure.

A range of six lighting elements can be attached to the fabric belt using a clip-and-connect system of anchors and fixings. The elements, which include a sphere, semisphere, cone, spotlight, linear diffuser and linear low UGR, can be adjusted, attached, or removed as required.

They can be used to create compositions of pendants, chandeliers, wall lights, ceiling track lighting, and space dividers that offer different levels of diffused or focused light.

The lighting system allows users to create their own lighting designs

"Plusminus breaks down the traditional distinction between decorative and architectural lighting by replacing it with a single system that gives design professionals full freedom to sketch with light," said Vibia.

"When loose, the belt traces elegant compositions in space. In tension, the belt acquires an architectural presence that can function as a space divider or artistic installation in vertical configurations," continued the brand.

"Used horizontally the system suggests a suspended ceiling with light sources delimiting the height. Add a wire cable attachment and any number of configurations become possible."

The lighting scheme is intended to give design flexibility

The flexible design allows the system to be used in a range of settings including creating intimate lighting in the home or elaborate light sculptures in public buildings.

Designers and architects can use software provided on Vibia's website to design their own bespoke lighting solutions or choose from a range of pre-set configurations.

The system is made from a conductive fabric belt that light fittings can be clipped onto

"The Plusminus collection is a toolbox which, thanks to the wide range it contains, enables you to find solutions to an incredible number of lighting problems," commented Diez. "I think architects and lighting designers today need investment certainty, and Plusminus offers that."

The Munich-based designer has previously collaborated with Vibia on a series of glass lamps that feature glowing etched patterns and edges.

To view more about Plusminus, visit the brand's website.

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Ayno lighting collection by Stefan Diez for Midgard

Dezeen Showroom: German lighting brand Midgard has added a new Silk Grey colour option to its Ayno lighting collection, designed by Stefan Diez around an arced fibreglass rod.

The Ayno collection of floor and table lamps are designed to be flexible and adjustable without the use of joints.

All three models in the Ayno lighting collection are available in a new colour, Silk Grey

The lamps have a curving rod of slender fibreglass, which is pulled into the desired position by adjusting two rings and a textile-coated cable that stretches between them.

This tension design is borrowed from a Bauhaus-era Midgard product, while LED light and low-voltage technology enable Ayno's cable to be impressively thin.

The light can be bent into position by adjusting the tension on the rod

"The design of Ayno is based on the idea of creating an adjustable luminaire that is even more minimalist than its Midgard predecessors, yet seeks their proximity and speaks a thoroughly technical language," said Midgard owners David Einsiedler and Joke Rasch.

All Ayno models are available with either a neon orange or neutral black cable, and the cone-shaped shade is made of durable and recyclable polycarbonate.

The Silk Grey colour is available across all three models in the Ayno range – one table lamp and two-floor lamps.

Product: Ayno
Designer: Stefan Diez
Brand: Midgard

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Stefan Diez's Costume sofa for Magis is designed to "rethink the traditional sofa system"

In this video produced by Dezeen for Magis, Stefan Diez explains how the new sofa system he designed for the Italian furniture brand is both user-friendly and part of a circular economy.

The Costume modular sofa, designed by Munich-based industrial designer Diez for Magis, is made of recycled plastic and designed to be easily assembled and dismantled by the user when needed.

The sofa's modular construction was designed to make cleaning, repairing and replacing its components simpler than with traditional sofa systems.

Costume by Stefan Diez for Magis.

"Magis approached me with a brief to re-think the traditional sofa system," Diez explained in the video.

"They challenged me to come up with a sofa with an industrial soul, that was modular in nature, could be easily assembled and dismantled by the user and fit into the principles of the circular economy," he added.

The system is broken down into four main components: a seat, a pair of armrests and an ottoman.

Other components include the cushioning element: a pocket spring and a thin layer of foam, which is held in place by a fabric cover. Offered in different colours and textures, the fabric cover is attached by hooking onto the base of the sofa and can therefore be easily removed and washed.

Costume by Stefan Diez for Magis.

While conventional sofas are typically difficult or impossible to separate into their component parts, Costume's construction does not involve its elements being permanently fused together.

Diez explained how the design of the sofa could extend its lifespan by allowing users to easily take it apart when cleaning or repairs are needed.

"The ease and modularity of the construction allows users to easily clean, repair or recycle individual parts of the sofa without having to buy a new one," Diez said.

The sofa's polyethylene core is made from recycled industrial waste that is itself recyclable, meaning it can be turned into similar products at the end of its lifetime.

The modules are joined together with plastic connectors, which come in colours that either match or contrast its fabric cover.

The modularity of the design gives the user "almost endless" ways to configure and assemble the design, and adds the ability to rearrange it to suit different types of spaces.

Costume by Stefan Diez for Magis.

In the video, Diez explains how the collaboration with Magis has created a product that is sustainable in its approach and flexible in its use.

"We created a really comfortable, user-friendly and sustainable sofa system that can adapt to the fluctuations of life but also the needs of the future," he said.

The designer spoke about the design of Costume and the collaboration with Magis in more detail during a live talk with Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs.

Costume by Stefan Diez for Magis.

Diez founded his studio Diez Office in 2002 after studying industrial design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart.

His work focuses on furniture, lighting and other home objects that are typically made from recycled or natural resources. He has previously designed a collection of natural bamboo furniture that is held together by a piece of string.

Magis was founded in 1976 by Eugenio Perazza. Amongst the furniture producer's other products is a rotation-moulded chair that resembles a spinning top by Thomas Heatherwick, a wavy plastic bench by Ron Arad and the often-copied Bombo stool by Stefano Giovannoni.

The brand has also collaborated with the likes of Konstantin Grcic, the Bouroullec brothers and Philippe Starck.

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