Lighting Design: Barry Webb
Back in 1999, leading Sydney Lighting Designer Barry Webb (now retired) contacted Digilin to see if a maintenance free luminaire could be manufactured to be used in a proposed record store at Brookvale on Sydney's Upper North Shore. It had to be 'low heat' as it would sustain high pedestrian traffic, but could not be fibre optic as the bend radius of the fibre precluded its use.
Additionally, the luminaire needed to be very compact, robust, and resist water ingress, oh, and most importantly, be maintenance free!
Sounds simple.........?
One must remember that in 1999 there was only one other Manufacturer of LED Architectural lighting of note in Australia (which has long since gone out of business) and such luminaires were anything but commonplace. Large overseas companies were still scratching there heads over LED's, with most predicting that they were only a fad Digilin accepted the challenge, and the result is seen here. These photographs were taken January 14, 2008, some 8 years after installation, and all lights are still functional; none have ever been replaced or serviced. While it may seem a miracle that a LED product from that era could survive, it is in fact a testament to the design and build quality of the Digilin product.
Led technology has long since surpassed the performance of the '5mm' LEDs shown here, but Digilin's skill in producing high output, ultra durable LED lighting still reigns superior
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