Bringing his designs out in open on the streets, designer Agustin Otegui intends to refurbish the ignored and unexciting yet most essential product for every citizen – the street lights. With his concept of Prisma street light, he wants to grant freedom and flexibility to this light-for-all pole. Cleverly modified, it can project three light beams in different directions. This in turn can be customized by tilting the head 30 degrees in either direction, as the situation demands.
Up to 360 degrees of colored light with varying intensities is radiated from a LED sphere.
Energy is saved by allowing the light to be redirected when one of the sides is not needed. Fitted with electrochromatic glass, it shifts from being transparent to reflective.
Though they would be powered by local electricity supply, solar Panels on the sides of the head can juice up the rotating mechanism of the lamp.
Such interactive street light can be connected to a main server that can be wirelessly accessed through web-based software. Further more, the local authorities can lease the use of the lights for special events like festivals, public ceremonies etc.
Corporate logos can also be projected onto the building’s facades, helping to fund the street lights.
Lights can be rotated to highlight buildings or billboards where needed. Users can interact with the lights in real time for special events.
To sum it up in one line, Prisma is the most practical and versatile choice to liven up a street!
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Hey Deepa, these streetlights look amazing! it kind of reminds me of a watch tower for Chronicles of Narnia, although this is a much futuristic version! :)
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Yeah Ruchi, they dont just look good but they are also excellently functional.
Just imagine what such streets lights can do to Mumbai streets!
yeah deepa, since MNCs thrive substantially on branding and logo exposure ( i can say this for i’ve seen biggest of the biggest brands asking obsessively for it when they came in to sponsor my college fest..) its an excellent idea!
mumbai streets will like one of those places as in Love story 2050! i know its cheesy but couldnt find a betta metaphor. sorry :P
yeah deepa, since MNCs thrive substantially on branding and logo exposure ( i can say this for i’ve seen biggest of the biggest brands asking obsessively for it when they came in to sponsor my college fest..) its an excellent idea!
mumbai streets will like one of those places as in Love story 2050! i know its cheesy but couldnt find a betta metaphor. sorry :P
yeah deepa, since MNCs thrive substantially on branding and logo exposure ( i can say this for i’ve seen biggest of the biggest brands asking obsessively for it when they came in to sponsor my college fest..) its an excellent idea!
mumbai streets will like one of those places as in Love story 2050! i know its cheesy but couldnt find a betta metaphor. sorry :P
yeah deepa, since MNCs thrive substantially on branding and logo exposure ( i can say this for i’ve seen biggest of the biggest brands asking obsessively for it when they came in to sponsor my college fest..) its an excellent idea!
mumbai streets will like one of those places as in Love story 2050! i know its cheesy but couldnt find a betta metaphor. sorry :P
yeah deepa, since MNCs thrive substantially on branding and logo exposure ( i can say this for i’ve seen biggest of the biggest brands asking obsessively for it when they came in to sponsor my college fest..) its an excellent idea!
mumbai streets will like one of those places as in Love story 2050! i know its cheesy but couldnt find a betta metaphor. sorry :P
yeah deepa, since MNCs thrive substantially on branding and logo exposure ( i can say this for i’ve seen biggest of the biggest brands asking obsessively for it when they came in to sponsor my college fest..) its an excellent idea!
mumbai streets will like one of those places as in Love story 2050! i know its cheesy but couldnt find a betta metaphor. sorry :P
Wow! These lights are fantastic. And so much modifiable too. Not sure if it can be cost-effective to be used as street lights, but it can be very useful for private uses where lighting is needed, even where lights are needed to for security reasons... very nice.
They may not be cost effective but the designer has come up with a bright idea of ’Corporate logos can also be projected onto the building’s facades, helping to fund the street lights.’ :)
Overall its a brilliant concept which has been overlooked since long.
@ Ruchi ”i m half without my typos :P”
hahahaha.. thats sweet!
hehehe LOl.. :D .. thanks Manish
Yes Deepa, I did read about the funding option by ’corporate logo projection’, which is novel idea too but I didn’t quite understand how it would work. But over all, its a great idea.
And you are right when you say street lights have been overlooked for long. We need bright streets in night too for safety of citizens.
It can work like a billboard advertising. The companies can pay for projecting their logo.
Out of the 3 lights, they probably can use one side facing buildings/walls to project corporate logos/messages. But that option would be limited to light poles near solid structures, which will be few.
But then maybe they can make enough money from few such poles and get all other street lights funded.
I am still not sure, but I do get an idea of how it may work.. thanks :)