LIVING LIGHT FRANKFURT
Frankfurt, Germany
Artificial Lighting
Client: Messe Frankfurt
Completion year: 2026
Images: Trilux / Meinschäfer
The Living Light was an immersive and interactive installation in collaboration with Light + Building 2026 that explored light’s role as a living design factor.
The four rooms of the exhibition were built upon the foundational idea that light is material, emotion, and technology. Connecting the four rooms, the Spine, a central corridor, represents the quiet continuity of nature, a refuge to return to in all stages of life. In Home, visitors were brought back to their earliest memories. Through layers of warm light and circadian transitions, this space called upon us to rest, retreat, and reconnect with ourselves. This room asked what it means to design for a fulfilling life within our own four walls. Education showed us how light can become a key element in motivation, health, and engagement in schools and other educational environments, with multiple methods being showcased. In Work, a silent negotiation took place between human emotion and the systems in which we live. At first glance an ordinary office room, light mirrored back emotions and transformed the space to bring visitors along on the daily rollercoaster ride that often occurs in the office. Communication showcased light as a form of communication beyond language. In this room, sensors created a dialogue between occupant and environment, allowing us to ponder how we communicate in the wider world.
The Living Light was an immersive and interactive installation in collaboration with Light + Building 2026 that explored light’s role as a living design factor.
The four rooms of the exhibition were built upon the foundational idea that light is material, emotion, and technology. Connecting the four rooms, the Spine, a central corridor, represents the quiet continuity of nature, a refuge to return to in all stages of life. In Home, visitors were brought back to their earliest memories. Through layers of warm light and circadian transitions, this space called upon us to rest, retreat, and reconnect with ourselves. This room asked what it means to design for a fulfilling life within our own four walls. Education showed us how light can become a key element in motivation, health, and engagement in schools and other educational environments, with multiple methods being showcased. In Work, a silent negotiation took place between human emotion and the systems in which we live. At first glance an ordinary office room, light mirrored back emotions and transformed the space to bring visitors along on the daily rollercoaster ride that often occurs in the office. Communication showcased light as a form of communication beyond language. In this room, sensors created a dialogue between occupant and environment, allowing us to ponder how we communicate in the wider world.