A Light Touch: Linear by Friends of Wilson Elevates Acoustic Design with Natural Wool Felt
With the creation of sensory spaces an increasingly important factor for the workplace, the new Linear Light from Friends of Wilson (FOW) brings a fresh approach to interior acoustic lighting.
Made from 100% wool felt, Linear beautifully combines design, art and acoustics to create a warm illumination that softens acoustics to create a calming and stimulating environment. The award-winning FOW design studio has created an elegant and functional lighting system to support designers, interior specifiers and businesses who recognise the importance of wellbeing in the work environment, and the impact of lighting as part of the interior architecture mix.
Recent research highlights the importance of health and wellbeing when creating successful working environments.
As people return to the workplace, noise levels are an increasingly important factor in the working environment. Linear Lighting helps to break up the reverberation time (RT) in work spaces and improves the overall quality of the environment to create a sense of wellbeing.
Friends of Wilson Designer, Lynne Wilson said:
“At our studio we have been creating products made primarily from wool felt for more than 10 years. With a wide range of successful workplace projects, we have built up considerable expertise in understanding the qualities of wool felt and how these can have a positive impact in workspaces, education and hospitality spaces.
Working with high-quality UK-based manufacturers including a wool felt heritage manufacturer, we have developed a range of products that help to create positive, calm, well-designed spaces for people to enjoy working in. Linear Lighting is the latest addition to our range which includes acoustic screens, wall panels and artwork – all incorporating 100% natural wool felt.
Linear’s simple construction, interchangeable modular parts allow it to be disassembled, repurposed, reused, and ultimately recycled. Made from recycled and natural materials it demonstrates our studio’s commitment to sustainability and design for the circular economy. It is a natural fit for architects and designers seeking to create a biophilic designed space and looking for sustainable products that are designed for the circular economy.”
Commenting on Linear Lighting Ross Hunter, Founding Director of the Graven Design Studio, said:
“Friends of Wilson are expert in working with wool felt. It’s a 100% natural, beautiful and tactile material that is used to terrific effect in the new Linear Lighting range. Decorative lighting plays a key role in how a space functions visually and acoustically. With employers seeking to create workspaces that are functional and well-designed for today’s flexible working needs, acoustic lighting has an important role to play in encouraging employees to spend more time in collaborative working environments.”
Linear Lighting is a beautiful and functional light made from naturally sound absorbent 100% wool felt with a minimal hanging system that provides soft, warm illumination. Constructed from a single repeated modular element slotted onto an elegant aluminium frame, Linear’s sculpted, elegant silhouette is enhanced by the material’s richness of form and the shadows the light creates.
Linear Lighting works beautifully as an individual installation, as a pair or in larger numbers. It can be easily layered at different heights to create impact.
Using natural, sustainable materials, Linear Lighting is suitable for design-led commercial and residential interiors including offices, reception areas and collaboration spaces such as boardrooms, restaurants and meeting rooms.
While Linear Lighting comes in a palette of 12 nature-inspired shades, other colours or sizes can be provided to help create bespoke design features for your interior scheme. Each Linear light comes fully assembled and ready to install.
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