Linear lighting is a ubiquitous design gesture for commercial, retail, healthcare, and educational spaces today. But today, we will talk about the most versatile line of light on the market - the VIA family from Lumenwerx.
Key Features of the VIA family:
Lumenwerx designed Via for installation virtually anywhere. But with a series of different optics, this family also empowers you to shape the beam of light according to your design vision, giving you complete control over your lighting design.
Seven optical tools include:
Bend the line of light.
It's one thing to talk about the line of light. It's another thing to be able to curve the line of light. And that's what Lumenwerx has done with the Curvia family. Other factories offer rings and bends, but no other company takes an entire linear family and offers you the ability to bend it into custom shapes while maintaining the same performance as the straight product. Every iteration of Via can be curved (Called Curvia), including VIA 2 with its Diamond prism optics. This year, Lumenwerx launched the next enhancement to Curvia. We call it Curvia XYZ, and it enables you to bend Curvia both left and right and up and down. It's a compound bend product. Designers have been asking for this for years, and Lumenwerx has delivered it. Whether you want to create something totally unique, or use it to match the curvature of the architecture, it's an incredible tool for creating beautiful, dynamic spaces.
How to Specify Via
Designing with Via and Curvia is easy, but the more communication, the better. Simple lines can be described in the part number. If you're designing a pattern we highly recommend either using grid provided on the cut sheet to draw the pattern you want, or referencing a CAD or PDF drawing for dimensioning.
Curvia will add some complication to design and layout. We recommend sketching the product on the grid provided and referencing a drawing real dimensioning.
SDA is happy to facilitate the early design drawings for a project. Basically, we want to create enough information to get the project adequately specified for the design intent so it can be bid correctly. However, the factory will not produce shop drawings until an order has been placed through the proper channels.
Once an order is placed, about a week later (depending on complexity), Lumenwerx will create a set of shop drawings for final approval and production. Of course, more straightforward designs will be drawn and fabricated more quickly. Complex designs involving complex patterns or compound bends will take more time.
Via in Designs
Some products live in a narrow niche and can only be used on the occasional design project; Via is the opposite. It can easily land on almost any commercial, retail, education, or healthcare project. We're finding designers really like the ability to mix and match lines of light with curves and optical performance. Generally, a linear lighting family is just a stripe of light; the mix of abilities from Via is what makes it stand out from a crowded field of lines of light.
Ready to see it in person?
Contact us to book a visit so you can see Via and Curvia in person. It's the best way to understand how this family of lighting can work it's way into your upcoming projects.
