Michelle Kaufmann and Flux, Inc. Launch "Green" Lighting Line

A leader in sustainable design, Michelle Kaufmann Designs (MKD) has made the leap from sustainable homes to sustainable home products. In an effort to bring sleek, affordable, eco-friendly lighting to the industry, MKD has teamed up with Seattle-based industrial design studio, Flux Inc., to build a line of modern, energy-efficient lighting fixtures.

Oakland, California and Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) August 8, 2007 -- A leader in sustainable design, Michelle Kaufmann Designs (MKD) has made the leap from sustainable homes to sustainable home products.

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Michelle Kaufmann's commitment to the long view has put her well ahead of the curve with the innovations and planning that make sustainable building practices the new norm. These are the values that energize us at Flux too. It's what makes it fun to go to work. We relished the opportunity to collaborate and learn from her leadership.

First in the new series from MKD and Flux, VESSEL is a vase-like fixture designed as an entry way light or wall sconce. The tall, slender, steel and glass form features a secure mounting base that dramatically lights a large, durable, blown-glass vase from below. VESSEL not only casts light upward, illuminating the vase and its contents, but also downward, offering a great design solution for lighting house numbers or entry steps.

VESSEL is beautiful on its own, or filled with personal objects like colored glass marbles, polished stones, or dried flowers. Water brings life into the lit chamber of the vase. Add flowers, bamboo, or even goldfish (the fixture's efficiency will keep the water from getting hot!).

VESSEL is available with compact fluorescent lamping or an optional LED assembly and complies fully with ADA (American Disabilities Act.)

These lighting technologies:

• Last up to 15x longer than traditional, Edison-style bulbs.
• Use less than 1/5th of the energy of the old-fashioned bulbs.
• Produce light with a fraction of the heat of incandescent bulbs.
• Stand up to extreme weather conditions (-5F to 122F).

MKD is a full service architectural and design firm that specializes in sustainable, innovative, high quality living. MKD is a proud partner of ENERGY STAR and is fully committed to creating highly efficient and healthy buildings. They have LEED accredited architects on staff and are a member of the US Green Building Council. MKD's mission: to make thoughtful, sustainable living accessible to all.

About Flux Inc.
Flux Incorporated is a Seattle-based industrial design studio founded by Bradley Sweek in 1994. The company specializes in building lighting products from modern forms with clarity and a thoughtful engagement of materials and craft. Flux designs and manufactures its products in-house from its 45,000 square foot, UL certified, fabrication plant south of downtown Seattle. Previous clients and design partners have included Dodd Mitchell, Marriott Hotels, Eddie Vedder, The Roosevelt Hotel and Sub Pop Records.

Sweek describes the relationship with MKD as a natural meeting of the minds, "Michelle Kaufmann's commitment to the long view has put her well ahead of the curve with the innovations and planning that make sustainable building practices the new norm. These are the values that energize us at Flux too. It's what makes it fun to go to work. We relished the opportunity to collaborate and learn from her leadership."

MEDIA CONTACT
Michelle Kaufmann Designs
Rebecca Woelke, Director of Media Relations
510.271.8010 x.125

Flux Incorporated
Richard Jensen, General Manager
206.282.3023

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