Force One

Force One leads the front line and stands right next to the edge of the desk as the new champion with technical super powers: the new floor-standing LED luminaire for the workplace – along the lines of the Star Wars motto: "May the force be with you." With a height of just 20 millimetres, this powerhouse at the workplace has a very slim head that gives it a distinctly slender silhouette. The base is somewhat weightier, containing as it does the entire control system. However, it can be positioned more or less invisibly below the desktop. The luminaire forms a generous curve so that it illuminates the workplace from a central position.

Force One also features indirect light which can be switched on and off. If the Power version is used, further lighting around the workplace becomes superfluous when the surroundings and light conditions allow – Force One is an efficient luminaire that, in Power mode, emits up to 8,000 lumens on its solitary mission to light up the workplace. Two capacitive switching units flush mounted in the luminaire profile allow easy and intuitive control; these can also be used to activate the new PDLS.next presence detection and ambient light sensor. The design unites a technical look-and-feel with a playful airiness. Rupert Kopp, the designer of Force One, speaks of a "dynamic and, at the same time, calm and tidy impression in an office situation."

Nimbus founder and CEO Dietrich F. Brennenstuhl adds: "LED technology is the perfect means for realising our design philosophy: leave out whatever is unnecessary and concentrate on what a luminaire needs to work well." With this in mind, further refinements have been implemented in the diffuser with the conical indentations for suppressing glare and directing light – a feature so characteristic for all Nimbus LED luminaires. Force One is fitted with an optimised softlight diffuser made of high-quality polycarbonate which makes a very harmonious impression in combination with the other luminaire components.