www.fiberopticmuseum.com | The Museum of Vintage Fiber Optic Lighting | Presents Bendix Koninderie Fiber Optic Lamps ... Whilst Crestworth in the United Kingdom, created some of the finest fiber optic lava lamps such as the Galaxy, Snowflake and Phantom Lite to name just a few for the European market, Fantasia in the USA was creating some of the best fiber optic lights for the USA market with their all glass fine fiber optic sprays and innovative designs. In Australia, Bendix Corporation Australia Pty Ltd. created their own range of fiber optic lights, which are equally of excellent quality. Bendix utilised the whimsical and endearing Australian aboriginal word for Rainbow, Koninderie, to describe their lights. Bendix's Koninderie lights were some of the finest fiber optic lights ever created. A 12th December 1973 Australian magazine advert states: "There are now three fibre optic lights in the Koninderie range. Koninderie is the Australian aboriginal word for Rainbow. Light from a Halogen Dichroic source travels along thousands of fine fibre glass strands to the tips, where it bursts into myriads of coloured stars. In the home, office, surgery, club or reception area, Koninderie is the focal point of interest. Colour changing can be effected simply by the turn of a switch, giving subdued or brilliant lighting sufficient to read by ..." Koninderie lights seen include: Model OL-001, OL-003 AND Model OL-004. Model OL-001 features a wooden box construction which features a metal top plate and fibre optic spray on the top. OL-003 features a stunning metal design that emits light from the base to create a stunning elevated effect. Model OL-004 references OL-003's design but is more compact. We can't wait to see more Koninderie lights that were produced as time evolves. For bulb information please refer to the sticker on the base of your Koninderie. Bendix's Koninderie lights utilised fibre optics manufactured by Schott of German manufacture. |
www.fiberopticmuseum.com | Presents Bendix Koninderie Fiber Optic lighting | Model OL-001 Images below are kind courtesy of George Roussos, who extensively photographed his Bendix Koninderie collection for www.fiberopticmuseum.com |
www.fiberopticmuseum.com | Presents Bendix Koninderie Fiber Optic lighting | Model OL-001 Below one can see a beautiful Vintage fibre optic lamp, made in Australia in 1970s by Bendix. Named Koninderie, meaning Rainbow in indigenous tongue, this is due to the glass optics which change colour slowly as the lamp operates, giving the colours of the rainbow. This is a beautiful, high quality piece of original Australiana and an impressive piece of vintage decor. The brilliant example of the Koninderie Model OL-001 is fully working, issuing a strong light, and the rainbow cel wheel inside spine smoothly, giving you the colour change effect of these beautiful lights. Koninderie Model OL-001 was kindly photographed by Warren George with interior design by Siouna McLetchie for www.fiberopticmuseum.com. |
www.fiberopticmuseum.com | Presents Bendix Koninderie Fiber Optic lighting | Model OL-003 Images are kind courtesy of George Roussos. |
www.fiberopticmuseum.com | Presents Bendix Koninderie Fiber Optic lighting | Model OL-004 |
www.fiberopticmuseum.com | Presents Bendix Koninderie Fiber Optic lighting | Model OL-004 Images below are kind courtesy of o-so-happy ebay auctions which captures the beauty of these wonderful Bendix Koninderie Model OL-004. |
www.fiberopticmuseum.com | Presents Australian Sunlo Fiber Optic Designs ... Sunlo was an Australian manufacturer of decorative fiber optic lights. We have a verified snapshot of their work dating to the 1st May 1973. Sunlo was run by Mr. Alf Jones who was a director of Sunlo Pty Ltd and was photographed with a "Venus Twilight" a fiber optic light in 1973, a design which features a tubular (wider-than-taller) base design combined with the classic glass fibre optic spray. Decorative fiber optic lamps were the new technology of fibre optics in the 1970s. Each lamp has anything from 15,000 to 20,000 fine swaying glass fibres through which seven different colours rotate in one-minute cycles - red, blue, green, silver, gold, mauve and orange. - May 01, 1973 Known addresses for Sunlo include: |
