The PLEXIGLAS® Magazine 2010 No. 8

The FIFA World Cup in South Africa is the major event this summer. For South Africa, the event is an economic as well as a sports challenge. As the first African country to stage a football World Cup, South Africa is eager to present itself in the best light. PLEXIGLAS^® offers valuable support in this respect. Thus, the architects of the World Cup stadium installed light pillars made of back-lit PLEXIGLAS^® for the arena that seats 68,000 spectators. Various television companies will transport this light all around the globe.

Another glowing idea that spans the globe is the one behind the White Cube, a project thought up by students at Bauhaus-Universität. PLEXIGLAS^® EndLighten provides the desired form of lighting for the cube, which tells the entire story of an artistic movement.

In Washington, PLEXIGLAS^® played an important role too. In that city, students from Darmstadt won a competition staged by the US Department of Energy with their surPLUShome entry.

The combination of light and PLEXIGLAS^® also adds a special flair to the LUNA standard lamp and the St. Josefs Hospital in Wiesbaden. Düsseldorf artist Emil Schult works not just with light, but also with different colors and materials to create exceptional effects.

Enjoy reading these enlightening stories!