ION S Series

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  • 2025

  • Product
    Furniture and Lighting

Designed By:

Commissioned By:

Unios

Designed In:

Australia

ION S by Unios reimagines track lighting through modularity, aesthetic refinement, and technical precision. Designed to seamlessly fulfill versatile residential and commercial applications, it merges thousands of optical configurations into one elegant spotlight, enhancing both the functionality and visual harmony of modern architectural environments.


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  • CHALLENGE
  • SOLUTION
  • IMPACT
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  • Track lighting has remained static in its functional versatility, traditionally requiring multiple separate fixtures to achieve various lighting effects, resulting in complexity and inefficiency. The challenge was to develop a singular, highly adaptable spotlight capable of fulfilling diverse lighting needs—from simple residential illumination to complex, museum-grade lighting requirements, where every artwork or exhibition requires a different lighting set-up. Achieving these demands required purposeful curation of optics, adjustability, user-centred functionality, and minimal design that's aligned with modern architecture.

  • The ION S addresses the challenge through an innovative modular approach that consolidates numerous lighting functionalities into one compact form. Using a ball-bearing system, users can effortlessly interchange primary optics and accessories, including a framer lens, creating over 18,000 configurations from three sizes and three mounting options. The side-mounted, tapered arm enables precise adjustment with 355° rotation and 120° tilt, complemented by a compact external track driver to minimise ceiling clutter. Constructed from durable, powder-coated aluminium, it complies with stringent Australian standards, offering optimised heat dissipation and ensuring safe operation and longevity (>55,000h L90B10).

  • The ION S delivers substantial environmental, commercial, and societal benefits. Environmentally, its modular design substantially reduces waste, storage, and carbon emissions associated with manufacturing. Commercially, it streamlines product offerings, simplifying inventory management and decreasing maintenance complexity, directly translating into cost savings and increased profitability. Societally, it enhances user experience through intuitive adjustability and versatile configurations, ensuring optimal lighting quality tailored precisely to each application’s needs. By embodying principles of sustainability, functionality, and minimalist aesthetics, the ION S positively influences industry standards, inspiring greater demand for innovative, adaptable, and responsible lighting solutions.

  • ION S distinguishes itself through: Modularity: A revolutionary ball-bearing accessory system enabling rapid customisation with framer lenses, multiple beam angles, and secondary optics, creating thousands of configurations from a single luminaire body. Slimline Design: Its side-mounted, tapered arm design offers superior adjustability (355° rotation, 120° tilt), ensuring precision in directional lighting without compromising visual harmony. Compact Efficiency: External track driver integration significantly reduces fixture size and ceiling clutter, enhancing the clean, minimal aesthetic essential in modern architecture. Optical Excellence: Unios' lens technology achieves an exceptional 80/20 light distribution ratio within a precise 12° beam, meeting demanding technical lighting requirements. Sustainable Design: Simplified manufacturing and assembly processes reduce environmental impact through lower carbon emissions, decreased waste, and ease of repairability. Users can effortlessly customise and maintain the ION S without replacing entire fixtures, significantly extending product lifespan. Together, these features deliver a highly versatile, sustainable, and visually appealing lighting solution suitable for a wide range of applications, redefining industry expectations of track lighting.