Functional Energy Art

Functional Energy Art

Functional Energy Art by Murray Tovi. A controversial concept as art by it’s very nature is non-functional. Louis Comfort Tiffany may have come closest with his priceless breathtakingly beautiful lamps but there was a necessary trade off between art and...
Task Energy Habitat

Task Energy Habitat

Image: Tovi Art Space Soho – 87 Mercer Street, NYC The Task Energy Habitat by Murray Tovi. 1975 The Task Energy Habitat. An energy and material conserving home of the future. First prototype saved 65% in energy and 85% in materials with no loss in comfort or...
Biological Illumination

Biological Illumination

Biological Illumination Systems For People, Plants, and Animals Murray Tovi, in 1987, discovered that four neon tubes comprised separately of red, yellow blue and green emissions produced the same amount of white light, incombination, of four white fluorescent tubes...