Week 2 - Bamboo lighting in RA Sushi

I really wanted to find lighting that I thought looked really cool and was having a hard time deciding what to blog about. But the other day I went to RA Sushi at The District for a friend's birthday and these bamboo-like plastic tubes really struck me. When I first entered the restaurant, the sun was still out but the idea of this lighting still interested me. But by the time I left, it was lit like this and I knew I had to take a picture.

It's a simple idea: the clear plastic tubes look and are shaped like actual bamboo and are merely lit from the bottom and top. And though it isn't strong enough to light the whole tube, the lighting effect of it fading as it moves towards the center which adds to the serene ambiance of the restaurant. It would have been interesting to see it lit in green because I feel like it would create a great natural effect much like real bamboo. But green isn't really part of the restaurant's color scheme so a warm white light was better suited. What I find great and compelling about this lighting is how simple of an concept it is yet adds such a great elegance to the design and overall feel of the restaurant.