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rijksmuseum: BBC special

Available in 4 parts via YouTube, here is a great BBC special featuring the reopening of the Rijksmuseum, hosted by Andrew Graham-Dixon. Although this video doesn’t specifically address the lighting, I highly recommend it.  The entire collection is illuminated by

BBC__Andrew Graham-Dixon

rijksmuseum: BBC special

Available in 4 parts via YouTube, here is a great BBC special featuring the reopening of the Rijksmuseum, hosted by Andrew Graham-Dixon. Although this video doesn’t specifically address the lighting, I highly recommend it.  The entire collection is illuminated by

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jakob wagner photography

A little eye-candy to inspire your concept renderings:  Via Behance, I found these gorgeous nighttime images by German photographer Jakob Wagner.

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jakob wagner photography

A little eye-candy to inspire your concept renderings:  Via Behance, I found these gorgeous nighttime images by German photographer Jakob Wagner.

GlowPlantProject

glowing plants

A crazy, totally sci-fi, yet very real Kickstarter project that is looking to splice bio-luminescence genes into plants to create glowing plants. This is great research:  Radical, visionary, and a completely different way of thinking about how we live.  It is

GlowPlantProject

glowing plants

A crazy, totally sci-fi, yet very real Kickstarter project that is looking to splice bio-luminescence genes into plants to create glowing plants. This is great research:  Radical, visionary, and a completely different way of thinking about how we live.  It is

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emerging objects

Via Gizmodo, a cool little design company called Emerging Objects that is exploring alternative natural materials such as wood pulp, clay, and salt for use in 3D printing technologies.

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emerging objects

Via Gizmodo, a cool little design company called Emerging Objects that is exploring alternative natural materials such as wood pulp, clay, and salt for use in 3D printing technologies.

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urban model projection mapping

Here’s a cool concept via Core77  , one for all the real estate developers/urban designers/trade show booth designers out there:   Taking a 1:1000 scale urban model and using projection mapping to create some wicked cool visuals.  The project, called the Tokyo

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urban model projection mapping

Here’s a cool concept via Core77  , one for all the real estate developers/urban designers/trade show booth designers out there:   Taking a 1:1000 scale urban model and using projection mapping to create some wicked cool visuals.  The project, called the Tokyo

DBM Reflex

dbm reflex

DBM Reflex is a Canadian company that specializes in optical moldings for the automotive industry, specifically tail-lights.  The design in some of these light pipes is amazingly complex and precise. So I ask: If Richard Kelly were alive today, what

DBM Reflex

dbm reflex

DBM Reflex is a Canadian company that specializes in optical moldings for the automotive industry, specifically tail-lights.  The design in some of these light pipes is amazingly complex and precise. So I ask: If Richard Kelly were alive today, what

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renault twin ‘z concept by ross lovegrove

Via DesignBoom, a Renault concept car developed by Ross Lovegrove that was just launched in Milan.  I’m not saying that I particularly like this as a car per se, but I love the future-take on using integral textures of light.

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renault twin ‘z concept by ross lovegrove

Via DesignBoom, a Renault concept car developed by Ross Lovegrove that was just launched in Milan.  I’m not saying that I particularly like this as a car per se, but I love the future-take on using integral textures of light.