OXO Candela: lighting innovations from Mars

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If the Candela series  of portable lighting products were suddenly transported back to the ’50s, I’m sure the headlines would read something like this: “Alien atomic glowing flashlights arrive from Mars!”

Candela was designed by local Boston product design firm Vessel (read this NY Times article about the history of Vessel developing Candela and selling the series to OXO).

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snog london

Snog is a small chain in the UK, riding the wave of “unsweetened” frozen yogurt shops.  The difference is in their store design.  Their latest store, Snog Soho, includes a fantastic ceiling composed of 700 color-changing glass pendants, backed up with some incandescent lighting. Cinimod Studio was the UK-based lighting designer, and details on the custom lighting tech can be found at e-luminate. Continue reading snog london

the ultimate desklamp

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Now this is what I call “intelligent lighting”:   The Personal Robots group at the MIT Media Lab has developed the prototype AUR: a Robotic Desk Lamp.  With full motion robotic arm, color changing light source and mechanical iris as a winking/blinking “eye”, this has to be the most, umm, expressive desk lamp since Pixar’s Luxo Jr.

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