Monthly Archives: March 2010

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hp lobby installation

  Designboom has posted yet another rockin’ lighting installation, this time at HP’s Palo Alto office lobby.  Designed by installation artists Tronic, a series of vertical video panels include sculptural back panels, and each panel automatically rotates to add a kinetic dimension to

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hp lobby installation

  Designboom has posted yet another rockin’ lighting installation, this time at HP’s Palo Alto office lobby.  Designed by installation artists Tronic, a series of vertical video panels include sculptural back panels, and each panel automatically rotates to add a kinetic dimension to

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sculpture + projection = awesomeness, part two

Yet another sculpture + projection installation: Designboom has a post on installation called “Morphology“, which employs simple white cubes as projection surfaces.  Melbourne artist Kit Webster projects extraordinary digital kaleidoscope effects on the cubes, some of which really distort visual space perspective in amazing ways.  The video

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sculpture + projection = awesomeness, part two

Yet another sculpture + projection installation: Designboom has a post on installation called “Morphology“, which employs simple white cubes as projection surfaces.  Melbourne artist Kit Webster projects extraordinary digital kaleidoscope effects on the cubes, some of which really distort visual space perspective in amazing ways.  The video

sculpture + projection = awesomeness

Core77 posted an installation called “Augmented Sculpture” by German artists Grosse8 and Lichtfront. Consisting of an angular wooden sculpture surrounded by four precisely registered video projectors, Lichtfront seamlessly projects a dazzling sequence of patterns onto the sculpture. These guys should

sculpture + projection = awesomeness

Core77 posted an installation called “Augmented Sculpture” by German artists Grosse8 and Lichtfront. Consisting of an angular wooden sculpture surrounded by four precisely registered video projectors, Lichtfront seamlessly projects a dazzling sequence of patterns onto the sculpture. These guys should

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starbrick by olafur eliasson for zumtobel

I found this older post on Design Boom: Sculptor Olafur Eliasson from Copenhagen created an interesting configurable geometric system prototype for sculptural pendant fixtures.

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starbrick by olafur eliasson for zumtobel

I found this older post on Design Boom: Sculptor Olafur Eliasson from Copenhagen created an interesting configurable geometric system prototype for sculptural pendant fixtures.

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draw the lights

Yanko Design posted a nice concept by designer Seo Dong-Hun for an adjustable ceiling lighting system with individually remote-controlled LED pixels.  Completely doable with current technology…just cost prohibitive.

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draw the lights

Yanko Design posted a nice concept by designer Seo Dong-Hun for an adjustable ceiling lighting system with individually remote-controlled LED pixels.  Completely doable with current technology…just cost prohibitive.

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electroland

Electroland is a Los Angeles firm that focuses on interactive lighting installations for public spaces.

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electroland

Electroland is a Los Angeles firm that focuses on interactive lighting installations for public spaces.

SEED Magazine: The Evolution of Illumination

SEED Magazine has an interesting piece on bioluminescent organisms. One paragraph in particular reads like Mother Nature’s version of interactive lighting control: “Their lights have a variety of purposes: Camouflage, attracting mates, attracting (or distracting) prey have all been observed.

SEED Magazine: The Evolution of Illumination

SEED Magazine has an interesting piece on bioluminescent organisms. One paragraph in particular reads like Mother Nature’s version of interactive lighting control: “Their lights have a variety of purposes: Camouflage, attracting mates, attracting (or distracting) prey have all been observed.