Category Archives: Interactive Lighting

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kronleuchter lamp

A beautiful chandelier by designer Denise Hachinger.  Translucent panels edgelit by LEDs on graceful stems.  And the really cool trick: The entire structure morphs up and down to change the light distribution and appearance of the fixture, from primarily a

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kronleuchter lamp

A beautiful chandelier by designer Denise Hachinger.  Translucent panels edgelit by LEDs on graceful stems.  And the really cool trick: The entire structure morphs up and down to change the light distribution and appearance of the fixture, from primarily a

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leo villareal: san francisco bay bridge

Cool Hunting has a post about a new project Leo Villareal is trying to raise funds for: Adding dynamic lighting to the vertical cables of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The Bay Lights from Words Pictures Ideas on Vimeo.

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leo villareal: san francisco bay bridge

Cool Hunting has a post about a new project Leo Villareal is trying to raise funds for: Adding dynamic lighting to the vertical cables of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The Bay Lights from Words Pictures Ideas on Vimeo.

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windscreen

Windscreen was a temporary installation at MIT by Howeler+Yoon Architects from Boston. Straight from their site: “Windscreen creates an exterior screeen composed of an array of small-scale, vertical axis wind turbines.  The spinning of these turbines self-powers their integral lighting, providing

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windscreen

Windscreen was a temporary installation at MIT by Howeler+Yoon Architects from Boston. Straight from their site: “Windscreen creates an exterior screeen composed of an array of small-scale, vertical axis wind turbines.  The spinning of these turbines self-powers their integral lighting, providing

Firefly

Pisst….hey kid….come here….I got something that’s goin’ to blow your mind…..really mess you up….. www.fireflyexperiments.com “Firefly connects the world of CAD/CAM and parametric modeling to the emerging fields of interactive and responsive technologies, robotics, the internet of things, and more…”

Firefly

Pisst….hey kid….come here….I got something that’s goin’ to blow your mind…..really mess you up….. www.fireflyexperiments.com “Firefly connects the world of CAD/CAM and parametric modeling to the emerging fields of interactive and responsive technologies, robotics, the internet of things, and more…”

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Six-Forty by Four-Eighty Installation

Two MIT Media Lab alumi, Jamie Zigelbaum and Marcelo Coelho, put together a creative little  interactive lighting installation using battery powered, touch sensitive, magnetically mounted and repositionable color tiles that communicate with each other wirelessly.

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Six-Forty by Four-Eighty Installation

Two MIT Media Lab alumi, Jamie Zigelbaum and Marcelo Coelho, put together a creative little  interactive lighting installation using battery powered, touch sensitive, magnetically mounted and repositionable color tiles that communicate with each other wirelessly.

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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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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.

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ipad concept wall

Australian architects ClarkeHopkinsClarke have generated a fun concept rendering for an “interactive library wall” made out of iPads.  The concept as literally expressed is impractical, but the idea is clearly supporting a trend for future architectural systems:  A unitized, tiled,

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ipad concept wall

Australian architects ClarkeHopkinsClarke have generated a fun concept rendering for an “interactive library wall” made out of iPads.  The concept as literally expressed is impractical, but the idea is clearly supporting a trend for future architectural systems:  A unitized, tiled,

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hard rock cafe interactive memorabilia wall

Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas recently unveiled a massive 18′ wide by 4′ tall rear-projection, multi-touch, multi-user interactive wall for showcasing its rock’n’roll memorabilia collection.  Developed by Obscura Digital, a San Fransisco-based “digital design and technology marketing agency,” the

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hard rock cafe interactive memorabilia wall

Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas recently unveiled a massive 18′ wide by 4′ tall rear-projection, multi-touch, multi-user interactive wall for showcasing its rock’n’roll memorabilia collection.  Developed by Obscura Digital, a San Fransisco-based “digital design and technology marketing agency,” the

tent digital london: a video from Core77

Check out Core77′s coverage of the Tent Digital show in London.  There is a very cool video showing a variety of interactive video and lighting effects.

tent digital london: a video from Core77

Check out Core77′s coverage of the Tent Digital show in London.  There is a very cool video showing a variety of interactive video and lighting effects.

Seeper

seeper

Seeper is a UK-based design firm focusing on multi-touch control installations.  You really just have to check out their website and watch the videos…dazzling stuff!

Seeper

seeper

Seeper is a UK-based design firm focusing on multi-touch control installations.  You really just have to check out their website and watch the videos…dazzling stuff!

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philips lumiblade

Lumiblade is Philips first major foray into commercial OLED products. In short, Philips is really just selling sample kits right now for design explorations.  The samples are expensive, not very efficient (20 lm/w), and with only 10,000 hours at 50%

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philips lumiblade

Lumiblade is Philips first major foray into commercial OLED products. In short, Philips is really just selling sample kits right now for design explorations.  The samples are expensive, not very efficient (20 lm/w), and with only 10,000 hours at 50%

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large scale, multi-touch interactive displays

Multi-touch control systems, popularized by Apple’s iPhone, and gesture recognition systems, such as the dazzling computer interface that Tom Cruise used in Minority Report, are slowly-but-surely becoming commonplace technology.  And these üeber control technologies are finding their way into architectural applications.

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large scale, multi-touch interactive displays

Multi-touch control systems, popularized by Apple’s iPhone, and gesture recognition systems, such as the dazzling computer interface that Tom Cruise used in Minority Report, are slowly-but-surely becoming commonplace technology.  And these üeber control technologies are finding their way into architectural applications.

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Jason Bruges Studio

Jason Bruges Studio out of London specializes in interactive lighting installations.  The work is delightfully esoteric, plus their site has plenty of unique eye candy.

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Jason Bruges Studio

Jason Bruges Studio out of London specializes in interactive lighting installations.  The work is delightfully esoteric, plus their site has plenty of unique eye candy.

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the ultimate desklamp

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

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the ultimate desklamp

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