Via Dezeen, Zaha Hadid and design firm Kollision just opened a creative installation called “Parametric Space” that features funnels of light piercing down through a stretched ceiling. The design is interesting enough merely if it were a still lighting composition; but … Continue reading parametric space by zaha hadid
A nice, simple video to explain what how “parametric design” fundamentally works. No narrative, just a simple example of adjusting parameters of a brick wall. And a couple links to interesting parametric modeling-focused sites: Rethinking Architecture Designreform Parametric Design Continue reading parametric design sites
I was just granted access to Midjourney’s beta invite and ran a handful of quick tests to see how AI-based image generation will affect architectural lighting and experiential design. My first impression: WOW! The raw power for ideation and early … Continue reading imagination on demand: my 1st experiments in AI image generation
Walt Disney Imagineering created a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the development and construction of Hong Kong Disneyland’s castle expansion/retheme. It highlights the aggressive use of prefabricated construction – coordinated via BIM – and how that allowed them to build such … Continue reading disney’s prefab castle
Check out this incredible future-visioning video from Bee’ah, a large UAE-based environmental services company. Bee’ah is building a stunning new corporate headquarters with Zaha Hadid Architects, with ambitious goals of being a net-zero energy site, powered fully through sustainable energy … Continue reading bee’ah’s office of the future
FullControl GCODE Designer is an interesting academic research project developing a purely parametric system for generating 3D printed models (as opposed to traditional 3D modeling software). FullControl is led by Andy Gleadall, a lecturer at Loughborough University. Gleadall’s LinkedIn feed … Continue reading fullcontrol GCODE designer
Editors Note: This was an Op-Ed piece I wrote back in 2013 in LEDsMagazine. Sadly, it is still as relevant today as it was over 7 years ago. How do we get the lighting industry to embrace truly sustainable product … Continue reading R+D competitions for sustainable lighting manufacturing
welcome to the luminous ‘20s The past decade saw incredible transformation in architectural lighting. LEDs and digital controls completely disrupted decades-old technology paradigms. Yet the transformation to LED technology was so drastic, most manufacturers could barely keep up. Playing it … Continue reading six disruptive trends in architectural lighting
Nowatt Lighting is a French startup focusing on off-grid, solar-powered light fixtures. Nowatt has built intelligence into their products that seems to go beyond most “dumb” solar-powered lights, with multi-channel LED engines and app-based control including parametric-based scenarios that can … Continue reading nowatt lighting
The future is dim for preset-scene lighting controls We are entering a future where architectural design and its associated technology systems are increasingly focused on experience management as the primary end-goal of many projects. New technology systems, such as digital … Continue reading media-driven vs data-driven environments
Limbic Media is a startup based in British Columbia that is developing real time, interactive lighting controls. Their first product is a sound-activated, predictive control system called “Aurora” with intelligent “AI” learning functions. Beyond their initial product based on audio … Continue reading limbic media
Over the years I have predicted that it might make sense to manufacture lighting fixtures in portable units directly at construction sites. My reasoning is: Lighting will become “embedded” into final architectural surfaces Parametric design, BIM, and digital fabrication are … Continue reading odico
Join me on Valentine’s Day at the Strategies in Light conference in Long Beach, California. I will present some examples of using BIM, parametric design and virtual renderings to sell and specify “embedded lighting.” You can find the conference info … Continue reading more photons, less paper
To echo a piece I just published on LinkedIn, I’m asking my network for what cool software tricks designers are using to accomplish embedded lighting installations. I’m doing a bit of research for my upcoming conference presentation at Strategies in … Continue reading what is your workflow for designing embedded lighting installations?
As part of our Philips Luminous Patterns development efforts, Eline Slingerland developed virtual models of our products using the Unreal Engine as part of her internship at Philips Research. Unreal is normally a game development engine for serious Xbox and … Continue reading philips luminous patterns – virtual reality rendering experiments
Below are 4 articles I originally wrote on my Linked In account, exploring the concepts and potential surrounding embedded lighting – the fusion of lighting with architectural materials. The pieces included (in order below): Exploring the future of embedded architectural … Continue reading embedded lighting series
A selection of Brad Koerner’s professional projects from throughout his career. Find his professional bio here. Find his thought leadership and other conceptual projects here. Find the Cima portfolio page here. Philips Luminous Patterns – Venture Manager Koerner Design – … Continue reading portfolio
The DOE continues their long term accelerated testing of the Philips L-Prize winning bulbs from 2010. The lamps continue to give shockingly good performance, with the average lumen maintenance for the 31 lamps at 93.0%. At that rate, the average operating hours … Continue reading go, baby go: the philips L-prize lamps rock on
I’ve advocated in many forums that embedded lighting, particularly fusing patterns of light into architectural wall and ceiling surfaces, will become a major trend going forward, especially in office applications. My theory is that in natural settings we humans are instinctively … Continue reading using embedded lighting in office environments
In a previous Linked-In blog post, I wrote about the advancements we’ve achieved with Philips Luminous Patterns, a product solution for embedding patterns of light into wall and ceilings to create distinctive architectural experiences. In this post, let’s look farther ahead … Continue reading driving towards new applications of light
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