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
If you’re interested in net-zero energy solutions for commercial or retail facilities, you should consider DC power as the next step. Check out this nicely produced video of my conference presentation and Q&A session at the ISE Smart Building Conference, … Continue reading SBC 2020: The DC-Powered Building – conference video
Via Designboom is this beautiful art installation by Ling-Li Tseng and Serendipity Studio for the Taiwan lantern festival. I include this design on Lucept because it so elegantly showcases the dual revolutions of LED flex strips and high-efficacy LEDs. Let’s … Continue reading the search of the glow
Frankfurt-based Smartengine is a supplier of Power-over-Ethernet smart building technologies, sensors, lighting and controls. A few team members from wtec approached me after my presentation on DC power at the 2020 Smart Building Conference here in Amsterdam. If I remember … Continue reading smartengine | wtec
The ceiling design of this department store by H2R design in Abu Dhabi really captured my attention. The ceiling is a segmented series of coves, completed with rounded outer frames and curved inner scallops blending from vertical to the horizontal … Continue reading hob department store in ahu dhabi
So cool, never knew this existed: Triboluminescence is an optical phenomenon in which light is generated when a material is mechanically pulled apart, ripped, scratched, crushed, or rubbed (see tribology). The phenomenon is not fully understood, but appears to be … Continue reading triboluminescence
Thanks to James McHale and the team at Memoori for hosting a great webinar! If you missed it live, listen to it now at your convenience at this link. Really, I should have picked a different title, because the 6 … Continue reading 6 disruptive lighting trends: recorded webinar
SharpEnd is a rather unique London-based firm that calls itself The Agency of Things. Focusing on connecting brands and consumers via the Internet of Things, SharpEnd implements a variety of technologies – like NFC tagging, QR codes, camera vision systems, … Continue reading sharpEnd
Random Studio in Amsterdam put a couple small experiments on Medium and Instagram that are interesting: Marrying fiber optics to LED screens and using LED screens below water. See the Instagram posts below. I feel like I’ve seen the combination … Continue reading random studio: how can screens be more tactile?
Let’s talk about a brighter future: Join my webinar on 18-June as I present my “luminous ’20’s” survey of innovative technology and experiential design trends in retail, hospitality and architectural lighting. Part of the Memoori video Smart Buildings Series. (18-June … Continue reading 6 disruptive lighting trends: memoori smart building webinar
Formalighting just introduced an animated pendant cluster called Moto-Jojo, part of its broader Motolux series of remote-controlled track spots, downlights, wall sconces and even linear pendants. Moto-JoJo by formalighting from formalighting on Vimeo. Adjusts up to 1.6m in height. Plus … Continue reading moto-jojo by formalighting
Check out this very nicely produced video covering the basics of residential lighting design. Produced by Eric Reinholdt of 30X40 Design Workshop in Maine. I like the video, but the lighting design itself suffers from “downlightitus“. Reinholdt should explore integrating … Continue reading residential lighting video by 30X40 design workshop
I had a great time recording this podcast with Sam Koerbel from Lytei. We chatted about embedded lighting, a bit about my career and speculated on future trends and tech in lighting design. I hope you all enjoy it! Find … Continue reading brad koerner on LytePOD podcast
The LightArt group of architectural surfaces company 3Form has recently launched a line of 3D printed decorative pendants produced from recycled plastics, presumably cuttings and scrap from 3Form’s primary product lines that they’re chopping and extruding into the plastic filaments … Continue reading 3Form launches 3D printed pendants
Check out this fascinating linear LED lighting product system from Intra Lighting. It’s called Tracker, but let’s just call this what it is: The Zaha solution. Intra has solved the fiendishly difficult challenge of creating a seamless line of light, … Continue reading intra tracker
Barrie Vesty is an interesting guy to follow on Linked In: He’s a British expat living and operating a lighting manufacturer in Ningbo and Shenzhen, China called Auraled. I’ve found it fascinating to follow his commentary on what constitutes quality … Continue reading auraled videos
It seems that some of my former colleagues in the Design and Ventures teams from Signify are starting up a new corporate venture called NatureConnect. Nice proposition, looks like an amalgam of the old Philips OneSpace for ambient luminescence, with … Continue reading signify natureconnect
Agnetix shared their lab tour video. Check it out. If you’re not familiar with Agnetix, check out this Lucept post. They make insane 1200W LED horticulture lighting fixtures, complete with a liquid cooling system and a Raspberry Pi (or eqv) … Continue reading agnetix R+D tour
Nice video tour of the Khatod optics factory in Milan, Italy. What a beautiful facility. Ciao, bella! Continue reading khatod optics factory tour
Nice video featuring Coen Liedenbaum, who is driving the development of the huge 3D printing venture with Signify. For one year I worked for Coen in the venture and I’m glad to see him get some exposure for all of … Continue reading 3D printing at signify
