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  • the future of lighting series
    • six disruptive trends in architectural lighting
    • smart signage concept for retail shelving
    • virtual production and its impact on the real world?
    • hyper vignettes: localizing digital/physical experiences
    • 5 tips to prevent digital signage burnout
    • trends in digital media for athletic facilities
    • active objects, surfaces and zones
    • media-driven vs data-driven environments
    • next evolution of lighting
    • wrap your spaces in social media
    • embedded lighting series
    • the future of office design?
    • the DC powered building
    • koerner design wins US DOE sustainable luminaire design competition
  • innovation management
    • what’s the value of innovation management?
    • the 3 sins of innovation theater
    • hallowed halls: what makes an enduring innovation space?
    • the fallacy of brand management
    • the innovation attitude matrix
    • innovation management: marketing vs product marketing vs sales communications
    • elon musk’s 5 step R&D strategy
    • Business thinking for designers
    • being a good product manager = listening, synthesis, advocacy
    • mixtape for product management

Author: Brad Koerner

Creative Director and Product Manager
Future Lighting

large-area display textiles

June 18, 2021 Brad Koerner

Douglas Steele sent me a most interesting research paper titled “Large-area display textiles integrated with functional systems.” The paper was published by a group of researchers from several universities, including Fudan University Shanghai, University of Darmstadt, UCLA, and the University … Continue reading large-area display textiles

Business & Innovation

leadership lessons with toto wolff and vinod kumar

June 17, 2021 Brad Koerner

I came across this phenomenal discussion on leadership between Toto Wolff and Vinod Kumar. Some superbly instructive advice on driving high performance teams while maintaining innovation. I took notes on several key sections, see below. Wolff: “…being happy and cheering … Continue reading leadership lessons with toto wolff and vinod kumar

Interactive Lighting

wilkins avenue immersive

June 14, 2021 Brad Koerner

Wilkins Avenue is a French-American startup focused on AR immersive experiences in physical retail stores. They recently opened a new flagship experience at the Champs-Elysées Lancome location. According to their site: The digital world has been fast-forwarded. We use Augmented … Continue reading wilkins avenue immersive

Lighting Inspiration

refik anadol: sense of space

June 11, 2021 Brad Koerner

Another gorgeous installation from Refik Anadol and his studio, this time for Venice’s Biennale Architettura 2021. Refik Anadol Studio’s Sense of Space at the Biennale Architettura 2021 represents the first works of art stemming from years-long collaborations with groundbreaking scientists in their … Continue reading refik anadol: sense of space

Lighting Education

biologically relevant lighting

June 10, 2021June 8, 2021 Brad Koerner

Check out this interesting peer-reviewed paper surveying the basic science and innovation opportunities surrounding circadian/melanopic response lighting, written by Robert Soler and Erica Voss of Bios Lighting. I found one section particularly helpful, in understanding how circadian/melanopic response can be … Continue reading biologically relevant lighting

Business & Innovation

what’s the value of innovation management?

June 7, 2021October 30, 2025 Brad Koerner

Delivering new-to-the-world product concepts to market – the key value-add and reason-for-being for many organizations – is an elusive process to manage. The challenges of driving meaningful, profitable innovation programs are numerous. In particular, a paradox seems to exist where … Continue reading what’s the value of innovation management?

Creative Manufacturers

nanoleaf elements

June 4, 2021 Brad Koerner

Toronto-based Nanoleaf is launching a new line of its modular illuminated wall panels called Nanoleaf Elements, which use a color-temperature changing LED engine behind a backlit faux-wood veneer face. The panels include some basic animations to create general textures of … Continue reading nanoleaf elements

Cool Architects

clinique laboratories by UXUS

June 3, 2021 Brad Koerner

There’s something about this Clinique retail design concept by Amsterdam-based UXUS that really caught my eye: It just seems to be “oozing luminosity” out of every nook, cranny, sign box and shelf surface. Overall, it creates a powerful effect. I … Continue reading clinique laboratories by UXUS

Future Lighting

usb-c adopts 240w/48vdc standard

May 27, 2021 Brad Koerner

The groups who control the USB standard just announced a major upgrade: USB-C will now support up to 240W at 48VDC. This a huge deal for the building construction industry: USB-C is now poised to potentially replace traditional AC wall … Continue reading usb-c adopts 240w/48vdc standard

Creative Manufacturers

stickbulb

May 25, 2021 Brad Koerner

Stickbulb is a New York-based manufacturer with a beautiful line of wooden LED linear lighting fixtures that can be configured in a variety of creative arrangements. According to their site: It is every architect’s dream to build with light. The … Continue reading stickbulb

Future Lighting

OLED bedroom concept

May 21, 2021May 20, 2021 Brad Koerner

Dezeen has been running a design competition with LG for novel uses of LG’s OLED display technologies. One entry in particular caught my attention: Gianfranco Vasselli’s concept for integrating an OLED display into a “shelf” arrangement over a bed. I … Continue reading OLED bedroom concept

Future Lighting

disney’s prefab castle

May 20, 2021 Brad Koerner

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

Uncategorized

a new L-Prize!

May 19, 2021 Brad Koerner

The U.S. Department of Energy’s SSL team has just launched a new L-Prize competition as a follow-up to the original LED lighting L-Prize competition from over a decade ago! With a total prize pool of $12.2m and a far more … Continue reading a new L-Prize!

Lighting Technology

protopixel

May 18, 2021 Brad Koerner

Protopixel is an interesting RGB lighting control system from a Barcelona-based startup. Beyond the normal dynamic lighting controls, Protopixel is building in some nice functionality for integrating live data inputs to control lighting. Also, I find it interesting to see … Continue reading protopixel

Future Lighting

bee’ah’s office of the future

May 11, 2021 Brad Koerner

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

Creative Manufacturers

lightform – update

May 5, 2021 Brad Koerner

Lightform is a San Francisco-based startup that originally spun out of Microsoft (see my post from 2017) that is exploring interesting new applications of projection mapping technology. They’ve recently released a very impressive demo that combines a ceiling-mounted steerable projection … Continue reading lightform – update

Interactive Lighting

from my archives: interactive display concept for virgin mobile

May 2, 2021May 3, 2021 Brad Koerner

Looking through my old project folders, I ran across an interesting unrealized design concept: An interactive retail display for Virgin Mobile. It was a display stand for cell phones that used proximity sensors to trigger an illuminated product shelf and … Continue reading from my archives: interactive display concept for virgin mobile

Lighting Technology

fullcontrol GCODE designer

April 28, 2021 Brad Koerner

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

Lighting Technology

lighting for good

April 22, 2021 Brad Koerner

Lighting for Good is a very interesting initiative from luxury goods conglomerate LVMH and lighting design firm TEMELOY. Lighting for Good aims to drive real sustainability into the manufacturing and specification of lighting products. What a terrific initiative, covering the … Continue reading lighting for good

Business & Innovation

korrus

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Brad Koerner

Looks like the Ecosense/Soraa group is starting up a new initiative that is focused on core lighting technology R+D, specifically targeting controlling various spectra mixes. Branded Korrus, there is not much info yet, but their marketing is touting “human light … Continue reading korrus

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