Compound curves: The Final Frontier? Over the past couple years I’ve noticed several Chinese suppliers of direct-view LED panels offering some wild options for compound curved screen surfaces (i.e. a curve that bends in two planes, such as a sphere … Continue reading LED screens and compound curves
Here’s a short video competition entry that I made a few years ago as a hobby project. A primer on data-driven ambient media communications in architectural spaces. Frankly, I forgot that I even made this video – it was the … Continue reading revelations and resonance
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
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
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
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
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
Delivering new product concepts to market – the key value-add and reason-for-being for many organizations – is an elusive process to manage. Over my career, I’ve become fascinated by the challenges of driving meaningful, profitable innovation programs. I want to … Continue reading what’s the value of innovation management?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
