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
Most of the time I’m looking towards the future of lighting. But sometimes I’m blown away by a project that so embodies the present state-of-the-art, that its worthy of inclusion. I came across the WH1 House, a vacation home in … Continue reading wh1 house by kdva architects
Some vintage images for my old Color Kinetics colleagues. Circa April 2007, our very first “MegaBlast” prototype at the old 10 Milk Street office location in the Financial District of Downtown Boston. Our engineers put the first prototype optics on … Continue reading megablast
Six years ago I covered the efforts by decorative resin panel supplier 3Form to setup a specialty lighting studio called LightArt. Nice to see those efforts continuing, along with some really creative new pieces. I love their integration of felt into … Continue reading lightart by 3form
Fashion house Balenciaga recently had a phenomenal catwalk staging, a rather intimate LED tunnel that was used for some incredible visual effects. Designed by Canadian filmaker Jon Rafman, the LED panels were supplied by Shenzen-based InfiLED. Unfortunately I can’t find … Continue reading balenciaga LED tunnel
Interesting, ultra-compact recessed linear LED cove profiles from ProLed. Thin enough to fit in the space of the gypsum board. Continue reading proled cove profiles
Mario Romano is a Santa Monica-based designer and manufacturer of decorative CNC-carved Corian walls. Romano has created some beautiful and very unique relief patterns and architectural cladding systems. Continue reading mario romano
SOFTlab continues to design and fabricate some impressive installation pieces. Their latest (via Designboom) is an office lobby art piece they describe as a “light organ”. But I like it especially because it reminds me of the projects my team … Continue reading softlab – 315 montgomery
For those of you who are enamored with VR, I remember Disney trialing VR in EPCOT as early as 1994. Sure enough, I found a video of the experience: Amazing tech for the time, but goes to show that in … Continue reading disney vision – old school vr
LightnTec is a German-based startup founded in 2016 that is developing and launching an LED media display produced on an ultra-thin, flexible, translucent foil substrate. And the product can be cut in-field too, as you can see in their video … Continue reading LightnTec
Some stunning lighting design inspiration can be found in the showreel for Maxon’s Cinema 4D software. Check it out: Continue reading maxon cinema 4d showreel
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
Seeper is a British studio that specializes in experience creation. Check out their very interesting work ranging from attractions to events to digital experience R&D. I love their catch-line: “Our mission is to create awe + wonder by designing and … Continue reading seeper
Specialty LED components company VCC is introducing a sheet-style LED back-lighting solution called VentoFlex. The VCC design is flexible, able to be tiled and cut to fit (along predefined patterns). Here is their VCC VentoFlex-Brochure and VCC VentoFlex-Datasheet. It seems … Continue reading vcc ventoflex
Check out these visually arresting interactive walls by New York artist Daniel Rozin. Rozin constructs of rotating matrices of creative objects like pieces of wood, pieces of rusty metal, even troll dolls – that rotate to create digital patterns of light … Continue reading daniel rozin
Circadian Light is a startup located outside of Boston producing lighting fixtures that purport to offer real circadian rhythm control over blue light spectra. Looks like they are starting with basic troffers. I don’t much about them, but they’ve posted … Continue reading circadian light
Check out this visually innovative and inspiring video from Populous on the future of eSports events. A few screen shots below. Lots of inspiration here for architectural media systems. And check out this great article from Blooloop on the growing … Continue reading eSports arenas
Agnetix is a new startup in the booming horticultural “grow light” category. Liquid cooling for very high-power LED fixtures in a controlled industrial environment makes a lot of sense for multiple reasons. But what especially caught my eye: It was co-founded … Continue reading agnetix
Check out this amazing LED media display at Krasnodar, a Russian football stadium. A curving display that wraps around the entire stadium and varies in height for an impressive effect. The screen is made by Unilumin and has a total … Continue reading krasnodar stadium LED display
Glimm Screens is a Dutch-based producer of optical films that has expanded into a riot of creative architectural and display media systems. They mention: projection foil, projection films, projection screens for front and rear projection, glass displays, holographic solutions, interactive … Continue reading glimm screens
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