A nice article on in ArchLighting provides more detail on Ketra’s technology and product strategy. Specifically: Like audio speakers, which can act as both loudspeakers and microphones, LEDs can both emit and receive light. Ketra designed a module in which … Continue reading ketra in archlighting
Density is a startup trying to make it easy and cheap to get anonymous counts of people in a physical space, which is valuable information for merchants, customers and even city planners. Such a system inspires some interesting ideas for lighting control … Continue reading density
Via Dezeen. “What is fashion missing? Micro-controllers.” Some wild fashion concepts by Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht that combines 3D printing, embedded lighting, projection mapping, sensors, etc. (not to mention some crazy insane 3D modeling skills!) into some very futuristic ensembles. Gorgeous … Continue reading anouk wipprecht
Via The Verge: Sony is adding the guts of a smartphone into a residential ceiling light, copying some of the concepts of Amazon’s Echo voice-controlled product. If 2016 is the year of connected gadgets doing all the things smartphones can’t, … Continue reading sony’s smart home lighting
Via Dezeen. MX3D is a new research and development company co-founded by Joris Laarman and Tim Geurtjens, which plans to use robots to produce the world’s first functional 3D-printed steel bridge over an Amsterdam canal by 2017. Continue reading MX3D
I’ve been searching for data on funding and revenue for high-growth, VC-backed lighting startups. Here’s a spreadsheet of data I found via web and anecdote. Update 1: Added Ketra to the list. Continue reading lighting startups funding and revenue (updated)
What happens when designers fuse patterns of light into architectural materials? Introducing Philips Luminous Patterns Our team at Philips Luminous Patterns is integrating decorative patterns of light into architectural wall and ceiling systems. We believe that patterns of light in architectural surfaces … Continue reading philips luminous patterns: make a statement with patterns of light
NEMA, representing the big lighting manufacturers, issued its response to the IES’s TM-30-15 proposed standard, and I’m frustrated by their position. It’s classic corporate sandbagging — the legacy lamp manufacturers are clearly trying defeat any new standard, just like they’ve done … Continue reading TM-30-15: a cowardly response from NEMA
Maury Wright from LEDs Magazine gave Luminous Patterns some nice coverage in a recent post. Thanks Maury! Continue reading philips luminous patterns: LEDs Magazine
Via Core77: The Fluid Interfaces group from the MIT Media Lab has an impressive project called the “Reality Editor” that explores the use of augmented reality interfaces to assign “IFTTT” functionality to Internet-of-Things objects that surround us. The potential for … Continue reading reality editor
Philips Luminous Patterns is officially launched: I’m thrilled that Eric Rondolat introduced Luminous Patterns as part of the keynote address for the December 9th Philips Lighting media day event in Eindhoven. Here is our link for the official PR release. Here is the image … Continue reading philips luminous patterns: officially launched
Via DesignBoom: Bodle Technologies is an Oxford tech spin out with a unique technology that creates either color changing reflective surfaces or transmissive surfaces that can selectively control which wavelengths pass. Amazing possibilities for architectural applications, from wall surfaces that can change … Continue reading bodle technologies
Mosaic Lights is a Budapest startup that launched an LED panel that can be installed directly behind transparent or translucent tile. You can see a brief glimpse of the actual product in their installation video. Looks like the LED panel … Continue reading mosaic lights
I hosted a session on embedded lighting for a group of local architects and we captured it to share as a webinar. I cover how fusing lighting into surfaces offers new opportunities to advance modern architectural lighting paradigms; some tips … Continue reading philips luminous patterns: embedded lighting webinar
EDITORS NOTE, JUNE-2019: A contact from Isomi reached out to be asking for a couple updates to this blog post. See quotation below: Would it be possible to update the first paragraph? Isomi isn’t a spinoff of Paul Crofts Studio, … Continue reading isomi light wall
This week is Thanksgiving in the United States, a holiday meant to celebrate the kindness of the American Indians to the earliest European settlers. Without the natives’ help, the first settlers most likely wouldn’t have survived. In that spirit, I … Continue reading giving thanks (for my career)
Gantom is a small California-based specialty manufacturer with a nice line of ultra-compact LED spot lights, including pinspots and even ultra small gobo projectors. Continue reading gantom
RoboFold is a London-based studio that uses robots to fold sheet metal into sculptural architectural forms. The inherent beauty of the intricate shapes creates interesting plays of light and shadow. Integrating lighting directly into these surfaces would create beautiful examples of embedded lighting. … Continue reading robofold
Via Core77: MagicMeasure and MagicPlan by Sensopia are apps that can closely approximate architectural measurements in the field via live interface. For anyone out there conducting lighting audits or preparing for renovation projects… MagicPlan is the leading inside mapping technology on mobile devices … Continue reading magic measure
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