According to Bloomberg: Royal Philips NV’s lighting division is attracting interest from a number of the world’s largest private-equity firms, in a deal that could value the unit at about 5.5 billion euros ($6 billion), Continue reading the sharks are circling…
“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” – Mario Andretti Thanks to my colleague Peter Earle who added this comment on a Linked In message… Continue reading competitive innovation
Cabs Design is a German design company that offers a line of felt products for architectural applications, including a couple of interesting luminaries constructed of felt. The CALM light panel consists of LED points in a felt surface. The CONE … Continue reading cabs design
A very scary view of what might be the near future for virtual or augmented reality technology. Do we need interior design if we have virtual worlds built into our eyeballs? You wouldn’t even need architectural lighting – the interface … Continue reading “sight systems” short movie
Corning has a pretty cool vision of the future, but this really takes the cake: Corning’s Willow Glass so flexible that it can be rolled up and used like a laminate. It is shatter resistant and can even be cut with … Continue reading corning willow glass
I’m completely captivated by the gorgeous, sensuous, and decidedly dark office interiors included in the November 2015 issue of Wallpaper in a piece called “High Office”. The use of dark & sumptuous materials, high gloss surfaces, high contrast levels, brilliant light sources … Continue reading high office – low lux
Atelier Robotiq is a Rotterdam-based startup using CNC-woven lightweight 3D structures for decorative pendants. According to their site: Atelier Robotiq experiments with fibers and robotic weaving techniques to make lightweight 3D fiber structures with geometrical weave patterns. The Fiber Pattern … Continue reading atelier robotiq
Excellent video describing the science behind light: What is Light? by Kurzgesagt Continue reading what is light?
GE is spinning out a new organization called Current that combines its lighting group with energy generation, storage and management technologies to create a comprehensive energy management service offering for large customers. Check out the coverage from Fortune and the New … Continue reading current by ge
Most of the key tech innovations in the lighting industry are coming from outside of the lighting industry. And even though most of the “digital” tech is based on open-standards, some of the most lighting-applicable tech is not common. For … Continue reading microsemi
California-based Numinous is launching NuLEDs, another entrant with a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) LED lighting system. I say “another” because they remind me very much of the old Redwood Systems and of course, the PoE system Philips Lighting has launched. Continue reading nuleds
L.E.S.S. Lighting is a Swiss based startup with an apparently novel new form of light source they call “nano fiber lighting”. According to their site: L.E.S.S. (“Light Efficient Systems”) introduces the next generation of distributed lighting systems as a new alternative to today’s LEDs or discharge tubes. Based on an active nanostructured fiber of the thickness of a human hair, our technology generates high quality light that exhibits both ultra-uniformity and brightness characteristics, surpassing today’s quality standards. In addition, the thinness of our fiber offers a high integration potential and unlimited design potential. Here is an article on their history/success. Their … Continue reading l.e.s.s. lighting
Lithos Design is an Italian stone fabricator that has launched an interesting back-lit stone tile system. A standard light box of 60 cm X 60 cm is faced with sculpted, translucent stone tiles to create luminous wall surfaces. Check out the … Continue reading lithos design
TiltBrush is a prototype virtual reality painting system. Below is an awesome example of painting in 3D space while wearing a VR headset. Especially cool is the ability to paint “light” as a brush — sort of like paint with … Continue reading tilt brush and vr
Via Dezeen: Olympus Photography Playground “Swarm” installation by Austrian arts collective Neon Golden. I really appreciate seeing the “behind the scenes” video, too! Continue reading swarm
TeamLab is a Tokyo-based creative group with some strikingly beautiful interactive installations that make clever use of projection mapping and physical interaction. I’ve included just a few of my favorites, but check out their site to see their other amazing projects. … Continue reading teamlab
Lighting Wallpaper is a small Czech startup launching screen-printed electroluminescent decorative wall tiles. They are an offshoot of ELON Technologies, a company that specializes in producing electroluminescent-animated posters for advertising. It reminds me very much of Jonas Samson’s design concept from 2008, and it … Continue reading lighting wallpaper
What lux level is required to get the job done? Continue reading task lighting
There is an emerging field called optogenetics that is combing optics with genetics to modify the activities of brains. Researchers genetically modify certain neurons to activate when they receive pulses of light. This is part of the medical field that is studying how … Continue reading optogenetics
The IES has put forth a new color metric standard that is far more comprehensive then the old CRI (Ra) measurement system. It will take time, but I hope manufacturers and specifiers alike adopt the new system. For a more in depth discussion, check out this Architectural Lighting article. Below is the information from the DOE SSL Postings email: A New Method for Evaluating Color Rendition The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has just published an important technical memorandum, TM-30-15, which outlines a new system for evaluating the color rendition of light sources. It was developed by an IES task group that … Continue reading TM-30-15 color measurement standard
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