DBM Reflex is a Canadian company that specializes in optical moldings for the automotive industry, specifically tail-lights. The design in some of these light pipes is amazingly complex and precise. So I ask: If Richard Kelly were alive today, what … Continue reading dbm reflex
Via DesignBoom, a Renault concept car developed by Ross Lovegrove that was just launched in Milan. I’m not saying that I particularly like this as a car per se, but I love the future-take on using integral textures of light. … Continue reading renault twin ‘z concept by ross lovegrove
Throughout the galleries of the Rijksmuseum, there is a noticeable perception of visual clarity in the lighting. Two key factors, which are often not considered during the specification process, resulted in this success: Crisp shadows and the consistent, matched spectral … Continue reading rijksmuseum: crisp and consistent
Here is a collection of Rijksmuseum images I captured at the end of the project, throughout the myriad of different galleries. Visiting the Rijksmuseum is a delight because of the variety of spaces and rich mixture of artwork contained within … Continue reading rijksmuseum: image library
On April 13, 2013, the enormous Rijksmuseum, the national museum of the Netherlands and one of the largest and most prominent museums in the world, is reopening after a massive ten-year, €375m renovation. I will state my personal enthusiasm for the … Continue reading rijksmuseum: the future of LED lighting has arrived
As I covered previously, Audi has been creating some fabulous new headlight designs. This round, they are exploiting one of the more exciting aspects of LED technology: The ability to use redundant LEDs within a single fixture to create something I … Continue reading audi matrix headlights
In February I presented “The Next Evolution of Lighting” at the 2013 Strategies In Light conference, held at Santa Clara, California, the heart of Silicon Valley. I specifically submitted to Strategies in Light because it has a strong focus on the … Continue reading the next evolution of lighting: LEDs Magazine
In the future…there will be no veiling glare. This fun vision of the future has been out for a couple years, but I just came across it. Very much in line with Microsoft’s Future Vision series, Corning presents some very … Continue reading a day made of glass
A heartwarming TED Talk about Richard Turere, a young Kenyan boy who invented a lighting system for living peacefully with lions: Richard Turere is a young Maasai man who lives in the wilderness of the Kenya savanna, on the edge … Continue reading richard turere’s lion lights
Wow! What an image! An incredible rendering found on a Behance.net project page by Jon Bailey. Continue reading y[our-s]ukkah
Are you a lighting person afraid of shadows? Beaten down by endless lighting calculations and feeling like a code compliance zombie? Then find some inspiration in the exquisite visual art from Gabriel Zambrano, the graphic designer aka Greyfaced, on either … Continue reading greyfaced
Via Dezeen: An undulating canopy of cardboard tubes by American studio Cristina Parreño Architecture and students from MIT hovered over visitors at the ARCOMadrid art fair in Spain last month. Overall, it is a bit much for me, particularly at … Continue reading paper chandeliers
Via Dezeen, an interesting contemporary art center project by Madrid architects Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos in Cordoba, Spain, with a beautiful illuminated facade. According to Dezeen: Hexagonal funnels stretch down from the roof to channel natural light into concentrated spaces. Meanwhile, tiny … Continue reading cordoba contemporary art center
Another excellent rebuttal piece on the garbage “LED’s destroy paintings!” media reports, this time from Lighting Magazine. Plus a funny cartoon… All visible light causes fading, one way or another. Phrased a different way in this article: “If you can see … Continue reading you’ve been framed: LEDs cleared of Van Gogh damage
Via Inhabitat: Internally luminous “green walls” made of recycled plastic by Taipei-based company Miniwiz. From the Inhabitat post: Taipei-based Miniwiz just unveiled a brand new system that transforms old bottles into gorgeous glowing green walls! Dubbed Verti-Cult, the system is made from 100% … Continue reading verti-cult by miniwiz
Via Kickstarter, an interesting Austin-based startup company called Ube that is developing WIFI-enabled dimmers, outlets, plug adapters and of course, the corresponding control apps for mobile devices. The team behind this looks to have quite a bit of experience in … Continue reading ube
Via my UK-based Linked-In colleagues: A great article/recap in Lux Magazine of a presentation by Sainsbury’s Mark Hawker, Head of Engineering. Sainsbury is a large grocery retailer in the UK; the article briefly mentions that they’ve opened a 100% LED … Continue reading half of lighting suppliers don’t understand their products
In a recent issue of LEDsMagazine, an excellent pro-Zhaga piece written by Philips’ very own Menno Treffers, who is the General Secretary of the Consortium. Menno is the Senior Director of Standardization at Philips, and not just specifically lighting (he also is … Continue reading zhaga – LEDsMagazine
According to GreenTech Media, Acuity Lighting recently acquired Adura Technologies, a startup focused on wireless controls solutions for the energy retrofit space. Good for them, a cash exit is what most of these startups want. Unfortunately for the industry, there seems … Continue reading startups vs. the establishment
Many of you might have heard of the recent sensationalist and inappropriate headlines that implied “LEDs destroy paintings!!!” I want to point all of you to an excellent rebuttal piece written by MondoARC: “Study wrongly implies LED to blame for … Continue reading warning: PR releases maybe dangerous to LEDs
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