OFF THE LEASH! A funny description of my Get a Grip podcast episode with hosts Michael Colligan and Greg Ehrich, as I implore the various constituents in the lighting industry to take responsibility as we collectively try to find real … Continue reading get a grip on lighting podcast episode
YouSolar is a Santa Clara startup with a heavy duty solar/DC-based nanogrid system called PowerBloc for large/luxury residential or light commercial applications. To clip from their site: Say Hello to the PowerBloc. The YouSolar PowerBloc® is a solar nanogrid that … Continue reading yousolar
I recently presented Immersive Digital Experiences: Hospitality & Healthcare at the Integrate Middle East conference. Unfortunately the sessions were not recorded, but below is a PDF copy of my slide deck for posterity. Sorry its missing all the videos! ABSTRACT: … Continue reading integrate middle east 2023
My hot take immediately after watching Apple’s Vision Pro VR/AR goggle launch:1. Luxury Isolation: A perfect entertainment product for an increasingly isolated, lonely world. Continuing on the social isolation that smartphones created, this product will be a compelling luxury entertainment … Continue reading apple vision pro launch
LET ME START WITH THE CLIFFHANGER OF THIS POST: Let me review: The group CEO of the Fortune 500 company is very publicly preaching circular economy as key to growth. The divisional CEO loves the product concept and is bugging … Continue reading dead projects club, part 2: the cradle-to-cradle LED pendant
Architects and interior designers recognize that digital elements are rapidly fusing into the built environment – sometimes referred to as “phygital” experiences. But too often designers have been burned by fancy promises of “digital experiences” that turned out to be … Continue reading don’t fear the phygital
Check out this well-considered video analyzing why Apple’s newer, post-pandemic style of product launch events are so successful. I made some quick notes of the 10 key items Arun Maini raises, below: 10. Feel Good Factor – “be a part … Continue reading understanding apple’s product launch events
Acuity Lighting is launching a new DC power platform for architectural luminaires called DC2DC with a DCHUB component. Check out this in-depth article from LEDsMagazine on the specifics of the system. I’ve been a vocal proponent of the adoption of … Continue reading acuity DC2DC architecture
“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” –Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, by his own admission, must have been a world class thief. And you know what every other “artist” or “creative” is? A thief. Gathering, stealing and plundering ideas that they … Continue reading A.I. is democratizing imagination
What would it be like to step into a shower and be transported to a visually rich, technicolor wonderland of motion? Abstract biomimetic patterns, flying through the cosmos, motion graphics of wonderous richness. With the steam and the water pulsating … Continue reading steamy pixels
Check out this amazing new construction tour of the insane MSG Sphere in Las Vegas with Bono and the Edge of U2. The scale is awesome. U2 has the experience in such massive arenas that I can’t wait to see … Continue reading U2 at msg sphere in las vegas
I was in Milan this week for 2023 edition of the Salone del Mobile. This was my fifth time attending the Salone, so I didn’t intend to take many pictures, just some reference photos for my own creative projects — … Continue reading salone del mobile 2023
This YouTube video from Epic Light Media really caught my attention – it shows how cheap LCD-based “virtual walls” can already be used to profoundly change the concept of physical space. What 3 years ago was the sci-fi province of … Continue reading how to make a TV WINDOW look real
For the past year I’ve been running a LinkedIn marketing campaign promoting…ummm…myself. Seeking either project work for Koerner Design or a new full time gig. I just noticed that I surpassed 100,000 LinkedIn impressions across the past 365 days. Considering … Continue reading 100k / 365 on linkedin
Journey is a new restaurant in New York City that makes extensive use of digital storytelling via projection mapping effects and large digital surfaces throughout the space. Very similar in concept to what Tablemation Studios produces using anamorphosis/forced-perspective faux-3D effects. … Continue reading journey nyc
Can immersive digital experiences transform healthcare? Can architectural-scale digital surfaces and visually stunning live content help patients recover faster? What happens if we take the typical beige plastic purgatories known as patient rooms and transform them into technicolor feasts for … Continue reading healing pixels
I had such a wonderful time attending and presenting at the Design Management Institute Madrid 2023 Conference the past two days. For those who want the slide deck from my conference session “From Pencils to Pitchdecks: Transforming Yourself into a … Continue reading from pencils to pitchdecks: dmi madrid 2023
These are early stage “mood board” AI renderings exploring darkness as a luxurious, sumptuous experience – and what new forms of decorative lighting concepts may stem from those designs. “So benumbed are we nowadays by electric lights that we have … Continue reading sumptuous darkness
Via Sixteen:Nine: Experience design firm Moment Factory has completed a very interesting hotel lobby project at the Grand Magic Hotel near Disneyland Paris that extensively uses digital signage, digital projection and digital lighting as primary architectural elements. The overall effect … Continue reading grand magic hotel by moment factory
Swedish lighting conglomerate Fagerhult has launched a beautiful new sustainable wooden linear pendant named the Kvisten series. Kvisten is made of birch plywood and espouses many of the core principles I put forth over the past decade: Use the high … Continue reading fagerhult kvisten
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