Marset Illuminacion from Badalona Spain wins my personal prize for “Sexiest Use of Cheap Particle Board EVER“. In fact, when I first saw their booth from a short distance, it looked like some elegant, minimalist Tadao Ando design, albeit with … Continue reading l+b: Marset
From Inc., the following is a terrific article by Geoffrey James that actually goes far beyond just how “bosses” should perform, and into general principles on why some companies succeed in creating great places to work and others slowly choke the life out of their people. A few years back, I interviewed some of the most successful CEOs in the world in order to discover their management secrets. I learned that the “best of the best” tend to share the following eight core beliefs. 1. Business is an ecosystem, not a battlefield. Average bosses see business as a conflict between companies, departments … Continue reading 8 core beliefs of extraordinary bosses
Hewlett Packard is venturing into large scale, ultra-hi-def video walls cable of 3D projection in a project called the HP Photon Engine. The accompanying video states that over the next year, HP will be taking this out on a “custom … Continue reading hp photon engine
German firm Domus had a cool little desk lamp named Mia made out of heavy felt. I loved the five-in-a-row iMac-esque presentation of the color options. Also…Domus’ website had a nice infographic: Their product timeline displayed like the rings of … Continue reading l+b: Domus
Ben Wirth Licht from Munich had a couple creative designs exploring alternate uses of circuit boards. I found these interesting mostly because they explore the dematerialization of traditional light fixtures. They dispense with the traditional enclosure of a fixture and leave behind … Continue reading l+b: BenWirth Licht
Light + Building has a special area showcasing recent graduates hoping to launch their own product design firms. Three in particular caught my eye. Daniel Becker Design Studio from Berlin was again showing a gorgeous modular lighting system called “Sparks”. … Continue reading l+b: young designers showcase
Artemide continues to be, well…Artemide. Essentially a hoity-toity collection of art pieces, never-the-less their art involves some creative uses of light and they certainly have some winners. And for sure: If you have to ask how much they cost, you … Continue reading l+b:Artemide
Seeing the innovative fixture from Fonckel with a “controllable light beam” is satisfying to me on a different level: Fonckel is demonstrating that LEDs have hit a low enough price point to enable more creative uses of light that have long been … Continue reading solid state beam shaping
Fonckel is a small startup company “spun out” from the Technical University/Eindhoven. Their first product is a small table lamp with an extremely creative control interface: A capacity touch system on the top of the fixture lets you use natural … Continue reading l+b:Fonckel
From Vimeo, an awesome video posted by Richard Kendall with the following description: Splice Boys: Tom Brandon, Richard Kendall and Crew, – 96 camera rig, 30s sequential exposure. – A lot of running around with lights. – Also combining manual … Continue reading painting with light
At Light+Building I had a chance to talk with Angus Hutcheson, the Chief Designer/Founder of Ango, which I had previously written about last year. Angus was a most gracious host and clearly takes great pride in his creations. One can … Continue reading l+b: Ango
“The term ‘innovation’ dated back to the sixteenth-century England. Originally it described the introduction into society of a novelty or new idea…innovation began to fill a descriptive gap. If an idea begat a [scientific] discovery, and if a discovery begat an [engineered] invention, then an innovation defined the lengthy and wholesale transformation of an idea into a technological product (or process) meant for widespread practical use. Almost by defintion, a single person, or even a single group, could not alone create an innovation. The task was too variegated and involved.” Quoted from The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age … Continue reading the meaning of “innovation”
Panasonic and its acquired Vossloh-Schwabe division had a very strong component and module showing at Light + Building. Two products especially caught my eye, a linear Zhaga compliant module and a socketed OLED module. Panasonic and VS were showing a … Continue reading l+b: Panasonic & Vossloh Schwabe
CeramTec is a German company that makes ceramic-based moldings, extrusions and sheet products. Ceramics have two great characteristics: Electrical isolation and thermal conductivity. Circuit traces can be silk-screened right onto the ceramic parts and electrical components like LEDs can be … Continue reading l+b: CeramTec
Delta Light was founded by a designer, and that focus on design clearly permeates throughout their company. From their gorgeous Belgium HQ factory and showroom, to the catalog filled with world-class architectural projects, to their finely-honed product line, Delta Light … Continue reading l+b: DeltaLight
XAL continues to impress me. I remember a decade ago when we first received XAL’s catalogue in the states. They had a nice little line of decorative xenon-lamp based products (hence the name, Xenon Architectural Lighting). Who would have thought … Continue reading l+b: XAL booth
“Remember, more candles are sold today than when they were the only source of light. So there are a lot of legacy technologies that will remain viable for many decades.” From EdisonReport.net, in an interview with outgoing President of Philips Lighting North America, Zia Eftekhar. Continue reading quote
London-based Rousseau Design sent me this image of a kitchen design project they recently completed with integrated lighting just below the countertop. Nice detail…very subtle but it really energizes the space. The PR release emphasizes the play of different shades and … Continue reading rousseau designs – kitchen project
22 hours of walking and talking… 15 seperate exhibit halls… Endless corridors… M.C. Escher-like escalators… Throngs of people… Movenpick ice-cream cones… Sore feet… IT MUST BE LIGHT + BUILDING TIME! Light + Building is just enormous, inspiring, overwhelming, and awesome…all … Continue reading light + building 2012
Unfortunately, I discovered this after the event took place, but the 2011 Shape To Fabrication conference in London looked very interesting, exploring advanced parametric 3D shape design and fabrication techniques. Hopefully they will schedule another conference in the future. Continue reading shape to fabrication
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