snog london

Snog is a small chain in the UK, riding the wave of “unsweetened” frozen yogurt shops.  The difference is in their store design.  Their latest store, Snog Soho, includes a fantastic ceiling composed of 700 color-changing glass pendants, backed up with some incandescent lighting. Cinimod Studio was the UK-based lighting designer, and details on the custom lighting tech can be found at e-luminate. Continue reading snog london

the ultimate desklamp

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Now this is what I call “intelligent lighting”:   The Personal Robots group at the MIT Media Lab has developed the prototype AUR: a Robotic Desk Lamp.  With full motion robotic arm, color changing light source and mechanical iris as a winking/blinking “eye”, this has to be the most, umm, expressive desk lamp since Pixar’s Luxo Jr.

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