Microsoft, Meta (aka Facebook), and NVIDIA have recently launched high-profile vision pieces showcasing their individual takes on virtual reality systems – what the tech press is currently labeling the “metaverse” – a variant of the broader internet focused on data-enriched … Continue reading an omniverse, a metaverse and a mesh walk into a bar…
Don’t you wish that architectural lighting controls and digital media controls were as tangible, easy and fun to use as old-school guitar stomp pedals? I can’t even play guitar – or any instrument for that matter – but still have … Continue reading architectual stomp pedals
Check out this outstanding new video from Moment Factory and Adobe that dives into the new range of skillsets required for experiential design in architectural/physical//digital placemaking projects. As digital screens, digital projection and digital lighting rapidly evolves, classic design areas … Continue reading the new skills
It sometimes feels as if the architectural lighting industry is so regressive that we can’t consistently dim basic light bulbs, much more manage advanced concepts in digital media. MEANWHILE, in the pastry industry, here’s how they integrate advanced projection-mapped animations … Continue reading luma box projection mapping
A fascinating question: Who will design the digital personality of a physical space? Think about how powerful the “personality” of AI digital assistants are in their design and user acceptance/usability. Siri vs Alexa. Clippy vs Hal. The GPS navigation system … Continue reading who designs the digital personality of a physical space?
Hyper vignette. It’s a term that keeps bouncing around my head when I think of the future of architectural experience design. Let me try to unpack it a bit: Vignette – as in a brief incident or scene (such as … Continue reading hyper vignettes: localizing digital/physical experiences
Here are a few interesting videos on how LED strips, filaments and COB units are produced. Who doesn’t love factory tours!!!! Nice video showing the binning process in detail: Some snapshots of the LED binning process! From a different manufacturer, … Continue reading LED manufacturing videos
Check out this nightclub project in Shanghai, via DesignBoom. It’s fascinating how sci-fi/futuristic this project feels due to its restricted monochromatic interior palette. Although there are few images shown, the lighting gear is clearly RGB(W) strips, RGB pixels up on … Continue reading nightclub GRNDCNTRL
Check out this post on Dezeen for an interesting LED-infused eyemask design intended to help meditation. I have no idea regarding the mask’s effectiveness for its intended task in meditation, but the product photography is exceptionally beautiful – and more … Continue reading lightvision headset
Can we make dissolvable light bulbs? Close to a decade ago, I posted on Lucept about the amazing bio-electronics research of the Rogers Research Group at Northwestern University. Here is a fantastic update video on their efforts, including most recently … Continue reading rogers research group – dissolvable pacemaker
Sinclair Digital is an interesting new startup focused on DC-power and systems integration for hospitality/multi-unit residential applications, which itself spun out from a hospitality development/operator group. Luis Suau, Chief Business Officer from Sinclair Digital found my 2020 ISE SBC presentation … Continue reading sinclair digital
Hyundai recently revealed a concept car with some clever interior lighting – something more akin to an art nouveau style than sci-fi futuristic automotive lighting. I especially love the detail of how the door panels are vacated and beautiful lanterns … Continue reading hyundai ioniq seven concept
DockCase by Seesaw is a Kickstarter project that lays bare the implications of fusing DC power and digital media into an intelligently managed, comprehensive, miniaturized system. There is more in this one unit that shows the future of architectural lighting/digital … Continue reading dockcase USB-C smarthub
LUO-Light is a Helsinki-based lighting startup led by German architect Oliver Walter that has launched a modular, click-together linear lighting system using bamboo for the primary structural element. Exchangeable optics and LED engines. Thanks Panos Loannidis for the original post! Continue reading luo-light
Professor Deborah Dougherty at Rutgers Business School produced a wonderfully concise overview video explaining the concept of innovation management. What is “innovation management” you ask? Included with the video description is an elegantly succinct summary: “Innovation entails integrating technologies and … Continue reading innovation management by deborah dougherty
Adam Fu, aka Adam Fukujita, is a spray paint muralist who produces fantastic street art that looks like neon. The video below is simply a masterclass in how to illustrate conceptual lighting effects! Continue reading adam fu
During this past week’s Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, I visited the fantastic “Beyond Building” showhome. Created by Biobased Creations from Amsterdam, they’ve created a compelling construction materials library called The Exploded View with a nice survey of materials that … Continue reading the exploded view – biomaterials library
Microsoft continues its tradition of futurism, this time winning a Red Dot Design award for a concept called “Flowspace Pod.” The integrated lighting on both sides of the pod really caught my eye: Surrounding the large adjustable touchscreen (which reminds … Continue reading microsoft’s flowspace pod
Some extraordinary beautiful and inspiring art by Danny Ivan, a Portuguese 3D visualization artist who has produced gorgeous graphics for numerous major tech companies. Oozing rich color blends, translucency, and wild curving forms, this art looks like something Zaha Hadid … Continue reading danny ivan: 3D imagery maker
In watching the terrific online class “Leading Like a Futurist” by Lisa Kay Solomon on LinkedIn Learning, I came across this great concept for a “cone of possibility” that diagrams the ability to see multiple futures – such a key … Continue reading cone of possibility
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