Sunlight Inside is a new startup that was personally founded by a cleantech VC investor, Konrad Jarausch. The company launched an Indiegogo campaign for a nice little desk lamp they’re calling “Bottled Sunshine” with a color-temperature changing module supplied from … Continue reading sunlight inside
Gantri is a San Francisco startup that is using 3D-printing to produce a line of light fixtures. 3D printing greatly reduces the cost and the time associated with traditional product development, requiring no cap-ex or leads times for expensive custom … Continue reading gantri
My friends at The Black Tank just released a cool new video showing off their operation. I love the “maker space” vibe of their office, labs and even production facility – it reminds me very much of the glorious early … Continue reading the black tank
Remember Indiglo? Well…just when you thought EL (electroluminescent) tech was dead and buried, it keeps coming back alive. First through Lumilor’s cool spray-on techniques, and now through Future Illuminations heavy duty fabric applications. They state about their new VynEL line: … Continue reading indiglo strikes back: future illuminations
I’m not familiar with Ansel and haven’t seen their product firsthand (so don’t view this as an endorsement), but wow…what a gorgeous product video from a few years ago. Feels like an IronMan movie… One tech piece caught my eye … Continue reading ansel orbio video
If perhaps your hacked-together Arduino project is suddenly looking a little shy of “professional grade” in front of your client, and you need some seriously heavy-duty show-control and A/V gear, check out the industrial controls supplier Beckhoff. Beckhoff has taken their … Continue reading beckhoff
During a recent trip to Copenhagen I visited Ilums Bolighus, the HUGE Scandinavian design emporium (seriously…if you’re a design nut, this one store is worth a trip to Denmark) and came across some unusually shaped and exquisitely detailed LED-lamps from a UK-startup … Continue reading tala
I like this chandelier concept called “Transforma” by Toronto designer Jacob Antoni – it reminds me of a Hoberman sphere. The chandelier is a beautiful integration of LED lighting into wood. Yet I also see lots of opportunity to use … Continue reading transforma by jacob antoni
If Buckminster Fuller was a lighting designer, he would have created this… Ligeo is an interesting lighting concept from German company GiP Innovation Tools, which I came across at the recent Euroshop 2017 show. I love how they took the essence … Continue reading ligeo
Via Core77.com, an interesting concept for a luminous retractable shade from Siyu Lou, a young Chinese industrial designer. I definitely see application for a concept such as this in cramped urban areas or for dark northern locales. I also like … Continue reading glowing shade concept
LumiGram is a French company that produces fiber-optic-based luminous fabric. LumiGram has some fascinating projects on their website ranging from fashion to architecture. For example, a Zac Posen designed dress for Claire Danes at the 2016 Met Gala: A very … Continue reading lumigram
As part of our Philips Luminous Patterns development efforts, Eline Slingerland developed virtual models of our products using the Unreal Engine as part of her internship at Philips Research. Unreal is normally a game development engine for serious Xbox and … Continue reading philips luminous patterns – virtual reality rendering experiments
Found this on Core77.com: “Caia” is a crowd funded robotic, portable, solar-powered heliostat for residential use. Check out Selenica’s Indigogo site for the pitch. Pretty cool…for those of you who live in sunny climes. For those of us in the … Continue reading crowd funded heliostat
Nice to see my old friends at Ecosense Lighting launch a creative new spot-lighting product series called Rise. The compact modular design and bracketing options are interesting and finally an evolution beyond the usual spot light designs. Plus a full … Continue reading ecosense lighting – rise
Via Designboom. The winning project page can be found here. Diffus Design in partnership with Saint Gobain Research propose a combination of etextiles, LED, and OLED to create an embedded lighting concept for soft, acoustic ceiling tiles. According to the … Continue reading diffus design and saint gobain win LG OLED competition
A video detailing our two projects we displayed at Dutch Design Week and Glow Festival. They are still on display at the gorgeous Kazerne gallery and restaurant in Eindhoven – so treat yourself to a fabulous dinner with the future … Continue reading philips lighting at dutch design week
Mental Canvas is a Yale University spin-out that is launching an innovative hybrid 2D/3D sketching software. They recently went public in a big way being featured as part of Microsoft’s launch of the cool Surface Studio product . I can imagine … Continue reading mental canvas
Schnick Schnack Systems is a Cologne-based manufacturer of professional grade LED components for custom media-wall or embedded lighting installations across a range of applications, including tradeshows, architecture and art pieces. They have some really beautiful project examples on their site. Continue reading schnick schnack systems
Toronto startup Nanoleaf launched a modular, triangulated luminous wall panel system called Aurora. What a fascinating design – ultra thin, RGBW, wifi-connected, with a nicely designed interconnect. It really drives home the amazing innovative potential of embedded lighting – even for … Continue reading nanoleaf aurora
MSTICK is fascinating concept for a portable, battery operated, Bluetooth connected, app-controlled, multi-pixel light wand. The US/Korean based company lists an amazing range of usage concepts for it, from audio visualizer to ambient data (like weather reports) to bike light … Continue reading mstick by molt
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