igor tech
Igor-Tech is yet another Iowa-based startup launching a Power-over-Ethernet lighting solution. Not much yet in the way of details on their site, but it looks like another commercial office-focused system design. Continue reading igor tech
Category: Creative Manufacturers
innovative lighting
Innovative Lighting is a startup based in a small town in Iowa that is developing a PoE lighting system they are branding Genisys (Iowa of all places…where my dad goes for antique John Deere meet ups!). I’m impressed by their progress – … Continue reading innovative lighting
xenio
Xenio is a San Francisco spin-off from Bridgelux lighting that is positioning itself as a “smart” lighting system — firmly in the trendy IoT field. Their beginning product line is pushing a DC-based system, basically adding intelligence to Bridgelux modules. Curious … Continue reading xenio
philips luminous carpets – interview
Nice interview with Bernd Voelpel, my colleague from Philips Lighting who heads the Luminous Carpets venture team. Shot at the 09-December global media day event in Eindhoven. Continue reading philips luminous carpets – interview
sony’s smart home lighting
Via The Verge: Sony is adding the guts of a smartphone into a residential ceiling light, copying some of the concepts of Amazon’s Echo voice-controlled product. If 2016 is the year of connected gadgets doing all the things smartphones can’t, … Continue reading sony’s smart home lighting
MX3D
Via Dezeen. MX3D is a new research and development company co-founded by Joris Laarman and Tim Geurtjens, which plans to use robots to produce the world’s first functional 3D-printed steel bridge over an Amsterdam canal by 2017. Continue reading MX3D
philips luminous patterns: make a statement with patterns of light
What happens when designers fuse patterns of light into architectural materials? Introducing Philips Luminous Patterns Our team at Philips Luminous Patterns is integrating decorative patterns of light into architectural wall and ceiling systems. We believe that patterns of light in architectural surfaces … Continue reading philips luminous patterns: make a statement with patterns of light
philips luminous patterns: officially launched
Philips Luminous Patterns is officially launched: I’m thrilled that Eric Rondolat introduced Luminous Patterns as part of the keynote address for the December 9th Philips Lighting media day event in Eindhoven. Here is our link for the official PR release. Here is the image … Continue reading philips luminous patterns: officially launched
mosaic lights
Mosaic Lights is a Budapest startup that launched an LED panel that can be installed directly behind transparent or translucent tile. You can see a brief glimpse of the actual product in their installation video. Looks like the LED panel … Continue reading mosaic lights
isomi light wall
EDITORS NOTE, JUNE-2019: A contact from Isomi reached out to be asking for a couple updates to this blog post. See quotation below: Would it be possible to update the first paragraph? Isomi isn’t a spinoff of Paul Crofts Studio, … Continue reading isomi light wall
gantom
Gantom is a small California-based specialty manufacturer with a nice line of ultra-compact LED spot lights, including pinspots and even ultra small gobo projectors. Continue reading gantom
robofold
RoboFold is a London-based studio that uses robots to fold sheet metal into sculptural architectural forms. The inherent beauty of the intricate shapes creates interesting plays of light and shadow. Integrating lighting directly into these surfaces would create beautiful examples of embedded lighting. … Continue reading robofold
cabs design
Cabs Design is a German design company that offers a line of felt products for architectural applications, including a couple of interesting luminaries constructed of felt. The CALM light panel consists of LED points in a felt surface. The CONE … Continue reading cabs design
atelier robotiq
Atelier Robotiq is a Rotterdam-based startup using CNC-woven lightweight 3D structures for decorative pendants. According to their site: Atelier Robotiq experiments with fibers and robotic weaving techniques to make lightweight 3D fiber structures with geometrical weave patterns. The Fiber Pattern … Continue reading atelier robotiq
lithos design
Lithos Design is an Italian stone fabricator that has launched an interesting back-lit stone tile system. A standard light box of 60 cm X 60 cm is faced with sculpted, translucent stone tiles to create luminous wall surfaces. Check out the … Continue reading lithos design
lighting wallpaper
Lighting Wallpaper is a small Czech startup launching screen-printed electroluminescent decorative wall tiles. They are an offshoot of ELON Technologies, a company that specializes in producing electroluminescent-animated posters for advertising. It reminds me very much of Jonas Samson’s design concept from 2008, and it … Continue reading lighting wallpaper
blue point engineering
If you ever need some totally crazy DMX converter or interface (such as, if you need to use DMX to control pneumatic systems, DMX to control R/C systems, DMX to drive stepper motors!!!), try Blue Point Engineering. I haven’t used them personally, but came across their absolutely CRAZY collection of custom electronics. As their site says: One of the main goal of Blue Point Engineering LLC. is to provide a product line of low cost, high quality, hardware, electronics, and supplies used in animatronics, robotics, entertainment industry and technology education for both the hobbyist and professional designers, Imagineers and dreamers … Continue reading blue point engineering
philips luminous patterns: first videos
For the past three years I’ve been leading the development of Philips Luminous Patterns. I will be publishing more posts on Luminous Patterns in the future, but as a teaser, here are our first marketing videos: Continue reading philips luminous patterns: first videos
lovlit candle
Joshua Jameson reached out to me with his “Lovlit” Kickstarter project, an Internet connected LED-based “candle” that responds to touch to remotely illuminate paired candles. Joshua reached out to me because of the LumiTouch project that me and a team of graduate … Continue reading lovlit candle
erogear
EroGear is a small startup launching a flexible, BlueTooth connected, monochromatic white LED media display for personal use. Continue reading erogear
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