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  • the future of lighting series
    • six disruptive trends in architectural lighting
    • smart signage concept for retail shelving
    • virtual production and its impact on the real world?
    • hyper vignettes: localizing digital/physical experiences
    • 5 tips to prevent digital signage burnout
    • trends in digital media for athletic facilities
    • active objects, surfaces and zones
    • media-driven vs data-driven environments
    • next evolution of lighting
    • wrap your spaces in social media
    • embedded lighting series
    • the future of office design?
    • the DC powered building
    • koerner design wins US DOE sustainable luminaire design competition
  • innovation management
    • what’s the value of innovation management?
    • the 3 sins of innovation theater
    • the innovation attitude matrix
    • innovation management: marketing vs product marketing vs sales communications
    • elon musk’s 5 step R&D strategy
    • Business thinking for designers
    • being a good product manager = listening, synthesis, advocacy
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Category: Future Lighting

Looking ahead to the future of lighting design.

Future Lighting

blurred lines: immersive digital experiences in retail

December 7, 2022 Brad Koerner

I’ve been messing around using Midjourney AI image generation to explore the fusion of immersive digital experiences in retail and hospitality applications. The random nature of Midjourney is so powerful in creating design “mood boards” — most of the trials … Continue reading blurred lines: immersive digital experiences in retail

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the battle for the data in your spaces

November 9, 2022November 8, 2022 Brad Koerner

Who will control the data flowing into and out of the built environment – and how will they be able to influence occupant behavior? Whether or not we realize it, there is a revolution occurring that is poised to deeply … Continue reading the battle for the data in your spaces

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every light source is a pixel

November 8, 2022 Brad Koerner

In many of my conference presentations over the years, I’ve stated: Every pixel is a light source; every light source is a pixel. The first part of that phrase, every pixel is a light source, is intuitively easy for most … Continue reading every light source is a pixel

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LED displays at schiphol

October 25, 2022 Brad Koerner

Just a couple quick videos of direct-view LED displays in retail applications at Schiphol airport here in Amsterdam. Many folks haven’t caught up to the fact that “video screens” can now be in any shape, format or size needed. Direct-view … Continue reading LED displays at schiphol

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google jacquard

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 Brad Koerner

Over the years, there have been many interesting ideas about the use of smart textiles/etextiles for architectural applications. But despite the artistic and technical potential, none have really gone anywhere commercially. Regardless, here is an interesting R+D experiment from Google … Continue reading google jacquard

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every surface a screen: the video!

June 17, 2022August 19, 2022 Brad Koerner

I’m thrilled to share my presentation from this year’s Smart Building Conference in Barcelona. Let’s explore how the fusion of physical/digital is rapidly transforming retail, hospitality and many other applications! Check out the YouTube video below, and if you like … Continue reading every surface a screen: the video!

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midjourney AI

June 6, 2022June 17, 2022 Brad Koerner

Will lighting designers be replaced by AI? Is that a scandalous enough proposition to start this post with? Automation via machine learning is a scary topic to many, with the belief that route, repetitive jobs are at risk of machine … Continue reading midjourney AI

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minority report turns 20: the future of layered realities

April 11, 2022 Brad Koerner

The Steven Spielberg/Tom Cruise sci-fi blockbuster Minority Report is turning 20 years old. It is amazing how it portrayed the future – umm, I mean the present – with such a high degree of accuracy. The proliferation of digital screens … Continue reading minority report turns 20: the future of layered realities

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every surface a screen: now what?

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Brad Koerner

Come join me May 9th in Barcelona as I present “Every Surface a Screen: Now What?” at the Smart Building Conference at Integrated Systems Europe. Here’s my abstract: How will digital interaction disrupt centuries-old concepts of architectural design? There is … Continue reading every surface a screen: now what?

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virtual experiences in architecture

March 31, 2022 Brad Koerner

Fusion CI Studios posted a short video on LinkedIn that shows how powerful a digital experience can be at full architectural scale, showing off a piece of content that is really just a simple view of a tropical ocean. But … Continue reading virtual experiences in architecture

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tilt brush is open source

February 18, 2022 Brad Koerner

Last year Google shut down its development of the VR painting application Tilt Brush, but rather than killing the innovative program, thankfully it decided to open source the code. Already a group has creative a variant called Open Brush. This … Continue reading tilt brush is open source

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who designs the digital personality of a physical space?

January 13, 2022January 12, 2022 Brad Koerner

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?

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hyper vignettes: localizing digital/physical experiences

January 7, 2022May 13, 2022 Brad Koerner

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

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lightvision headset

December 21, 2021 Brad Koerner

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

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rogers research group – dissolvable pacemaker

December 2, 2021 Brad Koerner

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

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dockcase USB-C smarthub

November 17, 2021November 18, 2021 Brad Koerner

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

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moment factory, DMX and unreal engine

September 24, 2021 Brad Koerner

Moment Factory and Unreal Engine posted a couple interesting videos showing off how they are integrating DMX programming and pre-viz into Unreal Engine. While much of this is not necessarily that much different from programs like Vectorworks Spotlight suite or … Continue reading moment factory, DMX and unreal engine

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virtual production and its impact on the real world?

September 14, 2021January 24, 2022 Brad Koerner

The incredibly fast progress of “virtual production” techniques in filmmaking is just astounding and will soon drive radical innovation in the broader built environment. Virtual production uses a combination of large format direct-view LED display walls with live-rendered content and … Continue reading virtual production and its impact on the real world?

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six hot trends in lighting

August 28, 2021 Brad Koerner

Here’s a short video summarizing my “six trends” concepts – using lots of eye-candy from my own previous project work. This video turned out to be a hybrid crossover of thought leadership with my own professional portfolio. A portfolio of … Continue reading six hot trends in lighting

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revelations and resonance

June 23, 2021 Brad Koerner

Here’s a short video competition entry that I made a few years ago as a hobby project. A primer on data-driven ambient media communications in architectural spaces. Frankly, I forgot that I even made this video – it was the … Continue reading revelations and resonance

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