Looking ahead to the future of lighting design.
Exceptionally well executed interactive public street art, developed by Montreal multimedia environment design firm Moment Factory. Make sure to check out the video below: notice how refined the various graphic modes are, along with exceptionally precise directional movement tracking. via … Continue reading La Vitrine: Interactive Lighting Installation
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
Many times, the best way to see the future of your profession is to look to other professions. Microsoft Office Labs, with their “Envisioning” series of videos, present a stunning take on the future of office, education and other environments. … Continue reading seeing the future: Microsoft Office Labs
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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