Looking ahead to the future of lighting design.
My hot take immediately after watching Apple’s Vision Pro VR/AR goggle launch:1. Luxury Isolation: A perfect entertainment product for an increasingly isolated, lonely world. Continuing on the social isolation that smartphones created, this product will be a compelling luxury entertainment … Continue reading apple vision pro launch
Architects and interior designers recognize that digital elements are rapidly fusing into the built environment – sometimes referred to as “phygital” experiences. But too often designers have been burned by fancy promises of “digital experiences” that turned out to be … Continue reading don’t fear the phygital
What would it be like to step into a shower and be transported to a visually rich, technicolor wonderland of motion? Abstract biomimetic patterns, flying through the cosmos, motion graphics of wonderous richness. With the steam and the water pulsating … Continue reading steamy pixels
Check out this amazing new construction tour of the insane MSG Sphere in Las Vegas with Bono and the Edge of U2. The scale is awesome. U2 has the experience in such massive arenas that I can’t wait to see … Continue reading U2 at msg sphere in las vegas
Can immersive digital experiences transform healthcare? Can architectural-scale digital surfaces and visually stunning live content help patients recover faster? What happens if we take the typical beige plastic purgatories known as patient rooms and transform them into technicolor feasts for … Continue reading healing pixels
Some “blue sky” conceptual pieces from Koerner Design on the future of immersive digital experiences in hotel rooms. Let’s explore how digital lighting + digital signage will blur together to create stunning new concepts. These rooms can vividly switch from … Continue reading enchanting hotel rooms
Immersive, large-format LED digital display walls will transform how we conceive of physical retail and hospitality projects. Architectural-scale LED displays and mesmerizing live-rendered motion graphics will envelope and captivate your guests. For literally 24+ years, I’ve been exploring what happens … Continue reading immersive digital walls
How will immersive digital experiences transform retail design? Let’s explore how we might reconceive of the humble fitting room experience. Let’s imagine how we might use the full complement tools: Put together, we can envision sumptuous immersive digital experiences at … Continue reading reimagining fitting rooms
Clearly, the concept of “thinking big” means different things to people with…shall we say….different budgets. Also, the accelerating rate of technological advancement means that even the most savvy designers and technologists can be caught off-guard by extraordinary project proposals. Case … Continue reading the mukaab
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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?
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
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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