Looking ahead to the future of lighting design.
Via The Verge: At CES 2018, Samsung is previewing a “modular” direct-view micro-LED 146″ 4K TV. LEDs continue to race into the future…and it looks like the trend for direct-view LED screens with incredibly small pixel pitch is going to … Continue reading samsung microLED
Lighting designer Tapio Rosenius and a few other founders have recently launched an interesting new startup called Skandal Technologies exploring the field of ambient architectural communication via embedded lighting. Not much is public yet, but according to Tapio’s LinkedIn page and their website: Ambient Communication is a new practice where data informs interventions into the physical environment. Humans have substantial ability to process ambient and peripheral information that directly affects our feelings and subconscious contextual understanding without the need to activate cognitive thought processes. Introducing meaningful digital feeds to our built environments through ambient communication we enhance and extend our … Continue reading skandal technologies
To echo a piece I just published on LinkedIn, I’m asking my network for what cool software tricks designers are using to accomplish embedded lighting installations. I’m doing a bit of research for my upcoming conference presentation at Strategies in … Continue reading what is your workflow for designing embedded lighting installations?
Via DesignBoom: DB recently created a new concept model exploring the future of train interiors. Notice the embedded lighting concept in the ceiling? Continue reading deutsche bahn train concept
There are some really cool things are happening with the combination of BIM (building information modeling…such as Revit) with AR (augmented reality). Via SPAR3D, one supplier, Visualive3D, has developed software where a BIM model can be accurately aligned to a … Continue reading lighting design in BIM via AR/VR
Via The Verge – former Microsoft researchers have launched a new startup called Lightform to bring advanced projection mapping technologies to a more mainstream market. Microsoft’s research concept for enhanced projection mapping dates back to at least 2013 when it publicly … Continue reading lightform
I’m big in France! For all of my French-speaking readers, I was quoted in a Le Monde piece looking at the future of lighting design. Enjoy! Continue reading luminous patterns in le monde
Today I took the time to explore Dutch Design Week, to tour the immense range of offerings scattered throughout the city of Eindhoven. A dazzling display of aesthetic, technical, and programmatic creativity, DDW showcases top creative talent from across the country, ranging from college kids in design, art, architecture, multimedia and fashion degrees, from individual artists to the powerhouse design brands. Stepping back, there were clear trends. Sustainable thinking was a huge component of the show, with countless examples of innovative uses of alternative natural materials, use of recycled man-made materials, and systemic circular economy product designs tied to innovative … Continue reading the light engine of the future
The EU-backed research consortium Terasel released a nice summary video of its work on “thermoplastically deformable circuits for embedded randomly shaped electronics”. A mouthful for sure…just check out all the cool concepts in the video: https://youtu.be/hRhCTkQxshk For posterity I … Continue reading terasel: new video update
An insane view of the future of augmented reality. See for yourself…it’s especially trippy when the AR restarts in the grocery store, revealing that the person is in a humble food aisle. I poised this question before, but what are the implications … Continue reading hyper reality
Much like Microsoft’s and Corning’s awesome vision-of-the-future videos, LG Display released an amazing concept showing their vision for OLED displays. Via FlatPanels HD. I captured a few screenshots for posterity: Continue reading LG OLED’s future vision video
Margreet de Kok, Senior Researcher at the Holst Centre, shows different methods to integrate OLEDs and LEDs in textile. Continue reading holst center: integration of LED and OLED into textiles
I’ve advocated in many forums that embedded lighting, particularly fusing patterns of light into architectural wall and ceiling surfaces, will become a major trend going forward, especially in office applications. My theory is that in natural settings we humans are instinctively … Continue reading using embedded lighting in office environments
Naked Approach is a Finnish research consortium that is focused on exploring a “Nordic perspective to gadget‐free hyperconnected environments.” To quote their site: In our vision, the digital surroundings will form an “omnipotential” environment around the user, providing all the … Continue reading naked approach
I listen to a great podcast on design and architecture called DnA from Los Angeles radio station KCRW. DnA recently discussed a design studio called “Driving Sensations” conducted by the ArtCenter College of Design that focused on the design possibilities of modern autonomous … Continue reading driving sensations
In a previous Linked-In blog post, I wrote about the advancements we’ve achieved with Philips Luminous Patterns, a product solution for embedding patterns of light into wall and ceilings to create distinctive architectural experiences. In this post, let’s look farther ahead … Continue reading driving towards new applications of light
Interesting post from The Verge on a new chip set from Intel called Joule that is intended to bring powerful computer vision capabilities to low cost, IoT types of devices. The application for using vision systems in architectural lighting control, interactive lighting installations, retail tracking/interaction systems, etc. continues to hold great promise – and as tech like this from Intel continues to drop the price/complexity of such hardware and IP networking becomes pervasive in lighting, there will be a tipping point when camera vision becomes the de-facto sensing standard. Despite the fear of “big bother” always watching, the system capabilities and advantages of … Continue reading intel joule
Copenhagen-based Diffus Design presents a large collection of amazing research projects, exploratory designs with e-textiles and other unique concepts fusing electronics, light and materials. According to their site: Diffus is founded by Michel Guglielmi and Hanne-Louise Johannesen. Michel is an architect working with tangible … Continue reading diffus design
Via Dezeen, a demo video by London-based visualization studio VRtisan showing the potential of the architectural design process in VR. My own group at Philips Lighting, our Luminous Patterns team, is experimenting with the Unreal Engine for live renderings of our … Continue reading unreal engine demo by vrtisan
Yacht builder Oceanco, design firm Van Geest Design, and lighting design firm Temeloy Advanced Lighting Design debuted a new super yacht with a triangulated, animated, glowing hull design. It is a staggering engineering challenge, to equip a massive hull with a … Continue reading moonstone yacht
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