Refik Anadol is an artist using data streams to drive beautiful, hyper-kinetic digital visualizations. Make sure to check out the video below from Wired on Anadol’s work — lots of creative inspiration for using ambient communications in the built environment. … Continue reading refik anadol
Check out this stunning nighttime aerial photography of the industrial greenhouses here in the Netherlands by Munich-based photographer Tom Hegen. A bit better than the images I shot from a plane 4 years ago! I certainly appreciate the need for … Continue reading greenhouse lighting in the Netherlands
Via Core77: Design studio Order order has developed a poster that visualizes exactly when the sun rises and sets each day, throughout the year. The graph consists of two axes, the vertical shows hours and minutes, the horizontal displays days. … Continue reading day and light poster
Digital signage systems are becoming pervasive in architectural environments, with widespread adoption in out-of-home marketing, wayfinding, menu systems, and retail branding. The steadily dropping cost of digital screens and cloud-based content distribution makes digital signage highly appealing to brands and … Continue reading 5 tips to prevent digital signage burnout
More exquisite papercut lightbox art: Hari & Deepti are husband-and-wife Mumbai-based artists exploring the beauty of layered, luminous papercut art. Some gorgeous inspiration for lighting designers, stage designers, etc. And what an incredible tool for teaching lighting students an understanding … Continue reading hari & deepti
In the Feb/Mar 2019 issue of ARC Magazine, the editorial team asked me and a few other speakers from the Light School sessions at the Surface Design Show to elaborate our opinions on “wellness lighting.” Here was my response: There … Continue reading wellness lighting
I simply LOVE these Pininfarina concept renderings of their new Battista electric super car. A touch ’80s retro, but my eyes just can’t help seeing architectural shapes. I love the subtle graphic patterning of the light, nice inspiration for architectural … Continue reading lush with light
At the opening keynote of the Integrated Systems Europe 2019 show, we were treated to a presentation from projection mapping artist Bart Kresa. Polish-born and now based in Santa Monica, Kresa showed several projects that were an absolute feast for … Continue reading bart kresa studio
Happy solstice everyone. YEAH! Days only get longer from here on out. The weather will of course get worse, but at least this is darkest part of the year. Literally. Now Amsterdam is not insane like Finland or other places … Continue reading happy solstice
I think I just found the OFFICIAL THEME SONG for the lighting industry! The first ~2 minutes of lyrics are some of the most charming lyrics I’ve ever heard about light! Plus a nice big orchestra, a marching beat and … Continue reading trip the light fantastic
Fashion house Balenciaga recently had a phenomenal catwalk staging, a rather intimate LED tunnel that was used for some incredible visual effects. Designed by Canadian filmaker Jon Rafman, the LED panels were supplied by Shenzen-based InfiLED. Unfortunately I can’t find … Continue reading balenciaga LED tunnel
Some stunning lighting design inspiration can be found in the showreel for Maxon’s Cinema 4D software. Check it out: Continue reading maxon cinema 4d showreel
“A young boy turned off the lights in his bedroom and managed to get into bed before the room was dark. If the bed is ten feet from the light switch and the lightbulb, and he used no wires, strings … Continue reading thought problem for lighting geeks
Prepare to have your mind blown by yet another INSANELY awesome media installation from TeamLab! Play this one FULL SCREEN… Check out the full article at DesignBoom. Continue reading teamlab planets tokyo
Came across this beautiful 360VR video of luminescent glow worms in New Zealand from National Geographic. Remember to use the mouse to pan around – or put your smart phone into a Google Cardboard or eqv. Spectacular bioluminescence! From film … Continue reading glow worm caves of new zealand
I recently traveled to the Old City of Lijiang, China. A beautiful UNESCO World Heritage site, the Old City is set into the foothills of a mountain region and consists of crafted timber frames, fired clay roof tiles and exquisitely carved … Continue reading lijiang, china
InventDesign is an Amsterdam-based manufacturer of specialty LED lighting solutions. Check out their portfolio pages for a wild variety of cool projects. Continue reading inventdesign
How about this: Take a row of LensVector’s solid-state beam-shaping lenses and put them into an old-school wall grazer, something like the classic Edison Price “Spredlite” row of PAR lamps. The effects of the beams zooming narrow-to-wide along the length … Continue reading lensvector for wall grazing effects?
LG partnered with Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka for an insanely beautiful installation at this year’s Milan Design Week. The installation consists of two primary features: “Chairs” created from LG’s doublesided (!), transparent (!!) OLED screens and a huge wall created … Continue reading lg’s senses of the future exhibition at milan designweek 2017
It is really quite sad how fast Hong Kong and Kowloon are loosing their iconic and fabulous neon signage. Even from when I first visited in 2006 to when I visited earlier this year, the change was striking. The luminous … Continue reading hong kong’s neon signs
