TiltBrush is a prototype virtual reality painting system. Below is an awesome example of painting in 3D space while wearing a VR headset. Especially cool is the ability to paint “light” as a brush — sort of like paint with … Continue reading tilt brush and vr
What lux level is required to get the job done? Continue reading task lighting
Via YankoDesign,a design concept from Taewon Hwang. This level of customization for high-end residential clients is an obvious opportunity…I haven’t meet a single person who actually likes to use 5/10/15 button preset-scene style controllers. With small and cheap LCD touch screens, … Continue reading floor plan light switch
Via DesignBoom. Orphe is an IndieGogo project launching “smart sneakers”. Sneakers with 100 RGB pixels and wireless control. Not quite as fashionable as Verg Wang’s collection, but these sneakers will sure match your Dropshades. TGIF, folks! Continue reading orphe sneakers
The Creator’s Project posted a couple years ago a video on Leo Villareal, specifically about his San Francisco Bay Bridge project, but also including Leo’s commentary on his methodology in general. I love Leo’s awesome scale model (at about 3:20 in … Continue reading leo villareal on the creator’s project
A graceful kinetic lighting installation at the Rijksmuseum, called Shylight, from Amsterdam-based Studio Drift. And here is a delightful making-of video: Continue reading shylight installation at rijksmuseum
Russian installation artists Tundra have completed some absolutely mesmerizing installations: Continue reading tundra
Liza Stark is a game designer and teacher at Parson’s in New York. I came across her interesting website called “The Soft Circuiteer” which demonstrates very creative explorations into the integration of electronics with textiles. For example, she has a … Continue reading liza stark
Interesting project from Astrid Mody, a PhD candidate at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, created in conjunction with Philips Research. Continue reading textilisations
Jim Campbell is a San Francisco-based LED installation artist with a prolific collection of work. Campbell in particular explores abstraction through low-resolution media screens. Intel’s The Creators Project has an interesting piece on Campbell. Continue reading jim campbell’s sculptural LED installations
A beautiful series of light reflecting off of water called “State Transference” by photographer Tim Macauley of Melbourne. As he states: “specular reflections off Bass Strait taken off a cliff at Point Road Knight, on new years eve. All taken in … Continue reading tim macauley
The science journal Nautilus devoted its 11th issue to exploring and understanding light. A very well-done collection of articles, I found several that offered unique perspectives on both the science and impact of light. In particular, I enjoyed: Take Light, Not … Continue reading nautilus: issue 11 — light — fields of vision
I love this photograph by Jeff Wall, a Canadian photographer. This really should be a lighting consultant’s office somewhere. Or a really cool conference room at Philips? Jeff Wall After ‘Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue 1999–2000 Transparency in … Continue reading just a few light bulbs
Via Cool Hunting: Beautiful light art by artist Craig Dorety that reminds me a great deal of the James Turrell installation at the Guggenheim — but at a different scale. Continue reading craig dorety: division
Wicked funny video flowing around the web on being the only expert in a meeting… And yes, I’ve unfortunately been the “expert” in many meetings that went very, very much like this one. Particularly when architects and sales guys were involved. … Continue reading on being an expert (in lighting?)
I have high hopes for Transcendence, the upcoming Johnny Depp science-fiction flick directed by the cinematographer for the Dark Knight and Inception. Hopefully we’ll see some cool sci-fi lighting and futuristic scenes. I pulled a few screen-caps from the … Continue reading transcendence
I’ve always liked the groovy Fleetwood Mac song “You Make Loving Fun“…but now I have a whole extra reason to like it: The song was actually inspired by an affair between Fleetwood Mac’s keyboardist Christine McVie and their lighting designer … Continue reading lighting designers make loving fun
A great post gathering some of Louis Kahn’s quotes regarding light. Continue reading An Architect of Light: Louis Kahn
While in Munich I visited the BMW Museum. Throughout the museum they had a few generations on display of the Efficient Dynamics Vision prototypes. Accompanying the latest generation prototype (that looks pretty close to the commercially launched BMW i8 model), … Continue reading bmw i8 concept
A very cool looking black, monolithic piece made out of monochromatic-white LED media screen. By artist Anil Revri. Continue reading washington dulles terminal art
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