Back in 2015 Henry Moss, an architect I knew in the Boston area, was helping to restore the Gropius House. This was a slide he had sent me. He had trouble restoring the recessed pinspot that Gropius had invented and … Continue reading the first downlight?
I recently put up several posts on LinkedIn exploring the challenges of leading a roadmap that is both innovative and profitable. Let me consolidate them here. First is a longer form video, then a few text posts. 5 MISTAKES IN … Continue reading thoughts on managing product roadmaps
The key move is to “break the 4th wall” and blend the physical product with the digital experience in charming ways. This was a concept pitch I made several years ago aimed at Procter & Gamble for integrating a retail … Continue reading using retail media to make the product the hero
I’m sick and tired of A.I. bashing, especially from design “professionals”. I’m old enough to have heard the luddites say, “CAD will destroy architecture” and “Photoshop will kill photography” and all the other doomsday complaints about each new technology. The … Continue reading ai slop? or you just have no imagination?
AI tools may push companies toward a new model: Employees acting like managers of tiny internal ventures, each responsible for metrics they can directly influence, supported by AI instead of large teams. Scott Belsky’s latest Implications newsletter got me thinking … Continue reading does AI turn every employee into a venture manager?
That has become my elevator pitch to explain exactly what I will contribute to your team. At this point in my career, it works better than any singular job title.I help organizations: identify new opportunities in the market; explore, prototype … Continue reading “i’m a weapons maker for your sales team”
There are simply so many opportunities to integrate digital media and digital lighting into healthcare environments. People in their most dire times are locked in literally mind-numbing, joyless boxes of beige, faux laminates and dreadful lighting. With the continually declining … Continue reading immersive digital experiences in healthcare
My entire life, I’ve had a wild surplus of imagination. What has limited me is the ability to extract what’s in my mind… to share my “mind’s eye” with the world. Here’s my grand theory: AI will allow those of … Continue reading AI and the mind’s eye
“Ms. Smith, welcome to the Four Seasons Spa. The walls will be your wellness guide today.” What if a room could respond to how you feel? Could this room guide your personal wellness? What if this room had a deep … Continue reading immersive digital wellness
If there is one painful theme from the past couple years, corporate Design is apparently in a heap of trouble, with countless examples of design groups being dissolved, huge layoffs, and lots of trouble for seasoned designers struggling to find … Continue reading design is dying – why?
Do Cute Droids Represent the Future of Architectural Systems? Moritz Baecher, Associate Lab Director at Disney Research, recently delivered a fantastic deep dive at NVIDIA’s GTC25 conference into the development of Disney’s immensely popular BD-X droids. His presentation offered an … Continue reading disney’s bd-x droids and the next generation of immersive digital experiences
The future of architectural lighting for office, healthcare, retail and many other applications will combine three key trends: 1. COFFERS: Healthy lighting for interior commercial environments will demand that occupants get lots exposure to big, soft vertical planes of light … Continue reading healthy for you, healthy for the environment…and absolutely fabulous
EDITOR’S NOTE: I uploaded the image above on LinkedIn in early December, 2024 and surprisingly, it went viral, achieving 16,000+ impressions and reaching 10,000+ people in about two weeks. It remains shocking to me that such a basic photo of … Continue reading a viral post: 3D printing at signify
The two-decade run of LEDsMagazine is sadly coming to an end. Editor Carrie Meadows announced recently that the magazine and the website will be completely shuttered. Anyone who reads Lucept certainly followed LEDsMagazine, as it was the primary industry voice … Continue reading goodbye LEDs Magazine
My 16 year-old son loves to play Dungeons and Dragons with his friends, and had an idea for a treasure chest that magically opened to reveal a mystical fog as a key part of a story plot he was writing. … Continue reading teaching kids STEM education…via themed design and show control!
Life moves pretty fast. It is hard to believe that 15 years ago today, I published Lucept’s first post. I’m proud of my work envisioning the future of lighting and digital media for architectural interiors. Want to see my major … Continue reading lucept is 15 years old
Way back in ’23, I was trying to scrounge up some freelance design projects and pitched several architectural and decorative lighting manufacturers. It turned out to be a hot AI summer, where I generated ideas for over a dozen product … Continue reading hot AI summer, part 3: filamento
I’m optimistic that interior designers will embrace large-format, direct-view LED display walls as a fundamental new tool in their architectural placemaking. I don’t say that lightly: For countless years, interior designers have adamantly tried to hide any digital displays that … Continue reading will interior designers embrace digital walls?
Capturing a very interesting LinkedIn post I came across by Emile Rademeyer: VANDAL ▼ unveils world-first AI art for Lendlease, Darling Quarter North. Titled ‘Natural Rhythms of Australia’, AI ATELIER by VANDAL ▼ has unveiled a world-first, feature-length, generative AI digital art exhibition and … Continue reading AI atelier by vandal
I don’t know about you, but I find the vast majority of B2B marketing to be absolutely dreadful. Over and over again, I’ve found business organizations that are scared to put anything even remotely “negative” into their marketing or sales … Continue reading critique versus criticism
