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  • the future of lighting series
    • six disruptive trends in architectural lighting
    • smart signage concept for retail shelving
    • virtual production and its impact on the real world?
    • hyper vignettes: localizing digital/physical experiences
    • 5 tips to prevent digital signage burnout
    • trends in digital media for athletic facilities
    • active objects, surfaces and zones
    • media-driven vs data-driven environments
    • next evolution of lighting
    • wrap your spaces in social media
    • embedded lighting series
    • the future of office design?
    • the DC powered building
    • koerner design wins US DOE sustainable luminaire design competition
  • innovation management
    • what’s the value of innovation management?
    • innovation management: marketing vs product marketing vs sales communications
    • elon musk’s 5 step R&D strategy
    • Business thinking for designers
    • being a good product manager = listening, synthesis, advocacy
    • mixtape for product management
    • lighting designers: “independence” is cutting your potential short
Future Lighting

virtual production and its impact on the real world?

Business & Innovation

what’s the value of innovation management?

embedded lighting series

Lighting Inspiration

andrew himes TEDx talk

February 9, 2022 Brad Koerner

A great talk by Andrew Himes from the Carbon Leadership Forum on what we must do to transform construction to prevent the destruction of our planet. What a compelling quote: “…we must demand as humans, as consumers, as parents…and yes, … Continue reading andrew himes TEDx talk

Creative Manufacturers

sign by L+S light

February 9, 2022 Brad Koerner

The LED revolution has in many aspects, been remarkable. Yet in one critical aspect, the lighting industry has been completely lackluster: Using the flexibility and miniaturization of LEDs to launch new applications/categories of architectural lighting. But once in awhile, a … Continue reading sign by L+S light

Creative Manufacturers

mandalaki studio – halo edition

February 3, 2022February 2, 2022 Brad Koerner

Mandalaki Studio is a design group based in Milan that launched HALO EDITION, a decorative projection fixture that makes gorgeous use of lush gradients of light. Gradients of color are a grossly under-appreciated aspect of lighting design, wholly absent from … Continue reading mandalaki studio – halo edition

Business & Innovation, Uncategorized

the money value of time

February 1, 2022 Brad Koerner

The World Experience Organization posted a fantastic interview with author Joseph Pine discussing a concept called “the Money Value of Time” in experiential design. Do you think of time as a cost? Or do you picture time as revenue? In … Continue reading the money value of time

Business & Innovation

an omniverse, a metaverse and a mesh walk into a bar…

January 25, 2022 Brad Koerner

Microsoft, Meta (aka Facebook), and NVIDIA have recently launched high-profile vision pieces showcasing their individual takes on virtual reality systems – what the tech press is currently labeling the “metaverse” – a variant of the broader internet focused on data-enriched … Continue reading an omniverse, a metaverse and a mesh walk into a bar…

Lighting Inspiration

architectual stomp pedals

January 22, 2022January 19, 2022 Brad Koerner

Don’t you wish that architectural lighting controls and digital media controls were as tangible, easy and fun to use as old-school guitar stomp pedals? I can’t even play guitar – or any instrument for that matter – but still have … Continue reading architectual stomp pedals

Business & Innovation

the new skills

January 21, 2022 Brad Koerner

Check out this outstanding new video from Moment Factory and Adobe that dives into the new range of skillsets required for experiential design in architectural/physical//digital placemaking projects. As digital screens, digital projection and digital lighting rapidly evolves, classic design areas … Continue reading the new skills

Lighting Technology

luma box projection mapping

January 18, 2022 Brad Koerner

It sometimes feels as if the architectural lighting industry is so regressive that we can’t consistently dim basic light bulbs, much more manage advanced concepts in digital media. MEANWHILE, in the pastry industry, here’s how they integrate advanced projection-mapped animations … Continue reading luma box projection mapping

Future Lighting

who designs the digital personality of a physical space?

January 13, 2022January 12, 2022 Brad Koerner

A fascinating question: Who will design the digital personality of a physical space? Think about how powerful the “personality” of AI digital assistants are in their design and user acceptance/usability. Siri vs Alexa. Clippy vs Hal. The GPS navigation system … Continue reading who designs the digital personality of a physical space?

Future Lighting

hyper vignettes: localizing digital/physical experiences

January 7, 2022May 13, 2022 Brad Koerner

Hyper vignette. It’s a term that keeps bouncing around my head when I think of the future of architectural experience design. Let me try to unpack it a bit: Vignette – as in a brief incident or scene (such as … Continue reading hyper vignettes: localizing digital/physical experiences

Lighting Education

LED manufacturing videos

December 29, 2021 Brad Koerner

Here are a few interesting videos on how LED strips, filaments and COB units are produced. Who doesn’t love factory tours!!!! Nice video showing the binning process in detail: Some snapshots of the LED binning process! From a different manufacturer, … Continue reading LED manufacturing videos

Cool Architects

nightclub GRNDCNTRL

December 24, 2021 Brad Koerner

Check out this nightclub project in Shanghai, via DesignBoom. It’s fascinating how sci-fi/futuristic this project feels due to its restricted monochromatic interior palette. Although there are few images shown, the lighting gear is clearly RGB(W) strips, RGB pixels up on … Continue reading nightclub GRNDCNTRL

Future Lighting, Uncategorized

lightvision headset

December 21, 2021 Brad Koerner

Check out this post on Dezeen for an interesting LED-infused eyemask design intended to help meditation. I have no idea regarding the mask’s effectiveness for its intended task in meditation, but the product photography is exceptionally beautiful – and more … Continue reading lightvision headset

Future Lighting

rogers research group – dissolvable pacemaker

December 2, 2021 Brad Koerner

Can we make dissolvable light bulbs? Close to a decade ago, I posted on Lucept about the amazing bio-electronics research of the Rogers Research Group at Northwestern University. Here is a fantastic update video on their efforts, including most recently … Continue reading rogers research group – dissolvable pacemaker

Lighting Technology

sinclair digital

November 24, 2021 Brad Koerner

Sinclair Digital is an interesting new startup focused on DC-power and systems integration for hospitality/multi-unit residential applications, which itself spun out from a hospitality development/operator group. Luis Suau, Chief Business Officer from Sinclair Digital found my 2020 ISE SBC presentation … Continue reading sinclair digital

Lighting Inspiration

hyundai ioniq seven concept

November 22, 2021 Brad Koerner

Hyundai recently revealed a concept car with some clever interior lighting – something more akin to an art nouveau style than sci-fi futuristic automotive lighting. I especially love the detail of how the door panels are vacated and beautiful lanterns … Continue reading hyundai ioniq seven concept

Future Lighting

dockcase USB-C smarthub

November 17, 2021November 18, 2021 Brad Koerner

DockCase by Seesaw is a Kickstarter project that lays bare the implications of fusing DC power and digital media into an intelligently managed, comprehensive, miniaturized system. There is more in this one unit that shows the future of architectural lighting/digital … Continue reading dockcase USB-C smarthub

Creative Manufacturers

luo-light

November 9, 2021November 8, 2021 Brad Koerner

LUO-Light is a Helsinki-based lighting startup led by German architect Oliver Walter that has launched a modular, click-together linear lighting system using bamboo for the primary structural element. Exchangeable optics and LED engines. Thanks Panos Loannidis for the original post! Continue reading luo-light

Business & Innovation

innovation management by deborah dougherty

November 8, 2021 Brad Koerner

Professor Deborah Dougherty at Rutgers Business School produced a wonderfully concise overview video explaining the concept of innovation management. What is “innovation management” you ask? Included with the video description is an elegantly succinct summary: “Innovation entails integrating technologies and … Continue reading innovation management by deborah dougherty

Lighting Inspiration

adam fu

November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 Brad Koerner

Adam Fu, aka Adam Fukujita, is a spray paint muralist who produces fantastic street art that looks like neon. The video below is simply a masterclass in how to illustrate conceptual lighting effects! Continue reading adam fu

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