unsense
The global powerhouse design firm UNStudio recently announced that it is launching a tech startup/spin-off called UNSense that will focus on using sensor-based technologies for the built environment. According to their PR announcement: With UNSense, our aim is to improve physical, mental and … Continue reading unsense
more photons, less paper
Join me on Valentine’s Day at the Strategies in Light conference in Long Beach, California. I will present some examples of using BIM, parametric design and virtual renderings to sell and specify “embedded lighting.” You can find the conference info … Continue reading more photons, less paper
brilliant control
A new Silicon Valley startup called Brilliant is launching an interesting smart-home controller/lighting dimmer that integrates a touch screen with optional touch-sensitive physical sliders. Replacing native 120V wall switches, the Brilliant has real dimmers inside it (you can even select … Continue reading brilliant control
samsung microLED
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
happy holidays 2017!
Happy Holidays everyone! Hope you and yours have a great New Years! And of course, another iconic holiday lighting image. Personally, I think we should name Clark Griswold an honory IALD member. I mean, he’s delivering at least 1fc at … Continue reading happy holidays 2017!
tablemation studios
A very fun use of projection mapping and augmented reality technologies, Tablemation Studios uses overhead projections to animate the place settings at dinner services with clever forced-perspective visual effects and character animations. Sadly, they only have a Facebook page – meaning … Continue reading tablemation studios
neon
Check out this gorgeously produced video from Bloomberg on the art and craft of neon lighting! The studio in the video is Lite Brite Studios of Brooklyn, NY. PS, “Lite Brite” — what a great name!!!! Continue reading neon
meiyad optoelectronics
Via my LinkedIn feed, I saw someone from Shenzen Meiyad Optoelectronics posting interesting LED screen modules that include flexible and triangulated panels. Wild stuff…I wonder what the durability of these flex panels really are – there is tremendous stress on … Continue reading meiyad optoelectronics
LG OLED – update
Some updates I’ve found for LG’s OLED program… Magnetic Mounting LG launched a very cool solution for attaching their panels to surfaces: A magnetic click connection with a 360 degree rotating electrical connection. The fundamental problem of how to use … Continue reading LG OLED – update
skandal technologies
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
what is your workflow for designing embedded lighting installations?
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?
hong kong’s neon signs
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
it’s time to revolt against the tyranny of downlights
If you’re an architect or lighting designer, don’t succumb to the seductive tyranny of those easy little circles on the RCP. You know what I mean. It’s just so easy to COPY/PASTE those little circles in a neat little line … Continue reading it’s time to revolt against the tyranny of downlights
deutsche bahn train concept
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
view boxes
My sons (age 7 & 9) did a wonderful little lighting project in their elementary school classes today: Little diorama boxes (large size shoe boxes) where the teacher gave them some small battery-operated strings of LEDs or other small flashlights … Continue reading view boxes
soso
Soso Limited is a Boston-based firm developing interactive lighting experiences and data visualization projects. Founded by a few MIT kids, they have a pretty cool portfolio of projects with various methods of social media interaction, for example some novel ways … Continue reading soso
sunlight inside
Sunlight Inside is a new startup that was personally founded by a cleantech VC investor, Konrad Jarausch. The company launched an Indiegogo campaign for a nice little desk lamp they’re calling “Bottled Sunshine” with a color-temperature changing module supplied from … Continue reading sunlight inside
gantri
Gantri is a San Francisco startup that is using 3D-printing to produce a line of light fixtures. 3D printing greatly reduces the cost and the time associated with traditional product development, requiring no cap-ex or leads times for expensive custom … Continue reading gantri
the black tank
My friends at The Black Tank just released a cool new video showing off their operation. I love the “maker space” vibe of their office, labs and even production facility – it reminds me very much of the glorious early … Continue reading the black tank
LG oled in the national palace museum of korea
Interesting, via a promotional posting with Dezeen: LG is supplying linear OLED panels for what appears to be wall washing in a major museum project. OLED is lambertian, but in a linear configuration, it wouldn’t be the worst wall washer … Continue reading LG oled in the national palace museum of korea
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