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
happy birthday, color kinetics!
Color Kinetics just turned 20 years old, having been founded in August 1997 by George Mueller and Ihor Lys. Color Kinetics was the pioneer of not only LED lighting for architectural applications, but of truly digitally-connected lighting systems. After a … Continue reading happy birthday, color kinetics!
the current war
This is shaping up to be the ULTIMATE LIGHTING NERD’S movie! Can’t wait to see it! Continue reading the current war
indiglo strikes back: future illuminations
Remember Indiglo? Well…just when you thought EL (electroluminescent) tech was dead and buried, it keeps coming back alive. First through Lumilor’s cool spray-on techniques, and now through Future Illuminations heavy duty fabric applications. They state about their new VynEL line: … Continue reading indiglo strikes back: future illuminations
ansel orbio video
I’m not familiar with Ansel and haven’t seen their product firsthand (so don’t view this as an endorsement), but wow…what a gorgeous product video from a few years ago. Feels like an IronMan movie… One tech piece caught my eye … Continue reading ansel orbio video
lumion
I met a lighting designer last week who mentioned that he is now using Lumion for some of his presentation work. Although I personally haven’t used this yet, the software looks quite powerful. Many of the example renderings are stunning. … Continue reading lumion
Digital Lumens acquired by OSRAM
Boston-based lighting and lighting networking company Digital Lumens announced their acquisition by OSRAM. Digital Lumens was incubated in 2007/2008 as part of Jon Guerster’s team at Groom Energy. At the time, Jon had a laser-focused vision to use LED tech and … Continue reading Digital Lumens acquired by OSRAM
beckhoff
If perhaps your hacked-together Arduino project is suddenly looking a little shy of “professional grade” in front of your client, and you need some seriously heavy-duty show-control and A/V gear, check out the industrial controls supplier Beckhoff. Beckhoff has taken their … Continue reading beckhoff
tala
During a recent trip to Copenhagen I visited Ilums Bolighus, the HUGE Scandinavian design emporium (seriously…if you’re a design nut, this one store is worth a trip to Denmark) and came across some unusually shaped and exquisitely detailed LED-lamps from a UK-startup … Continue reading tala
xyzt: abstract landscapes
XYZT: Abstract Landscapes is a digital art installation by Lyon-based designers Adrien M & Claire B. The exhibition fuses together some spectacular interactive digital animations with well-executed projection and sensing technologies with a beautiful minimalist black and white color palette. The … Continue reading xyzt: abstract landscapes
buster + punch
A great episode from Monocle’s podcast series “The Entrepreneurs” interviews Massimo Buster Minale, the founder of the interior design brand Buster + Punch. Its a fascinating story of how Minale, an experienced architect from big firms such as Fosters and Richard Rogers, … Continue reading buster + punch
Lucept 