Is the lighting party over? What’s next?
Wow. Samsung is backing away from the lighting business, abandoning its nascent lamps effort (and presumably whatever strategies it had for luminaires) in favor of just producing LED components (which it needs to do for LCD production, anyway). So it leads … Continue reading Is the lighting party over? What’s next?
ross lovegrove + barrisol = groovy
Via Dezeen: Ross Lovegrove exhibits sculptural lights in Barrisol pavilion at Biennale Interieur 2014. The miracle of LED tape lighting, continued, I’m sure: I’m guessing this is simply an extrusion, filled in LED tape with mid-power LEDs tightly spaced together. Stretch some … Continue reading ross lovegrove + barrisol = groovy
china’s huge but fragmented lighting market
Wow. At Strategies in Light Europe 2014 in Munich, Christian Schraft, President of Havells-Sylvania made the following comment: In China, the top 50 lighting players account for 20% of the market. The top player holds only 1%; everyone else is less than a percentage point. The other 80%? Tens of thousands of tiny companies. Unfortunately I didn’t catch which market analyst Schraft was referencing. (I’ve heard that Philips Lighting is the #1 lighting company in China; but I can’t confirm this without further research.) Later, Gary Hua, President of Inventronics, Inc, referenced a Frost and Sullivan report which claims that … Continue reading china’s huge but fragmented lighting market
electroland’s aurora project
An incredible media lighting system installation named “Aurora” by Electroland was realized using advanced parametric design, digital fabrication, and 47,000 RGB LED pixels from Philips Color Kinetics. And wonderfully, Electroland presents numerous process photographs and an amazing video recorded from the design, … Continue reading electroland’s aurora project
philips + lighting design collective launch “generative content” control system
Philips Design, Philips Large Luminous Surfaces, and Madrid-based Lighting Design Collective have teamed up to create two different “generative content” functions for the Philips Luminous Textiles product line. Wind Wall Here the platform uses algorithms driven by external triggers such as wind … Continue reading philips + lighting design collective launch “generative content” control system
internships!
I’m looking for two good interns to work with my team at Philips Lighting this upcoming spring. Please share this with any students or professors who might fit the bill. The first position is for a graphic design student who … Continue reading internships!
ministry of design 100PP project in singapore
Via Dezeen: A very interesting facade lighting scheme for a Singapore office building by design firm Ministry of Design. The project makes great use of staggered lines of light on the building facade to emphasize the shifting floor plates and speed of … Continue reading ministry of design 100PP project in singapore
LED lighting ad smackdown!
UPDATE: Feb-2016 — the original GE video link is gone, but I found the commercial again in YouTube. If it is missing, search “GE Enhance Your Lighting”. Philips vs. GE vs. Cree. LED lighting has gone all Madison Avenue. I’ll … Continue reading LED lighting ad smackdown!
philips lighting finally ditches healthcare and consumer product divisions
Philips Lighting has finally decided to part ways with two long-running R+D side projects so that it can finally focus once again on being the preeminent lighting company in the world. The history of Philips, and why exactly Philips now sells a product range … Continue reading philips lighting finally ditches healthcare and consumer product divisions
just a few light bulbs
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
simon heijdens
Via Dezeen: A responsive glass facade reacts to wind passing overs its surface, scattering triangular patterns of light and shadow in this installation at Now Gallery London by Dutch designer Simon Heijdens (+ movie). The effect of Simon Heijdens’ Shade … Continue reading simon heijdens
quarkstar
Quarkstar is an LED startup venture that has developed a unique fixture concept with an extruded TIR-based light-guide that generates a combination of direct/indirect light. Their first application utilizes a combination “bat wing” asymmetric uplight distribution for ceiling illumination and … Continue reading quarkstar
luminaid
LuminAID is a solar powered, inflatable light source intended for emergency aid and humanitarian relief developed by two architecture students. From their website: The LuminAID solar light was designed to fulfill the basic need for light in post-natural disaster situations … Continue reading luminaid
rogier van der heide joining Zumtobel as CMO and CDO
Zumtobel formally announced that Rogier van der Heide is becoming their Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Design Officer. Rogier was previously the Chief Design Officer for Philips Lighting, where I worked for him as part of the Iconic Projects Team … Continue reading rogier van der heide joining Zumtobel as CMO and CDO
flos being sold for 400m euros
According to Dezeen: Italian decorative lighting company Flos is being sold to a private equity investment firm for 400m Euro. The article also mentions that Flos reportedly earns about 150m Euros a year. The Dezeen article includes a brief history of the company. Continue reading flos being sold for 400m euros
lumendrive from lumenpulse
I missed this announcement back in May, but the team over at Lumenpulse (including many of my former CK colleagues…should I call them “frienemies”?) launched an LED cove product using a custom ASIC driver chip that runs an AC-system topology. Lumenpulse is advertising … Continue reading lumendrive from lumenpulse
designLED products
Via Core77: IKEA has just made an investment in a UK-based venture start-up called DesignLED Products that is developing another flexible LED panel. DesignLED is encapsulating LEDs directly into a flexible light-guide, with etched diffusion optics on the surface of the film. Interesting, as … Continue reading designLED products
casa puglia
Casa in Puglia — a beautiful Italian house project in Arch Daily by architect Peter Pichler Architects that makes use of patterns generated by parametric techniques. “Casa in Puglia / Peter Pichler Architects” 20 Dec 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 21 Aug 2014. <http://www.archdaily.com/?p=97484> Continue reading casa puglia
sun-tec
Sun-Tec is a small Swiss manufacturer of transparent SMD (surface mount device) films using either transparent conductive layers or printed conductive traces. At this point, I’m guessing most lighting people have seen the trick where LEDs appear to float in … Continue reading sun-tec
technogym headquarters
Cool Hunting ran a piece on Technogym’s Italian headquarters and production facility designed by Antonio Citterio and Partners. What an amazing building. Gorgeous use of daylight, natural materials, and electric lighting. The production floor looks more spectacular and accommodating than some hotels … Continue reading technogym headquarters
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