you’ve been framed: LEDs cleared of Van Gogh damage
Another excellent rebuttal piece on the garbage “LED’s destroy paintings!” media reports, this time from Lighting Magazine. Plus a funny cartoon… All visible light causes fading, one way or another. Phrased a different way in this article: “If you can see … Continue reading you’ve been framed: LEDs cleared of Van Gogh damage
verti-cult by miniwiz
Via Inhabitat: Internally luminous “green walls” made of recycled plastic by Taipei-based company Miniwiz. From the Inhabitat post: Taipei-based Miniwiz just unveiled a brand new system that transforms old bottles into gorgeous glowing green walls! Dubbed Verti-Cult, the system is made from 100% … Continue reading verti-cult by miniwiz
ube
Via Kickstarter, an interesting Austin-based startup company called Ube that is developing WIFI-enabled dimmers, outlets, plug adapters and of course, the corresponding control apps for mobile devices. The team behind this looks to have quite a bit of experience in … Continue reading ube
half of lighting suppliers don’t understand their products
Via my UK-based Linked-In colleagues: A great article/recap in Lux Magazine of a presentation by Sainsbury’s Mark Hawker, Head of Engineering. Sainsbury is a large grocery retailer in the UK; the article briefly mentions that they’ve opened a 100% LED … Continue reading half of lighting suppliers don’t understand their products
zhaga – LEDsMagazine
In a recent issue of LEDsMagazine, an excellent pro-Zhaga piece written by Philips’ very own Menno Treffers, who is the General Secretary of the Consortium. Menno is the Senior Director of Standardization at Philips, and not just specifically lighting (he also is … Continue reading zhaga – LEDsMagazine
startups vs. the establishment
According to GreenTech Media, Acuity Lighting recently acquired Adura Technologies, a startup focused on wireless controls solutions for the energy retrofit space. Good for them, a cash exit is what most of these startups want. Unfortunately for the industry, there seems … Continue reading startups vs. the establishment
warning: PR releases maybe dangerous to LEDs
Many of you might have heard of the recent sensationalist and inappropriate headlines that implied “LEDs destroy paintings!!!” I want to point all of you to an excellent rebuttal piece written by MondoARC: “Study wrongly implies LED to blame for … Continue reading warning: PR releases maybe dangerous to LEDs
architects of air – exxopolis
My former Color Kinetics colleague Tom Hamilton (now a VP at Ketra) sent this link to a rather fun, traveling art piece called “Exxopolis” that uses pneumatic air structures in combination with richly saturated translucent acrylic panels to create color-soaked … Continue reading architects of air – exxopolis
athens communal lighting installation
Via Designboom: located in the heart of athens, a small street within the monastiraki area is host to a lighting installation. by inviting users to donate their old luminaires, fixtures and lamp shades in order to transform the abandoned street … Continue reading athens communal lighting installation
richard kelly’s six qualities of light
Everyone in the lighting industry knows Richard Kelly’s “three elemental kinds of light”: Focal Glow (make it easier to see) Ambient Luminescence (make surroundings safe and reassuring) Play of Brilliants (stimulate the spirit) However, few people have ever read the … Continue reading richard kelly’s six qualities of light
history of luminous walls
Thomas Schielke, who is in the communications group at ERCO and has spoken at many events and seminars, has a personal site with many interesting research videos for those of you who are “lighting nerds”…like myself. Above is an excellent … Continue reading history of luminous walls
ledscape installation
A fun little marketing installation from IKEA promoting their new LED A-lamps…and some spectacular photography. Via Architizer: The holiday season shined a little brighter this year, at least in Lisbon, Portugal, courtesy of a bright light installation for IKEA at … Continue reading ledscape installation
d-shape
D-Shape is a large 3D printing technology that essentially prints “sandstone” for architectural-size construction projects. D-Shape is the supplier intended for the “world’s first 3D printed house” project. How about some 3D printed light fixtures to accompany my future 3D … Continue reading d-shape
2013 is full of opportunities and risks for LED lighting, says Everlight chairman
Most lighting designers don’t realize that the LED industry is focused in Taiwan, with a huge number of LED packaging houses located there; particularly in America, only the big names like Cree, Lumileds and Nichia are recognized. Everlight is a huge manufacturing of LED components…close to $600m a year in revenue (and not far off from Cree’s ~$700m). Here is an interesting snippet of information from Everlight’s chairman about the state of the industry. Continue reading 2013 is full of opportunities and risks for LED lighting, says Everlight chairman
the silence room
Via Dezeen : Alex Cochrane Architects has created a space for shoppers at London department store Selfridges to find peace and quiet amid the bustling emporium. I love the simple, minimal lighting effect: a halo of light slipping out from beneath and behind … Continue reading the silence room
bytelight
An update from my earlier post: Bytelight, the Boston-based startup that is focusing on visible-light-communications (or “coded light”) for indoor “GPS” functionality has finally launched a public website. According to their own site: We believe indoor location is going to be … Continue reading bytelight
smart things
Smart Things is essentially a home-automation system. But what makes Smart Things special is that it makes great use of contemporary technologies such as smart phones, cheap sensors, the Zigbee/Z-Wave standards, and cloud connectivity to move Ye Olde home-automation from … Continue reading smart things
it’s a small [lighting] world
I love the stats function on WordPress…not because I have a lot of readership, but because I have such a broad readership around the world. It is just fascinating to see… Here are my recent stats: Country Views United States … Continue reading it’s a small [lighting] world
whitevoid
WHITEvoid is the brainchild of Berlin designer Christopher Bauder and contains a most impressive collection of cutting-edge installation art, lighting design, media design, and software design. WHITEvoid developed the product design and web configurator (see image above) for the beautiful … Continue reading whitevoid
microsoft illumiroom concept
Via Engadget, a Microsoft Research concept that uses a projector to dynamically extend the action shown on a TV screen. Very interesting extension of the virtual world. Continue reading microsoft illumiroom concept
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