philips lumiblades – webinar
Following up on the Dezeen video, my colleagues at Philips Lumiblades will host a webinar regarding OLED tech on January 22nd. Mark your calendars…the future of lighting…in a Powerpoint! Continue reading philips lumiblades – webinar
“less or else” is becoming a bore
Editors Note: I originally wrote this article in the Lam Partners’ blog way back in 2009, but even four years later, I still feel the content is dead-on. I’m re-posting on my own blog for posterity. Architectural lighting is poised … Continue reading “less or else” is becoming a bore
digital lumens – video interview
A video interview with Brian Chemel, CTO of Digital Lumens and one of my former colleagues at Color Kinetics. This video is already a couple years old, but Brian delivers a very succinct explanation of the benefits of networked lighting…even in a … Continue reading digital lumens – video interview
the benefits of shorter days
From Next Avenue.org, an interesting viewpoint on the dark, short days of winter by designer and writer Akiko Busch. My favorite passages: Grasping Jung’s belief that the seed of creativity was found in the shadows, she welcomes the interior voyages into … Continue reading the benefits of shorter days
mistral wine bar
From the blog Knstrct, a wine and champagne bar in Sao Paulo called Mistral, designed by Arthur Casas. I love this project. It is a great example of what I consider to be contemporary lighting design: Not a damn downlight … Continue reading mistral wine bar
e/b office
e/b office is the New York-based design collaboration of Yong Ju Lee and Brian Brush. They have some fantastic, cutting-edge parametric design projects, including a few with some very innovative lighting designs. They also have an interesting blog with lots of … Continue reading e/b office
reactive vs. responsive
I really like the following workshop brief, for a 2012 parametric design workshop hosted by the University of Nicosia, in Cyprus. A couple of my favorite quotes: “Planet earth will don an electronic skin…when information technology becomes part of the social … Continue reading reactive vs. responsive
parametric design sites
A nice, simple video to explain what how “parametric design” fundamentally works. No narrative, just a simple example of adjusting parameters of a brick wall. And a couple links to interesting parametric modeling-focused sites: Rethinking Architecture Designreform Parametric Design Continue reading parametric design sites
bibliography now online
If you’re looking for some good books to read this holiday, I’ve posted my reading list from the past few years, including a few books that especially relate to the history of modern lighting technologies. Happy Holidays! Continue reading bibliography now online
firewall
Via Designboom, a nice art project from New York-based media artist Aaron Sherwood that utilizes an interactive stretched-fabric wall. Firewall from Aaron Sherwood on Vimeo. From Designboom: made using processing, max/MSP, arduino and a kinect, the piece measures the average depth … Continue reading firewall
google smart lamp concepts
Via Designboom, a fascinating (and extremely Media Lab-ish) concept project by design firm Berg for Google. Essentially a stereo vision system married to a projector that uses physical tokens to control the virtual world projected onto the real. Check out … Continue reading google smart lamp concepts
luminous limacon
I came across this project from Andrew Saunders, a Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, that was a winner in a 2011 design competition organized by ACADIA.org. Cool example parametric design; nice presentation board; and considering that I now … Continue reading luminous limacon
residential lighting dream system
If I could start with a blank page and design my own residential lighting system from scratch, I would combine a Redwood Systems-style power-over-Ethernet centralized rack system to feed DC power and IP control all the way out to each … Continue reading residential lighting dream system
data center lighting
I stumbled across an amazing article from the UK site Daily Mail about Google’s data centers. The photography is beautiful and includes some very cool lighting effects, all of which seem the residual, unintended impact from the thousands of LED … Continue reading data center lighting
philips lumiblade on dezeen
Philips Lumiblade 2012 from Dezeen on Vimeo. Dezeen has just produced a nice video piece on Philips’ Lumiblade OLED technology division, in Aachen, Germany. Continue reading philips lumiblade on dezeen
optimize the lighting industry: split it in half
The architectural lighting industry has become quite familiar with disruption: A host of new technologies have brought dramatic change to our long dormant industry. However, what many have missed is that the industry’s channels to market are ripe for innovative disruption … Continue reading optimize the lighting industry: split it in half
noe duchaufour-lawrence
Parisian designer and interior architect Noé Duchaufour-Lawrence has caught my eye with several projects that elegantly demonstrate the transition of architectural lighting systems from discrete, inanimate objects to interactive embedded luminous systems. Dezeen recently covered an installation titled Naturoscopie II … Continue reading noe duchaufour-lawrence
your lighting is watching you
A delightful little robotic project from students at the Victoria University of Wellington called Pinokio, a project very similar to a project from MIT’s Media Lab that I posted a few years back. Check out the FastCompany Co.Design article describing … Continue reading your lighting is watching you
technical vs. design innovation
Following is an insightful quote from a FastCompany article titled “Why Good Design Is Finally a Bottom Line Investment“: COMMODITIZATION PUSHES DESIGNERS TO THE FORE Innovation usually cycles between periods of raw, technical inventiveness and the finer task of packaging it … Continue reading technical vs. design innovation
nike china logistics center
Another great project showcased on DesignBoom: Situated in Taicang, China, is a 300,000 sqm digital installation by Shanghai-based firm Super Nature Design. The ‘Nike China Logistic Center’ consists of environmentally friendly, low-energy sculptures showcasing its operational efficiency and infrastructure systems. Separate … Continue reading nike china logistics center
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