t-bar LED lighting
Update: Mia Antonia from T-Bar contacted me, stating: “We are currently adding a company profile to our website. JLC-TECH was founded in 2010 by Silvio Porciatti, who has nearly 20 years experience in the international lighting industry. JLC-TECH is based in … Continue reading t-bar LED lighting
lucept roundup: 5 tech-focused lighting startups
LEDs have jumped many hurdles over the past decade. Output, quality and price have all hit the marks needed for widespread adoption. Socket and module standards are quickly evolving. So what’s next? The next great revolution in the LED business will be miniaturizing the driver components and lowering the cost of advanced control and communications features. As the industry adds a glut of LED capacity, the price of the actual LED chips continues to plummet. This is increasing the percentage of total fixture cost that is related to the driver and power conversion components and, as they say, “the sharks are … Continue reading lucept roundup: 5 tech-focused lighting startups
disney california adventure lighting updates
My “first love” in lighting and the reason I’m in architecture and lighting design is Disney’s Parks and Resorts. Disney’s environments derive techniques from both theater and the movie industry, using a combination of rich details, scenic compositions, and spatial … Continue reading disney california adventure lighting updates
michael taylor photographer
Came across this on Tumblr: Michael Taylor Photographer. “An abstract approach to photography involving light and humanity.” His “Wave” series is a beautiful use of projections on human bodies. His “Light Trace” series uses long exposures and what looks like … Continue reading michael taylor photographer
peter zumthor
For a project concept I’m working on, I pulled a bunch of random images of Peter Zumthor’s work. Too many sites to credit, but I left the original file names in place for searching, if you want. Enjoy. Continue reading peter zumthor
designpanel
Designpanel from Nuremburg is a resin panel manufacturer for architectural applications, including a series of translucent colors, panels with decorative adders (such as meshes, organics, air bubbles, etc) and CNC-milled textures . They have a small series edge-lit LED panels … Continue reading designpanel
3form lightart
3form is a manufacturer of decorative resin panels, primarily for architectural use. Several years ago they launched a line of lighting fixtures and customized lighting fabrications called LightArt, and since then they put together an impressive collection of standard and … Continue reading 3form lightart
saflex vanceva
Saflex is a manufacturer of PVB (poly vinyl butate) interlayers and laminates for glass. Saflex’s Vanceva product line is a decorative line aimed at architectural installations. I especially like the color selector tool, that shows how colors and transparencies can … Continue reading saflex vanceva
black pearl
The Black Pearl is an office building/research lab in Taipai, Taiwan, designed by Shin Takamatsu Architects. According to the Solutia World of Color Awards blog: Cross-shaped LED lights mounted at the intersection of each window sash create the effect of … Continue reading black pearl
l+b: Georg Bechter Licht
Georg Bechter Licht is a small startup by an Austrian architect turned product designer. I’m giving them the unofficial Lucept award for “Superb Tiny Booth Design“. In a show like Light + Building, filled with massive booths and endless gorgeous … Continue reading l+b: Georg Bechter Licht
l+b: LTS
UPDATE: Thanks to a contact from the company, I corrected my original post to clarify that these particular fixtures are by LTS, not Fagerhult, even though the two companies are related. German manufacturer LTS had some nicely detailed LED pendants, flat … Continue reading l+b: LTS
l+b: Modiss + Plightster
I LOVED this graphic from Barcelona-based decorative company Modiss. It completely hooked me into their booth. Their affiliated brand, Plightster, has some interesting and unique plaster-integrated fixtures. Lots of trick details, some of these really help bring a futuristic feel to … Continue reading l+b: Modiss + Plightster
2012 audi A6 LED headlights
Audi’s LED headlights available on the 2012 A6 are quite stunning, especially when viewed in real life. I find the intricate detail and styling of the fixture to be very architectural in and of itself. Continue reading 2012 audi A6 LED headlights
phototropia
I ran across this almost-crazy design project and research model from Zurich’s CAAD Institute at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich: Phototropia is part of an ongoing series on the application of smart materials in an architectural context and was … Continue reading phototropia
zieta
Since so much of lighting is still based on plain, old sheet metal, I always keep my eye open for innovative uses. Oskar Zieta is a Polish designer, in conjunction with the CAAD institute in Zurich, who is working on … Continue reading zieta
360volt
360volt at Prinsengracht 397, in the “canal belt” neighborhood of Amsterdam, has a nice collection of vintage industrial fixtures, rewired with standard E-26 sockets and re-purposed for contemporary decorative use. Everything from classical enameled pendants, explosion proof wire guard, high bays, and … Continue reading 360volt
shanghai museum of glass
Via Design Bureau and Designboom, the Shanghai Museum of Glass has a gorgeous glass facade with glass-related words slowly glowing brightly and receding in a dark background. According to Designboom: “a solid black mass heads a bleak existing structure, marking … Continue reading shanghai museum of glass
lighting love letter from Mad Men
“Lovely Megan, I went to buy a light bulb. When I get back, I’ll see you better. Love, Don” Thanks to last night’s episode of Mad Men, all of us lighting nerds finally know how to compose a love letter that … Continue reading lighting love letter from Mad Men
l+b: OSRAM
OSRAM had an impressive booth this year. Maybe Siemens is really crackin’ the whip for OSRAM’s impending public offering, but their booth really had an energy and some sort of raison d’etre that seemed lacking in their booth at Light + … Continue reading l+b: OSRAM
control system disconnect
There is clearly a huge disparity in what control system developers consider valuable — proprietary ownership of technology — versus what specifiers and owners consider valuable — open spec, interoperability, and selecting industry-best components as they please. This is especially acute within the North American architectural lighting industry, but certainly it is not exclusive to that geography. For example, if I wanted to buy an excellent Crestron touch panel, a Lutron wall station with custom finish, and a dimming panel from Lightolier, then I am out of luck. Each of these common manufacturers wants to “control” the whole purchase order and … Continue reading control system disconnect
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