old-school show control: binloops
What in the world are the machines shown above?
sci-fi no more: 3d printing suppliers
Let’s say you want to create your own light fixture. If you can model in 3D, then having rapid prototypes machined or printed has become incredibly easy and relatively cheap to do. It opens up an entire new world of possibilities for designers, especially those of installation art or projects that are “pushing the edge of the envelope.”
greenpix media wall
GreenPIX is a landmark installation completed for the 2008 Beijing Olympics by Simone Giostra & Partners and Arup. It is a self contained, completely off-the-grid, low-resolution-video architectural surface. It is a unique hybrid, with solar cells integrated into the front of glass panels that are rear-illuminated with individual LED pixels.
lighting tattoos
Sha-Do is a series of pattern-projecting fixtures from a German designer, Peter Buning.
O2 Media Cloud
European cell phone provider O2 had a stunning booth at the 2005 CeBIT convention; four years later it remains a striking design.
birch and willow: biomass materials in lighting fixtures
Now this is “green” lighting: Birch and Willow, a small firm in Boston, uses weaves of wood and vines to create very organic (both literal and aesthetic) fixtures. The resulting designs create delightful plays of sparkle, shadow and pattern.
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Jason Bruges Studio
Jason Bruges Studio out of London specializes in interactive lighting installations. The work is delightfully esoteric, plus their site has plenty of unique eye candy.
LFSS: Light fixtures from recycled water bottles
Check out the gorgeous pieces on Lisa Foo & Su Sim’s blog page. Lisa Foo is an architect and Su Sim is a landscape architect, both from Malaysia.
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U2 360: Video Screen or Transformer?
U2’s concerts might run long on the media hype, but they are certainly a tour de force of design, staging, and technology. Their latest tour includes an electro-mechanical wonder as its centerpiece, a 360° viewable LED screen that expands and contracts over the band.
we love mad men: authentic lighting from the 60’s
If there is one thing that AMC‘s Mad Men proves, it’s that your grandparents were so much cooler than you. Here at Lucept, we’re gearing up for the show’s third season opener on August 16, and to celebrate, we’ve put together a sampling of authentic 1960’s lighting design.
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OXO Candela: lighting innovations from Mars
If the Candela series of portable lighting products were suddenly transported back to the ’50s, I’m sure the headlines would read something like this: “Alien atomic glowing flashlights arrive from Mars!”
Candela was designed by local Boston product design firm Vessel (read this NY Times article about the history of Vessel developing Candela and selling the series to OXO).
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Materialise .MGX Lighting Collection
Materialise is a rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing firm that produces 3D printed objects ranging from automotive parts to dental appliances. Materialise specializes in processes such as fused deposition modeling, laser sintering, and stereo lithography. Such technologies can directly “print” … Continue reading Materialise .MGX Lighting Collection
Light + Pattern = Beautiful Home
Check out the pictures of this small home in Bangalore with a striking open-air, thru-cut wall pattern at the corner of an interior garden room. The transformation of the daylight interior lighting into the nighttime electric lighting on the exterior … Continue reading Light + Pattern = Beautiful Home
La Vitrine: Interactive Lighting Installation
Exceptionally well executed interactive public street art, developed by Montreal multimedia environment design firm Moment Factory. Make sure to check out the video below: notice how refined the various graphic modes are, along with exceptionally precise directional movement tracking. via … Continue reading La Vitrine: Interactive Lighting Installation
Association for Retail Environments: Awards Archive
If you ever need a great source of lighting reference images, check out the Awards section of the Association for Retail Environments site. The Awards section is stocked full of many years of award-winning projects, neatly organized and loaded with … Continue reading Association for Retail Environments: Awards Archive
Frank Buchwald – Machine Lights
Frank Buchwald is a German designer and manufacturer of creative, retro-futuristic “machine lights”. Handcrafted of steel and brass, with extra-long filament incandescent lamps, the fixtures (machines?) evoke a wonderful era that never really existed. Some of them have an almost … Continue reading Frank Buchwald – Machine Lights
snog london
Snog is a small chain in the UK, riding the wave of “unsweetened” frozen yogurt shops. The difference is in their store design. Their latest store, Snog Soho, includes a fantastic ceiling composed of 700 color-changing glass pendants, backed up with some incandescent lighting. Cinimod Studio was the UK-based lighting designer, and details on the custom lighting tech can be found at e-luminate. Continue reading snog london
Erwin Redl
Check out this New York based installation artist, Erwin Redl. Amazing LED-based installations. His site is loaded with trippy eye candy. Very creative use of the possibilities of LED technology. References: Trendhunter, Paramedia Continue reading Erwin Redl
seeing the future: Microsoft Office Labs
Many times, the best way to see the future of your profession is to look to other professions. Microsoft Office Labs, with their “Envisioning” series of videos, present a stunning take on the future of office, education and other environments. … Continue reading seeing the future: Microsoft Office Labs
Lightspotting: Neocon 2009
I had the opportunity to walk the many, many floors of Chicago’s gigantic Merchandise Mart for the recent NeoCon trade show. While definitely focused on furniture and fabrics, the show offered some stunning showrooms with lots of lighting inspiration. Check out the original post on blog.lampartners.com. Continue reading Lightspotting: Neocon 2009
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