McKinsey’s recent article on “location based entertainment” makes a solid case for smaller, flexible experiential formats as a way to deepen IP engagement and activate underutilized real estate. Yet I think McKinsey misses a bigger picture, considering the history of … Continue reading what mckinsey missed about the future of LBE development
My entire life, I’ve had a wild surplus of imagination. What has limited me is the ability to extract what’s in my mind… to share my “mind’s eye” with the world. Here’s my grand theory: AI will allow those of … Continue reading AI and the mind’s eye
What will intelligence look like in our built environment?Imagine if a classic James Turrell installation were actually intelligent, if its “brain” were an AI perceiving its surroundings, interpreting countless data streams, and dynamically shaping the occupant’s experience. What would that … Continue reading conscious luminous effects
Frank Gehry, your impact on this world was immense. Thank you for all the inspiration you gave to a entire generation of architects and your impact on liberating the built environment from bland boxes. 25 years ago, I was exploring … Continue reading the love child of james turrell and frank gehry
“Ms. Smith, welcome to the Four Seasons Spa. The walls will be your wellness guide today.” What if a room could respond to how you feel? Could this room guide your personal wellness? What if this room had a deep … Continue reading immersive digital wellness
Do Cute Droids Represent the Future of Architectural Systems? Moritz Baecher, Associate Lab Director at Disney Research, recently delivered a fantastic deep dive at NVIDIA’s GTC25 conference into the development of Disney’s immensely popular BD-X droids. His presentation offered an … Continue reading disney’s bd-x droids and the next generation of immersive digital experiences
STATE OF THE ART? Well, ummm… Nike is getting a lot of media coverage for its recent “A.I.” shoe concepts. The designs are slick, for sure, but the whole thing is more a lesson about marketing a company’s innovation efforts … Continue reading nike’s use of ai
Way back in ’23, I was trying to scrounge up some freelance design projects and pitched several architectural and decorative lighting manufacturers. It turned out to be a hot AI summer, where I generated ideas for over a dozen product lines built on hundreds … Continue reading hot AI summer, part 4: glass swirls
Way back in ’23, I was trying to scrounge up some freelance design projects and pitched several architectural and decorative lighting manufacturers. It turned out to be a hot AI summer, where I generated ideas for over a dozen product … Continue reading hot AI summer, part 3: filamento
Way back in ’23, I was trying to scrounge up some freelance design projects and pitched several architectural and decorative lighting manufacturers. It turned out to be a hot AI summer, where I generated ideas for over a dozen product … Continue reading hot AI summer, part 2: beverly hills chic
Way back in ’23, I was trying to scrounge up some freelance design projects and pitched several architectural and decorative lighting manufacturers. It turned out to be a hot AI summer, where I generated ideas for over a dozen product … Continue reading hot AI summer, part 1: gold futures
“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” –Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, by his own admission, must have been a world class thief. And you know what every other “artist” or “creative” is? A thief. Gathering, stealing and plundering ideas that they … Continue reading A.I. is democratizing imagination
In continuing my experiments with Midjourney AI, for fun I tested entering the tagline of Lucept: “the future of architectural lighting” Much of the magic behind this system is the sample set it was trained on. But still, the poetry … Continue reading more AI image generation: the future of architectural lighting?
I was just granted access to Midjourney’s beta invite and ran a handful of quick tests to see how AI-based image generation will affect architectural lighting and experiential design. My first impression: WOW! The raw power for ideation and early … Continue reading imagination on demand: my 1st experiments in AI image generation
Will lighting designers be replaced by AI? Is that a scandalous enough proposition to start this post with? Automation via machine learning is a scary topic to many, with the belief that route, repetitive jobs are at risk of machine … Continue reading midjourney AI
Another gorgeous installation from Refik Anadol and his studio, this time for Venice’s Biennale Architettura 2021. Refik Anadol Studio’s Sense of Space at the Biennale Architettura 2021 represents the first works of art stemming from years-long collaborations with groundbreaking scientists in their … Continue reading refik anadol: sense of space
Check out this incredible future-visioning video from Bee’ah, a large UAE-based environmental services company. Bee’ah is building a stunning new corporate headquarters with Zaha Hadid Architects, with ambitious goals of being a net-zero energy site, powered fully through sustainable energy … Continue reading bee’ah’s office of the future
“Can data become a pigment?” Check out this beautiful TED talk from visual artist Refik Anadol: Continue reading refik anadol: ted talk
TensorFlow is an open source platform for machine learning. “AI” is a hot topic, often presented in scary Hal-like doomsday discussions. But basic machine learning is simply automated optimization, and there are endless opportunities for how we should be continually … Continue reading tensorflow
Caspar is a startup focusing on learning/artificial intelligence systems for residential smarthome applications, especially for multi-unit residential developments. I definitely believe that lighting and other building systems need to become more automated, and the concept of a learning/auto-adjusting system fits … Continue reading caspar
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