My team and I just completed the new Philips Luminous Patterns showroom in Eindhoven. Occupying 200 sq/m, we’ve installed 12 large Luminous Patterns wall and ceiling installations depicting a reception area, bar, hotel room, and several retail scenarios. Completing the space is … Continue reading philips luminous patterns: new showroom
Via Dezeen. “What is fashion missing? Micro-controllers.” Some wild fashion concepts by Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht that combines 3D printing, embedded lighting, projection mapping, sensors, etc. (not to mention some crazy insane 3D modeling skills!) into some very futuristic ensembles. Gorgeous … Continue reading anouk wipprecht
What happens when designers fuse patterns of light into architectural materials? Introducing Philips Luminous Patterns Our team at Philips Luminous Patterns is integrating decorative patterns of light into architectural wall and ceiling systems. We believe that patterns of light in architectural surfaces … Continue reading philips luminous patterns: make a statement with patterns of light
Mosaic Lights is a Budapest startup that launched an LED panel that can be installed directly behind transparent or translucent tile. You can see a brief glimpse of the actual product in their installation video. Looks like the LED panel … Continue reading mosaic lights
I hosted a session on embedded lighting for a group of local architects and we captured it to share as a webinar. I cover how fusing lighting into surfaces offers new opportunities to advance modern architectural lighting paradigms; some tips … Continue reading philips luminous patterns: embedded lighting webinar
RoboFold is a London-based studio that uses robots to fold sheet metal into sculptural architectural forms. The inherent beauty of the intricate shapes creates interesting plays of light and shadow. Integrating lighting directly into these surfaces would create beautiful examples of embedded lighting. … Continue reading robofold
Corning has a pretty cool vision of the future, but this really takes the cake: Corning’s Willow Glass so flexible that it can be rolled up and used like a laminate. It is shatter resistant and can even be cut with … Continue reading corning willow glass
Lighting Wallpaper is a small Czech startup launching screen-printed electroluminescent decorative wall tiles. They are an offshoot of ELON Technologies, a company that specializes in producing electroluminescent-animated posters for advertising. It reminds me very much of Jonas Samson’s design concept from 2008, and it … Continue reading lighting wallpaper
Night Flight is a mega-sized lounge designed by Bulgarian interior design firm Studio Mode. The central vaulted arches are constructed of triangulated patterns that include gorgeous integrated patterns light. Continue reading night flight
For the past three years I’ve been leading the development of Philips Luminous Patterns. I will be publishing more posts on Luminous Patterns in the future, but as a teaser, here are our first marketing videos: Continue reading philips luminous patterns: first videos
A very cool project I just discovered from 2011, 500 Bourke Street in Melbourne includes an elegant custom ceiling construction that integrates lighting into custom cast-plaster ceiling units. According to the award submission: The foyer refurbishment includes an extensive new … Continue reading 500 bourke street
Thanks to everyone who attended my “Embedded Lighting” conference presentation last week at Lightfair 2015. I had great attendance considering the “red eye” time slot! And lots of great Q+A from the audience and follow up after. For anyone who wants … Continue reading lightfair 2015 – embedded lighting – slidedeck
I’m presenting a 90 minute session at the upcoming Lightfair 2015, titled “Embedded Lighting: The Future of Integrating Lighting into Architectural Systems.” My session brief: Lighting has historically been fragile, dangerous, objectified. Yet new technologies are being developed to permit lighting … Continue reading lightfair 2015: embedded lighting
Zane Berzina is a textile researcher who created a fascinating project called “E-Static Shadows” back in 2009. Berzina’s website contains an in-depth documentation of her research incorporating LEDs and sensing into textile production. According to her website: Artist, designer and … Continue reading zane berzina
Via DesignBoom. A sculptural ceiling installation that is back-lit with RGB LED to create dramatic effects as the light escapes the cracks between the panels. Great installation, but it looks like it was accomplished via tedious on-site assembly — a … Continue reading softlab – installation at rise nation
The Next Evolution of Light: Introduction A View from the Year 2020 Let’s take a trip in our time machine 5-years ahead to the year 2020 and check out the evolution of the lighting industry. The lighting industry continues to face … Continue reading the next evolution of light: introduction
A funny little project for a “his and hers” bed loft by Hungarian designers Batlab. I like the integration of a continuous band of lighting. Via DesignBoom. Continue reading loft by batlab
I’m looking for two good interns to work with my team at Philips Lighting this upcoming spring. Please share this with any students or professors who might fit the bill. The first position is for a graphic design student who … Continue reading internships!
Via Core77: IKEA has just made an investment in a UK-based venture start-up called DesignLED Products that is developing another flexible LED panel. DesignLED is encapsulating LEDs directly into a flexible light-guide, with etched diffusion optics on the surface of the film. Interesting, as … Continue reading designLED products
I continue to be fascinated by the potential of electrically-conductive inks for architectural applications. The ability to radically simplify low-voltage DC-based lighting and sensing systems by integrating printed electrical traces directly into architectural materials offers a innovation path towards … Continue reading bare conductive
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