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Creative Manufacturers

studio philip ross

December 12, 2020December 11, 2020 Brad Koerner

Philip Ross is a Dutch designer with an industrial design education and research background spanning both TU/Delft and TU/Eindhoven. Over the years Ross has created some very interesting experiments exploring how to use various forms of touch to control (or … Continue reading studio philip ross

Business & Innovation, Future Lighting, Interactive Lighting, Lighting Technology

6 disruptive lighting trends: recorded webinar

June 19, 2020 Brad Koerner

Thanks to James McHale and the team at Memoori for hosting a great webinar! If you missed it live, listen to it now at your convenience at this link. Really, I should have picked a different title, because the 6 … Continue reading 6 disruptive lighting trends: recorded webinar

Interactive Lighting

sharpEnd

June 18, 2020 Brad Koerner

SharpEnd is a rather unique London-based firm that calls itself The Agency of Things. Focusing on connecting brands and consumers via the Internet of Things, SharpEnd implements a variety of technologies – like NFC tagging, QR codes, camera vision systems, … Continue reading sharpEnd

Interactive Lighting

node red

November 5, 2019 Brad Koerner

Node-RED is an interesting programming tool that was recently open-sourced from an IBM project. It aims to make complex “Internet of Things” solutions accessible to non-coders via a simple visual, flow-based interface. Node-RED is a programming tool for wiring together … Continue reading node red

Interactive Lighting

teamlab – megaliths in the bath house

August 26, 2019 Brad Koerner

Yet another stunning project from TeamLab, this time a cluster of “megaliths” placed in an abandoned bathhouse. If you look closely in the video, you can clearly see the fine pixelation of the direct-view LED panels. I’m guessing 2mm or … Continue reading teamlab – megaliths in the bath house

Future Lighting

milan 2019: sony’s affinity in autonomy

April 29, 2019April 27, 2019 Brad Koerner

Sony presented a beautiful installation called “Affinity in Autonomy” that explored future relationships with robotics of various sorts. The installation was beautifully conceived, using both darkness and luminous splashes of vivid blended-pastel colors to create a wonderful experiential sequence. But … Continue reading milan 2019: sony’s affinity in autonomy

Interactive Lighting

milan 2019: design holding – interactive installation

April 27, 2019 Brad Koerner

The investment conglomerate Investindustrial created a massive 4,000 sqm presence for its newly organized Design Holding portfolio of companies, including Flos, B&B Italia, and Louis Poulsen. Most impressive was a beautiful interactive entryway installation. Depicting fun caricatures of the famous … Continue reading milan 2019: design holding – interactive installation

Interactive Lighting

wiliot

January 16, 2019 Brad Koerner

Wiliot is a spin-out tech startup based in San Diego and Israel that has developed a small Bluetooth chip that can power itself by harvesting energy from common wireless signals. The chip can be connected directly to certain types of … Continue reading wiliot

Interactive Lighting

sosolimited – tidal light

December 7, 2018 Brad Koerner

Boston-based interactive design firm Sosolimited recently installed a public art piece at the Charleston Navy Yard on the tip of Constitution Wharf. According to their press release: ● Custom software collects data in real time from National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration … Continue reading sosolimited – tidal light

Lighting Technology

limbic media

October 19, 2018 Brad Koerner

Limbic Media is a startup based in British Columbia that is developing real time, interactive lighting controls.  Their first product is a sound-activated, predictive control system called “Aurora” with intelligent “AI” learning functions. Beyond their initial product based on audio … Continue reading limbic media

Interactive Lighting

seeper

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 Brad Koerner

Seeper is a British studio that specializes in experience creation.  Check out their very interesting work ranging from attractions to events to digital experience R&D. I love their catch-line: “Our mission is to create awe + wonder by designing and … Continue reading seeper

Lighting Technology

lightact

July 7, 2018July 6, 2018 Brad Koerner

Lightact is a very interesting lighting and media control system.  There are bunch of features baked into the system that are quite state-of-the-art, such as: Native 3D visualization Control of lighting, video and audio Real time rendering, particle and image … Continue reading lightact

Interactive Lighting

soso

November 3, 2017 Brad Koerner

Soso Limited is a Boston-based firm developing interactive lighting experiences and data visualization projects.  Founded by a few MIT kids, they have a pretty cool portfolio of projects with various methods of social media interaction, for example some novel ways … Continue reading soso

Interactive Lighting

xyzt: abstract landscapes

July 9, 2017 Brad Koerner

XYZT: Abstract Landscapes is a digital art installation by Lyon-based designers Adrien M & Claire B.  The exhibition fuses together some spectacular interactive digital animations with well-executed projection and sensing technologies with a beautiful minimalist black and white color palette. The … Continue reading xyzt: abstract landscapes

Lighting Technology

nike rise 2.0

May 24, 2017May 23, 2017 Brad Koerner

What happens when you make the playing court a gigantic media screen, and add in precision player tracking? From AKQA, this is actually a couple years old already… Continue reading nike rise 2.0

Lighting Inspiration

breeze lamp

April 27, 2017 Brad Koerner

An interesting concept from design student Xinyue Yang, via Core77. Although I love the exploration of new ways to interact with lighting, I’m not sure about blowing as a consistent or practical method.  But I like the look of these.   Continue reading breeze lamp

Interactive Lighting

nexmosphere

February 11, 2017 Brad Koerner

Nexmosphere is an Eindhoven-based startup/spinoff that is developing a technology platform for interactive experiences in “bricks’n’morter” retail environments. To quote their site: Nexmosphere develops products that enable a rich and intuitive shopping experience that will change the way we shop. … Continue reading nexmosphere

Interactive Lighting

tangible interactions

December 1, 2016December 1, 2016 Brad Koerner

Tangible Interactions is a Vancouver-based studio that creates interactive installations for a variety of events, art pieces and corporate branding.  Check out their site – lots of cool projects. Continue reading tangible interactions

Future Lighting, Uncategorized

naked approach

September 20, 2016September 19, 2016 Brad Koerner

Naked Approach is a Finnish research consortium that is focused on exploring a “Nordic perspective to gadget‐free hyperconnected environments.” To quote their site: In our vision, the digital surroundings will form an “omnipotential” environment around the user, providing all the … Continue reading naked approach

Lighting Education

layers of eye candy

September 19, 2016 Brad Koerner

Check out my posting “Layers of Eye Candy” on Philips Lighting’s Future of Light blog where I explore using layers of embedded lighting in retail applications. Continue reading layers of eye candy

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