A very special piece for you today: To celebrate Lucept’s 1,000th post exploring the future of architectural lighting, let’s momentarily turn our gaze from the future to appreciate one of the most consequential innovations to impact not only lighting, but … Continue reading lucept’s 1,000th blog post: an interview with george craford
I came across this fun video of a guy who found the raw, flexible LED “filament” commonly used in old-school style Edison bulbs – which have already been around now a long time. And of course, those LED filament bulbs … Continue reading LED spaghetti
Updating a blog post I wrote waaaay back in 2012, I once again came across Arizona-based Nth Degree and their unique line of LED flexible backlighting technology based on layers of micro-sized LED die – almost like “LED dust” embedded … Continue reading nth degree
The global pandemic has driven video communications to the forefront…and also the need for good lighting for photography and videography. In my office I recently upgraded 4 ancient fluorescent 2’x2’/60×60 troffers (so ancient they still had magnetic ballasts and starters!) … Continue reading using a LED panel as a photography softbox
GVA Lighting recently launched their Infinity series, which capitalizes on the inherent system-level benefits of using 380V DC-power for long runs of LED fixtures. GVA claims they can achieve over 300m/1000ft long runs from a single power/data connection, which is … Continue reading GVA lighting embraces high voltage DC power
I just can’t get enough of seeing the behind the scenes of the Mandalorian, with the production’s use of large-format LED screens and live rendering technologies to create virtual backgrounds (check out my previous posts on the Mandalorian, Jon Favreau’s … Continue reading the virtual sets of the mandalorian (yet again!)
Nice video tour of the Khatod optics factory in Milan, Italy. What a beautiful facility. Ciao, bella! Continue reading khatod optics factory tour
Yes, I’m a total lighting nerd. I also love factory tours. So of course, I found this video of LED tape strip production at Wisva Lighting to be fascinating! Continue reading LED tape strip factory tour
Randy Reid of the Edison Report conducted a great interview with Jim Brodrick on the history of the U.S. Department of Energy’s guidance and investment in solid-state lighting (LED + OLED). Brodrick led a fantastic program at the DOE that … Continue reading jim brodrick interview
Archilumo is a Dutch startup launching a very interesting range of planar LED architectural lighting. I’ve long wondered why fixture manufacturers don’t explore more interesting forms of flat, planar lighting – given the propensity of architects to want to treat … Continue reading archilumo
Over the years Audi has continued to impress with creative concepts using cutting-edge technology for their automotive headlights and taillights. Here are a couple recent videos: The first showcases what is possible when headlights become interactive 1 megapixel digital projectors, … Continue reading audi headlight concept videos
Ledmotive is a Barcelona-based manufacturer of high-color fidelity LED lighting engines and control solutions. Ledmotive offers either 7 or 10 channels of light integrated into their light engines. Plus they complete the system with a nicely conceived spectrometer accessory for … Continue reading ledmotive
Any hard-core electrical engineers specialized in LED drivers reading this blog? If so, I would appreciate your input!!!! Until today, we were proudly a 100% LED-illuminated household. Unfortunately, I faced an enemy I could not slay: Two G4/12VAC lamps in … Continue reading defeated by G4 lamps, I retreat from 100% LED
Another interesting proof-point in my prognosis that lighting and ceiling systems are fusing together into new hybrid/embedded systems. XAL launched its Muse product line, which integrates LED office lighting into vertical hanging acoustic baffles. Check out the video below for … Continue reading xal – muse
VANTOT is an Eindhoven-based design studio started by two recent Design Academy graduates. I saw one of their products, “Current Currents” at the Frozen Fountain, a perennially fabulous design shop in Amsterdam. I love the art deco/arts-and-crafts style of the product. … Continue reading vantot
Fashion house Balenciaga recently had a phenomenal catwalk staging, a rather intimate LED tunnel that was used for some incredible visual effects. Designed by Canadian filmaker Jon Rafman, the LED panels were supplied by Shenzen-based InfiLED. Unfortunately I can’t find … Continue reading balenciaga LED tunnel
Interesting, ultra-compact recessed linear LED cove profiles from ProLed. Thin enough to fit in the space of the gypsum board. Continue reading proled cove profiles
Specialty LED components company VCC is introducing a sheet-style LED back-lighting solution called VentoFlex. The VCC design is flexible, able to be tiled and cut to fit (along predefined patterns). Here is their VCC VentoFlex-Brochure and VCC VentoFlex-Datasheet. It seems … Continue reading vcc ventoflex
I found some classic old images on my hard drive of the very first prototyping efforts of converting the Empire State Building to LED lighting, dated from approximately January 2007. Imagine stepping out of the window of an office onto … Continue reading empire state building
Lightly Technologies is a Dublin-based startup making flat, tiled light engines using LED. Very simply, they’re targeting the profile shape of OLED with the performance benefits of LED. They are currently in the midst of an apparently successful equity-crowd-funding program … Continue reading lightly technologies
