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    • six disruptive trends in architectural lighting
    • smart signage concept for retail shelving
    • virtual production and its impact on the real world?
    • hyper vignettes: localizing digital/physical experiences
    • 5 tips to prevent digital signage burnout
    • trends in digital media for athletic facilities
    • active objects, surfaces and zones
    • media-driven vs data-driven environments
    • next evolution of lighting
    • wrap your spaces in social media
    • embedded lighting series
    • the future of office design?
    • the DC powered building
    • koerner design wins US DOE sustainable luminaire design competition
  • innovation management
    • what’s the value of innovation management?
    • the 3 sins of innovation theater
    • the innovation attitude matrix
    • innovation management: marketing vs product marketing vs sales communications
    • elon musk’s 5 step R&D strategy
    • Business thinking for designers
    • being a good product manager = listening, synthesis, advocacy
    • mixtape for product management

Tag: LED

Future Lighting

every surface a screen: the video!

June 17, 2022August 19, 2022 Brad Koerner

I’m thrilled to share my presentation from this year’s Smart Building Conference in Barcelona. Let’s explore how the fusion of physical/digital is rapidly transforming retail, hospitality and many other applications! Check out the YouTube video below, and if you like … Continue reading every surface a screen: the video!

Future Lighting

every surface a screen: now what?

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Brad Koerner

Come join me May 9th in Barcelona as I present “Every Surface a Screen: Now What?” at the Smart Building Conference at Integrated Systems Europe. Here’s my abstract: How will digital interaction disrupt centuries-old concepts of architectural design? There is … Continue reading every surface a screen: now what?

Lighting Technology

incredible shrinking mini LEDs

February 28, 2022 Brad Koerner

Is the architectural lighting industry really keeping pace with the rapid miniaturization of LEDs? Case in point, I stumbled upon this model supplies site on Alibaba that is offering mini LEDs pre-attached to wire leads. The seller’s photography beautifully illustrates … Continue reading incredible shrinking mini LEDs

Creative Manufacturers

black neon

February 23, 2022 Brad Koerner

This came through my email: An interesting new concept for a “black neon” 360° LED tube via Potato Lighting out of Shenzen. It must be grossly inefficient, but it will offer some wild special effects in creative applications. Continue reading black neon

Creative Manufacturers

mandalaki studio – halo edition

February 3, 2022February 2, 2022 Brad Koerner

Mandalaki Studio is a design group based in Milan that launched HALO EDITION, a decorative projection fixture that makes gorgeous use of lush gradients of light. Gradients of color are a grossly under-appreciated aspect of lighting design, wholly absent from … Continue reading mandalaki studio – halo edition

Lighting Education

LED manufacturing videos

December 29, 2021 Brad Koerner

Here are a few interesting videos on how LED strips, filaments and COB units are produced. Who doesn’t love factory tours!!!! Nice video showing the binning process in detail: Some snapshots of the LED binning process! From a different manufacturer, … Continue reading LED manufacturing videos

Creative Manufacturers

luo-light

November 9, 2021November 8, 2021 Brad Koerner

LUO-Light is a Helsinki-based lighting startup led by German architect Oliver Walter that has launched a modular, click-together linear lighting system using bamboo for the primary structural element. Exchangeable optics and LED engines. Thanks Panos Loannidis for the original post! Continue reading luo-light

Lighting Education

DIY faux neon

September 10, 2021September 10, 2021 Brad Koerner

Here’s a nice video from Adam Savage’s Tested YouTube channel on making your own DIY faux-neon LED sign. For any of you old enough to have specified neon or cold cathode on a commercial project, the incredible ease of using … Continue reading DIY faux neon

Lighting Technology

lighting for good

April 22, 2021 Brad Koerner

Lighting for Good is a very interesting initiative from luxury goods conglomerate LVMH and lighting design firm TEMELOY. Lighting for Good aims to drive real sustainability into the manufacturing and specification of lighting products. What a terrific initiative, covering the … Continue reading lighting for good

Business and Innovation

lucept’s 1,000th blog post: an interview with george craford

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Brad Koerner

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

Lighting Technology

LED spaghetti

March 23, 2021 Brad Koerner

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

Lighting Technology

nth degree

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Brad Koerner

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

Lighting Technology

using a LED panel as a photography softbox

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Brad Koerner

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

Lighting Technology

GVA lighting embraces high voltage DC power

September 17, 2020September 16, 2020 Brad Koerner

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

Future Lighting

the virtual sets of the mandalorian (yet again!)

August 28, 2020 Brad Koerner

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!)

Creative Manufacturers

khatod optics factory tour

May 19, 2020 Brad Koerner

Nice video tour of the Khatod optics factory in Milan, Italy. What a beautiful facility. Ciao, bella! Continue reading khatod optics factory tour

Creative Manufacturers

LED tape strip factory tour

March 24, 2020 Brad Koerner

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

Lighting Education

jim brodrick interview

December 17, 2019 Brad Koerner

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

Creative Manufacturers

archilumo

May 22, 2019May 21, 2019 Brad Koerner

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

Future Lighting

audi headlight concept videos

May 15, 2019 Brad Koerner

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

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