A hugely successful show for Philips Lighting and our Philips Luminous Patterns launch. We had great placement in the booth and it was busy — 20,000 people visited the Philips booth just on Tuesday! The design we had at the … Continue reading philips luminous patterns @ light+building 2016
The past year I spoke at several events about how smart industry standards are needed to open up second-level innovations in the lighting industry that are hard for many industry insiders to appreciate. Specifically, communication and data standards for lighting … Continue reading light + building 2014: building controls and visualization
Light + Building is a beast. Every two years, close to 200,000 people, thousands of manufacturers, journalists and customers from the lighting and building automation industries descend on Frankfurt’s sprawling Messe convention center. This is my 4th Light + Building…and … Continue reading light + building 2014: 37 kilometers in 3 days
Georg Bechter Licht is a small startup by an Austrian architect turned product designer. I’m giving them the unofficial Lucept award for “Superb Tiny Booth Design“. In a show like Light + Building, filled with massive booths and endless gorgeous … Continue reading l+b: Georg Bechter Licht
UPDATE: Thanks to a contact from the company, I corrected my original post to clarify that these particular fixtures are by LTS, not Fagerhult, even though the two companies are related. German manufacturer LTS had some nicely detailed LED pendants, flat … Continue reading l+b: LTS
I LOVED this graphic from Barcelona-based decorative company Modiss. It completely hooked me into their booth. Their affiliated brand, Plightster, has some interesting and unique plaster-integrated fixtures. Lots of trick details, some of these really help bring a futuristic feel to … Continue reading l+b: Modiss + Plightster
OSRAM had an impressive booth this year. Maybe Siemens is really crackin’ the whip for OSRAM’s impending public offering, but their booth really had an energy and some sort of raison d’etre that seemed lacking in their booth at Light + … Continue reading l+b: OSRAM
So many decorative lines look badly dated a few years after launch. Thankfully, Aqua Creations continues to be a stand-out decorative line, a very contemporary collection that balances between the continued need to be creative while remaining timeless. Also see … Continue reading l+b: Aqua Creations
Spanish supplier Vibia had its usual assortment of very stylish contemporary decorative products. Yet one thing really stood out: The increasing number of products that are intended as user-customized clusters of fixtures. Vibia has embraced the mass customized, almost biomimetic … Continue reading l+b: Vibia
Swiss company Ribag had a pleasant little booth, with some very elegant, nicely detailed LED linear lighting fixtures. Several of their products seem like interesting evolution’s of old Linestra style fixtures (linear incandescent), which is quite a nice complement. The wall mount … Continue reading l+b: Ribag
“Occhio? Who the heck is Occhio and why is their booth so fabulous?” is honestly the second thought I had after seeing their booth. First thought? “Nice!…Animated waterfall!!!” According to Occhio’s website: “Occhio GmbH is one of the fastest growing … Continue reading l+b: Occhio
Tridonic, the components division of Zumtobel, launched a couple notable products at Light + Building. They showed a unique LED linear module for direct/indirect lighting. Looks like an edge-lit glass arrangement with the LEDs running along the perimeter. They also … Continue reading l+b: Tridonic
UPDATE: Lars Fischer from the Danish+American design firm Arting contacted me. He writes: “Although the award put a big smile on my face it is not a laminate materiale but a cheap wood chip/concrete sheet material from AMROC.” Thanks Lars for … Continue reading l+b: ProLicht
While Senses caught my eye with an intriguing interactive control, they ultimately seduced me via their gorgeous Swiss attention to detail in their fixture designs. Senses has a small product lineup consisting of a cube, cylinder, bowl and a linear pendant. They … Continue reading l+b: Senses
What can I say? I’m a fool completely in love with braided-wrapped lamp cord. Small decorative German firm less’n’more has some nice looking, thick-diameter wrapped flexible armatures and cords on their fixtures. Continue reading l+b: Less’n’More
German firm Domus had a cool little desk lamp named Mia made out of heavy felt. I loved the five-in-a-row iMac-esque presentation of the color options. Also…Domus’ website had a nice infographic: Their product timeline displayed like the rings of … Continue reading l+b: Domus
Ben Wirth Licht from Munich had a couple creative designs exploring alternate uses of circuit boards. I found these interesting mostly because they explore the dematerialization of traditional light fixtures. They dispense with the traditional enclosure of a fixture and leave behind … Continue reading l+b: BenWirth Licht
Light + Building has a special area showcasing recent graduates hoping to launch their own product design firms. Three in particular caught my eye. Daniel Becker Design Studio from Berlin was again showing a gorgeous modular lighting system called “Sparks”. … Continue reading l+b: young designers showcase
Artemide continues to be, well…Artemide. Essentially a hoity-toity collection of art pieces, never-the-less their art involves some creative uses of light and they certainly have some winners. And for sure: If you have to ask how much they cost, you … Continue reading l+b:Artemide
CeramTec is a German company that makes ceramic-based moldings, extrusions and sheet products. Ceramics have two great characteristics: Electrical isolation and thermal conductivity. Circuit traces can be silk-screened right onto the ceramic parts and electrical components like LEDs can be … Continue reading l+b: CeramTec
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