New Architectural Lighting Blog Image Gallery!

Just a quick note to let you know that I have posted a gallery page (click the “gallery” tab at the top of the blog just under the header or click here) . Currently it contains a small collection of some of my 3D renders and sketches of concept LED-based architectural lighting fixtures.  I will add to it as I can. Let me know what you think!

Clearing the attic

Well, it’s been a looooonnnnnnggggg while since I posted anything. It’s been soooo hard with other commitments within the company and outside the company but I am still pushing forward – albeit a bit slow. Thank you for all of the comments lately, it’s really nice to see that many of my readers are participating.  I have been invited by a couple of blogs for link exchanging which is really cool and that is something I am always open too. If your blog relates to architectural lighting in a meaningful way, then I am totally open to that. One thing that I am not really open to which has come up is that I link exchange WITHIN a post. Let me say that I am not offended by anyone asking so don’t worry about that but I am not going to place links/ads within the blog outside of the blogroll but thats not to say I wouldn’t consider it if there was some really deep connection on a technical level that would really enhance the post.

Well that’s it for now. I’ll be posting a small lighting application note soon.

Sticky: Second Phase of HYVE/Osram “LED-Emotionalize your light” Design Contest Starts

I just received a follow up email from HYVE regarding the “LED-Emotionalize your light” design contest. Here it is for any of my readers that have participated:

The second phase of the LED-Emotionalize your light! Idea Contest has started!

At this very moment the jury is selecting the 3 best ideas and designs out
of more than 500 contributions and the winners will then be announced on
Wednesday. The first phase has been a huge success with 505 ideas, 764
members, 6599 community evaluations and 2897 comments within 7 weeks and
still new ideas are submitted. While the winning ideas are waiting for
their announcement the three most active community members have already
been chosen: Congratulations to howman, LED Head and Classic!

Contest Phase 2
The focus of the second contest phase will be on refinements and further
developments. The 10 most interesting ideas are selected by the jury and
the community is forced to advance these contributions by further designs,
applications or technical solutions. Phase 2 will be closed on July 20th,
2009 and two weeks later on August 4th, 2009 the 3 contributors of the
best improvements will be awarded. The best submission will receive
1.000€. The second prize will be 600€ and the third prize will be
400€. But keep in mind, the three most active community members will be
rewarded as well. You have the possibility to comment on ideas or
improvements, to evaluate them or to leave messages on
www.led-emotionalize.com.

Social Networks
Beside the contest platform all participants and everyone who is
interested can join the LED-Emotionalize your light – Design Contest
group or the contest community on facebook. You have the chance to receive
the latest contest news on twitter and in case of questions contact the
contest team by sending an email to info@led-emotionalize.com.

We really appreciate your participation in Phase II of the contest. Become
a part of continuous success of creativity and open innovation by
reporting on the contest or forwarding this information to your creative
network!

Thank you for your support

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Sticky: HYVE Innovation Community in collaboration with OSRAM, are hosting an online idea and design competition

First off, let me say that I am NOT posting this late. I did not get this until 25MAY09 but the contest runs until the end of July so you still have time. I am posting the email sent to me by HYVE regarding this really cool contest. I am considering entering and I hope all of you lighting designers out there do too. Come on! Strut your stuff – you might win something. If any of you do, please post back here or send me an email with images and an explanation (short) of your design – I would LOVE to post them here! Here is the email explaining the contest:

We, the HYVE Innovation Community in collaboration with OSRAM, are going
to host an online idea and design competition in the beginning of May
until the end of July. The contest “LED – Emotionalize your light”
(www.LED-emotionalize.com) asks international light and design lovers to
share their ideas in the field of light designs using LED technology and
to create innovative and emotional mood light concepts. Moreover the
contest aims to generate feasible ideas for light solutions, which are on
the one hand easy to use and implement and on the other hand affordable
for everyone.

With the help of an easy to use submission procedure ideas can be
contributed, described with simple application scenarios and extended by
designs or technical solutions. Participants will not only have the
possibility to create their own Light design, but also to have it
discussed within the community. The community members can comment the
ideas of other participants as well as to evaluate or refine them.

The competition has already started and will run until the end of July
2009. Within the first phase new ideas and designs are collected and
discussed by the community. In the following second phase the best designs
and ideas are presented and jointly advanced by the community.

All participants of the competition have the chance to win valuable prizes
amounting to 7000€. The designs will be judged by a professional jury,
consisting of senior staff of OSRAM and selected professional
representatives. The selection considers community and expert evaluations
and will be based on creativity, innovation and emotionality of the
submitted ideas. Furthermore the most active community members in each
phase can receive valuable non-cash prizes.

The “LED – Emotionalize your light” Idea contest is supported by the
light producer OSRAM and the Siemens AG

The following link will guide you directly to the competition:
www.LED-emotionalize.com

Really cool designs have been submitted up to now. For example Luminous
speaker, which can change their colour according to the music or luminous
chairs which might change their colour if it’s happy hour.

So check out the competition and if you find this competition exciting and
interesting, we would appreciate it if you could report on our contest in
your blog.

Thank you for your support.
So there you have it – get going already – I want to see what you guys and gals come up with. I’ll try to enter and post what I come up with too. 

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Announcing the Sketchup Graphics Blog!

I would like to inform all my readers that I have a new blog, the Sketchup Graphics Blog, that is about all things Sketchup. I have taken the Sketchup related posts from here and copied them over to the new blog. Sketchupgraphics.com will feature the latest news about Google Skethcup, Sketchup plugins, Sketchup tutorials, and more. Please check it out and let me know what you think!

Architectural Lighting Blog wins award…sort of…

I got tired of not having awards so I did what I think ALL blog writers SHOULD do….give themselves an award. So I came up with the Self-Awarded Blog Award for 2008 and gave it to the Architectural Lighting Blog. It was a tough choice….it came down to several good finalists but in the end, my desire for shameless self promotion overtook the other competitors leaving the Architectural Lighting Blog with the crown! LOL

So here it is….the winner of the 2008 Self-Awarded Blog Awards…..the Architectural Lighting Blog! Boy am I getting punchy or what?

I’m back once again!

Whewwww! Finally, I have sent my companies catalog off to our designer after months of compiling data, creating technical illustrations from scratch, coordinating a 3-day photoshoot, writing dozens of applications notes, and countless hours of Photoshopping! NOW, I can get back to doing all the OTHER stuff I do around here like posting on my blogs!

I am getting great feedback from visitors here about the DIALux sections and it would appear that this blog is becoming a good community forum for DIALux related discussion which is FANTASTIC! Keep on discussing!

Design Project Organization Software

If you’re a designer who works predominantly on digital projects (graphic designer, illustrator, lighting designer, photographer, etc..) and you have Microsoft Access 2002 or better and are struggling with organizing your projects (as I do frequently), then you might want to checkout the Digital Design Project Manager database from Six Bicks Press. This fantastic piece of software allows you to enter project information, keep track of clients, contacts, digital assets as well as asset license information, deadlines, and more. The software has full reporting, does internal backups, has user preferences, reminders, and way more stuff than I can talk about here and it’s inexpensive! You can pick it up from the Six Bicks website

Company combines fiber optics and LED technology to create fiber optic fabric and luminious clothing

Let’s chock this next one up to architectural “accessories” lighting, perhaps? Whatever you want to call it, these were neat enough to mention here so make sure you go take a look at these, OK?

LumiGram SARL a French high tech fashion and design company started by the famous fashion designer Jacqueline has come up with a line of table clothes, sculpture, throw pillows, and among other things fashion tops that are all made out of or incorporate arrays of LED illuminated fiber optics creating a shimmery, colorful glow of light. Some are AC powered and others are battery operated (AC powered fashion tops are available as window displays). The table cloths, pillows, and sculptures could be of interest to an architectural lighting designer (perhaps even the clothing if they’re a particularly fashionable lighting designer ) working on finishing upscale commercial venues or perhaps a private residence that wants that pulse-pounding dance floor look at night. Swaths of illuminated fiber optic fabric can be used as swags or tapestries.

Anyrate, these are all handmade items that are fun and highly unique and they incorporate two of my favorite things, fiber optics and LEDs. Definitely different. If any of my readers tries any of these, I’d be really interested in a picture or two. Kewl

Click here to checkout their website

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Gigantic Animated LED Rugby Ball

There’s a phrase I never thought I’d be saying in my lifetime.

Thanks to reader Walt Jacquemin for pointing out yet another fun and interesting use of LED technology as accent lighting or in this case as sculpture. In the past, a 13.5 by 9 foot rugby ball might have been made of stone or concrete or wire and flowers (think Rose Bowl float) or whatever. Now, thanks to LEDs we have a gigantic, fully animated rugby ball. How cool is that?!? This thing is covered with 2000 Barco LED light tiles that together along with sophisticated controllers and software combine to make what amounts to a Jumbotron rolled into a football shape (American football that is).

Fun stuff! Thanks Walt!

Click here to read the full story at LEDs Magazine

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