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Author Archives: craigbic
Call to action – Give Me Your Architectural Lighting Finest!
Jeesh! Does nothing interesting happen in the world of architectural lighting these days? I keep patrolling the web for interesting stories on any topic remotely related and I keep coming up with old stuff. You go to all of the … Continue reading
Tsunami Glassworks Creates Stylish, Edgy Lighting Fixtures
I stumbled onto the Tsunami Glassworks website and was very impressed with their lines of hand-blown glass sculpture and lighting fixtures. You have to check them out – their designs are modern, artistic pieces that showcase clean, simple shapes – … Continue reading
Posted in architectural lighting, Innovative Lighting Design
Tagged architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, artistic lighting, chandeliers, designing with light, glass chandeliers, hand-blown glass, hand-made lighting, handblown glass, light sculpture, lighting artist, lighting designers, sculptural lighting, tsunami glassworks
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LEDs Make Pedestrian Bridge More Interactive
Artist and sculptor Virginia Folkstad of Denver, Colorado chose to install colored RGB LED projectors and proximity sensors on the Wynkoop St. Railroad Bridge to make the normally quite mundane task of walking across the bridge more thought provoking and … Continue reading
Posted in Innovative Lighting Design, Just for fun
Tagged artistic lighting, gobo projector, immersive lighting, interactive lighting, led gobos, led mood lighting, led projector, lighting artist, lighting design, lighting designers, lighting exhibit, Lodolights, rgb leds, Virginia Folkstad
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Calling all architectural lighting product manufacturers
By the way, if you work for a company that produces particularly innovative lighting products for architectural applications and would like me to possibly publish information about that product and your company, then please send me the information via the … Continue reading
Local Massachusetts Company Announces Partnership with ABS Lighting
Billerica, Mass. based Luminus Devices, expands into the transportation industry with the 1st highway/road fixture built with their PhlatLight® LEDs. Luminous Devices, announced its expansion into the transportation industry through a partnership with ABS Lighting. The company’s CSM-360 White PhlatLight … Continue reading
Posted in Architectural Lighting Industry, Solid-State Architectural Lighting
Tagged abs lighting, architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, Architectural Lighting Industry, energy efficient, led architectural lighting, led highway lighting, led highway lights, led road lighting, led road lights, luminous devices, massachusetts lighting companies, massachusetts lighting company, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state highway lighting, solid-state road lighting, transportation lighting
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A final note on the LED Wall Washer Color Problem
Well, it’s been a long time since my last post – sorry. I thought I would start with an update on the project where my company corrected the color output of high power LEDs on linear array boards (used for wall washing applications) using colored ink-jet printed transparency film lenses (see post below). In the end, the customer came around… Continue reading
Posted in Innovative Lighting Design, Tools of the Trade
Tagged architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, architectural lighting design tools, Architectural Lighting Industry, artistic lighting, building lighting, led architectural lighting, lighting design, lighting engineering, Office Lighting, office lighting design, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state office lighting
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Application Note: Easy Solution to LED Wall Washing Color Problem
Remember our color temperature drifting in our LED wall washing application note? No? Click here to read all about it Well, as you may recall we had 6 high power LEDs on a linear board to be installed either in … Continue reading
Posted in Innovative Lighting Design, Tools of the Trade
Tagged architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, architectural lighting design tools, color filters, colored filters, correcting led binning, correcting led color, designing with light, gelatin filter, gels, home made filters, homemade filters, homemade gels, led architectural lighting, led binning, led color, led color temp, led color temperature, led filters, led gels, led lighting, led wall washer, led wall washing, lighting design, lighting design tools, lighting designers
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in architectural lighting, General, Innovative Lighting Design, Just for fun, Solid-State Architectural Lighting
Tagged 3d architectural rendering, 3d modeling, 3d rendering, 3d rendering software, architectural design, architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, designing with light, free lighting design software, free lighting software, free software, led architectural lighting, lighting artist, lighting design, lighting design software, lighting design tools, lighting designers, lighting engineering, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state lighting design
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Application note: LED Use in Wall Washing Applications
LEDs are quickly expanding into the world of architectural lighting into many specific applications once occupied by metal halide or tungsten halogen lamps (think MR16 sized) such as spot lighting, marker lighting (stairs, railings, doorways etc..), and wall washing. Its … Continue reading
Posted in AL Courses and Education, architectural lighting
Tagged architectural design, architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, architectural lighting design tools, Architectural Lighting Industry, architectural visualization, artistic lighting, color filters, colored filters, competition, correcting led binning, correcting led color, designing with light, gelatin filter, gels, home made filters, homemade filters, homemade gels, hyve, Innovative Lighting Design, led architectural lighting, led binning, led color, led color temp, led color temperature, led competition, led emotion, led emotionalize, led filters, led gels, led lighting, led wall washer, led wall washing, lighting artist, lighting calculation, lighting contest, lighting design, lighting design competition, lighting design contest, lighting design software, lighting design tools, lighting designers, lighting engineering, lighting innovations, Office Lighting, office lighting design, osram, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state lighting design, solid-state office lighting, Tools of the Trade. Tags: architectural lighting
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in architectural lighting, General
Tagged 3d architectural rendering, 3d modeling, 3d rendering, 3d rendering software, architectural design, architectural led lighting, architectural lighting, architectural lighting design, architectural visualization, building lighting, daylight consultant, daylight planning, designing with light, dial, DIALux, energy efficient, free lighting software, interior lighting, light modeling, lighting artist, lighting calculation, lighting design tools, lighting engineering, lighting visualization software, office lighting design, Solid-State Architectural Lighting, solid-state lighting design, visualization software
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