Chris Bell, a professional artist and adjunct professor at Stanford University, often uses light as part of his sculptural toolkit. Believing fluorescent lamps have been overlooked as a medium for creating art, he developed unique rubber connectors from a mold of his own design, allowing him to achieve architectural sculptures using the lamps in various [...]
Light + Art
Pure Edge Lighting’s Dallas Market Center Showroom
Pure Edge Lighting’s new showroom at the Dallas Market Center features LED products and innovative and artistic installations. Pure Lighting and Edge Lighting, both owned by Gregory Kay, recently merged to become distinct brands under the company Pure Edge Lighting. Due to growth, the company moved from a shared space to its own expansive showroom [...]
Light And Dark on Saturn
Beautiful images of the Saturn system courtesy of the NASA Cassini Mission.
LED + SSL, Light + Art, Products + Technology
Product Monday: Lumina Panel by Sensitile Systems
The Lumina panel from Sensitile Systems offers a material that transforms a single integrated LED source into a surface within which thousands of points of light appear to seemingly float. Panels can be cut, shaped and joined to create shapes and objects.
WTC Tribute In Light
To mark the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, the Tribute in Light once again illuminates the New York City skyline. Lighting designer Paul Marantz shares his story of Fisher Marantz Stone’s design and execution of how the Tribute came to be. The Tribute in Light is an annual installation to honor the [...]
Leni Schwendinger Offers Podcast Tour Of Tidal Radiance Project
Leni Schwendinger Light Projects recently announced the latest installment in a series of podcasts, produced by CultureNow’s MuseumWithoutWalls, highlighting the project Tidal Radiance. To set the stage for a dramatic transformation during night, it was important that the sculptural elements remain neutral by day. To accomplish this, Light Projects collaborated with the architect on material [...]
LD+A Publishes “Confessions Of A Light Addict”
Ingo Maurer’s so-called “addiction to light” began many years ago in Venice when the then-graphic designer had a tad too much white wine during a leisurely lunch. After returning to his room for a nap, Maurer was taken by the sight of a lone incandescent light bulb hanging from the ceiling. What could have been [...]
Architectural Lighting Publishes Article About Light Art’s Impact on Lighting Design
In the January issue of Architectural Lighting Magazine, Glenn Shrum, founder and principal of Flux Studio and U.S. coordinator of the Professional Lighting Designers’ Association, describes the impact that light art has had on architectural lighting design. Check it out here.
Leni Schwendinger Invites You to NIGHT CITY
Leni Schwendinger invites you to view NIGHT CITY, her video inspired by the Professional Lighting Designers Association LightMapping events. Through close observation of public, private and found light sources in locations throughout Greenwich Village, Leni presents a unique way of experiencing the city after dark.
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