Prudential Lighting’s Bolt is Snap’s streamlined, sleeker new sibling designed for any number of configurations. No longer constrained to 1-ft increments, Bolt is offered in any row length (to the 1/16˝) with fully lit 2-, 3-, and 4-way corners, allowing for a wide range of shapes, from intersecting triangles, squares, pentagons and hexagons to asymmetric “chop stock” creations.

Lightheaded Lighting’s Minimalist series of low-glare, micro downlights offer miniaturized luminaires with significant light output.

My contribution to the December issue of tED Magazine, the official publication of the NAED, provides an update on the development of LiFi technology, including its early commercialization efforts.

Decorative lighting manufacturer Eureka’s Verner pendant is a “deco-performance” luminaire comibining high light output with a geometric aesthetic to enhance interior spaces while providing useable light. With no visible hardware, the pendant is intended for use in high ceiling applications, open areas or spaces where diminished focus on the ceiling is the aim.

Cree’s FLEX Series LED Troffer offers five customizable inner-optic choices, standard 1% 0-10V dimming with optional SmartCast® Technology for intelligent lighting control, significantly reduced flicker, and design flexibility with various options.

FLOS’s Wirering is a simple, stripped-down luminaire that is midway between a wall and floor lamp. Highlighting parts often hidden by lighting designers, the luminaire uses custom belt-like electrical cable made of colored rubber and a ring of LEDs. The cable fixes to the wall through ABS joints in the same finish as the ring. [...]

Fulham Co., Inc.’s new Bluetooth Bridge 0-10V LED controller is the first in a series of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) components designed to connect luminaires into a Bluetooth mesh ecosystem. The new Bluetooth Bridge can be installed in any electrical box or LED fixture to provide wireless 0-10 dimming control and monitoring.

The Chinese state newspaper recently reported that a private aerospace institute in Chengdu plans to launch an “illumination satellite” into orbit by 2020. The artificial moon will be bright enough to replace street lights.

Using the cylindrical Flindt Bollard as his starting point, Danish designer Christian Flindt created Louis Poulsen’s new Flindt Wall, a circular wall-mounted luminaire that brings bold, sculptural illumination to both indoor and outdoor spaces. Based on the same carved-out design as the Flindt Bollard, the Flindt Wall continues this aesthetic, emitting a soft glow in multiple directions.