#lighting (14 links)
Excellent article from James on ars. Well done, James.
Speed of Light celebrates the tenth anniversary of broadband in the UK with a series of installations by United Visual Artists commissioned by Virgin Media. The installations explore the themes of communication and modernity.
- Lighting designer Stuart Haygarth stuarthaygarth.com
Starting in 2004 I have been working on design projects which revolve around the collections of objects. The objects are normally collected in large quantities categorized and assembled in a way that transforms their meaning. My work is about giving banal and overlooked objects a new significance. The finished piece of work takes various forms such as chandeliers, installations, functional and sculptural objects.
On Saturday, a new urban advertising screen was turned on in London. This one’s a little different to the norm though: it’s 176m above the ground, 60m wide and 5m tall. Oh, and it wraps around the BT Tower.
- Light pollution is complicated part 2 (or okay, do blame it on the lighting designer) - Headlessness headlessness.com
What if there was some shift in emphasis from designing for the building, to designing for the community, or the wider urban space? If everyone could agree just to turn the lighting down a bit, or even a lot, night-time city centres could become much less competitive, noisy places in terms of ambient light.
Discover when the golden hour is at your current location, explore visually how the golden hour changes with the seasons and where you are in the world. [...] We calculate sunrise and sunset times. the elevation and azimuth of the sun and of course, display the golden hour.
- Headlessness - Light pollution is complicated (or, don't blame it on the lighting designer) headlessness.com
The lighting designers take the rap for light pollution once more. Allow me to say a word or two in their (or, er, our) defence.
A global firm of designers, engineers, planners and business consultants.
Radiohead's LED lighting. "Our road to what became, we believe, the first exclusively LED tour lighting system started with a conversation about generators at festivals and green field sites."
- Designer New Zealand made Shower Curtains, Bath Curtains, Lamps, Stationery and Homeware catherinedaviddesigns.com
- How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change the World? One. And You're Looking At It. fastcompany.com
For years, compact fluorescent bulbs have promised dramatic energy savings--yet they remain a mere curiosity. That's about to change.
- Ban the Bulb banthebulb.org
A campaign to save money and help the environment by using energy efficient light bulbs.
Green, environment-friendly design.