Sky Factory eScape™ is a digital cinema virtual window that brings the dynamic beauty of nature—image, motion and sound—to interior environments. A high-tech illusion, eScape features a wall-mounted industrial-grade HD LCD monitor embedded in a full-size casement window. eScape utilizes an advanced RED digital cinema technology to capture terabytes of Sky Factory’s proprietary HD nature [...]
Check out the amazing creations of Moritz Waldemeyer, whose work fuses technology, art, fashion, design—and light.
Learned about the artist at JimonLight and had to cover it here. Here is a sample of her work–more here. Great Japanese TV show segment about the artist:
To mark the occasion of New York Design week (May 14-May 17), Italian lighting manufacturer ITRE will create a “light lounge” in front of Pastis, a restaurant in the Meatpacking District. On display will be two interesting lighting designs: SIT-UP is a light source that doubles as a bench; multiple units can be arranged to [...]
IESNYC has announced the Spring NightSeeing Walking Tour, a “multi-project tour on art, fashion and cocktails,” to be held Wednesday, May 26, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Starting Location: CIT Lobby 505 Fifth Avenue (entrance on 42nd Street) New York, NY IESNYC Members: $15 Non-Members: $30 Space is Limited. Please RSVP by Monday, [...]
Neon/Light sculptor Ben Livingston, recipient of the Paul Waterbury International Lighting Design Award, also happens to be an accomplished musician. His new CD, titled “Trust Your Equipment,” is available from Waterloo Records. Listen to it here free. Then buy it here.
Don’t know about you, but I think light painting should be a much more recognized art form!
Earth Hour got me thinking about getting this post up. In February, parts of Los Angeles’ Echo Park neighborhood experienced a blackout. A 2HeadedHorse filmmaker climbed onto his building’s roof and produced this video for “The Long Night,” a song by Patrick Park. The Long Night from 2HeadedHorse on Vimeo.
Fluxus by Andromeda is a wavering Murano glass sculpture created to adorn White Gallery, the first big lifestyle store to be opened in Rome in October 2009. Fluxus is the result of the cooperation between designer Karim Rashid, who designed the Knit (individual hand-made glass element) and Artist Michela Vianello, whose inspiration gave concrete shape [...]
The Illuminating Engineering Society, NYC Section (IESNYC) recently announced the winners of the 2010 NYC Student Lighting Competition during its 10th annual awards reception held at The Helen Mills Theater, New York City. Asked to develop a three-dimensional, abstract lighting composition to the theme “Liminal Luminosity,” competing students took on the challenge of interpreting the [...]
