Craig DiLouie

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 [...]

Produced by German lighting designer Gerd Pfarré and graphic designer and ad agency owner Frank Koschembar, THE ILLUMINATOR is a new 100 x 70 cm magazine about the role of light in culture, art, architecture and design. The magazine, which recently debuted with its first issue (and which subsequently received a glowing review in THE [...]

Columbia Lighting’s LLHP is a premium LED linear high bay fixture designed for durability, energy savings and performance and ideal for demanding environments such as sports complexes, warehouses, manufacturing facilities, commercial farm buildings and indoor recreational spaces. Providing up to 98 lumens per watt at 70 CRI, LLHP outperforms traditional HID lighting by reducing energy [...]

In this brilliant TED Talk, Beau Lotto explores the phenomenon of optical illusions and how the human eye sees objects and reality.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published ANSI ANSLG C38.377 Specifications for the Chromaticity of Solid State Lighting Products. This publication specifies the range of chromaticities recommended for general lighting with solid state lighting (SSL) products and advises customers of their white light chromaticities. This vital information applies to chromaticity standards and definitions and [...]

Billings at architecture firms accelerated to their strongest pace of growth since December 2010. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI), produced by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), reflects the approximate 9- to 12-month lag time between architecture billings and construction spending. AIA reported the October ABI score [...]

Adolescents can be chronically sleep deprived because of their inability to fall asleep early in combination with fixed wakeup times on school days. According to the CDC, almost 70 percent of school children get insufficient sleep—less than 8 hours on school nights. This type of restricted sleep schedule has been linked with depression, behavior problems, [...]

Lighting Services Inc recently introduced the LP3 Series, the first in a series of super high power, tight focused LED fixtures specifically designed for long throw, tight beam applications. The LP3 Series is the first fixture to accept Lumentalk Technology. Designed to take the place of aging low voltage sources, such as PAR56 or PAR64, [...]

The average shopper spends seven minutes in a retail store. If the store environment engages a shopper, 80% will make a purchase. What can lighting do to attract, engage and convert potential buyers? Matthew Cobham of Philips Lighting University discusses retail lighting in this fascinating webinar, covering: – Essentials in retailing lighting – The growing [...]