Craig DiLouie

Philips is currently working on transparent OLEDs, enabling OLED panels to function as ordinary windows during the day and become panels at night to imitate daylight or provide attractive indoor lighting. Even during the day, they could function as privacy shields. Transparent OLED panels will be commercialized within the next 3-5 years, according to the [...]

I owe Jim Hutchison another hat tip for turning me on to this simple photography technique that uses a simple flashlight, camera and a healthy imagination to create works of art. Here are a few photos from the Light Paint blog. After you take a look, check out the tutorial video at the bottom of [...]

Wow! Yesterday, Royal Philips Electronics unveiled the first-ever OLED interactive lighting concepts–for both consumer and professional use–during Euroluce International Lighting Fair in Milan. The concepts offer a combination of intuitive interactivity, ultra flat shape, soft light-effect and new design possibilities. “Our concepts demonstrate a new light ambiance, novel design possibilities and unique interactivity of light [...]

At Lightfair, I will have the pleasure of presenting a workshop on lighting controls commissioning with Gary Meshberg of Encelium Technologies and David Weigand of Leviton, as part of the Lightfair Institute. The workshop (course #L09W21), “Commissioning and Controls,” will be presented on Monday, May 4, from 2-5PM. This workshop will focus on providing a [...]

Here’s an article I wrote for the October 2008 issue of Illuminate that talks about the C2C product certification program: In 2005, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC), founded by architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart, launched the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) product certification program. The program resulted from manufacturer requests for a label that [...]

Light sculptor Craig Kraft of Kraft Studio & Neonworks began working with mixed media neon and direct body casts in 1983, which launched a career of expression using light as a medium—from freestanding light works reaching nearly 20 ft. high to monumental sculptures as large as 40-ft. x 10 ft. x 10 ft. wrapped and [...]

Hat tip to Jim Hutchison for digging up this gem! For me it was love at first sight with this product… DEMO/Design Clinic of Israel has created a small line of hand-made light fixtures made from old reclaimed plumbing parts, including a spigot that turns the light on and off. These KOZO lamps are designed [...]

There are a number of interesting new wireless products coming out this year. Here’s one: Leviton’s partnership with EnOcean, a developer of wireless building automation technology, has resulted in a new line of self-powered, wireless occupancy sensors, remote switches, wall switches and integrated wireless receivers that automatically turn lights on and off based on occupancy. [...]

E ~ The Environmental Magazine, publisher of the nationally-syndicated EarthTalk column, which runs in America’s newspapers, magazines and websites, has compiled the “best of” its popular column all in one place: EarthTalk: Expert Answers to Everyday Questions About the Environment (A Plume original / ISBN 978-0-452-29012-9 / $15.00). EarthTalk consists of real questions from real [...]