Light + Art

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 [...]

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As featured in PBS’s Art:21 series: James Turrell’s work involves explorations in light and space that speak to viewers without words, impacting the eye, body, and mind with the force of a spiritual awakening. Situated near the Grand Canyon and Arizona’s Painted Desert is Roden Crater, an extinct volcano the artist has been transforming into [...]

This video shows three examples of how light and shadow can be used to create works of art. These include Kinetic Sculptures, Chinese Shadow Art Show and a compilation of shadow sculpture. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/v/E0fV_Roz1AI&hl=en_US&fs=1&

My friend and colleague, LED expert Kevin Willmorth, recently told me that he has set an ambitious goal of designing and producing 52 all new solid-state lighting based product designs over the 52 weeks of 2010. “The idea is to demonstrate that LEDs are not only here and now, but far easier to design around [...]

Artist Kara Walker meditates on the nature of her works of art, which frequently render subtly disturbing images rendered in silhouette. http://www.youtube.com/v/ipd7ZjFcoo8&hl=en_US&fs=1&

I love getting inside the heads of some of the country’s top lighting designers; one can learn a great deal in a short amount of time and, just as important, see things from a different perspective. Contract Magazine offers just such an opportunity in this great interview of lighting designer Leni Schwendinger.