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Parsons Intensive Lighting Design Masters Studio
Parsons Intensive Lighting Design Masters Studio is a week-long immersion experience that exposes students to the working process and applications techniques in lighting design. Taking advantage of the expertise in…
Product Monday: Rubik by Mark Architectural Lighting
One of the most interesting products shown at LIGHTFAIR, Rubik by Mark Architectural Lighting allows designers to rethink the ceiling grid. The system consists of 9-/5-/3-cell luminaires forms that can…
DOE Posts LIGHTFAIR International Presentations
As in previous years, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solid-State Lighting Program offered free educational sessions at its booth at LIGHTFAIR International. These booth presentations are now posted are now…
LIGHTFAIR Recap
LIGHTFAIR International, taking place April 24-28 at the San Diego Convention Center, was one of the most interesting events in years. LIGHTFAIR once reflected the glacial pace of the lighting…
British Scientists Believe Matter Will Be Created from Light within a Year
Eighty years ago, physicists theorized that light could be converted into matter. The scientists, who later participated in the development of the first atom bomb, considered converting light into matter…
The LED Driver Dilemma
In December 2015, LD+A published a column, “The LED Driver Dilemma,” by Jerry Plank. That month’s Safety Column discusses how LED driver substitution continues to be hampered by a lack…
Product Monday: Philips LightVibes
Philips Lighting’s LightVibes is an innovative ambient LED lighting technology that is synced to on-screen content with the power to create fully immersive movie-going experiences. Introduced in London in 2014,…
Eaton’s Wegner and Broughton on LED Optics
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Scott Wegner and Kevin Broughton, principal optical engineers for Eaton. The topic: LED optics. I’m happy to share their responses with you here.…
A History of Recessed and Track Lighting
Eaton has published an article describing the history of recessed and track lighting. Check it out here at the Eaton’s The Lighting ReSOURCE.
World’s Blackest Spray Paint
Surrey NanoSystems now offers a spray-on version of its Vantablack coating, which it first released two years ago. Vantablack is constructed of carbon nanotubes that absorb light–99.965% of the light…
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