Anemone, by Igor Pinikin
I am a huge fan of art that is functional as illumination – which is why I assume I like Igor Pinikin's "Anemone" so much. It's glass, it sits uniformly at any angle on any surface, and has glass...
View ArticleTear Drops from Tokujin Yoshioka's Eyes
I have really enjoyed the weird oversimplification of products that has been going on in design lately. Swedish designers have been producing some really beautiful work, and I've been very impressed...
View ArticleLindsey Adelman and Glass Light
I've written about Lindsey's work once before lately – I just saw a post at Design Sponge talking about a few of her pieces, and announcing a show coming up for Lindsey this weekend. Lindsey is going...
View ArticleA DIY Glass Block LED Display
I love do-it-yourself lighting – every time I read an article about someone who has wired up some LEDs in an interesting configuration with a homemade controller, I just get all giggly and stupid. I'm...
View ArticleLuke Jerram's Glass Infectious Diseases
My friend Carla sent me an interesting article about some work that Luke Jerram is doing. Luke is an artist and research fellow in the UK at the University of Southampton – he has an exhibit open...
View ArticleLDI 2009: SeaChanger's Booth
One of my favorite booths this year was SeaChanger's booth. Besides the fact that they have a great product and are using the LIFI lamp like rockstars, SeaChanger had their standard setup – Eileen...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, InLight Gobos!
Wha – who – HEY! Is that InLight Gobos? HAPPY BIRTHDAY, InLight Gobos! Today is the 9th birthday of InLight Gobos, the brainchild of Rick Hutton. You know Rick, right? If you've ever used a VL5,...
View ArticleHow It's Made – Neon Signs (She's Always Buzzing Just Like…)
I'm telling you, I found a metric crap-ton of these How It's Made videos relating to light and the lighting industries. Me and my addictive personality! (SHUT UP, GUYUTE) It is stunning to watch this...
View ArticleHow It's Made – Optical Lenses
Yet another very interesting process installment of the How It's Made series – the creation of optical lenses for cameras and photographic equipment. this process is pretty complicated and awesome. I...
View ArticleThe Daily Lamp – Spin Light, from Lucie Koldová
Lucie has a skill that not a lot of people possess — she has more brain power than most, and her work represents her inner and outer beauty. For the firm Lasvit, Lucie pulled out a remnant from her...
View ArticleVintage Power and Light: The Coolest Thing to Happen to Tungsten Since Edison!
If you’ve been to an architectural lighting, entertainment lighting, or decorative lighting trade show lately, you should notice an interesting trend: the lack of attention to incandescent light...
View ArticleHAPPY 2015, WORLD!!!
YEAH! GOOD-BYE, 2014 — and HELLO, 2015! I hope that if you’re out there partying that you have a blast with the rest of your night/morning, and if you’re out there working a show tonight, please have a...
View ArticleA Global Collection of New Years 2015 Fireworks
Happy New Year, everyone! I’m not one to do “resolutions,” per se — I haven’t quite figured out yet how not to disappoint myself on day two of the year, so I skirt the activity altogether! Since I...
View ArticleDo Carrots Improve Eyesight? No, No They Don’t.
Well, that old tale that we’re all told as kids that if we eat our carrots we’ll have better eyesight has been busted. Mom and dad, you guys are LIARS! It’s a good thing I like carrots as a general...
View ArticleX-Rays of Lamps are BAD ASS!
Check this out — an x-ray of some regular ol’ incandescent lamps, some color added in post by the artist, but seriously check this out: TOO COOL! I had to find more. This particular photo above comes...
View ArticleLighting Insights January – Jim Talks FOCUS PALETTES
FOCUS PALETTES! Let’s start out another year of educational lighting and lighting design videos at CHAUVET Professional… This month’s video is a basic primer on Focus Palettes — the why, who, when,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, James Watt (and JimOnLight)!
WHOA! No way. It’s January 19 again, and that means that it is the birthday time celebration for good ol’ James Jim-Jim-Jimmy-Jarooni Watt, the man we have to thank for several different and awesome...
View ArticlePrism Power – the ROGUE RH1 Hybrid Product Video
I love programming these videos. I get to work with a real video badass in this market, Todd Murray, who is just one talented mopho, and that is a fact. Better yet, he’s not a douche about it. What...
View ArticleConfusion Through Sand – An Experimental Video on Recycled Paper
Something that not many people know about me: Until I was in my late teens, I considered joined the military, as was my initial plan in life. I was going to join up, become an officer with combat...
View ArticleFocus Palettes Part 2 – Lighting Insights with Jim Hutchison
Another month, another video, hopefully another bunch of more-informed people making good light! Check it out, Part Two of 2015’s Focus Palettes, in Lighting Insights from CHAUVET Professional. In case...
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