Cool!Wybron is hosting some focus groups for some of their products - they've invited lighting professionals to come and give feedback on their goods.Check out the article at Live Design.
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Jim on Light is written by Jim Hutchison, Chief Design Consultant of Alive Lighting. Jim has several years of experience in the Entertainment Lighting industry. Jim is a member of USA Local 829.
Archive for June, 2008
Plate Lamp?
Now, this is pretty haute couture...A lamp made from plates. On one hand, it's a normal lamp, not unlike the craziness you might find at a Pier One or even a Goodwill... You KNOW you've seen crazy stuff like this there!From Belenko Interiors:
Cassette Tape Fixtures
I just found an article over at Make Magazine talking about these crazy cassette-tape lighting fixtures - made from clear case cassette tapes. An interesting idea! My only concern would be source output - can you put a TH lamp inside of that enclosure without melting your cassettes?I guess this would be a perfect use of my old high school cassette collection!
Eco-Paint Makes Lunar Cabinet Glow
June 24th, 2008 by Jim
Posted in Home Lighting
Posted in Home Lighting
I just found an article at Inhabitat by Cate Trotter about a painted credenza designed by Sotirios Papadopoulos for ENNEZERO. The paint on the credenza is a bio-eco-powder substance called 'ELI,' or "EcoLightInside."I'd love to see how many lumens this cabinet's paint outputs, as the color captured in the picture is driving my eyes nuts!
Recycle Those Old Fluorescent Tubes
If you're crafty, like the folks over at Castor Design Studios, you might have thought of another way to breathe life into those old fluorescent tubes. Their "Recycled Tube Light" utilizes what looks like a TH incandescent, which to me creates some danger issues immediately.The idea is great as a reuse of fluorescent tubes - I would consider some compact fluorescents instead as the source. But that's just me. I'm sure the quality of light that the TH lamp uses is excellent.
Review of “LD Assistant” for AutoCAD
June 23rd, 2008 by Jim
Posted in Design and Drafting Software
Posted in Design and Drafting Software
Designers all have their own preferences when it comes to CAD programs. I try to stay in a wide triangle of CAD and visualization suites, with my favorites being Vectorworks 2008, WYSIWYG (I have R21), and AutoCAD. It seems that every few years I encounter a reason to brush up on one of the three, so I just got proficient on all three. Go figure.AutoCAD users can benefit from a new build of a lighting-specific design and CAD program called LD Assistant, by Design and Drafting. Christian Choi, a standard in the concert production realm, wrote a fantastic review of ... Read More»
Adam Frank – The “Reveal” Fixture
My wife pointed me to a post by Not Martha about the latest fixture from Adam Frank Incorporated - the "Reveal" fixture.Essentially, it's a projector, casting a multi-focus image onto whatever surface you desire. The fixture boasts steel templates, and small waves in the projected image creates a feeling of a light breeze moving through the tree scene.The "first edition" of Adam Frank's fixture is limited to 1000 units - at $380.00 a pop. It looks like a pretty interesting fixture, undoubtedly, but thank God I'm a lighting designer.Adam Frank also uses light as his medium as an artist - ... Read More»
RPI Creates the Darkest Material On Earth
June 23rd, 2008 by Jim
Posted in Research and Development
Posted in Research and Development
I came across an article recently written by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute that discusses a discovery made by RPI - a material made from a loosely populated coating of carbon nanotubes that has a reflectance of 0.045. This is ground breaking - the current standard is 1.4%. Researchers have developed this material coating to facilitate better solar energy absorption, and this is a great thing considering that we need to develop some new technologies to overcome our addiction to oil. From the article:“It is a fascinating technology, and this discovery will allow us to increase the absorption ... Read More»
Welcome to Jim On Light
June 23rd, 2008 by Jim
Posted in Uncategorized
Posted in Uncategorized
I want to give a little explanation to what Jim On Light will be discussing. I'm a lighting designer - I work across several facets of the entertainment lighting industry, and I am constantly finding articles, news, and other interesting tidbits, productions, products, and otherwise noteworthy information regarding my industry.I know I'm not the only one who finds this stuff interesting, so I'm giving a blog relating to light and lighting a shot. If you find my posts interesting, please subscribe to my RSS feed, and I promise to make it worth your while.Jim
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