Just like the remainder of this story, this isn't going to end well. So, the legal people for the band Sugarland have made some pretty sensational comments regarding claims made by the some of the people injured or killed in the collapse that took place at the Indiana State Fair during the summer of 2011. [...]
Read More Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse, legal, SugarlandThis is some exciting stuff for JimOnLight.com! We're starting JimOnLight TV pretty soon, and we wanted to give you a bit of a teaser! JimOnLight TV is a YouTube series where we talk about the coolest lighting designs, the most awesome designers from now and from the rich history of this industry we all love [...]
Read More JimOnLight TV, JimOnLight.com, youtubeAWWWWWWW YEAH BOYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE You know, sometimes I crack myself up. No, actually, I crack myself up all the time. If you've ever hung out with me, you know that I am prone to these outbursts of laughter pretty much constantly because I think the world is awesome and hilarious often, so you can imagine what [...]
Read More Cast Software, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight, PLASA, PLASA FocusAlright, alright, this is the last optical illusion for a few days. Otherwise, Brad Schiller is gonna be breaking down my door with a baseball bat! [love you, sugar Brad!] Ok – stare at the red dot on this woman's schnoz for about a half a minute as hard as you can. Once the 30 [...]
Read More negative image, optical illusionPart TWO of the very excellent Lighting Workshop that Chris Kuroda from Phish and Jeff Waful from Umphrey's McGee have on Jam Cruise 10. Thanks Jeff!
Read More chris kuroda, concert lighting, Jefferson Waful, lighting workshop, phish, Umphrey's McGeeLET THE OPTICAL ILLUSIONS CONTINUE!!! Ok, so first, read this: According to quantum mechanics we have forty conscious moments per second, and our brains connect this sequence of nows to create the illusion of the flow of time. So, what would things look like if that itermittence was made visible? This body of work explores that hiccup, [...]
Read More artists, Isabel M. Martinez, optical illusions, quantum blinkI love optical illusions. Whenever I see a cool optical illusion image, I always grab it. This set is no exception – check out the work of Oleg Shuplyak, a Russian painter doing some pretty works that have a secondary image! This is really just a smidgen, the rest of the works are over at [...]
Read More artists, illusions, Oleg Shuplyak, optical illusions, paintersSo back on the 7th of December 1972 , Appollo 17 was about 28,000 miles away from the surface of the Earth, and they decided HEY! Let's tweet this cool photo of the Earth that nobody but us can see! (Of course I kid, everybody knows that MySpace was the *only* Social Media place back [...]
Read More astronauts, Blue Marble, earth, NASA, NOAA, spaceHave you seen these amazing lamps?! A designer that has her stuff on Etsy, Allison Patrick of the 3R's Blog (Reduce, Reuse, Redecorate – 30 projects in 30 weeks) has created some pretty cool pendant shades that are pretty representative of the beautiful shape of the artichoke. But – the shade is made of recycled [...]
Read More Allison Patrick, Designers, DIY, Fixtures, lamps, Luminaire Design, pendant, recycle, shadesFor those of you like yours truly, who will be spending this holiday of sickeningly sweet romance working hard to fill the world with more light, I got you a little something… These are Galassia Flowers, the first product designed by an Australian company, Bionconst, known for its plant research and development. Bioconst hopes to further [...]
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