First, watch this - you're seeing the Less Lamp, created by Jordi Canudas:The Museum of Modern Art website is selling this lamp for $875 USD - only $787.50 if you're a MoMA member - as a piece of light art. It's an interesting statement of art, right? But mostly I just want to meet someone who has a grand to spend on "light art" like the lamp by Jordi Canudas. I am all about light, art, and light art, but I just don't have that much cash to "invest" on something like that right now!Jordi, don't take offense - I'm ... Read More»
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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.
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You Got $870 bucks to Spend On A Lamp, Then Trash It?
February 16th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, Light Art, Lighting and The Economy, Lighting and the Human Element, artists
Posted in Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, Light Art, Lighting and The Economy, Lighting and the Human Element, artists
Philips LivingColors, V2.0 – LED Love for the Home
January 29th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Color, Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, LEDs, Lighting Manufacturing, Lighting Technology, Lighting and Human Physiology
Posted in Color, Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, LEDs, Lighting Manufacturing, Lighting Technology, Lighting and Human Physiology
I wrote about the Philips LivingColors fixture in its initial form quite a while ago - and I had the pleasure of meeting the designer of the LivingColors fixture when I was in Sweden, Willem van der Sluis. Willem is one cool dude. We got to hear a lot about the original story of the initial ideas surrounding the LivingColor lamp - did you know that when Philips first proposed this idea, they wanted to use three incandescent (halogen) lamps inside this thing?! That goodness that they decided to repel that decision - otherwise it might have been the Philips ... Read More»
Martin Neuhaus’ Becherlicht – A Cup, Uh, Lamp?
January 28th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Designers, Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, Luminaire Design, projection design
Posted in Designers, Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, Luminaire Design, projection design
This is an interesting project. I am still not totally sure if I like it, but you can make your own decisions.So, Martin Neuhaus' lamp, Becherlicht, is a projection-type luminaire. A source of light shines onto and through a transparent "cup" (I say that in quotes, but I think it's really a cup" that projects onto a wall. To me, the cup creates what looks like a shade shape onto the wall surface, which seems to be the point made by the designer, who wanted the "aha!" factor with the shade. It attaches to the wall, as in the image ... Read More»
Ikea’s NEW Solar Lighting – I Hope It’s Better Than Their OLD Solar Lighting
This last week, home and Swedish meatball store Ikea launched some new solar products for the new year. Meet the new Solig line of Ikea lighting - there is a table lamp, a floor lamp, this crazy light tube thing, and some garden-ball-esque lights for your - whatever:You know, a long time ago (the summer before last) I bought one of Ikea's Solig table lamp bubble things with big hopes in mind - it was solar, battery power storage, auto-light-sensing, and it came apart very easily. However, after about two weeks of use, it epic failed and stopped holding a ... Read More»
Yantouch Jellyfish Lamp
January 6th, 2010 by Jim
Posted in Designers, Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, LEDs, Lighting Design, Lighting Technology, Lighting for Enjoyment!, Luminaire Design, artists, philips
Posted in Designers, Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, LEDs, Lighting Design, Lighting Technology, Lighting for Enjoyment!, Luminaire Design, artists, philips
It's been a while since I posted about cool lamps, hasn't it...My wife sent me this lamp actually, from a colleague of hers at RD2 - meet the Yantouch Jellyfish:This lamp seems to be mainly an ambiance lamp - a color changing LED source illuminates the inside, and the rear of the fixture has one "tentacle thing" that keeps the lamp tilted up. You can either have the top of the lamp on, the underside of the lamp on, or both together from what I have read about the lamp. The user can choose the color saturation and intensity, have ... Read More»
JimOnLight.com’s Guide to Christmas Lights, Part 4: Christmas Light Power and Safety
December 14th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Celestial Lighting, DIY, Guides, Home Lighting, JimOnLight.com, Lighting Design, power
Posted in Celestial Lighting, DIY, Guides, Home Lighting, JimOnLight.com, Lighting Design, power
Part Four: Christmas Lights Power and SafetySo now that you have learned about the history of christmas lights, learned about different christmas lamp types and different form factors, there's two things that we've not considered: power (electricity) and control of the christmas light display.These two things are usually taken for granted, which is understandable to a point - you plug them into an outlet, and they either turn on or blink, right? Well, I guess. I, however, am an overachieving geeky nerd that enjoys making a mountain out of a molehill when it comes to the simplest technological tasks.Did I ... Read More»
Daniel Becker’s Outdoor Light Fixture/Sculpture/Light Tinkertoys
November 9th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Fixtures, Home Lighting, LEDs, Light Art, Luminaire Design, artists
Posted in Fixtures, Home Lighting, LEDs, Light Art, Luminaire Design, artists
Does anyone remember Daniel Becker from about this time last year? Daniel invented a luminaire called the Tee-Licht, a sphere made from votive candle lights wired with small incandescent lamps. Quite interesting, actually!Daniel's studio is back at it with a foray into outdoor lighting, but nowhere near the norm. Daniel's new fixture, "Sparks," is a modular LED system of connecting pieces that join to create a very molecular form - artistic, mechanical, and technical. From Daniel's website on the Sparks system: Sparks is an outdoor lighting system which consists of several similar modules which can be arranged in various configurations to ... Read More»
Rock Yourself Some Light – The Murakami Rocking Chair
October 16th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Environmentally Friendly Design, Home Lighting, Innovation, Interior Design and Lighting, Light and Furniture, OLEDs
Posted in Environmentally Friendly Design, Home Lighting, Innovation, Interior Design and Lighting, Light and Furniture, OLEDs
I am 31 - but I love rocking chairs. That's not to insinuate that only old people rock, don't get me wrong. When I was a kid, my parents had one of those old, heavy, thick rocking chairs that you could literally rock yourself to sleep in, and the slight reclining shape of the chair makes life that much more sweet. Rochus Jacob has produced a design for a rocking chair that not only lets you rock comfortably, but also allows you generate energy with your rocking motion that is then released via the integrated lighting fixture above the chair. ... Read More»
Roll An Extension Cable into A Lamp: Creighton Berman’s Coil Lamp
October 15th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Designers, Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, Luminaire Design
Posted in Designers, Fixtures, Home Lighting, Interior Design and Lighting, Luminaire Design
Creighton Berman's Coil Lamp is a new release from the designer - imagine a small two-piece rig of clear acrylic material that you wrap an extension cable around, creating a luminaire reminiscent of a shade lamp. Slap a lamp in the middle, and there you go. Done. From Creighton's product page on the Coil Lamp: Coil Lamp reduces the domestic lamp to the absolute minimum of defining elements. A single electrical cord coils around what appears to be an empty volume, defining the iconic form of a table lamp and ultimately powering a single light bulb.The entire form is created exclusively ... Read More»
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