I've used the iColor Cove and Color Blast fixtures from Color Kinetics in past productions, but this last week I had the pleasure to use some of the Chroma-Q Color Block DB4 LED wash fixtures in a design. I was impressed with the fixture on several aspects – I did not have the diffuser accessories [...]
Read More Alive Lighting, Chroma-Q, Color Blast, Color Block DB4, color kinetics, iColor Cove, LED fixtures, Wholehog IIPhilips released its first mainstream LED product this week – the Calculite line of sources. A search on the Philips websites turned up zilch in the way of information on this product, but a press release by Clean Tech had some interesting information on the product: The Calculite line is first being sold to fulfill [...]
Read More color kinetics, LED, philipsThe inventor of the Segway – you know, the lean and go thing – has an island that has in its future a net zero energy badge. North Dumpling, his 3 acre island is located off of the coast of Connecticut. Net Zero means that Mr. Kamen's island (or The Kingdom of North Dumpling) is [...]
Read More color kinetics, Dean Kamen, Fritz Morgan, LED, Net Zero, philips, Philips Color Kinetics, SegwayPhilips and Color Kinetics had a softly lit, multi-color booth this year. Lots of great new products, and unfortunately I didn't get a chance to chat with anyone there, as every time I went over, Philips reps were swamped. Check out the booth: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 [...]
Read More color kinetics, LDI, LDI 2008, LED, philipsHave you ever been through "The Tunnel" at the Detroit Metro Airport? The McNamara Terminal at the Detroit Metro Airport has a 27 minute lighting masterpiece composed to a soundtrack – it provides an excellent and awesome spectacle of LED fury for those passing through. Marcus Wuebker, an old friend and fellow lighting designer from [...]
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