Similar to the concept of blowing on an LED candle to extinguish and “ignite” it, the Switch Candle by Seungyoub Oh.  Switch Candle is an LED luminaire that interprets air moving by its sensor and translate the moving air into a pseudo-flickr, as if the air were moving the flame of the candle around.

Thanks, Yanko!

Giorgio and his big Italian style has created the Kappu Lamp.  His pieces, including the Kappu Lamp, are bold and colorful, with the entire unit acting as a diffuser.  The top and bottom separate, and are created from two pieces of thermoformed poly  that connect to hide the lamp source.

These pieces are mix and match, too - you can dream up your own combination of color.

Check out Giorgio’s Coroflot page.

Thanks, Yanko Design!

I just found this video at Live Design Online of Jeanette Farmer, Jeff Ravitz, Ben Stanton, Paul Collison and David Johnson talking to LiveDesign about all kinds of stuff.  This is an awesome video, bceause they’re just chatting.

Check it out here.

I wrote a post about the Brazo lamp last week by Pablo Pardo, the founder of Pablo, Inc.  Pablo Pardo is a Venezuelan-born designer who founded Pablo, Inc back in 1993.  Some background from the Pablo, Inc site:

Pablo was formed in 1993 by Venezuelan born industrial designer Pablo Pardo and has established its studio in San Francisco. A 1986 graduate from the University of Cincinnati’s renowned industrial design program, his diverse career includes designing children’s roller skates for Fisher Price to creating automobile concepts for Daimler Chrysler.

The studio has gained international recognition for its innovative lighting and home furnishings designs which are characterized by their unique sense of style and simplicity.

Pablo’s work is top quality.  Top quality materials, processes, and designs.  However, if you’re looking for a Wal-Mart quality desk lamnp, go to Wal-Mart.  Pablo’s work is nowhere near cheap, but you definitely get what you pay for - craftsmanship, knowledgeable design, and attention to detail.

Check out some of Pablo, Inc’s offerings at Y Lighting, Room and Board (which has some questions with Pablo as well), and Apartment Therapy.

Have you heard of the new-ish Broadway musical, Passing Strange ?  I remember hearing a segment on NPR with the writer, performance artist/singer/songwriter Stew about the show, and what went into writing it.  Good stuff.

Also good stuff, Kevin Adams’ lighting design for Passing Strange with its big ol’ LED and fluorescent fixture wall.  That thing is beautiful - it’s a machination of color, intensity, and vibration that brings that show to amazing heights - in both artistry and musical longevity.  The images are stunning.

Live Design Online has a great great article about Kevin’s work on the show, the equipment he used to achieve the look, and how he approached the ideas of the wall.  From the article:

The lighting in Passing Strange shifts in timbre as well, with some of the songs lit as if in an isolated concert space, with tight pools of rock ‘n’ roll style lighting and haze provided by an MDG Atmosphere hazer, and it then goes back to a more natural look for the realistic scenes. The lighting for the band adds another layer to the palette, as well. “The musicians each have a white PAR spot and Source Four with a Coloram scroller above their heads, with all kinds of saturated colors I don’t normally use, such as unusual yellows, oranges, and electric pinks,” says Adams. At the end of the show, 30 GAM Star Strobes pop on out in the house for an explosion of light during the curtain call. “The lighting adds to the excitement of the show,” says Adams. “It doles out its strength when it needs it.”

Also, on Kevin’s portfolio site, he has an article posted about the show as well, from American Theatre.

Thursday night in Denver, Colorado, a new musical opens called Bubs - A One-Man Musical at the Avenue Theatre.  A good friend of mine and fellow lighting designer, Jacob Welch, is the LD for Bubs.

Tickets are available for $25, here, through Ticketleap.  Bubs starts at 7:30pm, September 4, 2008.