TECHNOLOGY
Drinking the LED Kool-Aid
I love LEDs. Really, I do! They offer so many possibilities for new ways to light our world with less negative environmental impact. And besides, they’re cool! What I can’t stomach is the continuing hype. Frustration with LED hype is old news for lighting designers and for readers of this blog, but I thought... »
The Rise of DALI – again?
More often than not, if you ask a lighting designer or engineer what DALI is and if they specify it, you’ll get a puzzled look or a chuckle. Some designers are dipping their toes in the pond, but most are waiting to see what the other guys are doing, not wanting to be the... »
Lite-Brite ™
Remember when you would assemble those little translucent pegs in any configuration possible to create a luminous image of your wildest imagination? There were no limits to how the pieces could be arranged within the board boundary; each glowing pixel of plastic contributed to the overall illumination from an assembled light source. Some manufacturers are... »
LED HypeBusting
Our clients often wonder why we haven’t switched to specifying LED lighting altogether for all our projects, especially when they see the steady stream of glowing LED hype being produced by the popular media. For both interior and exterior projects, we are taking a cautious approach to adopting LED products into our stable of... »
