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- Moono Sliding Pendant Light Explores Kinetic Lighting In Solid TimberMoono is a sliding pendant light developed by Tbilisi-based Shre Studio. The project centres on the use of solid oak or walnut not only…
- Julian Schwarze and Martin Pohlmann: Touching Light With Light SkinOn Thursday, 12 February 2015 @ 13:00-13:45, Julian Schwarze and Martin Pohlmann will be present at Material Xperience 2015 to deliver a lecture about…
- Light transmitting materialsMaterials that are light-permeable are usually called ‘transparent’ or translucent’, although it might be more accurate to call them ‘diaphanous’ – of such fine…
- When material meets lightWhat can we build using light? Light is an incredibly important aspect of design, yet it is often poorly understood. Well-designed light can give…
- Light as MaterialI repeat my vow in unchanging colors of the ageless bamboo. Which still creates ten thousand generations of shadows — Gyokuran (eleventh-century Japanese poet)…
- Playing with Light and Symmetry: Innovative Material Research at the NanoscaleResearchers at the University of Twente have developed a novel approach to manipulating light in a highly symmetric and controlled manner through the use…
- Using plants to light the wayWhat if, instead of turning on the lights when it gets dark, you could read by the light produced by your plant? Not one,…
- Light is a smart material: MX2014 lectureIn design, the concept of ‘smart’ can have different meanings. The bold statement by Rogier van der Heide, chief design officer with Philips, is…
- Catching light in a bottleBy installing a 1,5 litre, recycled plastic bottle filled with water and a bit of bleach in his roof, Brazilian mechanic Alfredo Moser devised…
- Weaving with lightCareful lighting can give materials that little extra. Light-emitting materials have an added sparkle all of their own. The textiles here have been developed…
- Flight Into Shadow Explores Mycelium, Light And Climate-Responsive Design'Flight Into Shadow' is a research-based installation that studies how light and shadow influence thermal comfort and spatial perception in heat-stressed urban environments. Deggendorf…
- A play of lightWe wrote previously on various designs that combine light with material, such as the Vancouver installation, and this plastic design. The combination continues to…
- Living Light: Bioluminescent Algae As A Material For Sustainable IlluminationResearchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a new way to use living algae as a light source. Their work shows how…
- Kimsooja’s To Breathe – Coachella Valley: A Bottari of Light in the DesertAt Desert X 2025 in California’s Coachella Valley, Korean artist Kimsooja presents To Breathe – Coachella Valley, an installation that transforms a glass structure…
- Aura & Balance by Santiago Orionte: Lighting Design Rooted in MaterialityArgentine designer Santiago Orionte presents two new lighting collections, Aura and Balance, at the 2025 edition of Salone Satellite in Milan. Developed under his…
- A 3D knitted structure with integrated lightsCatalonia-based French architect Stephanie Chaltiel, founder of MuDD Architects, designed a 3D knitted structure with incorporated LED lights. Called D.lights, the structure consists of…
- Flexible super lightThis is a very special light. It’s a folding LED lamp that you can take anywhere, stuff into a bag, and use outside. How…
- Seeing the lightThe boundaries between technology and art are getting fuzzier. In an ongoing research project, artist Jim Campbell literally makes fuzzier images too. His work…
- Tritium lightsMilitary technology is transferred to the world of building materials. Tritium has been used is several military applications. Nowadays more and more the product…
- Recycled Polyester Textile Technology Shapes Adaptive Lighting CollectionJapanese fashion innovator A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE and Swiss design studio atelier oï have unveiled a lighting collection centred around an innovative pleated textile…
- Philips Increase Workplace Productivity With a Light Canopy Inspired By ForestsThere is a known scientific link between quality of lighting in the workplace and productivity and cognitive performance. Putting this knowledge into practice, Philips…
- Big Glow: Lighting Innovation Using Biobased Wool MaterialsAustralian lighting manufacturer Rakumba, in collaboration with design studio Studio Truly Truly, has developed Big Glow, a lighting collection made from nonwoven Australian wool…
- Moving and self-healing light-responsive materialsResearchers at Tufts University School of Engineering developed magnetic elastomeric composites that move in different ways when exposed to light, while researchers at MIT…
- Lace LED: Recycled post consumer waste plastics LED lightThe importance of recycling is of course nothing new, but giving a new purpose to plastic is still a tricky subject. One option was…
