28 07, 2014

Kate Sweater started a new lighting company: Dwaal

Breaking News! I have started a small but exciting new lighting company called Dwaal. Dwaal is a Dutch word meaning "to wander", but it is also part of the dutch word Dwaallicht which is similar [...]

20 05, 2013

LRC new Online Lighting Pattern Book for Homes

From the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Troy, N.Y. -- The Lighting Research Center (LRC)  has launched the first interactive website to help homeowners, contractors and builders choose the right light bulbs, fixtures [...]

4 02, 2013

Vintage ABC interview with IDEO, innovative design process

"Enlightened trial and error succeeds, over the planning of the lone genius". Here is an excellent vintage ABC report. ABC asks the company IDEO to re-design the standard shopping cart. This is an excellent (3-part) inside [...]

27 01, 2013

Lighting Collector

Philips has a new app, called Light Collector. I think as a resource, this site could be very helpful, especially while conducting visual research for a specific project. I already have my own "light collector", [...]

Go to Top