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Flat Pack LED World Lamp is Made From Lightweight Recycled Materials
The World Lamp is a new shop light that pairs energy-efficient LEDs with a clever collapsible design that packs flat to ship and can be easily assembled once it arrives. The World Lamp uses about half the energy of a … Continue reading
Glowing ‘Fish Bellies’ LED Sculpture Reflects Local Ecology at Texas State University
Inspired by the biological diversity of the San Marcos River, JB Public Art recently installed a glowing LED sculpture called Fish Bellies on the campus of Texas State University. Mirroring the progress of a school of fish, Fish Bellies reflects … Continue reading
The Bay Lights Unveiled: World’s Largest Light Sculpture Illuminates San Francisco Bay Bridge with 25,000 LEDs
Read the rest of The Bay Lights Unveiled: World’s Largest Light Sculpture Illuminates San Francisco Bay Bridge with 25,000 LEDs Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: bay area, bay bridge, bay bridge lighting installation, eco-art, energy efficient … Continue reading
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Bongo Design’s Energy-Efficient 360 LED Lamp is a Minimalist Masterpiece
Founded by young Polish designer Magdalena Chojnacka, Bongo Design produces high-quality handmade interior objects with a less-is-more aesthetic. The company just launched its beautiful new 360 Lamp, which pairs a low-energy 10W LED bulb with a raw pine wood shade … Continue reading
Aether & Hemera’s Glowing LED Wheels Light Up the Night
Aether and Hemera employed arrays of LEDs to build three giant kinetic POV (Persistence of Vision) lighting installations. These bright and lively wheels project ‘illusions’ of texts and patterns to the audience, harnessing the stroboscopic effect and the phenomenon where … Continue reading
8 Festive LED Christmas Lights To Save You Energy & Green Your Holidays
Now that autumn has arrived, the holiday season is ramping up – and it’s never too soon to start thinking about decor for the winter festivities to come. This year, instead of rolling out that tangled knot of old incandescent Christmas … Continue reading
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VIDEO: Inhabitat Lighting Makeover – Inhabitots Editor Julie Seguss Gets a Money-Saving Light Bulb Overhaul
Click here to view the embedded video. If you read our enlightening “how to switch to LED bulbs” tutorial, you’ve hopefully already seen how much money and energy you can save by replacing your incandescent bulbs, but we wanted to … Continue reading
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Announcing the Winners of the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition!
Drumroll please…… We have a winner in our Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition! The polls are closed, the votes have been tallied and the winners of our Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition are finally in. Over the past few weeks, … Continue reading
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Announcing the Finalists of the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition!
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