My name is Craig Bickford and I work for International Light Technologies, a small, high-tech manufacturing company that specializes in light sources such as LEDs, LED modules, and small lamps for consumer and commercial use as well as precision light measurement equipment.I was, for about 7 years, the Technical Support Engineer for International Light, Inc. which was a light measurement instrumentation manufacturer. Over that time period I acquired a fundamental understanding of light and light
Remember our color temperature drifting in our LED wall washing application note? No? Click here to read all about it Well, as you may recall we had 6 high power LEDs on a linear board to be installed either in a ceiling or in a floor along a wall. The LEDs were fitted with large 3/4-inch diameter can-type prismatic, directional diffusers. The problem was that the LED manufacturer’s binning for accounts buying less than a zillion LEDs leaves something to be desired. Add to that the fact... Read Full Story
Just a quick note to let you know that I have posted a gallery page (click the “gallery” tab at the top of the blog just under the header or click here) . Currently it contains a small collection of some of my 3D renders and sketches of concept LED-based architectural lighting fixtures. I will add to it as I can. Let me know what you think!
Tagged: 3d architectural rendering, 3d modeling, 3d rendering, 3d rendering software, architectural design, architectural led lighting, ar... Read Full Story
Introduction
LEDs are quickly expanding into the world of architectural lighting into many specific applications once occupied by metal halide or tungsten halogen lamps (think MR16 sized) such as spot lighting, marker lighting (stairs, railings, doorways etc..), and wall washing. Its this last one that I want to talk about here – particularly the pitfall of color temperature as it applies to white LEDs.
Wall Washing? I don’t even clean my windows!
Multi-colored exterior wall washe... Read Full Story
Well, it’s been a looooonnnnnnggggg while since I posted anything. It’s been soooo hard with other commitments within the company and outside the company but I am still pushing forward – albeit a bit slow. Thank you for all of the comments lately, it’s really nice to see that many of my readers are participating. I have been invited by a couple of blogs for link exchanging which is really cool and that is something I am always open too. If your blog relates to a... Read Full Story
I just received a follow up email from HYVE regarding the “LED-Emotionalize your light” design contest. Here it is for any of my readers that have participated:
The second phase of the LED-Emotionalize your light! Idea Contest has started!
At this very moment the jury is selecting the 3 best ideas and designs out
of more than 500 contributions and the winners will then be announced on
Wednesday. The first phase has been a huge success with 505 ideas, 764
members, 6599 community ev... Read Full Story
Using the website Truveo, I have found several Dialux-related videos from across the web. I cannot watch many types of online videos from work so I cant tell you what they entail or what their quality is but it’s worth a look. Maybe one of my readers could comment back and let me know whats up with these? They didn’t look like tutorial videos (growns from the readers) but rather showcases of specific projects but I didn’t look at them all and again, I can’t view the... Read Full Story
First off, let me say that I am NOT posting this late. I did not get this until 25MAY09 but the contest runs until the end of July so you still have time. I am posting the email sent to me by HYVE regarding this really cool contest. I am considering entering and I hope all of you lighting designers out there do too. Come on! Strut your stuff – you might win something. If any of you do, please post back here or send me an email with images and an explanation (short) of your design –... Read Full Story
UC Davis parking garage. Photo courtesy of Cree.
Ruud Lighting/BetaLED along with the University of California at Davis have developed “smart” LED parking lot lights that reduce the energy consumption by 80% over the more traditional metal-halide lamps they replaced. The 50 LED light fixtures implement a two-level activity sensing system that dims the lights to half power when no motion is detected and then bring them back up to full power when motion is sensed. Along with conserv... Read Full Story
Here’s an idea. I am really interested to see what any of the light fixture designers of the world have come up with for really far out light fixtures, maybe while they were in design school or something. Don’t worry, I’m not going to swipe the designs or anything - indeed the weirder the better so these aren’t likely to be active designs with patents or anything. I’m sure you have come up with some kooky designs so lets see them! Please comment with links to pic... Read Full Story
I would like to inform all my readers that I have a new blog, the Sketchup Graphics Blog, that is about all things Sketchup. I have taken the Sketchup related posts from here and copied them over to the new blog. Sketchupgraphics.com will feature the latest news about Google Skethcup, Sketchup plugins, Sketchup tutorials, and more. Please check it out and let me know what you think!
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