Section: Architectural

Philips Selecon PL 1 LED

Philips Selecon has a new Architectural LED fixture available, the PL 1. It uses high output and fully homogenized RGBW LEDs with a variable beam from 14-50 degrees.
The PL 1 makes perfect sense for museums and other architectural installations where UV light may cause problems.  The PL 1 produces no ultra-violet (wavelengths of less than [...]

iPhone App: Color Kinetics LSM Remote

I am a little late to the table with this one.  Back in April, Philips Color Kinetics released a new iPhone app into the iTunes store, the LSM Remote.  The LSM Remote App is used to control Philips Color Kinetics Light System Engine on your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad.
Simply add a wifi access point to the network [...]

USITT Announces Architectural & Theatre Students “Ideal Theatre” Design Competition

As a lighting professional and lover of the theatre, have you ever walked into a theatre and thought… “What the hell kind of design is this, who designed this place, a blind man”?  We have all been there.  Sitting at the drafting desk, looking over a sectional, “was the architect on crack when he put [...]

Behind the Design of ETC’s Town Square

We have all heard the legend of Town Square in ETC’s Middleton Wisconsin Headquarters. Only a chosen few very get to see it.  Well, actually, anyone can come to visit and see town square, you just have to make it to Middleton. After checking out the video of ETC’s latest YouTube star, Anne Valentino talking [...]

World Expo 2010 Shanghai China Opening Ceremonies

The World Expo 2010 Shanghai is happening right now in China.  Actually, it started back on May 1st so we are 5 days into it.  At least at the time of this writing, China is 5 days into it, we, state side are only 4 days into it.  The World Expo 2010 Shanghai runs for [...]

New iPhone App – Stick Remote

Lightingsoft AG recently introduced the release of the STICK Remote app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. If you didn’t know, a STICK controller or “Sunlite Touch-sensitive Intelligent Control Keypad”, is a stand alone wall-mounted DMX controller designed for architectural lighting and much more.  Learn more about the STICK remote by visiting Sunlite’s web site, [...]

Multiform Lighting to Announce New LED Products at ProLight + Sound

ProLight + Sound must be right around the corner, more and more product announcements are coming out of the wood work.  I just received a press release from Multiform Lighting, an LED manufacture that is distributed by Apollo Design here in the states, that they will be announcing and showing off a couple of new [...]

Time Square Lighting Announces Architectural LED Fixture

Time Square Lighting has recently announced their latest lighting fixture, the LED1738. The LED1738 is LED architectural replacement par fixture that is equivalent to a 75W halogen PAR or 39W metal Halide fixture.  The fixture runs on 110v and consumes about 17w of power.
There are there beam spreads available at 15, 23 and 32 degrees [...]

Martin Announces Tripix IP65 Exterior LED Striplight

Martin Professional adds to its rapidly growing range of innovative LED luminaries with the Tripix 1200™ and Tripix 300™, the first fixtures in a new line of IP65 rated outdoor LED striplights.
Tripix are the first installation LED fixtures from Martin to offer single lens tricolor RGB mixing – a superior color wash system that projects [...]

Elation Announces New Architectural Accu SSL LED Replacement Lamps

Elation has been producing a whole bunch of LED lamps lately and it looks like there is no stopping them with the latest announcement.  Elation just announced the release of the new Accu SSL Series of LED replacement LED lamps for use in architectural fixtures.
There are three new lamp styles with in the new Accu [...]

Dr. DMX Develops Green Dimmers

Leave it to the good doctor, Doctor DMX, aka Doug Fleenor Designs, (DFD) to develop a new and interesting product for LDI this year.  We all know that Doug Fleenor Design comes out with some pretty remarkable DMX products like the DMX/RDM Coffee Pot and  the DMX-a-Sketch at past LDI’s.  This year was no let [...]

Elation Announces Accent LED Strips with Adhesive Backing

Elation Professional just released their latest architectural LED product, the Accent LED strips.  The strips are available in tow models, and RGB and a Cool White version.
The Accent Strip RGB is a very thin, LED-circuit-strip-tape with nine bright RGB (Red, Blue & Green) LEDs. It can be mounted to almost any surface using it’s built-in [...]