It’s probably no secret that we’re fond of Rich, Brilliant, Willing. But who isn’t? The design media is perfectly besotted with the studio, perhaps because the scrappy, young designers--Theo Richardson, Charles Brill, and ...READ»
You probably can't remember how many different ways you use energy during an average day, but billions of people can't take energy use for granted because they don't have access to any. Hugh Whalan is out to change that.READ»
For his latest architectural project, Drew Seskunas didn’t design a house or a restaurant or a retail shop, but an interactive light installation, presented at the 2011 DMY in Berlin. Made of folded pieces of laser-cut aluminum ...READ»
Lampshades were invented for a reason -- to keep bulbs from outright blinding people -- even though they’re ultimately pretty inefficient. They block more light than they need to, which means you’ve got to arrange several lamps in ...READ»
Perhaps no other design studio can deliver both disarming cuteness and poetic minimalism with more mastery than Nendo. A couple of days ago, we brought you the Japanese firm's computer mouse with a detachable USB “tail”; ...READ»
Beirut may be the Paris of the Middle East, but it also has something in common with Miami: a vibrant nightclub scene, with superb design approaches –- and we don’t throw words like that around every day -- by the likes of Bernard ...READ»
There is something sweetly organic about a sphere made by hand: Its imperfection reminds us of cells, tadpoles, fruit, poached eggs, and other places where nature's seemingly loose design parameters can still (somehow) engender ...READ»
Chances are you got rid of your incandescent lights awhile ago, unless you run a twee restaurant in Brooklyn or you hate the planet (or both). But it wasn’t an easy parting, was it? Those inefficient old bulbs are, in a word, ...READ»
Twist is the perfect lamp for peripatetic types who live out of cardboard boxes. You can warp it, fold it, and stretch it to fit into just about any space, whether a moving van or your freakishly small apartment in Manhattan, and ...READ»
What do jet engines and LED light bulbs have in common? They both need cooling to be effective. GE makes both, which is why it just scored a major breakthrough.READ»
Oh, LEDs--so promising, yet so expensive. Digital Lumens, a LED lighting startup based in Boston, thinks it has a solution for commercial customers with a system of networked LED lights that communicate with each other via an ...READ»
Anil Duggal
Head, Advanced Technology Program OLEDs, GE Global Research
Niskayuna, New York
Duggal, 44, leads the GE team that's creating OLED lighting sheets, which are produced the way ink is applied to newsprint.
"Organic ...READ»
Jeffrey McGrew & Jillian NorthrupFounders, Because We Can OaklandCalifornia
McGrew, 35, and Northrup, 32, are a husband-and-wife design team who have completed projects for Wikipedia, Clif Bar, and Timbuk2, and recently ...READ»
Kristin KnappsteinBusiness Development Manager, PhilipsAachen, Germany
Knappstein, 41, is helping Philips bring OLEDs to market by selling do-it-yourself kits, including glowing sheets called Lumiblades, to kick-start their use ...READ»
Hannes Koch
Principal, Random International
London
Koch, 34, and his cofounders Florian Ortkrass, 34, and Stuart Wood, 29, are designing art that transforms LED and OLED technologies into interactive experiences.
"OLEDs ...READ»
Head, Advanced Technology Program OLEDs, GE Global Research Niskayuna, New York
Scott Birnbaum
VP, LCD Group, Samsung
San Jose, California
Birnbaum, 48, helps Samsung think about how LED applications can push consumer ...READ»
