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We just found out by accident today that Japan railway operators actually install blue LED lights above train platforms to calm suicidal commuters down. When they started doing it in 2009 as an experiment at three suicide hotspots along the Joban Line through Mito city, there was nothing to show if it would work. Now [...]
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We like balloons. We like lights. Naturally we like these Memory Balloon lights by John Moncrieff. Designed by Boris Klimek, these are meant to evoke happy childhood memories. These also remind us of the glowing balloons by Kouichi Okamoto, with a key difference: no actual balloons are used in Klimek’s version. All you need to [...]
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This stormy collection of ceiling and wall lamps designed by Manuel Vivian is a moody one we think we could really use to light our homes — and maybe lighten up as well — without the risk of getting caught in a downward spiral of a mood swing. They are available in white or ivory [...]
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For a year, transport planner Michael Markieta traced more than 58,000 flight paths that cross the globe. He used GIS technology to do this, and the result is rather visually stunning: illuminated maps of these routes. Philosopher Mark Vernon said to BBC News, “You wonder what’s going on in the darker parts, what kind of [...]
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Have you ever been complimented on the beauty of your heartbeat? Probably not. But thanks to the creative people of Red Paper Heart, New Yorkers were offered the chance to put their inner beat on display. Pulse is a light installation that reacts to a single person’s heartbeat and creates a lovely light display.
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French multi-disciplinary designer Arik Levy’s first love is industrial design, and it shows. On his bio, he’s quoted as saying, “Life is a system of signs and symbols where nothing is quite as it seems”, which pretty much sums up his ace designs for VIBIA’s Wireflow light fixtures. Constructed out of thin rods with LED [...]
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What whispers ‘elegance’ more than a sock full of glowing Swarovski crystals? Light sock chandeliers are long mesh bags that hang down and give off a lovely glow. They’re the perfect addition to any party. These brilliant light fixtures were designed by Elizabeth Diller and Rick Scofidio.
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For sale on Etsy: a handmade DSLR lens lamp made of white cedar wood. It comes with a lens hood that can be reverse-mounted or removed, and measures a pretty extensive 37cm or 49.5cm in height with the lens hood on. It doesn’t make any sense to want a wooden replica of an DSLR lens [...]
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GravityLight is a new way to help poverty-stricken nations and developing countries. Without a battery to replace or a need for solar charge, the GravityLight only requires a few seconds to lift a weight to provide light for a full half hour. Its LED technology does not attract mosquitos and it has virtually no running [...]
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Mix two of our favourite things, balloons and light, and it’s hard not to have a winner. Designed by Kouichi Okamoto, the balloon lamp fuses a high-intensity LED light with a translucent white balloon to light up its surroundings with a diffused glow. It can run for over 100 hours with the included batteries. Hmm, wonder if people who fear balloons will ever be cured of their phobia with the help of this form of light therapy.
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Silo 468 is a permanent light installation that transforms an abandoned oil silo in Helsinki into a light display and civic center. Custom software controls the installation’s 1,250 white LEDs, which uses real-time data on prevailing winds to trigger a light display mimicking swarms of birds in flight.
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Welcome to a book lover’s paradise. The streets of Melbourne have been installed with 10,000 discarded books, overflowing and filling in empty public spaces with pure, serene literature. The lovely pages were lit up with LEDs to create a scene for the modest power of the written word. On the last night of the one-month installation, visitors were offered to take home the overflowing books, and even some passerby cars were gifted with these. This ephemeral installation, by Luzinterruptus, reflects the wonder of books and its grand balance of words and imagination.
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Split personalities never been more brilliant than Andy Kaufman and Tony Clifton. And in honor of that duo, LEBORED has created “Tank You Very Much,” a pair of tealight holders that, when pulled apart, can’t stand on their own. Just as Andy needed Tony.
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Premiering at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival, Speed of Light by Scottish arts charity NVA is a mass choreographed light performance that takes place in Edinburgh’s Arthurs Seat nearly every night from now till Sept 1. For the performance, hundreds of endurance runners make trails of light as they run in light suits, while the walking audience, armed with lit walking staff, also make up part of the performance as they walk to the summit. Each staff contains an individually encoded micro-computer, and the pitch and volume of the music is triggered by movement and altitude, making each performance quite unique. Way cool.
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Every Aussie home should have one of these Barlite Beer Bottle Chandeliers. It’s a shrine to lazy summer indulgence. Now, if only they could figure out how to make a barbeque light fitting?
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