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Wooden Lamp

A Sleek Wooden Lamp: The CUB

Designed by Julian Robin and being sold by HIX, the CUB is a sophisticated and sleek looking wooden lamp. When turned off, the lamp looks like a solid block of wood. But when it is turn on, you can see a more delicate side to it. Made out of real wood and stainless steel, a […]

Origami Lights

DIY Lighting: Paper Origami and Outdoor String Lights

Here is such a simple, creative and inexpensive DIY lighting project. Taking normal outdoor string lights, or LED versions as they produce less heat, and diffusing the light by adding origami shades. These lights will be ideal for creating enchanting indoor decorations – or if you can find waterproof paper, they can be hung outdoors. […]

3D Projection Building

3D Projections: Onto Buildings, Cars and Snow [Videos]

How cool is this – 3D projections. It has been done a number of times on buildings but other areas are now starting to get used. The basic process is that the object you want to project on, say a building, needs to be digitally mapped out. From here the projections then sit on top […]

LED Cube

The LED Cube: Creating Three Dimensional Displays

Could this be the future for holograms? How big and how detailed can these LED cube light displays go? People are taking the basic LED light and creating three dimensional grids with them. Each individual light can be programmed to light up on command – enabling programmers to create animated light displays. Because the wires […]

LED Visualizer 3D

3D LED Lights Shows [Videos]

A lot of people are tinkering with 3D LED light displays. A common DIY project is to create an LED cube – and since each LED can be separately programmed, the lights can be animated. Here are 3 videos that use LED lights to create three dimensional light displays. The first one is the most […]

Light Tape: Freedom in Lighting Design

‘Light Tape’ is an new innovative way of adding lighting. It is already being adopted by many companies, such as the Tron Legacy movie – the applications are endless. Light Tape is an electroluminescent light strip (a much better alternative to LED lights). It is as thin as a credit card, comes in any color, […]

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