Read the rest of DOM in Berlin Reuses Car Tires to Create a Stylish Showroom In the City West

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: Art, berlin, Bow Berlin, christian koban, DOM, green interiors, green lighting, LED lights, Recycled Materials, reused car tyres, tyres

Read the rest of London’s Tower Bridge Gets LED Upgrade for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: "energy efficiency", 2012 London Olympics, GE, Green Olympics, LED lights, queen diamond jubilee, tower bridge, tower bridge diamond, tower bridge olympic games

Here’s one design that really “cleaned up” at New York Design Week – an LED lamp disguised as a broom. Spotted by our editors at ICFF, the MoodBroom by Peteris Zilbers looks like a mundane mop at first glance, but upon further inspection, you can see that it is actually a source of light. The quirky design is named for the fact that its light color can be switched to match the owner’s mood, and the humorious lamp had showgoers doing double-takes all day long.

Read the rest of Peteris Zilbers’ MoodBroom is a Quirky LED Lamp Disguised as a Broom

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: "green furniture", broom lamp, broom shaped lamp, eco design, green design, ICFF, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, lamps at icff, LED, led broom lamp, LED lighting, LED lights, LEDs, mood broom, moodbroom, new york design week, peteris zilbers, sustainable design

By now, most of you have probably heard about the incandescent light bulb phase-out starting this year (likely as a result of the ridiculous political bickering about the lighting legislation in the count-down to the end of 2011). However, a quick survey of your friends will reveal that few of us actually understand what it entails. The law is merely a way to encourage consumers to purchase more energy-efficient light bulbs – such as LEDs – that will save money and energy, both resources that we could all use more of at the moment. If you’re still unclear about what the incandescent phase-out means in terms of what kinds of light bulbs you’ll be able to find at stores in the coming years, or how you can switch to LED light bulbs while still maintaining the same quality and quantity of light supplied by your old incandescents, read on as we spell it out for you in our easy guide. And though we will be seeing less and less of Thomas Edison‘s most famous invention over the next few years, we think that even Mr. Edison would be swapping his incandescent bulbs for LEDs if he were alive today!

Read the rest of HOW TO: Switch Your Light Bulbs And Get Ready for the Big Light Bulb Phase-Out

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: best bulb, cfl, cfl light bulb, compact fluorescent light, eco design, eco lighting, Energy Independence and Security Act, energy saving lights, federal light bulb regulation, green design, green light bulb, green lighting, how to green lighting, how to switch to green lighting, incandescent bulb phase out, incandescent bulbs, LED, LED light bulb, LED lights, LEDs, light bulb phase out, light bulb regulation, light emitting diode, lighting energy mandate, phasing out incandescent bulbs, Philips, sustainable design, sustainable lighting

Read the rest of Submarine Transformed into World’s First Deep Sea Bar

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: adaptive reuse, Baltic Sea, Branding, eco design, green design, Guinness, LED lights, Nicholas Alexander, Stockholm Archipelago, submarine, sustainable design, Sweden

Read the rest of 100,000 Solar-Powered LEDs Flow Down the Sumida River in Tokyo

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: e-waste, Green Design Events, Japan, LED bulbs, LED lights, Solar Power, Sumida River, Taito Ward, Tokyo, Tokyo Hotaru Festival 2012, Tokyo Sky Tree

Totally wireless, incredibly lightweight and smaller than a quarter, the Thumb-Lite is a stick-on LED that turns anything into a flashlight. If you’ve ever felt the frustration of searching for something inside your dark purse or fumbling with your keys because you couldn’t see the keyhole, this seemingly simple little gadget offers an easy solution. We recently had the chance to review the Thumb-Lite to see how it stacked up to its title as the world’s smallest and brightest stick-on LED. Read on to see what we thought.

Read the rest of PRODUCT REVIEW: Thumb-Lite is a Stick-on LED That Turns Anything into a Flashlight

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: eco design, eco lighting, energy saving lights, green design, green light bulb, green lighting, LED, LED lighting, LED lights, LED thumb Light, LEDs, light emitting diode, smallest stick on led, stick on LED, thumb LED light, thumb light

Candles can transform nondescript spaces into soothing and romantic scenes, but they can also be a fire waiting to happen (considering 5% of all home fires are started by candles), and a smoky, waxy mess that lowers your indoor air quality. The LED candle light is a product that provides the warm, flattering illumination of the real thing without the worry, smoke and carbon in the air, and unlike a wax candle, it can be reused almost ad infinitum. Even cooler, the latest version of the LED candle doesn’t even need to be turned on and off via a switch – to put out the light, just blow it out. We recently had the chance to test out this clever little gadget which sells for just $4.95 to see how well it could mimic real candlelight. Read on for our full review!

Read the rest of PRODUCT REVIEW: We Test Out the LED Candle Light You Can Actually Blow Out

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: eco design, eco lighting, energy saving lights, green design, green light bulb, green lighting, LED, LED candle, led candle you can blow out, LED candlelight, LED lighting, LED lights, LEDs, light emitting diode

It’s amazing to think that just a few years ago, many people thought of LEDs as nothing more than the tiny red lights in our laser pointers but my, how the times have changed! With more and more people realizing the energy-efficiency benefits of LED lighting, it seems that everything from headlights to TVs to even clothing and wallpaper are now being lit up by the versatile lighting technology. Unlike incandescents, LEDs are super-compact, don’t emit heat and use just a fraction of the energy – plus their flexible, plastic design allows them to be used in a wonderful variety of innovative ways that other types of lighting just can’t touch. We’ve seen so many weird and wonderful uses for LED lighting lately that we decided to put together a roundup of our favorite examples for your viewing pleasure. Click through our gallery to see some of the quirkiest, most interesting uses for LEDs that we’ve ever seen.

Read the rest of 7 Weird and Wonderful Uses For LED Lighting Technology

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: Consol, eco design, eco lighting, energy saving lights, green design, green light bulb, green lighting, how to green lighting, how to switch to green lighting, incandescent bulb phase out, incandescent bulbs, LED, led car lights, LED eyelashes, led innovations, LED light bulb, LED lighting, LED lights, LED strips, led virtual sky, LED wallpaper, LEDs, light emitting diode, sunlight in a jar, super bright leds, superbrightleds, sustainable design, sustainable lighting, virtual sky

Philips has announced that it will be launching the most energy-efficient, high performance light bulb ever made – the award-winning L Prize LED Bulb in stores on April 22, 2012, just in time for Earth Day. The bulb, winner of the U.S. government’s $10 million L-Prize, uses a mere 10W of energy to glow significantly brighter than a 60W incandescent bulb (at 940 lumens) – meaning it uses less than 1/6th of the electricity to output more light. The L Prize bulb retails for $60 but Philips will be discounting it to $50 for consumers and government rebates could reduce the price even more to $30. $50 might seem like a lot of money, but when you consider the energy bill savings each month, the durability and lack of mercury, and the fact that you won’t have to replace this bulb for 20 years, it becomes apparent how smart of an investment this is over the long term.

Read the rest of Philips’ Innovative New L Prize Winning 10W LED Bulb Will Launch for $50 on Earth Day

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: "energy efficiency", Award Winning LED Bulb, best bulb, CFL bulbs, earth day, eco design, eco lighting, energy saving lights, green design, green light bulb, green lighting, l prize, LED, LED bulb, LED light bulb, LED lights, LEDs, light emitting diode, phasing out incandescent bulbs, Philips, sustainable design, sustainable lighting, utility rebates

Read the rest of Key Frames: Dancing Figures Light Up the Night With Low-Energy LEDs

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: art installation, Fête des Lumieres 2011 in Lyon, france, group laps, key frames, LED lights, light installation, low energy usage

The much-anticipated Milan Design Week kicks off on Monday, and Panasonic just sent us the first images of one particularly exciting project — Japanese architect Akihisa Hirata‘s “Photosynthesis” Solar Ecosystem. We first wrote about the installation last month, when renderings were released showing what promised to be a fascinating interactive exhibit. “Photosynthesis” uses photovoltaic cells mounted on clear polycarbonate to create a visually stunning array designed to compare our technological need for the sun to a plant’s process of photosynthesis. Now installed at the Interni Legacy exhibit at Università Statale, it certainly lives up to expectations!

Read the rest of Panasonic Unveils “Photosynthesis” Solar Ecosystem at Milan Design Week

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: akihisa hirata, Illumated Art, Interni Legacy, Italian Architecture, LED lights, Milan Design Week, Panasonic Electric, Photosynthesis Solar, photovoltaic panel, Polycarbonate Frame, Solar Cell, Universita Statale

Read the rest of Memory Cloud is an Ethereal Animated LED Installation at Texas A&M

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: eco design, efficient lighting, energy efficient lights, green design, green lighting, LED, led installation, LED lights, led sculpture, memory cloud, metalab, re:site, sustainable design, texas, texas a&m, Texas A&M University

Read the rest of Prismatic Starhill Gallery Renovation Sparkles and Glows with LED Lights

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: Chanel, double skinned facade, eco design, green design, green renovation, Kuala Lumpur Starhill Gallery, LED lights, Louis Vuitton, prismatic addition, Sehpora, Spark Architects, sustainable design

Lighting manufacturers Cree just unveiled a design for its new Aeroblades streetlights, modern, fin-shaped LED lights that the company hopes will replace traditional overhead streetlights. Cities around the US have recently begun replacing traditional metal-halide streetlights with energy-efficient and longer-lasting LED lights, and Aeroblades could be a great option to keep that momentum going.

Read the rest of Cree Unveils Its AeroBlades Modular Outdoor LED Lights

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: "energy efficiency", "lighting design", Aeroblades Luminaires, Cree, cree lights, eco design, green lighting, LED, LED lights, LEDs, light emitting diode, lights, modular design, Modular Outdoor LED Lights, streetlights, sustainable design

Wearable LED suits are the hottest new thing on the market, but nobody makes them look better than the Japanese dance troupe Wrecking Crew Orchestra, whose recent Tron-inspired dance routine has gone viral! Set to the likes of Daft Punk and Guetta, this high-tech cinematic performance features dancers decked out in iLuminate’s patented LED outfits that flicker on and off, making it seem like the characters disappear from the stage. Hit the jump to see them in action.

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: Art, eco design, green design, green lighting, green technology, illuminate, Jacob Sutton, Japan, LED, LED lights, LED suit, LED surfer, sustainable design, tron, wearable technology, Wrecking Crew Orchestra

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: Avant Garde, budget theater, ch+qs, eco design, Film, green design, green lighting, green renovation, LED lights, LED tubes, madrid, Matadero, Matadero Theater, movie theater in spain, Spain, sustainable design, theater

Ingo Maurer is a German light designer best known for his cute Birdie Lights, but for his latest project, he joined forces with Architects Paper to develop a glowing wallpaper piece. Made from a large electronic circuit board printed on paper, this geometric LED Wallpaper changes its colors from white to blue to red, and you can choose the design it illuminates. Innovative, playful, and eco-friendly, this fantastic design will give lifeless walls a bright new look.

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: "energy efficiency", Architects Paper, birdie light, Decorative Objects, Geometric Wallpaper, green graphic design, green home decor, green interiors, green lighting, Ingo Maurer, Interactive Objects, LED lights, LED wallpaper, low energy light, news

Read the rest of Makoto Tojiki’s “No Shadow” LED Sculptures Depict Humans and Animals in Showers of Lights

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: Art, eco design, eco sculpture, green art, green design, green sculpture, Japanese art, LED, LED art, LED light sculpture, LED lights, led lights art, light design, light sculpture, Makoto Tojiki, sustainable design, sustainable sculpture

SWITCH Lighting has been named an Edison Award Finalist after developing an LED light bulb that uses a liquid cooling technology. The unique liquid bulb’s innovative technology and beautiful design played a role in making it a strong contender for the award, as did the fact that it can be used in any current fixture and fitting. For this breakthrough, SWITCH has joined the prestigious ranks of companies such as Starbucks, Gillette, and Ford Motor Company, who have also been recipients of the award.

Read the rest of SWITCH75 Liquid LED Light Bulb Named Edison Award Finalist

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: Edison Awards, edison awards gold finalists, LED, LED bulbs, LED lights, SWITCH Lighting alternative energy, SWITCH Lighting award, SWITCH Lighting bulb, SWITCH Lighting Edison Awards, SWITCH Lighting Gold finalist, SWITCH Lighting LED bulb, SWITCH Lighting SWITCH75, SWITCH75 Edison Awards, switch75 LED bulb