Dear Edi Lamp By David Abad

David Abad has designed The Dear Edi lamp for DAB, the lamp interprets the sheer essence of the origin of illumination. It is a tribute to the father of modern illumination, Thomas Alva Edison. With regard to design the volume of a metallic body and the latest technology are in the centre of attention. So this lamp unites the past and the technological present with the future. Its light source is a powerful three-watt LED in white, blue or red. Its optics has been deliberately incorporated into the structure. It serves as suspension or wall lamp. Its metal structure is made of shiny chrome or anodised black. A simple design that just concentrated the lamp light source, the results is pretty impressive.

Source: designzen

ASC at Cine Gear Expo 2008

      

 

ASC Show & Tell

• Friday, June 20, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
• Theater 3

Sponsored by the American Society of Cinematographers
Moderated by George Spiro Dibie, ASC, and Bob Fisher, Journalist
Panelists: Richard Crudo, ASC, Ron Garcia, ASC, Michael Goi, ASC, Richard Kline, ASC, Izzy Mankofsky, ASC, Michael Negrin, ASC, Sam Nicholson, ASC, Daryn Okada, ASC, Daniel Pearl, ASC, David Stump, ASC

Aqua Gallery Lights

As a cinematographer, we are always in the search for different ways of lighting a scene, some times we have long hours talking to the art department to get to a lighting system that works both ways for the concept we have in mind and for the lux or footcandles we need to light the scene, sometimes it is not about lighting the scene but probably to have an item with source light that fills and empty space.

Some times a normal Chinese ball works to fill a room, sometimes we end working with space lights, but in a way I guess that we can work with light designers who make better designs of lamps and get them to do interesting lamps to shot on our sets.

Like this gallery the Aqua Gallery, that works on lamps that have form of sea creatures or sea formations, they are interesting lights that might work on future film sets for someone of us.

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Source: Aqua Gallery

Richard Lawson’s 9Vo(l)tive

I think this is a great idea for filling light in really small spots, where you usually can not put a lamp

Source: Pak-Lite, Core 77.

Litepanels Micro

Here is the thing, probably this light is for camcorders, but  this might be the light that replaces that small kino light for really small situations, probably one like this one could give us filling in cars or helmets, probably this light work as a filler on really small and really hard to light places.

The professional LED light that runs off standard AA batteries. The perfect lighting tool for today’s small DV camcorders, the Micro daylight harnesses the company’s proprietary LED technology in an ultra-lightweight, extremely compact package. Users will enjoy luminous, soft, directional lighting, with the same warmth and great color characteristics that made Litepanels an integral part of television, broadcast news & motion picture productions worldwide.

Advantages

Heat-free LED technology

Produces bright, HD friendly soft light

Integrated dimmer 100% to 0

All-in-one with no external cables

Absolutely flicker-free light output

	Runs 1.5hrs. on 4 AA batteries (HD Alkaline)
	7-8 hours on E2 Lithium batteries

Uses standard or rechargeable batteries

Extremely lightweight and compact

All-in-one camera light w/no external cables

Specifications

Size: 3.3″ W x 3.3″ H x 1. 5″ D (83.8mm x 83.8mm x 38.1mm)

Weight: Under 4 oz (110g)

Power Draw: 3 Watts

Four AA batteries (internal)

Flip-down filterholder

5600°K Daylight Output (cool white)

Filters Included: 3200°K Tungsten conversion (warm white),1/4 warming and diffusion

Source: Litepanels

Buttefly Light

This light came from the idea of folding a piece of paper. The function of its adjustment of light and the space created by that are a result of simple action of one surface (the panel) being divided by two. The two panels with slight shifts to each other at its closed position remind a user to open this object up. This light gives the poetic theme to the space like a butterfly flying around with silence.

Butterfly Light
SIZE: w600mm d100mm h10mm(open)
w20mm d120mm h300(close)
MATERIAL : aluminum. CCFL(2w x 4). SUS.AC100V 

2004 VINTA 
Kohei Okamoto + Tomohiro Yamaguchi + Toshitaka Nakamura

Light-emitting wallpaper

By: Jonas Samson

With Jonas Samson’s high-tech light-emitting wallpaper it’s possible to use a two-dimentional flat surface as light source instead of a 3D object.
As long as the wallpaper is turned ‘off’, it is indistinguishable as a source of light. Instead, it is just what it appears to be: wallpaper.

Imagine the possibilities for probably music videos or conceptual films.

Knitted Lights, for decorating sets

Knitted light object called Matt, made for being moved and played with, there is no heat emission through the use of an environmentally friendly energy saving bulb!, and the Ray, a lamp which has the capability to follow its owner on his/her activity. The cable on this lamp is prolonged by 12 meters, thus enabling the Ray to become a lying, hanging or atmospheric lamp.

Forget the bulb: world’s first illuminating glass

by Cate Trotter

Eco-friendly lightbulbs are an energy efficient step in the right direction, but it could be that the bulb’s days are numbered. First we had light-emitting wallpaper, and now Saazs’ light-emitting glass plates. Using planilum technology, these plates are the world’s first active light-emitting glass. Incorporated into shelves and tables, the technology provides beautiful, understated lighting for homes and offices.

 

Co-developed with Saint-Gobain Innovations, Saazs’ designs are the epitome of excellent eco-design: stunning forms that emerge from cutting-edge sustainable design thinking. Christian Biecher, Adrien Gardère and Arik Levy have produced special limited edition designs, with the ‘standard’ series designed by Tomas Erel.

While the unit itself is dazzling, it produces a soothing light that eliminates the need for lampshades, and is better for wellbeing. Environmental improvements are delivered in part by the non-toxic gas employed: a significant improvement over the mercury-infused gas of neon bulbs. The average lifespan of a plate is 50,000 hours, which translates to 20 years of domestic use. And when it does cease to function, 90% of the design can berecycled, as it’s essentially based on glass.

Currently, each 100W plate lights 40 square meters of space, an efficiency halfway between a conventional bulb and a neon light. The company is working to improve the light efficiency of the shelf, aiming to develop plates as effective as a neon light within 3 years, but without neon’s toxicity and somewhat unpleasant light quality and color.