Light with brain representing smart lighting

How Smart Lighting Technology is Changing Art

Renee Carlson

The digital age of smart lighting technology and the Internet of Things has revolutionized the creative canvas with bold new ways to experience art. Today, art and technology are as intertwined as ever, resulting in new, interactive mediums and innovative solutions.

Smart Lighting Transforms Art

French impressionist Edgar Degas once observed, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” In this mural by Milan-based art duo Carnovsky, red, green and blue (RGB) colored filters reveal each layer of the digitally created wallpaper.

RGB art display is one example of how smart lighting technology has changed how we experience art.
via Carnovsky.com

Smart Lighting Becomes Art

Another digital exhibit, Assemblance, is described by creator Umbrellium as “a fully immersive interactive augmented reality made ‘real’ by using light as a physical material …” The collaborative project explored the marriage of mind and body with three-dimensional laser light that people “sculpt” into structures with sweeping movements of their hands and body. Read More

Rock your new year's resolutions with better lighting

Rock Your New Year’s Resolutions With Better Lighting

Renee Carlson

Rock your new year's resolutions with better lightingI’m going to lose weight.

I’m going to get organized.

I’m going to live life to the fullest.

Year after year, as the ball drops and a new year begins, we make renewed resolutions to be better, feel better, and even look better, yet some statistics say that only about 8% of us are actually successful in achieving our goals.

What if the right kind of lighting could make the difference between success and failure of your personal goals?

Before you toss in the towel on your New Year’s resolutions, consider the following:   Read More

A WiOn smart control outlet is used to control a coffee maker

Why I Was Wrong About Smart Home Controls

Renee Carlson

It took me a while to fully embrace the smart home automation trend, but when we introduced several new smart controls to our product line last month, it made me reevaluate my position.

Was my reluctance towards the smart home trend shortsighted?

I’m rather ashamed to say that I used to see smart home automation products and wonder, “Why in the world would I want that? Seriously, can people not flip a switch anymore?”

As the parent of teenagers, perhaps I’ve developed a growing resentment towards anything that allows the millennial generation to stare at their phone for another second.

When we started carrying a new line of smart lighting controls, I discovered more about the technology and had a major Ah-ha! moment (12 of them which you’ll see below), where I realized these things do way more than just turn a light on and off when I’m too lazy, tired or preoccupied to get up and do it myself. Read More

Pegasus Lighting Now Recognized as Google Trusted Store

Pegasus Lighting Awarded Google Trusted Stores Badge

Renee Carlson

Pegasus Lighting Now Recognized as Google Trusted StoreWe are pleased to announce that Pegasus Lighting was recently selected to join the Google Trusted stores program.

To help shoppers identify online merchants that offer a great shopping experience, the Google Trusted Store badge is awarded to e-commerce sites that demonstrate a track record of on-time shipping and excellent customer service. When visiting the PegasusLighting.com website, shoppers will see a Google Trusted Store badge and can click on it for more information.

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Cherry blossoms bloom in ESI Designs light display

Historic D.C. Building Comes Alive With Light

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A renovated Washington D.C. office building renowned for its historical significance as a civil rights landmark now captures attention with magnificent displays of reactive light.

Cherry blossoms bloom in ESI Designs light display
via ESI Designs

In 1951 Mary Church Terrell led a civil rights protest at the lunch counter of what was then Hecht’s department store. Over 60 years later the aptly named Terrell Place, now a renovated office building, is making history again.

An Interactive Experience

Imagine that every workday was like walking into a virtual reality. Outside, you might trudge through snow and sleet, but inside, cherry trees blossom and fade, fireworks blaze and butterflies flutter with the ebb and flow of activity in the building’s lobby. Read More

Raleigh area garage with recessed lighting

11 Spectacular Examples of Modern Garage Lighting

Renee Carlson

When someone says garage lighting, you probably think of something along the lines of this:

Old and messy garage with fluorescent lighting

Flickering fluorescents buzzing overhead, or perhaps just a lonely solitary bulb.

Now, things are a bit different. Modern garages aren’t just for cars and dusty forgotten storage boxes anymore, but have become an extension of the home. And they’re way beyond cheap, ineffective and dated light fixtures.

Here are 11 examples of garages that broke away from the mold to show how contemporary lighting can take a garage from spiritless to spectacular.

#1 Vintage Style Races towards Modern Industrial

Other Spaces mediterranean-garage

I’m a huge fan of mixing modern and vintage design elements and this garage does it wonderfully. The overhead barn lights intermingle with low-profile recessed lights while wall washers and spotlights display the custom-made mural of vintage formula race cars. Read More