Glowing Places
by Justin Thomas, Virginia on 11.22.05
"Glowing Places" is LED-based design installation created by Philips. It works this way: sensors measure the presence of people over time — both the number of people sitting and the length of time they stay. This creates a 'social interactive pattern' that is translated by patented software into lighting effects in the furniture.
Hence, many people sitting for brief periods of time result in lighting activity expressing a "busy period", whereas one or two people sitting for a longer period trigger "mellow lighting". :: Philips via design*sponge
I've been hearing about this, and other amazing sounding conceptual/design projects from Philips - but does anybody know where we can actually see any of these ideas being used in the real world yet? Are they selling it, integrating it into any major buildings, etc etc?
I guess they'll probably start in Europe since they're based in the Netherlands. Anyone?
I saw the chairs in London and also in Eindhoven during Design week. I have heard that there is a permanent installation of the chairs in one of Philips building, Eindhoven, where Philips is based and seems becoming a capital city(town?) of design in Europe!