On March 13th, Philips Lumec’s CLU Foundation launched the 2013 edition of its annual contest.
This year’s theme is SOCIALIGHT – The 2013 edition of the CLU Foundation’s competition invites participants to consider the role of lighting in the urban areas of tomorrow. Think of the future. Imagine urban neighborhoods where there are, for example, no cars, that the territory belongs to the people and that we put value in community, natural, recreational and social environments.[...]

Let us introduce you to Robert Trempe from the United States, the CLU Foundation’s third prize ex aequo winner for his project Arctic Blossom inspired by a summer he spent in Iceland. Members of the jury were charmed by the poetic aspect of his lighted trees.[...]

On February 2nd, Philips Lumec’s CLU Foundation launched the 2011-2012 edition of its annual contest.
This year’s theme is LIGHTITUDE – Lighting urban areas above the polar circle. For this year’s edition, the Fondation Concept Lumière Urbaine (CLU Foundation) asks participants to submit proposals regarding lighting in communities near the polar circle.[...]

The easiest definition of industrial design is that we take an idea and develop it for the industrial world, develop it for production to the target market, whether it be small or for the masses. There are many aspects to industrial design. These aspects cover the whole process, from idea to development, to the launch. [...]

Continuing our series entitled ‘‘The talent that makes state-of-the art LED luminaires possible’’, we want to introduce you to one of Philips Lumec’s collaborators, Morelli Designers.A Montreal based company, Morelli Designers worked closely with Philips Lumec’s team to design UrbanScape, one of our new outdoor lighting solutions. [...]