July 1, 2013
“Surreal–a celebration of dreams and discoveries within the Lighting Design Industry”—that was the theme of the Lumen West 2013, the annual lighting design event organized by the Illuminating Engineering Societies of Los Angeles, Orange County and Inland Empire. And then what is surreal music? That was the question that our own Scott Hatton had to answer as the guest DJ for the cocktail hour at Lumen West.
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June 10, 2013
Oculus Light Studio is a proud sponsor of the David L. DiLaura Industry Professor of Architectural Engineering Fellowship! David DiLaura was a 26 year professor at the University of Colorado’s Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering department and the reason why the Lighting Design Program there is one of the top ranked in the country.
April 4, 2013
As Lighting Designers we cannot escape looking at lighting everywhere. Instinctively we look at the ceilings and critique lighting in any place we go to (just ask my wife). We also appreciate when lighting is done well, and welcome thoughtful lighting design as it raises the bar for all of us.
The same applies to products. While in a train in Tokyo recently (JR Yamanote Line in case you are familiar with Tokyo and are interested)—I came across an ad panel for a consumer grade color temperature changing LED surface mounted fixture.
March 7, 2013
Congratulations to our friends over at AKA on their grand opening last night! This video shows Larry Korman, the CEO of Korman Communities, thanking the entire design team: AKA Beverly Hills Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
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November 19, 2012
Our own Archit Jain, who together with Bryan Klammer is the co-coordinator of the Southern California Chapter of the International Association of Lighting Designers, helped organize a presentation and tour of the new Gensler offices located in downtown Los Angeles.
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October 16, 2012
Oculus，与华盛顿贝尔维尤的建筑公司MulvannyG2合作，为苏宁超级旗舰店南京店完成了灯光设计，还包括位于上海、北京和广州的连锁旗舰店。苏宁是中国最大的家电用品零售商之一， 改进设计区域包括-建筑、灯光、展示架、指路标、图像和标牌。店铺面积由97,000平方英尺 (9000平方米）到538,000平方英尺 (50,000平方米），大部分的设计仅在5周内完成！
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October 15, 2012
Oculus designed the lighting for the flagship Suning Expo Retail Store in Nanjing and other rollout stores in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou in collaboration with MulvannyG2, architects based in Bellevue, Washington. Suning is one of the largest appliance and electronics retailers in China, and the upgrade included all areas—architecture, lighting, display, wayfinding, graphics and signage. The stores range from 97,000 sft. to 538,000 sft., and the majority of the design was completed in just 5 weeks!
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September 26, 2012
Once you’ve seen one shopping center, you’ve seen a mall. Puns aside, what makes ‘em all not look the same, and how do you create a definite nighttime and indoor identity to the shopping center that you are designing? These 5 key lighting strategies have proven to be successful.
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August 17, 2012
Nice posts in both LA Curbed and Haute Living about the AKA in Beverly Hills.
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August 5, 2012
Oculus Light Studio is looking forward to designing the new Fixtures Living showroom at the Glendale Galleria in collaboration with FITCH! See you there in the fall of 2013!
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July 19, 2012
International Association of Lighting Designers’ local coordinators Archit Jain and Bryan Klammer introduced the presenters at last night’s LED downlight event. It was a very informative evening and many new exciting LED downlights were shown!
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July 11, 2012
Come join us next week at Lighting Design Alliance for an exciting IALD (International Association of Lighting Designers) Event about LED downlights. It is a PechaKucha-style presentation where a several lighting manufacturer’s representatives each have exactly 5 minutes to present the best features of their LED downlights.
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June 27, 2012
Archit was recently featured in Lighting Design + Application magazine this June. The topic was to describe the piece of public works or infrastructure architecture in Los Angeles that you would most like to light. Archit describes lighting the 105-100 freeway interchange…
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May 10, 2012
It is not everyday that the product and design director for Louis Poulsen Lighting drops by your office. Luckily we had a few days’ notice that Flemming Hald was coming so we had time to prepare an ambush! When our favorite manufacturer’s representative Anne Frederiksen and Flemming came by, they thought they were coming to get our reaction to several new fixtures in development at Louis Pouslen. Little did they know that they would be walking into an unsolicited design pitch from Oculus! As we presented our concept for fixture we called “LP West”, we could see a funny glint in Flemming’s eye and a crooked smile starting to form.
April 26, 2012
With Lightfair happening in Las Vegas next week, which of the many different seminars should you see? Lighting.com recently posted recommendations from several different lighting designers. Oculus Light Studio Principal Archit Jain recommends Glenn Shrum’s seminar called “Sensory Enlightenment: Light Art and Lighting Design.”
March 18, 2012
Our very own Scott Hatton will be giving on talk on casino lighting design with Jeremy Windle of Lighting Design Alliance and Phil Treinen of Genesis Associates. Lighting and interior designers collaborate on projects all the time, but how can designers capitalize on these partnerships?
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February 20, 2012
Oculus Light Studio has recently been appointed to design the lighting for new AKA luxury extended hotel in Beverly Hills CA. AKA blends the style and sophistication of a boutique hotel with the space and luxury of a fully appointed condominium. Oculus will be working with Koning Eizenberg in collaboration with Asfour Guzy Architects and Pamela Burton & Company Landscape Architects. The project will update the Crescent Apartments finished in 2006 and feature a newly renovated exterior façade, lobby, business center, fitness center, landscaped terrace, and new penthouse suites.
January 15, 2012
Oculus is Latin for eye. It is also a circular aperture that allows light into a space (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus).
Since lighting design is a very visual profession and our job is to decide where the light allowing apertures go, the two meanings of the word suit a lighting design firm well. Realizing that there is more to lighting design that just locating lights, the eye represents both observation and perception – both important aspects of what we do.
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