Comments on: Exposed Lighting Examples

By: tracy

tracy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:55:17 +0000

Cool new news on LED lights getting more affordable: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/led-lights-technology-breakthrough-purdue-university.php

By: tracy

tracy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:56:50 +0000

have you thought at all about “radiant” type lighting? meaning low lighting vs. higher up? I have this thing in my house where I use rope lights (Christmas lights, really) along the floor and it provides a soft lighting from below that I find appealing. I’ve seen rope LED lights and they aren’t cheap but they are also not too expensive. Not sure that’s exactly the design statement you want to make but just thought I’d throw out the idea of how to make lighting creative from the floor up, vs. from above.

By: m.o.d.

m.o.d. — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:25:44 +0000

why not just use dimmable CFL’s……

http://www.1000bulbs.com/Dimmable-Compact-Fluorescent-Bulbs/?gclid=CJyo1MK4jpQCFQnIsgod8RGjew

By: robert

robert — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:22:45 +0000

The installation instructions are there if you dig a bit:

http://bocci.ca/downloads/22installation.pdf

Mix these with concrete floors and white walls and you would have quite the statement

By: lavardera

lavardera — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:30:16 +0000

I wish there was some explanation about how these Bocci devices would work. It appears there is no electrical box, which would mean they need to be making a code compliant connection in their socket head. Perhaps there is a box, but it would seem to break the rules by being inaccessible.

By: Shawn Busse

Shawn Busse — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:04:52 +0000

I have to agree with Brandon on this one (for the record, I run a design firm). The Bocci site is exactly the kind of site that gives Flash a bad name. Yuck

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:42:37 +0000

Those lights from Bocci are pretty slick, though I think they have one of the worst web-sites I’ve visited in recent memory. What’s the pricing like on those? I couldn’t find anything regarding cost on their site.

By: jason

jason — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:16:32 +0000

http://bocci.ca/?#/22-standard/
use these even if you have to make it the 101Khouse.

By: chad

chad — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:32:44 +0000

Greg – Nice reference.

Robby – Thanks for the note. I have corrected this error in the post. I was a bit rushed when posting and forgot to go back and fill out the details.

By: robby

robby — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:47:13 +0000

The makers of this blog and the 100k house need to credit the above photos so it clearly states it is the work of “Tezuka” architects, whether it’s inspiration or not. It says they’re from Japan, but this is not enough, as professional courtesy you must credit the intellectual property of others as in any “paper” based publication.

On the flipside, love your work on the 100k house. Go hard, go cheap, go green.