Outdoor Lighting

Urban Landscape is one of Southern California’s most in-demand outdoor design firms, operating in Orange County and beyond for over 25 years. Owner and president Garett McCorkle is so passionate about landscape design that he also launched Urban Landscape Magazine with the hopes that his publication would “tell the story of how to build outdoor Learn More

Navigating European cities’ intricate systems of bridges, trains, subways and pedestrian walkways can make some of us feel as if we’re tied in knots. Allegory, a Switzerland-based design and architecture firm, took that concept and ran with it in a new art installation located in the heart of Lausanne, Switzerland. Made from wood, metal cables Learn More

The sustainable streetlight trend gained new ground recently, thanks to a new device that makes measuring the brightness of LED streetlights easy and affordable. Developed by Missouri University of Science and Technology with support from the Missouri Department of Transportation, the handheld tool uses lasers to measure lumen output of the LED lights from the Learn More

I have almost completed the process for adding LED strip lighting to the underside of a table. Along the way we have learned how to make use of LED strip light L sections, how to mount, measure, cut and solder LED strip lights and how to make the lighting portable with a 12V battery pack. Learn More

Choosing the correct power supply for your LED project can sometimes be a difficult task, especially with so many options. Elemental has a large selection of power supplies. In deciding on one for my project, I narrowed it down to either wired, or portable. For the wired option, I could have gone with either the Learn More

Now that we have gathered our materials and discussed some of the reasons for choosing a particular LED Strip and the L shaped sections, let’s get into measuring out the proper length of strip lighting, preparing the surface they will be mounted on and soldering the lengths of strip together. As I mentioned in the Learn More

I like to have barbeques every so often on my patio, and I have this awesome white enamel, metal table top that I bring out and put onto a couple of saw horses. The table top is great because it serves two purposes: one as an inside table, and two as an event table of Learn More

So many architectural icons in the US and around the globe have made the switch to LED lighting. I’ve featured most of them on this blog, from San Francisco’s Bay Bridge to The London Tower and Itay’s Mole Antonelliana. And now, one of the world’s most recognizable buildings is about to make that same, inevitable Learn More

There’s a lot going on at Coachella, it’s true. Between the crowds, the music, the art and the constant onslaught of heat and sun, one tends to get a little overwhelmed. So, before I rant about yet another music headliner, I want to mention an installation that instead of frantic over-stimulation, provided a calming sense Learn More

It’s that time of year again—everyone and everything in the Los Angeles vicinity seems to be a-flutter about Coachella, one of the country’s biggest music and arts festivals. This year, due to overwhelming popularity, the festival is taking place over two weekends, with the same music lineup and art offered at each one. Right now Learn More