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Funny Luminaire Names

3/27/2013

I have been teaching an intro to lighting class this month (and haven't been updating the blog...whoops!) While giving the lecture on luminaires I noticed how many light fixtures are named for their shape - it's kind of fun.

Cobrahead. Standard roadway light fixture.

Eyeball. Recessed adjustable light that protrudes from the ceiling.

Acorn. An outdoor decorative post-top fixture.

Teardrop. An outdoor decorative drop-down fixture.

Wagon Wheel.

Sometimes these light fixtures are literally made out of old wagon wheels, but this sketch is a modified version.

Bug-eyes. Wall mounted emergency light.

Well light. A fixture that is in the ground, but flush with the surface.

Strip light. Like a line. Or think of it this way: this fixture is pretty much stripped to its bare essentials: lamp, ballast, sockets.

Have I missed some? Does any lighting jargon make you chuckle?

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New Landscape Lighting Concept?

3/1/2013

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It's another cloudy, snowy day here in St. Louis, and I'm longing for summer! That got me looking through some pictures from back in June, and I decided to share these two with you just for fun.

See the pole going straight up into the middle of this tree?

There's a light at the top of it!

Not much light reaches the ground, though...

Have a great weekend, be well, and create beauty!

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Funny Luminaire Names

New Landscape Lighting Concept?

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