This great installation became a success when our dealer, Admit One team stepped rose to the challenge to deliver a relatively low budget theater project for their clients.

They started the transformation of this ‘bachelor pad’ by using a fixed frame Stewart Filmscreen piece mounted to the wall via custom made, single arm wall mount.  This floating 110″ screen provided the perfect opportunity to utilize our iSky uRay LED to capture the viewers attention.  Used as bias lighting, the iSky uRay more than fills the 18″ void between the back of the screen and the wall.  Beyond that, it also exemplifies a great use of relaxed bias lighting.

No need for extra dramatic lighting here, Admit One opened up some easy to use iSky Blue uRay LED tape and applied it to the back of the screen – it was very easy and accurate.  Plus the  iSky uRay tape is a great way to add drama to an environement without the need for a control system.

Keeping in form with the understated, industrial aesthetic of the loft, iSky uRay LED offers another layer of depth as a simple, but eye popping attention grabber.

We’d also like to add, since this installation this room is no longer a ‘bachelor pad’ since the client recently got married  Way to go Admit One Home Cinema.  They do it all: Home Theaters, Media Rooms, Home Automation, Home Security, and now…Match Makers!  Here’s to hoping they don’t have to add Marriage Counselors to the list.  Keep it up guys!

Be sure to check out the Admit One site to see more of their spectacular installation work: Admit One Home Cinema.

So this is a private residence in downtown Chicago. We’re working on the cove lighting in the hallway that will have color changing RGB LEDs.  There will be four more “Clouds” like this one around the remaining space to be finished in the next couple weeks.  The full system will be controlled by a remote.

The audio/video home theater pros at Fairview HiFi – an iSky Panel dealer in Burlington, Ontario, Canada – began a this comfortable and family friendly home theater installation with just a bare room that contained an existing fireplace and a question from their clients about “starry ceilings”.

Fairview HiFi was more than up to the challenge.  They recommended a 12” x 16” ceiling (using our 4×4 panels) following the contours of the room.  The panels were perfect for the size of this installation and were easily customized to fit the irregular angles needed in the front section of the room.  Fairview HiFi took the project a step further, by recessing the panels and tucking away rope LEDs giving the overall work a sky-like effect.  To make the iSky ceiling even more dynamic for their clients, Fairview HiFi installed remote light switches they programmed for several moods from low level for movie watching to higher visibility for cleaning up popcorn.  The home owner’s favorite mood was just the simple glimmering star lighting.

Philips has made such a great showing at the Light + Build show, that a lot of competitors are asking themselves, do they even want to stay in the lighting business.  Phillips has been pouring over 4% of it’s sales into R&D. Of that, over 70% is going into the development of LED’s, and it shows.

Everything about the Philips booth is LED.  For the most part, they have successfully taken every lighting application and converted it to LED.  Not just switching out an old incandescent lamp for an LED retrofit, but rethinking the way that fixtures need to be designed in order to take full advantage of an LED package.  Besides the LED themselves, there are two other key components, thermal management (getting the heat away from the LED – heat shortens the life of a LED) and optics (how the light is harvested from the LED and then displayed.)  The next layer is control.  Controlling the out put based on environmental conditions or situation.  Street lights that are at full brightness during evening commute, but dim afterwards to conserve electricity and lamp life, but then brighten when motion is detected.  Or say lights at a bus or train stop.  They are in full illumination for 20 minutes prior to a train or bus arriving, then stay on for 5 minutes afterwards then at which time they dim down or go off.

Brilliant use of technology to make us feel safe.

Go here to see even more images from the Philips exhibit.

When Gramophone’s client’s visions of having a cool place to watch football evolved to a Star Trek themed home theater, the dealer was able to deliver by incorporating iSky Panels. Gramophone used 48″ and 24″ panels and blue LED lighting in the cove, which created the ultimate effect any sci-fi fan can appreciate.

Gramophone, who won Electronic House’s Home of the Year award, is one of our favorite iSky Panels star ceiling dealers.  Please visit Gramophone’s site to learn more about their excellent services and brands.