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Philips Presents Glowing placesShopping malls, subway stations and most other artificially-lit indoor spaces are usually pretty dull and dreary places to be.
But that might be about to change.
Philips Design, in collaboration with the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre at the Royal College of Art, has studied a novel solution: public seating that glows, dims, flashes and changes color in response to people sitting on it throughout the day.
The use of artificial light to create atmosphere promises to change the way we use lighting forever.
New lighting technologies integrated into the structure of the objects and buildings around us will respond to our needs with a breathtaking array of colors and intensities, enhancing whatever we're doing.
"If you're having a good time with friends at home it would be very nice if the lighting adapted to suit your behavior without you having to do anything," says Job Rutgers, Senior Design Consultant at Philips Design.
Glowing Places aims to do this for large public spaces.
This lighting design study investigated innovative ways people could interact with light beyond flicking a switch.
The project was led by Job Rutgers with support from the Philips Lighting Design & Application Center.
Seeing an opportunity to use interactive lighting and architecture design, the team contacted the Helen
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