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The Creators Project. Stephen Knapp. Jim Campbell. CLOUD. Il Sole sui Tetti. Art + Design in Miami: Tricks On The Eye. Open Design Explorations. Studio Visit: Joshua Light Show. Sunset Camera installation by Leo Lindroos. This installation by Leo Lindroos from Finnish architecture firm MOOK mimics the warm orange glow of a sunset to send viewers into a relaxed and sleepy state by boosting their melatonin levels. Sunset Camera was inspired by Lindroos' research into the effects of different types of light on the human body. He found out that while bright light from computers and TV screens has an invigorating effect, light with a longer wavelength, such as the orange glow of a sunset, encourages the production of the hormone melatonin which relaxes the body for sleep.

Visitors to the installation sit on a bench facing a wall of copper tiles. Behind them is a tank filled with soapy liquid that simulates the soft light of a sunset and converts a blueish beam of light into a soft orange light. The orange light is projected onto the tiles to produce a warm glow in front of the viewer, while a gentle breeze from a fan under the bench moves the tiles and creates the atmosphere of a summer evening. Moodwall by Urban Alliance. Dutch architects Studio Klink, production company Illuminate, artist Matthias Oostrik and design and construction firm Cube have collaborated under the name Urban Alliance to create Moodwall, a subway installation in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The 24 metre long display is made from 2500 LEDs behind a ribbed, semi-transparent wall. "The resolution is stretched horizontally so images appear to be in better focus from the side," say the designers. "This enables the screen to be watched from outside the tunnel, and deters people from using the tunnel as a hangout spot. Here's some information from Urban Alliance: Media architecture collective Urban Alliance has recently finished the Moodwall: a 24 metre long interactive light installation in Amsterdam. The Moodwall is a pilot project for a 70 metre long media wall proposal by Urban Alliance (in collaboration with Daan Hartoog) which won a competition for ideas to improve the public space of the socially unsafe area of the Amsterdam Bijlmer.

Alpha Lyrae. O (Omicron) - A Permanent Mapping Installation by AntiVJ. Chris Cunningham: jaqapparatus 1. MAKOTO TOJIKI / WORKS.