Ellumiglow Lighting Technologies Blog

Lighting, since we have been introduced to the incandescent light bulb over 100 years ago, has been known as a fragile, fixed bulb that emits a bright light to its surroundings. When you think about it, not much is different from today’s LEDs, only the size has become much smaller. The “bulb” in an LED is still rigid, and still relatively fragile. As great as LEDs have become, we see a different future of light, the future where light can be applied to anything and everything. The future where lighting doesn’t have to make you squint or turn away, but to be taken in by its beauty. We are excited to introduce the new generation of lighting technologies; the generation of integrated light. The VynEL™ lighting generation. VynEL™ lighting system takes the traditional light bulb and squashes everything we know about it. Rather than a rigid surface that is meant to be in a fixed position, VynEL™ lights are flexible, and encouraged to be moved. Rather than a single bright pinpoint of ligh...

So…you’re looking for a way to add some snazzy, flashy bling to your next costume (and bicycle if you’re in Portland) and you’ve decided that plain old glitter and streamers isn’t going to cut it anymore. Perhaps you’ve even tried using readily available EL Wire or LED lights, and found them to be too dim, too fragile, or not flexible enough for costuming and custom garments.  Maybe you’re not a typical consumer - but a designer in architectural safety wear, or a textile designer for sports and activewear - and need a way to introduce night-time visibility solutions into your latest product line beyond using reflective fabrics and materials. Enter VynEL™. VynEL™ is the world’s most flexible, customizable, and brightest stretchable, washable and bondable light source available today. Made from NASA grade materials, it’s two to three times brighter than other products in its class, more flexible, and even water resistant! This makes it great for use in applications that need a ...

One of the most common complaints we hear about EL Wire is not necessarily the wire itself, but the inverters. Nearly every el wire inverter or battery pack that has been made to date uses a very high frequency (generally over 1500Hz), which tend to make a loud humming noise which is in our audible range, and can be annoying in quiet environments. This is because most inverters are never really in tune. They rely on providing a wide range of applications, which is great for broad markets, but when trying to narrow down to a specific product, every inverter that has been built to date has fallen short. In the past, we’ve relied on cheaper overseas inverters that have achieved illumination, but have habitually been poorly made, with cheap components making them unsuitable for mass market appeal.  While they are fine for loud environments, like concerts and more, typical overseas inverters that make a loud humming noise can drive people nuts. In quiet environments like in ho...

We are excited to announce our new summer hours in our showroom! We welcome visitors in the Pacific Northwest including Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Eugene, Salem and Bend Oregon to visit Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm. Designers looking for ideas for showroom lighting or retail lighting, feel free to stop by. We have a number of LED's, Laser, and Electroluminescent lighting pieces to show real world scenarios of how lighting can help enhance and bring focus to your products. For more information or to make an appointment to meet with one of our lighting experts, please call 877.615.6556 or email info@ellumiglow.com.

One of the biggest requests we hear at Ellumiglow.com is, "we want something that looks like Neon, but isn't Neon." We heard you and that's why we created Pixel-Free LED . The world's first and most versatile light strip that's perfect for stage performances, retail and trade show displays, safety, signage and more. Neon looks cool, but the chemicals used are harsh, difficult to work with, fragile and require advanced knowledge of glass. Pixel-Free LED is easy to work with and customize, bright and even changes colors (with RGB). Flexible, diffused and customizable, Pixel-Free LED strip lighting checks all the boxes for today's most popular requests. Many times, custom display and production companies spend a great deal of time and resources to diffuse LED hot spotting in their displays because today's high end clients don't want to have to subject their customers on the harsh reality of today's bright LEDs. Instead, Pixel-Free LED offers ...

If you are interested in the latest lighting technologies, want to learn how to incorporate #lights into your next product idea or project, then you owe it to yourself to come visit our storefront in Inner SE Portland, Oregon. We've been hard at work creating some fantastic displays that showcase how to use all of our products. Coming soon to our blog are the behind the scenes look at how we made our EL Wire & Laser Wire® displays, #PixelFreeLED Infinity mirror and more. Our office address is located across from Montage at 222 SE Alder St. STE 1, Portland, OR 97214 - We're open from 9am to 4pm Mon - Fri, and hope to see you soon! Here's a couple sneak peaks of the work in progress. If you would like to make an appointment to discuss how to #integrate lighting into your product line, we would love to talk. Please call us at 877.615.6556 or email info@ellumiglow.com.