Ellumiglow Lighting Technologies Blog

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 ...

We are excited to announce the next generation of wearable lighting. Say hello to VynEL™, a specialized space age light that integrates into just about anything. VynEL™ can be heat bonded directly to fabrics, textiles, sporting goods, space travel, outdoor goods, safety gear and much, much more.   What is VynEL™?  VynEL™ is similar to EL Tape, but far more flexible, heat resistant, waterproof, and more. VynEL™ can be customized to be applied in numerous products and provides a safety element to practically anything it touches.  For more information on VynEL™, visit: Ellumiglow.com ::   VynEL™ - Specialized Lighting For Active Illumination

The coolest costume concept this year by far is Tron. Whether it’s Sam Flynn, Quorra, the ISO’s or the best cameo of the show, Daft Punk, making a Glowing Tron Style Costume is not very difficult. The hardest part is figuring out how to make it glow. For more of this life changing information, keep reading. Electroluminescent Tape (or EL Tape for short), is what was used in the movie Tron, as it is a thin sheet of Electroluminescent material with an adhesive backing that glows when there is a charge applied to it. This charge comes from small battery packs that excite the elements inside the tape, which gives us the magical glow that we came to love in the movie’s costumes. There was no CGI or additional animation effects needed to make these costumes glow. So get to it then, where do I find it and how does it work! Electric Optics EL Tape can be found exclusively at Ellumiglow.com and is sold not only in strands, but also various shapes, like circles. This is especially helpful...