Except for his continued belief in the standardization of small things, like windows, doors, hardware and lighting fixtures -- always beautifully designed and executed -- he abandoned many modernist ideas as inhuman and unworkable.

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The power of energy efficient lighting is not just in the emerging hardware, but in the software and networking that can maximize that hardware to deliver widespread economic benefit and truly change the way lighting is managed today.

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Their interior design collaboration with India Mahdavi for Paris's Thoumieux hotel and its two restaurants also started with a typeface, which then grew into a motif that showed up in furniture, lighting and brass hardware.

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Traders of furniture, lighting, home decorations, hardware and paints have seen a combined 13% fall in distress levels in the last three months, as homeowners decide to "improve, not move".

BBC: Retailers 'facing critical financial issues'

Instead of the pre-canned, static lights that we see on mobile games today, NVIDIA's new hardware will make it possible to create lighting that moves, fluctuates in intensity, and responds realistically to its environment -- all rendered in real time.

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Through its industry-leading OpenSMA program, uControl brings together all the players who power the Connected Home, integrating and enabling a diverse ecosystem, from Service Providers such as cable and telephone companies to Platform Hardware and Lifestyle Device manufacturers who supply items such as thermostats, lighting controls, touch screen tablets and security sensors.

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