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QuarkStar's Refractive Optical Technology Key to Lighting Innovations
​Lighting & Innovation:
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It Takes a Platform
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A new article by Clifton Stanley Lemon
The history of innovation shows that seeing a problem in a completely different way often sparks innovation.​​
Rather than asking, 
“how can we adapt LEDS to lighting?”

QuarkStar dared ask 
“how can we adapt lighting to LEDs?”
In this insightful article, discover how QuarkStar is revolutionizing the lighting industry with its innovative approach and cutting-edge technology.

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Sylvania Lighting wins Red Dot Design Award for the Concord Equinox LED Downlight

​Sylvania Lighting has been awarded with the Red Dot Design Award 2023 in the Lighting Design category for its innovative Concord Equinox LED downlight. 
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Concord Equinox has been developed in partnership with QuarkStar, who provided the optical technology for this project.

QuarkStar’s system of light refraction allows, for the first time, an indirect component to be integrated into a downlight without supplementary optics.​

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Read more about the Red Dot win ›​​
Concord by Sylvania Reinvents the Downlight in Partnership with QuarkStar 
CONCORD EQUINOX
THE NEW VISION OF DOWNLIGHT
A Unique and Innovative Solution for Architectural Lighting
Using QuarkStar’s award-winning system of light refraction, Concord Equinox provides functional downlighting with simultaneous upper lighting. The halo effect can be regulated with a unique adjustable optic system which helps to create the desired lighting effect. 

​Winner of the 2023 international Red Dot Design Award the entire body of the luminaire has a durable design, developed to be perfectly integrated into all types of ceilings or formwork. 

Read more about Concord Equinox ›          Explore our downlights innovations ›​

Intellectual Property Portfolio​ ›
QuarkStar:
​A Universe of Innovation
500+ patents filed (US, EU, CN, JP)
250+ patents granted
(with new patents every month)
Current applications
       ●  Industrial
       ●  Commercial
       ●  Horticulture
       ●  Automotive
       ●  LiFi & IoT
       ●  LED filament bulbs
Our IP portfolio of over 500 patent applications, with >50% already granted, provides our partners with protected technologies that overcome current limitations of solid-state lighting.​

News Updates

QuarkStar Wins DOE L-Prize® Phase 1
In partnership with Nichia
DOE L-Prize Phase 1 Winner is QuarkStar – The Announcement
by Jennifer M. Granholm,
​U.S. Secretary of Energy
QuarkStar is thrilled to be a WINNER of DOE’s L-Prize (Phase 1), part of a multi-million-dollar competition to energize U.S. commercial lighting innovation.
“A decade ago DOE awarded our very first L-Prize to a technology you might have heard about a little bit – an LED replacement for the everyday lightbulb... the purpose was to raise the bar for lighting efficiency, quality, connectivity, and environmental footprint. And this time we are really targeting transformational innovations to light commercial buildings.” ​​
―Jennifer M. Granholm, U.S. Secretary of Energy
“Currently available technologies and systems may excel in one performance area, but often at the expense of others … a key innovation of this L-Prize is that a winning system must demonstrate exceptional achievement in all areas.” 

QuarkStar's L-Prize Winning Submission with Nichia partnership
To make these ambitions real, the Project Tango team of QuarkStar and Nichia made use of:
For more information see our press release.
And feel free to reach out directly to us. Thank you.
“Congratulations on QuarkStar earning recognition as one the top companies with a culture of innovation that empowers employees at every level to blaze trails and break new ground.” 
Fast Company/Accenture
Best Workplace for Innovators 2022
More from Fast Company on the Best Workplaces for Innovations:
  • “We’re looking to honor companies that are accomplishing real innovation, not merely laying the groundwork for future breakthroughs. In other words, real projects with tangible results.”
  • “We’re looking for current hotbeds of innovation, organizations that are working to sustain a creative culture and aren’t resting on the laurels of a handful of breakthroughs a decade ago.”
​​QuarkStar Profiled in LEDs Magazine
​“​LEDs Magazine's new department provides an inside look at a leading individual or firm involved in the LED and SSL manufacturing, design, and supply chain. Our first subject is SSL technology developer QuarkStar, which recently won an L-Prize.”
​Wanda Lau
​June 2, 2022

The Ultimate Debut for a New Lighting Technology

Lighting the galleries of the largest museum project in North America

QuarkStar Lights Up a Galaxy of Art: QuarkStar is the primary lighting supplier ​for the centerpiece building of the largest museum project in North America, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Rich and Nancy Kinder Building.
“Subtle LED lighting that achieves remarkably consistent illumination”
Wall Street Journal
Photo credits - Richard Barnes
“QuarkStar’s revolutionary technology bridges the natural and artificial”
“QuarkStar’s Edge-X technology delivers something previously never before seen in the lighting world: evenly distributed sheets of light easily spanning 16-ft gallery walls and daylight matching color-tuning from a single row of LEDs”
LD+A Issue May 2021
“QuarkStar’s Edge-X technology delivers something previously never before seen in the lighting world: evenly distributed sheets of light easily spanning 16-ft gallery walls and daylight matching color-tuning from a single row of LEDs”
LD+A Issue May 2021
Transform Spaces with QuarkStar's Q-Wall Luminaire
QuarkStar proudly presents the Q-Wall luminaire, our groundbreaking solution for wall washing and the fixture that is beautifully illuminating the galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Rich and Nancy Kinder Building. Powered by patented Edge-X™ optical technology, the Q-Wall delivers impeccable 1:3 wall uniformity while showcasing sleek aesthetics with a minimal profile.

Revolutionize your space with infinite runs of uniformly illuminated walls. 

​Experience the exceptional with Q-Wall today!
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QuarkStar Technologies ›
Partnering Light with Space​

Light Sheets and Filaments ​​›​
Linear arrays and Planar sources coupled to sophisticated optics.
Edge-X​ ›


​Technology family with module luminaire-level capabilities, superior distribution control, and brand new capabilities.
Advanced Light Sources​ ›
Advanced Light Sources are Fixtures in a Package – offering large scale spatial control from package-sized sources. ​
Controls ›
​in Space, Time, and Color
● New ways to control light in Space, Time, & Color. 
​● Unparalleled Color & Lumen Maintenance over product lifetimes. 
● New approaches to IoT Networking & Self-commissioning.
Awards for QuarkStar Products & Innovations
​WINNER
US DOE 2022 L-Prize® Competition
​(Phase 1)​
WINNER
​US DOE Next Generation Luminaire
Competition for Emerging Technology
​WINNER
UK 2021 Innovation Award
​WINNER
US DOE Next Generation Luminaire
Competition for Asymmetric Lighting
​Top Ten Products
​LightFair
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​One of the 20 Hottest
Lighting Companies in the World
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​Best Innovation of
​Light+Building
(shared award)

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