We're talking lighting in kitchens and how early CFLs and LEDs might have sped up our journey to the very bright white kitchens. Per usual its a maze of topics including: lighting in Gilmore Girls, my previous shared kitchen, and the history of white kitchens from a 1919 Ladies Home Journal.
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0:00 Intro
0:32 Gilmore Girls cinematography
2:28 My former kitchen
4:26 Intro to Kelvins
6:04 Indoor lighting and Lahaina Noon
9:03 The Edison Screw
14:05 Decor trends
14:48 White kitchens of the past
17:09 Hotpoint ad
18:29 What is a kitchen for?
20:33 Outro
Sources: (in order of mention)
Horrible Cinematography Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/GilmoreGirls/comments/53k1z5/the_horrible_cinematography_of_season_6_and_7/
Imgur Albums: https://imgur.com/a/cgzCj
Kelvin and Color Temperature: https://www.ledlightexpert.com/What-is-Kelvin-and-why-do-I-care-about-the-K-number-in-lighting_b_108.html
Kelvin Temperature Scale: https://www.delmarfans.com/educate/correlated-color-temperature-kelvin-application-in-home-decor
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein - 1977
Dexter.mp4 Lahaina Noon video: https://www.tiktok.com/@dexter.mp4/video/7311845141281590570
Ad for Armstrong Linoleum Kitchen
https://slumberland.org/vintage_kitchen/kitchenimages.html
Ad for Seller’s Kitchen Cabinet
https://archive.org/details/sellersthebestse00gise/page/28/mode/2up
Most Popular Light Bottom 1908: https://archive.org/details/icsreferencelibr04inteiala/page/n214/mode/1up
History of Light Bulbs - Info on Incandescent, CFL, and LED: https://www.energy.gov/articles/history-light-bulb
USB C: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/usb-cing-soon-why-apple-has-been-reluctant-to-embrace-usb-c-in-iphones/articleshow/103354126.cms
2011, changes to make warmer LEDs: https://www.cnet.com/culture/cree-claims-led-production-cost-color-solution/
LED Lighting on wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igDZ8CMWq1k&ab_channel=Signify
Kitchen Decor Article - September 1919 Ladies Home Journal: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015021073336&seq=1277
Google Trends - Paint Cabinets White: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=paint%20cabinets%20white&hl=en-US
Hotpoint Ad - October 1919 Ladies Home Journal: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015021073336&seq=1527
1925 Electricity in half of US homes: https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/kidsyouth/the-electric-light-system-phonograph-motion-pictures.htm
Lewis Latimer Episode of Someone Lived Here: https://someonelivedhere.com/lewis-latimer-house/