Its November 2025, and I am walking up from Angel underground station towards the UK’s largest and, some would say, most successful lighting show, located at the BDC. Unlike the weather of the past few years its overcast, utterly Baltic, and I am pretty sure it snowed this morning. So I find myself wondering if
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. This year’s ICEL Emergency Lighting conference was held at London’s Cavendish Conference Centre and provided an excellent opportunity to gain a deep insight into the latest developments in emergency lighting. The significance of such conferences for industry professionals cannot be overstated, due to the importance of the subject, and the fact that there are few events
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Interesting insights in lighting design can often come from outside the lighting field, from other areas in the creative industry. In my role as Design Editor for The Light Review, I have interviewed various designers over the past few years, including Kar-Hwa Ho, Head of Interior Architecture at Zaha Hadid, and Axel Schmid, Head of
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The sun is shining, and the roads of Clerkenwell are crammed with bleary eyed people who appear to spend a lot of time in front of computer screens and drink too much coffee. Ah, the overworked creative! It must be Clerkenwell Design Week. . As I blink at the neon pink brilliance of all CDW’s
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‘This podcast series explores what leading lighting design consultancies look for in their designers. The lighting industry is composed of individuals from various backgrounds and experiences, but how does their background differentiate them in design terms, and who is best suited for different applications? . In this podcast we speak to Neil Skinner, someone you
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Chris Fordham asks a studio director what she looks for in . . . a lighting designer! . .At first sight, it seems a simple question calling for a simple answer. But when we look at the areas that a lighting design consultancy is expected to cover, we begin to see how broad the skill
. . Another one . . . What? Another light show . . . Yes! But this one is apparently the UK’s only trade show dedicated to high end lighting specification, and according to the marketing blurb on the web site IS A MUST ATTEND event, therefore how could anyone consider not turning up?! .
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Intro text. Who wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to interview one of the lighting industries most well-known faces? But what about if that person is also your boss? Mmmm . . . let me just think about that. Excuse me . . .Mr. Bullock? On the upside you will already have a few insights into
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Walking from Farringdon tube station heading towards the House of Detention (where most of the lights are at!) for Clerkenwell Design Week 2024, I had definitely picked the wrong day to come up to town. The heavens had decided that – yes this was the moment that they would split open and soak the industrious
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The use of lighting software has always been one that interests me, because for most lighting applications it’s so integral to what we do. Note the word MOST; you would have to be slightly potty to think you can create a cool, cutting edge residential or retail lighting design through just painting with numbers, but
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. Opening Italian Design Day from left to right – Francesco Bongarra, Ambassador Inigo Lambertini Emilia Terragni, Sennait Ghabreab, Giovanni Sacchi .The Italian Design Day is a worldwide event. Created seven years ago to promote Italian design abroad, it is supported by the Salone del Mobile – Milano which kicks off on the 16th of April.
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.Do you ever get that strange feeling of déjà vu? When I entered the exhibition hall, I certainly had it by the bucketload; after all I had only been at the BDC three days earlier, on the Friday, at another exhibition (HIX) where lights had featured quite heavily. I still hadn’t worked out if this
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