If your inbox is anything like mine, you’ll have noticed that there seems to be a lot of UV-virus-busting product out there, much of it using UV-C as it’s means of destruction. Time for a warning, then! Back in 2017, when I was working with the guys at Revo Media, we published an Explainer that …
John Bullock is challenging the lighting industry to become more sustainable.
Could I write something about the relationship between Light and Colour?Probably . . . . Let’s talk about the relationship between light and colour – and what comes first? There is no chicken or egg here, there is only the chicken AND the egg. Without the chicken, there is no egg; without the egg there …
None of us have any idea how long the current situation is going to last. Any information on how to stay fit and well is gratefully received. I’d like to thank Rachel Moon and Kerry Wrattan of Ash Hill Natural Heath Centre in Chard for the following: “It seems likely that up to 80% of …
The old designer-client riff is a constant source of hard-wearing material for teeth-gnashing and general grumpiness. Here’s a couple of pieces from Total Bullock in 2006, spliced together to create a Rant from the Archives.
Some things never change . . . like clients and their attitude to budgets. This was written for the Total Bullock column in Lighting in 2006. and guess what – I’m still making the same mistake.
Tracey White, Chief Executive of the Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) has written to the Prime Minister asking that the Government keeps infrastructure projects open and working. Thousands of jobs, many of them by self-employed contractors or SMEs, are reliant on these projects continuing. If you have any plans of contacting your MP – a …
Up until the current health crisis I, like many of us, had been watching another crisis unfold at the Grenfell enquiry. As the evidence was revealed around the architects appointed to the refurbishment of the Tower, I winced as each horror was held up for inspection. Studio E was not a firm with any experience …
This article was written for LightLines, the journal for the Society of Light and Lighting and appears in the May/June 2020 issue. The typical way that we think about the things that we use assumes that we keep something for as long its helpful to us, after which we throw it away. How it gets …
What is the Circular Economy and Why is it Important? Read More »
It’s time that we talked about lighting controls. The LED came in with fanfares and circuses, taking everyone’s attention. At the same time, there was another, far quieter, revolution going on; so quiet that a lot of people may not have realised the enormity of what’s been happening. Let me explain. . If there’s one …
