#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Paul Traynor
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 18, 2019
Trends in Lighting asks 20 Questions to inspirational lighting industry minds to mark the end of the decade Name: Paul Traynor Job Title: Principal Director / Founder of Light Bureau Where will you spend the holidays? Heading to God’s own country (Yorkshire) to be with family and hopefully get... Read more
Global Lighting Association Elects New Exec Committee
AppointmentsRegulation December 17, 2019
The Global Lighting Association elects new Executive Committee, foreshadowing active advocacy programmes. The Global Lighting Association (GLA) met earlier this month in Tokyo and elected an inaugural Executive Committee in anticipation of its incorporation as a non-profit association in Switzerland. Completion of the incorporation process is expected early in... Read more
BDP’s Senior Lighting Designer Lora Kaleva gives Trends in Lighting the full report on the new 45 million GBP University College London Student Centre. Multi award-winning global architecture, engineering and design practice BDP has received recognition from the British Education Estates Awards, which crowned the UCL Student Centre Project... Read more
Drop By Drop German Design Award Winner
Awards December 12, 2019
The Drop by Drop luminaire wins for “Excellent Product Design” in the Lighting category Alfonso Femia has been recognised by the German Design Awards 2020 for Drop by Drop, an iconic modern design for IGUZZINI. “A wire capable of drawing in a continuous manner a volume of light or... Read more
Human Centric Winning At German Design Awards
Awards December 12, 2019
There are many deserving winners at the German Design Awards but this product in particular really caught our eye at Trends in Lighting. KITEO won an Iconic Award: Innovative Interior, with K-SOLIS, a pendant luminaire providing ambient residential lighting. The first decorative pendant to combine innovative design and biorhythmic... Read more
Consortium Update: MD-SIG Integrates Into The Zhaga Consortium
Regulation December 11, 2019
Zhaga and MD-SIG have announced that they have agreed to align their efforts and to proceed as a single organisation under the Zhaga Consortium. Zhaga members have access to the former MD-SIG specifications as part of their Zhaga membership. The Module-Driver Interface Special Interest Group (MD-SIG) is a global... Read more
Rosco Creates MIXBOOK™ Digital Swatch Kit
TrendsTechnology December 11, 2019
US firm ROSCO Laboratories have created a digital swatchbook for the lighting community. MIXBOOK™ is the world’s first digital swatchbook for lighting professionals to previsualise LED colour choices. The digital world of LED lighting has made life as a lighting designer easier in many ways. There is one aspect,... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Artem Masorin
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 10, 2019
Trends in Lighting asks 20 Questions to inspirational lighting industry minds to mark the end of the decade Name: Artem Masorin Job Title: Lighting Designer Where will you spend the holidays? I am going to stay in Frankfurt for Christmas and for the New Year I have a trip... Read more
The Single Market Requires Better Enforcement Of EU Rules
Regulation December 10, 2019
Whilst great progress has been made over the past decades to complete the European Single Market, an ever-increasing number of non-compliant products, including lighting products, remain easily accessible to end-users. The lighting industry is coping with many rules. The European Commission has published its new requirements on Eco-design and... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Sharon Stammers
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 10, 2019
Trends in Lighting asks 20 Questions to inspirational lighting industry minds to mark the end of the decade Name: Sharon Stammers Job Title: Director – Light Collective Where will you spend the holidays? At home in London. Not budging. Have spent too much time travelling this year to want... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Michael Grubb
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 10, 2019
Trends in Lighting asks 20 Questions to inspirational lighting industry minds to mark the end of the decade Where will you spend the holidays? Bournemouth, with the extended family. What is your favourite Christmas food? Cold meat and cheese (late at night). What are you most excited about for... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Rogier van der Heide
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 10, 2019
Trends in Lighting asks 20 Questions to inspirational lighting industry minds to mark the end of the decade Name: Rogier van der Heide Job Title: Lighting Designer Where will you spend the holidays? At home. What is your favourite Christmas food? It’ll be a dinner with just the two of us this year:... Read more
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[d]arc Awards Winners Announced
Awards December 10, 2019
The winners of the 2019 arc awards were unveiled at arc night, a Christmas party held at MC Motors in London on December 5th. Fifteen Christmas present-themed light installations by top lighting designers and manufacturers adorned the celebrations. The winners were: STRUCTURES: Best Exterior Lighting Scheme – Low Budget: Bamboo Pavilion,... Read more
Ecodesign And Energy Labelling Guidelines Published
Regulation December 9, 2019
The European Commission has published Regulation (EU) 2019/2020 on ecodesign requirements for lighting and Regulation (EU) 2019/2015 on energy labelling for lighting which will apply in all EU Member States from September 2021. LightingEurope has prepared guidelines to help companies comply. The two regulations published in the Official Journal... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Neil Knowles
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 9, 2019
Name: Neil Knowles Job Title: Managing director, Elektra. Where will you spend the holidays? At home with my children, both my brothers and their children and various other assorted relatives What is your favourite Christmas food? Foie Gras with Sauternes. Its about the only time of year we have... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Ellie Coombs
Trends#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 9, 2019
Name: Ellie Coombs Job Title: Managing Director Where will you spend the holidays? I plan to split Christmas between Yorkshire, London and Sussex and then head out to the South of France for New Year What is your favourite Christmas food? You can’t go wrong with stilton and a... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Surbhi Jindal
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 9, 2019
Name: Surbhi Jindal Job Title: Founder, Principal Architect & Lighting Designer DaLightHub Lighting Design & Consultancy Where will you spend the holidays? Madikeri, India What is your favourite Christmas food? Glühwein and Pecan Pies What are you most excited about for 2020? New Acquaintances, our lighting design workshops, new... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 April Dorrian
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 9, 2019
Name: April Dorrian Job Title: Studio Manager acdc, Simes, Thorn, Zumtobel Where will you spend the holidays? Yorkshire for Christmas, Brighton for New Year. What is your favourite Christmas food? Pigs in Blankets. What are you most excited about for 2020? Summer. What do you most want to see from... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Paula Longato
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 9, 2019
Trends in Lighting asks 20 Questions to inspirational lighting industry minds to mark the end of the decade Name: Paula Longato Job Title: Senior Lighting Designer Where will you spend the holidays? Between northern Bavaria and Berlin What is your favourite Christmas food? Fish… I know it’s not very... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Yasaman Mavvaj
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 9, 2019
Trends in Lighting asks 20 Questions to inspirational lighting industry minds to mark the end of the decade Name: Yasaman Mavvaj Job Title: UX Design Consultant Where will you spend the holidays? Prague What is your favourite Christmas food? Oliebollen (spherical doughnuts) What are you most excited about for... Read more
Elektra Lighting Appoints New Design Director
Appointments December 5, 2019
Congratulations to Magdalena Gomez who has recently been appointed Design Director at Elektra Lighting. She has worked at Elektra since 2013 and originally trained as an architect specialising in Urban Planning in Mexico. Later, she completed her Masters in Architectural Lighting in Germany where she transitioned into Lighting Design.... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Magdalena Gomez
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 5, 2019
Trends in Lighting asks 20 Questions to inspirational lighting industry minds to mark the end of the decade Name: Magdalena Gomez Job Title: Design Director Where will you spend the holidays? With my family in Mexico City What is your favourite Christmas food? Fruit punch and Turkey What are... Read more
Bluetooth Mesh Standard For OSRAM HQ
Technology December 5, 2019
In cooperation with Silvair as the company’s technology partner, OSRAM has recently launched a new wireless control solution for qualified Bluetooth mesh lighting networks. Cost-effective and uncomplicated, HubSense® allows for transforming existing installations into flexible, energy-efficient systems. To demonstrate these capabilities, OSRAM revamped the lighting controls at its Munich... Read more
Guillermo de Peñaranda New TRILUX CEO
Appointments December 4, 2019
Guillermo de Peñaranda steps up to CEO at TRILUX after being a member of the TRILUX Management Board since April 2019. He has almost twenty years of experience in the international management of successful German industrial groups such as Thyssenkrupp and Bosch and, as the new CEO, will be... Read more
Acuity brands announced a partnership with CIRCADIAN ZircLight This business partnership includes licensing of CIRCADIAN ZircLight intellectual property, and a collaboration intended to accelerate commercialisation within North America of CIRCADIAN’s Zirc™ branded technology through Acuity Brands’ portfolio of indoor luminaires. Over the past five years, CIRCADIAN ZircLight has created... Read more
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 Marijke Gordijn
#20TrendsinLightingQs2020 December 3, 2019
Trends in Lighting asks 20 Questions to inspirational lighting industry minds to mark the end of the decade Name: Marijke C.M. Gordijn Job Title: Member and co-founder of the Good Light Group, director of Chrono@Work Where will you spend the holidays? Quietly at home with my family at some... Read more
Zaha Hadid Complete Leeza SOHO With The World’s Tallest Atrium
Awards December 3, 2019
Leeza SOHO, Beijing has received ‘Awards for Excellence’ from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat CTBUH in two categories: ‘Best Tall Building 200-299 meters’ & ‘Interior Space Award’. Founded in 1969, the non-profit CTBUH is the world’s leading resource focussing on the inception, design, construction, and operation... Read more
LEDiL Makes Key Leadership Changes
Appointments December 3, 2019
Finnish LED secondary optics specialists make key changes to the leadership team. Petteri Saarinen has been appointed as the new CEO of LEDiL, Petteri Saarinen has more than 20 years of operational and international experience within several different companies. His most recent position was in the Finnish inductive energy... Read more
Principal at Speirs + Major, Mark Major RDI has assumed the role of Master of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry, taking over from previous Master Tristram Carfrae RDI at a ceremony at the Royal Society of Arts in London. Major was made an RDI in 2012 for... Read more
Young People Rule Large Cities Are Passé
Industry News December 2, 2019
For young adults, a sustainable city means green areas, public transport running on renewable energy, recycling and affordable housing. A new survey reveals young people don’t want to live in big cities and view overpopulation as one of the biggest challenges for future cities. Global trends and challenges, such... Read more
BDP Welcome New Architect Director In Rotterdam
Appointments December 2, 2019
BDP has appointed Björn Bleumink as architect director to lead its Rotterdam studio. With over twenty years of experience at internationally renowned design practices including Mecanoo architecten, KCAP architects and planners and DP6 architectuurstudio, Björn has a long track record of architectural and masterplanning projects across the housing, leisure,... Read more
