Marianne Simensen Joins Rebel Light
Appointments May 28, 2020
Marianne Simensen has recently joined the Rebel Light team to support the Norwegian design community as part of a growing Nordic sales team. Simensen started out as an electrician before moving into lighting, and subsequently enjoyed 6 years at Fagerhult and 12 years at Louis Poulsen. “Marianne brings a... Read more
Zumtobel Announce New Supervisory Chair
Appointments May 27, 2020
This week saw Zumtobel Group formally announce the appointment of Karin Zumtobel -Chammah as the new Chair of the Supervisory Board. After finishing her MBA at the University of Fribourg, she held leading management positions at major financial institutions. In 1996 Ms Zumtobel-Chammah joined the Zumtobel Group where she... Read more
Save the date: Thursday 28th May 11-12 BST, 12-13 CET. A Recolight webinar to tell you what you need to know about new regulations, standards and commercial requirements for lighting. Defra’s Circular Economy Team, Lighting Europe, and Recolight will provide an essential introduction to the changes. The webinar will... Read more
Save the date: Thursday 28th May 2020 15:00 – 16:00 CET Organised by the IALD, a panel of lighting professionals look at how lighting design will likely be impacted by the transition to a circular economy. Find out what the circular economy is, what the EU’s new plans entail... Read more
Signify Launches Nature Connect
Products May 25, 2020
Signify introduces NatureConnect, a lighting innovation inspired by nature to make people feel happier and healthier. The system is built on proven biophilic design principles, which use elements of nature in interior spaces to create healthy, engaging and inspiring environments. The first implementation of NatureConnect is currently taking place... Read more
Happy Birthday Professor Christian Bartenbach
People May 25, 2020
Professor Christian Bartenbach celebrates his 90th birthday today! Most of the 90 years of his life were “light years”! Anyone who has dealt with daylight or artificial light more intensively could not get past him! He has been called “Pope of Light, Light Pioneer, Master of Light” through his... Read more
ILP And International Nighttime Design Initiative Announce Collaboration
TrendsIndustry News May 20, 2020
The Institution of Lighting Professionals and the International Nighttime Design Initiative announce friendship agreement. From the 16 May 2020, the International Day of Light, the two associations announced they would work in a spirit of collaboration on their mutual aims regarding urban nighttime issues: lighting and design knowledge sharing,... Read more
The 25th edition of the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition has been rescheduled to 30 September – 3 October 2020. The fair’s organiser announced new dates for the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE), in a commitment to the industry to create business opportunities within the current season. GILE is known... Read more
May 16th saw the UNESCO International Day of Light 2020 commemorate sixty years after the first successful operation of the laser in 1960, by physicist and engineer, Theodore Maiman. This day is a call to strengthen scientific cooperation, foster peace and sustainable development. To celebrate this year’s International Day of... Read more
WIL In Lockdown
Trends May 7, 2020
Women in Lighting have launched a lockdown feature to capture a snapshot in time of Women in Lighting and WIL supporters. Document your glimpse of the Covid experience along with WIL supporters from all over the world. What has got you through the day? Where are you? What are... Read more
In view of the world-wide situation caused by the Corona pandemic, and the prohibitions on events and travel restrictions associated with it, Messe Frankfurt has decided, jointly with its partners – ZVEI and ZVEH – and with the Trade Fair Advisory Council, to defer the eleventh Light + Building... Read more
Greek lighting designer Katia Kolovea runs an inspiring platform to connect many organisations and individuals in lighting. Life online requires much concentration and in an effort to remain connected to like-minded peers Archifos has created a webinar diary in the Share the Light section. Here, you can find links for... Read more
This week saw updates to Luminaire Broker. The application to improve and transform the way specify lighting is specified and engage with the lighting market. Circular Lighting principles are now available within the application. “This reflects our continued commitment to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals within... Read more
The pioneering design team at Bartenbach unveils a brand-new intelligent lighting concept set to revolutionize workspace personalization. It is set to deliver a truly user-centric, workspace lighting blueprint for lighting designers to transform workspaces for healthier living. The story began with Bartenbach’s involvement in the Repro-light project consortium, funded... Read more
New CEO For Tridonic
Appointments May 4, 2020
Hugo Rohner was appointed CEO of Tridonic, the lighting technology arm of the Zumtobel Group. Mr Rohner joins as an internationally experienced manager in the fields of digitalisation and IoT (Internet of Things) and was most recently the CEO of the Skidata Group in Salzburg. Prior to that, he... Read more
Inventronics, a global leader of the LED driver market, is pleased to announce that Jeroen Van Velzen has been appointed General Manager of Europe and will be leading the company’s European strategy and execution. Inventronics new innovations and increasing demand from its customers has led it to look for... Read more
Ecosense Acquires Assets From Soraa
Appointments May 1, 2020
In the US, many staff at Soraa have been made redundant after many years of service at Soraa following the Ecosense acquistion. Ecosense®, a leading LED technology company, announced that it has acquired assets from Soraa, a designer and manufacturer of full-spectrum LED lamps based in Fremont, California. Under... Read more
Osram Takeover On Track
Industry News May 1, 2020
AMS report the Osram acquisition is fully on track. The company plans to pay for the Osram shares tendered under its takeover offer largely with the proceeds of its 1.75 billion Swiss franc (1.66 billion euros) capital increase, its finance chief said. The 4.4 billion euros bridge loan for... Read more
BDP has turned around multiple sites for temporary hospitals across UK in record time. The first field hospital was the conversion of the ExCeL London exhibition centre into an emergency COVID-19 facility with 4,000 beds. BDP delivered the first 500 beds in just nine days. Whilst it is a... Read more
Light Lunch With Team Nulty+
Events May 1, 2020
Nulty launches The Light Lunch Series: a weekly webinar celebrating all things light and design. During this time while we’re all working from home the Nulty Team pledge to engage and inspire with their passion for lighting design. The twice weekly webinar, starting on Tuesday 7th April at 12:30pm... Read more
Obermeyer Overhaul Munich’s Olympic Hall
Projects May 1, 2020
OBERMEYER delivered a new lighting concept for Munich’s Olympic Hall. During the course of the renovation work, the Munich Olympic Hall was equipped with a new, flexibly adaptable LED lighting concept for the arena. Originally built for the 1972 Olympic Games, the Munich Olympic Hall offers a space for... Read more
