Karmarama, one of the fastest-growing communications agencies in the UK, relocated to Farringdon Place in a move to unite the entire Karma Comms group of 250 staff under one roof. With successful campaigns for Costa, Age UK, Ikea and the BBC, Karmarama’s office space needed to reflect their creative spirit and has been designed and installed by ...
With all the hype about the long life and energy efficiency of LEDs, some homeowners may think that LED lighting is the perfect solution for every application. While that may be true one day, it's safe to assume it's not the case today. LED is a highly directional light source, similar to a flashlight: light is emitted in only one direction. ...
A global lighting initiative is on course to inspire the professional lighting and design community. One Beam of Light is an initiative set up by designers Light Collective, in collaboration with Havells-Sylvania’s Concord brand, one of Europe’s most respected architectural lighting brands. The idea behind One Beam of Light is to use ...
Sponsored by Anglepoise, OSRAM, and The Lighting Industry Association, the Student Lighting Design Awards allow students to gain valuable knowledge about the lighting industry, whilst using their creative skills to develop new lighting products. With LEDs being embraced as the light source of choice, the finalists raised the bar again in ...
The custom atelier division of Lasvit, the visionary Czech Republic glass manufacturer, presented an extraordinary collaboration with Japanese superstar designer Oki Sato, founder of Japanese Nendo Studio. The new hand-blown glass collection debuted at Salone di Mobile in Milan and was reprised at NeoCon 2012 in Chicago . The 2012 exhibition, ...
The comprehensive Residential Lighting Design Guide is now available free from the National Lighting Bureau. Developed by the UC Davis California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC), the guide is a resource of best practices and lighting designs applicable nationwide. It provides a technology overview of high-efficacy luminaires, switching controls, ...
Energy-efficient lighting technologies can both beautify a living space and save on the homeowner’s monthly electric bills – but only if carefully applied. Even when they come in a familiar shape and package, new compact fluorescent (CFL) and LED lighting have quirks and disadvantages to watch out for. Some new, efficient lighting sources ...
Lighting.com turns to three award-winning home lighting designers to share their concerns about light color and efficient lighting sources. And provide their tips and tricks to doing it right. We’ve all seen the fun effects of colored lights, but it may seem odd to think of white light as having color. Lighting pros use correlated color ...
Lighting.com turns to three award-winning home lighting designers to share some of the ways efficient lighting can be mis-applied. And provide their tips and tricks to doing it right. Ann Kale, Principal of Ann Kale Associates, Ltd. One of the first products that LEDs are replacing is the versatile, low-voltage MR16 lamp that can be used for ...