Paul James on Lightfair 2010
Issue 56 Aug / Sep 2010

The 2010 Lightfair International (LFI), which took place in Las Vegas, ended with a record-breaking number of 22,000 registered attendees - increasing attendance by 10% from LFI 2008 in Las Vegas and making it the largest in LFI’s West Coast history. more...

Paul James on Light+Building 2010
Issue 55 Jun / Jul 2010

Light+Building 2010 had a different look and feel to previous shows as the penny finally dropped for manufacturers desperate to incorporate LEDs into their products. more...

Paul James - Editorial Comment
Issue 55 Jun / Jul 2010

Two months and two momentous occasions for the lighting industry. Firstly, a watershed event with Light+Building in Frankfurt. more...

Paul James - Editorial Comment
Issue 54 Apr / May 2010

As an international magazine, we are under constant pressure to find the best lighting schemes throughout the world. more...

Paul James - Editorial Comment
Issue 53 Feb / Mar 2010

2009 was a very turbulent year for many sectors in the building services industry and the lighting profession was no different. But now that the dust is beginning to settle after the economic fallout we should recognise that the industry is in a unique position to prosper whilst following its energy saving principles. more...

Paul James - Editorial Comment
Issue 52 Dec / Jan 2009-10

Welcome to this year’s annual LED round-up issue of mondo*arc. As a testament to the popularity of this light source, you will see that this is our biggest issue ever. In these pages you will find some of the best (and largest) LED projects of the year as well as incisive comment about the latest technology developments in solid state lighting. more...

Paul James - Editorial Comment
Issue 51 Oct / Nov 2009

Our 50th issue and the accompanying survey of 50 Lighting Design practices certainly generated hundreds of responses from all over the world and, much to my relief and gratitude, only two were objections (and those were by designers who misunderstood the format of the survey and assumed it was a Top 50, wondering why they weren’t included). more...

Paul James - Editorial Comment
Issue 50 Aug / Sep 2009

Welcome to the 50th issue and, as it happens, 10th anniversary of mondo*arc magazine. It seems hardly possible that we began this journey in 1999. more...

Paul James - Editorial Comment
Issue 49 Jun / Jul 2009

It’s been a whirlwind couple of months for the mondo*arc team. Trade shows in Tokyo, Milan and New York gave us a unique opportunity to gauge the health of the industry on three different continents. more...

Paul James - Editorial comment
Issue 48 Apr / May 2009

I am of the opinion that this year’s ARC Show will be seen as a milestone in the development of the UK lighting industry. more...

Paul James - Editorial comment

Issue 47 Feb / Mar 2009

So it looks like the proverbial really is hitting the fan. No sooner had my last editorial piece warned that manufacturers needed to adapt to survive the credit crunch, news filtered through that Fitzgerald had gone bump and then the economic climate turned even chillier than first thought post-Christmas. more...

Paul James - Editorial comment

Issue 46 Dec / Jan 2008/9

So there I was lying on a beach in the Maldives towards the end of my honeymoon blissfully unaware that the world was entering financial meltdown! The first I knew about it was a few hours after landing at Heathrow and watching the news for the first time in three weeks! more...