The art of lighting
Issue 62 Aug/Sep 2011

Kit Cuttle runs through the different lighting settings for museum objects related to their visible and material attributes.
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Museum Lighting... Now
Issue 62 Aug/Sep 2011

Kevan Shaw of KSLD argues that, despite the LED industry’s greatest efforts, solid state lighting is not always the best solution for museum lighting. Take the Holburne in Bath, England for example. more...

A history of task and spot lighting
ONLINE VIDEO 8 July 2011

This video timeline by Thomas Schielke covers a fascinating selection of the first LED luminaries for interior lighting. The first decade with white LED light reveals how designers have implemented new technology in existing housing, added LED as part of a product group or created a unique design specifically for LED.
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Lighting Sustainability: Beyond Energy Use
Bonus web material

Kevan Shaw, Director for Sustainability for the PLDA, gave the following lecture on working towards a PLDA Statement on Sustainability at the Buliding Green Expo in Athens in December 2010. more...

Light at Night – An eye opening perspective
Issue 58 December / Janueary 2010/11

The IALD Enlighten Americas conference, held in Denver earlier this year, included some thought-provoking seminars. Among them was a joint talk by Jim Benya and Deborah Burnett. Here Deborah gives the epigeneticist’s view on the widespread adoption of LED
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Our OLED Insider
Issue 56 Aug / Sep 2010

David Morgan gives a product designer’s view on this year’s OLED Insider conference and asks if the OLED road map is going nowhere. more...

Pete Brewis - Editorial Comment
Issue 56 Aug / Sep 2010

With our Editor busy introducing the newest member of the James family to the world (our congratulations to him), I’ve had the opportunity to stand in at a number of events this summer – including the OLED Insider conference held in London this June. more...

Zero hero
Issue 48 Apr / May 2009

Wayne Howell of Artistic Licence explains an exciting new idea for zero carbon media façade lighting. more...

Close... but still no cigar
issue 46 December / January 2008/9

Mike Brown, Senior Lighting designer for LAPD Consultants considers the myths and truths behind claims by led manufacturers against the reality of performance. he discovers that although there have been significant steps forward, there is still a long way to go more...

The future's organic
Issue 46 Dec / Jan 2008/9

Whilst the growth in the white LED market is a reflection of the future potential of the technology, there is another breed of super low-Wattage light source which looks certain to play a major role in the future of lighting. Andy Davies of GE Lighting explains why the future is organic. more...

Carpe noctem ‘seize the night’

Issue 43 Jun / Jul 2008

Sharon Stammers, UK co-ordinator for the Professional Lighting Designers Association, adds her view to the darkness debate with a paper from the PLDA’s light focus conference at light Middle East. more...