Paula Arntzen
Issue 64 Dec/Jan 2011/12

Translating light through intricate paper structures, Paula Arntzen brought warmth, elegance and a party spirit to this year’s Dutch Design Week.Eindhoven. more...

Nathan Savage
Issue 64 Dec / Jan 2011/2

Nathan Savage, Lighting Designer and Partner at Light Touch PLD, talks openly about his lighting influences and the new independent design consultancy shaping the industry in the Middle East.
Liz Moody reports. more...

Barbara Hediger
Issue 63 Oct / Nov 2011

A childhood spent in Africa left a lasting impression on Belgium lighting designer Barbara Hediger that influences her philosophy today. Robert Such investigates. more...

Piero Gandini
Flos CEO

Flos CEO, Piero Gandini was in town for the launch of the UK edition of Galleria Illy - hosted at the company's London showroom. We caught up with him for some quality coffee and Flos-ophical chat. more...

Emily Johnson
Boned In England

Emily Johnson took over the Jamb gallery for her LDF debut Boned in England - 200 White Lights. The beautifully elegant Bone range filled the space - offering a different interpretation on traditional bone china – a material that is an essential part of her family history, more...

Durham Marenghi
Issue 63 Oct / Nov 2011

The celebrated lighting designer has been appointed as curator of The ARC Show which will give the London architectural lighting event a sense of theatre. We caught up with him to discuss his plans. more...

Michael DiBlasi
Issue 62 Aug / Sep 2011

The entertainment world has child prodigies who have gone on to careers as starring performers, but Michael DiBlasi may be the only practicing international lighting designer who first lit up a stage when he was nine. Vilma Barr reports. more...

Beau McClellan
Issue 62 Aug / Sep 2011

After large-scale success in the Middle East, one artist-designer is preparing to tackle London. more...

Kit Cuttle
Issue 61 Jun / Jul 2011

When Kit Cuttle’s paper, “Towards the third stage of the lighting profession”, was first circulated, the theory created a tsunami throughout the lighting industry. Arguing that codes and standards, written by engineers not designers, pay lip service to visual performance, Cuttle states that familiar notions of lighting effectiveness and efficiency should be turned upside down and an entirely different way of thinking about interior lighting design should be adopted.
By Margaret Maile Petty more...

Flynn Talbot
Issue 61 Jun / Jul 2011

A Perth-born, Berlin-based lighting designer whose interactive installations are engaging audiences around the world more...

Chou Lien
Issue 60 Apr / May 2011

Better lighting choices for our commercial, residential and public spaces increasingly equate to leadership in energy and environmental design. Chou Lien, President of Brandston Partnership Inc, visiting Sydney in June for the SPARC International Lighting event, reveals upcoming lighting trends and how industry professionals involved in designing and managing lighting solutions can position themselves in the world of the ‘low carbon’ concept. more...

Aviad Petel
Issue 60 Apr / May 2011

For Israeli designer Aviad Petel there is a kind of inevitability in the way he has ended up working with light. “I come from a long line of gifted craftsmen - especially on my fathers’ side,” he says. “It dates back as far as 200 years: my great-great-grandfather, who was a simple craftsman, would manually make wicks for early lighting sources by braiding strips of cotton.” more...

Suzan Tillotson
Issue 59 Feb / Mar 2011

Suzan Tillotson confides to Vilma Barr the three “B’s” behind her top-tier list of client architects: Build trust, Believe in the Big Idea, and Break the Rules more...

Dr Martin Möck

Issue 59 Feb / Mar 2011

“OLEDs are not only limited to decorative lighting design. The possibilities are endless.” more...

Bernhard Bstieler

Issue 58 Dec / Jan 2010-11

Bernhard Bstieler’s lighting journey has taken him from Austria to the UK and to Thailand, picking up accolades and awards every step of the way. Jimmie Wing caught up with him in Bangkok. more...