François Migeon
Issue 56 Aug / Sep 2010

As well as founding the agency ‘Grandeur Nature’ in 1983 and co-creating (alongside Georges Berne) the 8’8” agency in 2008, François Migeon has, for the last three years, been President of the ACE - the Association des Concepteurs lumière et Eclairagistes (the French Association of Lighting Designers). Vincent Laganier met with François to learn his views on the nature of light. more...

Loemen
Issue 56 Aug / Sep 2010

“For us a succesful light piece is one that astonishes the viewer with its beauty and uniqueness” more...

Fred Oberkircher
Issue 55 Jun / Jul 2010

Fred Oberkircher, the 2009-2010 president of the Illuminating Engineering Society, has led a career-spanning crusade for the advancement of the lighting and lighting education. He described to Vilma Barr how IES and other lighting organisations are cooperating to form a partnership to promote lighting within total building integration. more...

Daniel Rybakken
Issue 55 Jun / Jul 2010

As all good designers should, Daniel Rybakken likes to question accepted norms, breaking them down into their essential elements and building up fresh approaches to everyday problems. more...

Kathy Abernathy
Issue 54 Apr / May 2010

As the new president of the International Association of Lighting Designers, Katherine Abernathy is collaborating with the organisation’s leadership to mount an aggressive programme of communications, grow public policy, and develop the grassroots network within each region and chapter. Vilma Barr met with Kathy during a reception held by IALD’s Philadelphia section. more...

Jeremy Cole
Issue 54 Apr / May 2010

“It’s an incredibly difficult medium to work with, but the end product is worth the journey.” more...

Mike Simpson
Issue 53 Feb / Mar 2010

In the first of a series of interviews with the heads of the leading associations relating to lighting design, Jill Entwistle talks to Mike Simpson, president of Cibse about the recent failed merger between the ILE and SLL and re-establishing the lighting profession within the building services industry more...

Ziad Fattouh
Issue 52 Dec / Jan 2009/10

In a rare interview with Ziad Fattouh, General Manager and a founding partner of Delta Lighting Solutions, Liz Moody gains a candid insight into the dynamics of a local lighting design practice in the Middle East more...

LAPP Pro
Issue 52 Dec / Jan 2009/10

Working under the name LAPP Pro, creative duo JanLeonardo Wöllert and Joerg Miedza are trailblazers for a new photographic movement that uses long exposure techniques to capture carefully choreographed movement of lights across a set space. more...

Francesca Bettridge
Issue 51 Oct / Nov 2009

Francesca Bettridge tells Vilma Barr how she has inspired a talented design team to express lighting with sophistication and ultimate function more...