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Johannes Torpe
Issue 73 June / July 2013

Raised on a hippie commune in northern Denmark and instilled with a boundless creative spirit, designer Johannes Torpe has lived a life dedicated to following his passions, along the way building an international reputation for his intelligently branded interiors. Pete Brewis meets up in Milan to discuss the power of good lighting and why life for a designer truly does begin at forty... more...

Ab Rogers
Issue 73 June / July 2013

Lighting Talk with Ab Rogers, Principal of Ab Rogers Design and Creative Director of the May Design Series. more...

Al Borden
Issue 72 April / May 2013

In the space of a week last autumn in New York City, Al Borden attended the public relightings of two of his highest profile projects: the top 30 floors of the Empire State Building, and the façade of the 34-story 230 Park Avenue Building. Vilma Barr caught up with him to discuss the highlights of a glittering career. more...

Paul Nulty
Issue 71 Feb / Mar 2013

Lighting designer Paul Nulty met up with LED lighting pioneer Peter Earle on a damp Friday afternoon in a London café to debate the state of the industry, what quality of light really is and what the future might hold for lighting in general. more...

Johannes Hemann
Issue 71 Feb / Mar 2013

A fascination with the forces of nature and a love of the creative process itself provide the drivers behind the organic forms of designer Johannes Hemann. more...

Ulrike Brandi
Issue 70 Dec / Jan 2013

Underpinning life in innumerable ways, sunlight influences the work of many lighting designers. Yet for German lighting designer Ulrike Brandi, daylight is “the starting point for all thinking about architecture and lighting design. Not only from a functional angle, but in a human-centred approach that places strong emphasis on the basic need for natural daylight.” more...

Paul Gregory
Issue 69 Oct / Nov 2012

According to Paul Gregory, his life is about creating an emotion in the viewer. He admits to looking at each project as an opportunity to produce something wonderful for the owner and to create, with his design colleagues, an immersive environment that engenders a sincere emotional response from the user. Vilma Barr reports. more...

Paulina Villalobos
Issue 68 Aug / Sep 2012

Chilean lighting designer Paulina Villalobos has learnt a lot about life and light in her travels around the world. Now she is organising an event in the desert where the only light visible will be the stars. more...

Anthony Dickens
Issue 68 Aug / Sep 2012

Modular lantern system Tekiõ from London-based Anthony Dickens Studio proved a highlight of this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week. more...

Neil Poulton
Issue 67 Jun / Jul 2012

The Artemide stand at this year’s Light + Building had much in common with a modern gallery space, its contents a curated collection of statement pieces that balanced the technical and practical aspects of lighting with a bold, playful aesthetic appeal. more...

Francesco Iannone
Issue 67 Jun / Jul 2012

Beatrice Santini talks to Italian lighting designer Francesco Iannone, the former PLDA president, who, after a busy year with the association, is ready to pursue his own interests again. more...

Keith Bradshaw
Issue 66 Apr / May 2012

Having become Director of Speirs + Major in 2009, Keith Bradshaw has been at the forefront of a radical re-evaluation of the firm’s vision ever since. Paul James caught up with the ‘“designer working with light” to find out more... more...

Asaf Zakay
Issue 66 Apr / May 2012

With Israeli roots, an Australian home and a love of Fibonacci, Asaf Zakay’s glass light sculptures hope to reveal the spirit of illumination and the essence of nature. more...

Richard William Wheater

Issue 65 Feb / Mar 2012

Reviving a love for neon through art, education and performance. more...

Rhomney Forbes-Gray

Issue 65 Feb / Mar 2012

Rhomney Forbes-Gray could qualify as a latter-day female Canadian pioneer, not by venturing into previously uncharted territorial expanses, but by establishing the country’s second woman-owned lighting consultancy a dozen years ago, Lightbrigade Architectural Lighting Design. Vilma Barr reports. more...