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The future is handmade

Art and culture are excellent ways to turn given concepts upside down, and create new approaches and solutions. One avant-gardist, who does not fear n ...

Changing habits - Nudging our way to a more sustainable future

For some time now, it has been clear that us humans need to change the way we act and live to a more sustainable way. But change can be hard. Lucky fo ...

A life of colour and light

Liz West is a UK-based light artist with an immense passion for colour, playfulness and light. She is renowned for her innovative artworks that explor ...

Recipes for creative patterns

A rotating tube light and a postmodern spotlight – both a part of the architectural universe created by Design Campus for an upcoming project in Londo ...

John V. Muntean - a story of light, art, truth and science

Can you trust your eyes? Or is the object in front of you open to multiple interpretations? Chicago-based scientist and artist John V. Muntean uses li ...

Back to basics! How to put human centric lighting into practice

Do you have neck and shoulder pain? It could be caused by bad lighting. Up to 40 percent of the population is sensitive for visual stimuli like glare ...

Bringin the right light to the stage

Lighting designer and Director Alexander Hesse, is currently travelling the world with Swedish House Mafias come back tour. Here we learn his thoughts ...

Don't fear the robots.

The reporting of digitalization and automatization in the media, can sometimes seem dark and pessimistic. Instead of focusing on all the possibilities ...

Material girl. Designer Emma Olbers encourages to material awareness.

Emma Olbers is one of the pioneers in sustainable design. By being consistent in their choice of materials and production, she helps customers and con ...

Focus on the human centric lighting

Light is well-being, but it can also be terror. Human centric lighting is, and should not, just be about increasing people’s performance. ”Smart ligh ...

Primary light forms - Bespoke lighting for Fotografiska London

Opening mid 2019, Fotografiska London will be one of the largest museums in the world dedicated to photography. A postmodern architectural universe cr ...

Details that make a difference

”It is so easy to get caught up in the big words. I prefer the smaller ones. With many small changes you can make a huge difference. It takes knowledg ...

Back to the future An innovation from the 1990s helped Fagerhult solve the LED equation

All the efficiency and all the visual comfort. How do you solve the light industries trickiest equation? The clues were in the past and the classic r5 ...

Lighting design cowboys aiming for change

It is all about people, not the places. Swedish lighting designers Olsson & Linder are forerunners in Social Lighting, challenging politicians, offici ...

Light – the soul of Electronic Dance Music

With his Cloud Nine-tour, artist and producer Kygo has taken musical entertainment to a new level. The creative force behind Kygo’s spectacular light ...

Connecting through fibre and thread

Conventional woven handcraft meets modern lighting in Malin Bobeck’s art pieces. As a Textile designer and artist she creates using optical fibre text ...

Expressing and enhancing the qualities of the surrounding

Architectonical lighting, outdoor lighting, exhibitions, discos, shows, operas… Oscar Nyström has done it all. From luxury hotel resorts to super yach ...

Involving all senses in retail

An ideal store environment is one that engages our senses. When working with light, we are constantly developing lit experiences focusing on the visua ...

Still a toddler, The MSC Lighting Design Programme at Danish Aalborg University, is considered one of the best in the world. In 2017 the programme was ...

Hästens: A feeling of home

The luxury bed company Hästens new shop concept is based on recreating a feeling of home where you can sit down, have a coffee, read a book or even fa ...

History of the lantern

The design of outdoor lighting has always been determined by the shape of the light source. Not anymore. In co-operation with groundbreaking lighting ...

Studio Streck create concepts - No magic, just hard work

When the interior designers at Studio Streck create a shop concept it is always based on the customer’s brand and perspective. This is something they ...