Light artist arrested after 'gross misunderstanding'
A popular artist has been jailed after one of his light installations was mistaken for a bomb in New York
Shropshire's street light switch-off is mapped out
Shropshire council has released an interactive map showing where street lights will be switched off overnight
Engineer gives evidence at lamp post death inquest
A civil engineer, who cut the steel base of a lamp post which later fell and killed a baby, has given evidence at an inquest
MITIE launches ‘LIFE’ lighting service
Energy services company Mitie has launched a new lighting service – Lighting in Future Environments (LIFE)
New Green Deal network launched
Network of service providers will represent industry’s views on practical implementation of Green Deal and other energy efficiency opportunities
Broken Light wins IALD Radiance Award
Dutch lighting design company Daglicht & Vorm has won the IALD Radiance Award for its Broken Light project
Philips Color Kinetics to light Empire State Building
Philips Color Kinetics is set to install an exterior LED lighting system for New York’s Empire State Building
Lightworks and Hoffmeister announce partnership
Architectural lighting provider Lightworks has announced a new partnership with Hoffmeister
Mark Salt joins Lighting Association Laboratories
Mark Salt has joined the Lighting Association Laboratories as general manager
AC-ET appoints new staff
A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) has made four new appointments and a number of role changes within the company
Steve Landau joins Xicato
Xicato has appointed Steve Landau to the role of director of marketing communication
A.C. Special Projects appoints new operations manager
William (Billy) Yeo has joined A.C. Special Projects (ACSP) as operations manager
The Zhaga continues
It has been two years since the Zhaga Consortium was founded with the promise to make LED light sources interchangeable. At this year’s Light+Building members launched 30 Zhaga-compliant products. Ben Cronin met Zhaga secretary general Menno Treffers at the exhibition to get a progress report
Where Lumenpulse went right
Lumenpulse has emerged as a ground-breaking player in the solid-state lighting sector since the company’s launch in Montreal in 2006. As the firm sets its sights on expansion in Europe and beyond, its founder and chief executive officer, François-Xavier Souvay, speaks to Sam Phillips about his business and his LED philosophy
How to protect your bright idea
Last month’s Light+Building exhibition emphasised just how crowded the Intellectual Property landscape is getting in LED technology. Andy Pearson speaks to some IP specialists to ask how manufacturers can avoid costly legal disputes
The Tower and the glory
DW Windsor returned to its heritage roots when it was asked to refurbish the lanterns on London’s Tower Bridge in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Amanda Allen reports
Why ban Edison’s bright idea?
Saving energy is all well and good and an admirable and necessary goal, writes Dominic Meyrick. But do we have to dispense with the beloved, bog-standard, simply brilliant incandescent lamp into the bargain?
A constellation of light by Julien Salaud
Created as part of Triennale 2012, Julien Salaud’s Grotte Stellaire is an installation of cosmic proportions
A decade of design: anniversary video
Multiple-award winners and key figures from the industry talk about how far lighting design has come in the last ten years
Joined-up lighting design
Successful integration of lighting into building design calls for close working among design teams on technical and aesthetic issues. Last month six architects and four lighting designers met to discuss strategic lighting design in a forum hosted by Lutron
