Lighting
Jill Entwistle
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The secret service
29 January 2013
Victoria’s Secret is synonymous with seduction, therefore the lighting of its UK flagship store had to be alluring. Office of [Light]’s Russell Lipscombe bares all to Jill Entwistle -
The five star treatment
3 January 2013
Faced with a hotel on a grand scale and a budget on a minor scale, Neolight director Alan Mitchell had his work cut out on the contract to light the St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort. He tells Jill Entwistle how the opportunity to work closely with the interior designer early in the project helped him fulfil the challenging brief -
Regency period
September 2012
Over the past 17 years Studio-29 founder Tony Rimmer has transformed the lit appearance of London’s prestigious Regent Street with a challenging lighting scheme adding depth and consistency to Regency thoroughfare’s Grade-II listed facades. Jill Entwistle reports -
What happens when the lights go out?
7 September 2011
Japan’s recent tsunami and earthquakes have left parts of the country in darkness from power blackouts. Jill Entwistle speaks to some of the country’s lighting designers as they reassess the way they use light -
The dawn of eco-indulgence
1 March 2011
Energy use in a spa is typically high, but one Berkshire establishment is changing the energy-guzzling reputation of the relaxation industry – starting with the lighting. Jill Entwistle reports -
Martin Valentine
May 2010
The former lighting group director of AECOM (Faber Maunsell) is moving to a new position in Abu Dhabi. He discusses the reasons and the ramifications -
Grant Daniels
Mar 2010
The managing director of Thorn Lighting in the UK and Ireland, Grant Daniels, talks to Lighting about taking a step back from the day-to-day business of running a lighting company -
Mark Law
Feb 2010
Tesco uses one per cent of the UK’s energy. Its head of lighting Mark Law is responsible for a staggering four million lamps -
Fred Bass
Dec 2009
Industry veteran Fred Bass talks about starting an exterior lighting company in a recession -
Peter Fitzgerald
Nov 2009
Peter Fitzgerald talks about getting back in the saddle - in the lighting business and literally -
Learning curves
16 October 2009
Blackpool is bolstering its reputation as a lighting destination with a son et lumiere installation that posed some tricky design and manufacturing challenges. With video of the installation in action -
River of light
21 June 2009
Part bridge, part building, this exhibition pavilion glows with internal and external light -
University ready to launch BSc degree in architectural lighting
20 March 2009
The University of Glamorgan looks set to create a BSc degree in architectural lighting design. If everything goes to plan the first intake will be in 2010. -
Equation merges with M&E practice
29 January 2009
Equation Lighting has merged with the lighting design arm of multidisciplinary consultancy GIA to create a new company, GIA Equation.
