Videos
Over the years, Lighting has amassed a collection of videos that date back to the beginning of the lighting industry. Many have only been seen at the Lighting Design Awards. Now you can catch up with some of the best online
Two key figures in the lighting profession have been hiding their vocal talents under a bushel. Until, that is, they made exhibitions of themselves at a pair of industry events…
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Philips has supplied static and dynamic LED lighting for Manchester City Council’s Sense of Place project, which has equipped parts of the city with innovative lighting, signage, heritage trails and street furniture.
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In a highlight from last year’s Lighting Design Awards, coiffed thesp Robert Powell, hotfoot from his role as
Jesus of Nazareth, crops up in a 1970s film for Thorn, dourly telling us a thing or two about lighting. Perhaps he took some advice from his on-screen dad…
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Thousands of people flock every night to watch the half-hourly shows of La Fontana Magica at the foot of Mont Juicand in Barcelona
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Resourceful Brazilian uses novel techniques to light his home without recourse to electricity – currently in short supply in South America.
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This surprisingly recent bit of pitching from Holophane in the US – it dates from 1980 – may or may not be a pastiche of the sales techniques of yesteryear. Terrific singalong style though
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Is there nothing that the light source du jour can't do? Watch as Emris the electrician lends Jerry, Rob and Bernard a hand to track down their flock after dark
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Douglas is transformed for one night as guerrilla lighting hits the Isle of Man, organised by the PLDA, BDP, Luminaires, Philips and Osram.
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A 'cheeky' promo for low-energy lamps from Greenpeace
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A 50-strong ‘flash mob’ took to the streets of Temple Bar in Dublin earlier this year to stage a spontaneous ‘light performance’ as part of the Lightwave festival at the Science Gallery
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This modernist classic from the interwar years has vaguely facist undertones
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Enjoy classic moments from lighting’s glorious past. The first of our clips covers the trying task of purchasing a light bulb. Not all bulbs are alike you know
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Our second clip deals with the equally vexatious task of designing street lighting. For one council engineer, it's all a bit too much...
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Join the 2008 judges of the Lighting Design Awards on a fun-filled tour of London projects
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Philips’ iconic 1937 commercial captures the spirit of the thirties
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