LED Linear UK appoints Director of Sales
(UK) - Rob Anderson takes on Director of Sales position for LED manufacturer and distributor.
Responsible for LED Linear UK’s business development and sales activity in UK and Irish markets, Anderson has over thirteen years’ experience in LED sales and technology experience with EcoSense Lighting and Architainment Lighting amongst others.
Anderson will work closely with Managing Director Stuart Knox in new role with whom he worked at Marl International, and Lina Padden, LED Linear’s regional manager for the UK. The team share a vision for developing and maintaining LED Linear as a go to brand for linear LED lighting applications within the region.
Anderson commented: “It’s a pleasure to join LED Linear at such an exciting time in the company’s development. The recent award of three Red Dot Awards and three iF Awards for the new products serve as an independent testament to the quality of the solutions we’re bringing to market, and I’m looking forward to working alongside our specialist sales partners introducing these to the design community and exploring how they will apply our innovative fixtures to their projects.”
Occhio opens London showroom
(UK) - German manufacturer opens showroom in Shoreditch area featuring modular luminaire and spotlight systems.
The new studio displays the full range of Occhio products with diverse applications for private and professional environments. Visitors to the showroom are met by a professional team of consultants and lighting planners who provide specific information regarding products and distinctive lighting to living areas.
Acolyte opens Middle East office
(UAE) - Acolyte and Progen team up to offer support to lighting designers, architects and distributors by opening office in Dubai’s Media City.
Paul Bedard of Acolyte LED will head the new full-time Dubai office. For the past two years, Mr. Bedard has helped to build and manage Acolyte’s Asia manufacturing facility and has overseen sales for Asia and the Middle East. Paul’s new position will allow Acolyte to have full sales and customer service support throughout the Middle East.
"With Progen’s expertise in the Middle East, this partnership will ensure that Acolyte LED delivers first-class, integrated LED lighting solutions to architects and lighting designers in the Middle East," said Acolyte’s CEO and Founder JR Guerrieri.
Acolyte Industries, a U.S. based LED manufacturer, helps lighting designers, architects and specifiers achieve their lighting needs by supplying a wide range of LED products, including: flexible LEDs, complete linear fixtures, controls, drivers, and mounting accessories.
It serves a worldwide customer base - headquartered in New York City, Acolyte has a</span> manufacturing facility and sales office in China, a manufacturing and assembly facility in New Jersey, distribution channels in India and now a new sales office in Dubai.
Progen General Trading LLC offers a wide variety of products and services from LED lights and fittings, HVAC equipment, generators, bus risers, and building management systems in the Middle East.
Since Dubai Media City's (DMC) official opening in January 2001, DMC has grown to become a thriving business community hosting both global and regional media and tech companies.
SGM expands
(Denmark) - As a result of ongoing expansion, SGM has established a new subsidiary - SGM Nordic.
The purpose of this is to be found in the increasing demand of products, projects, service and coordination within the Nordic Region, namely: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
SGM Nordic ab is positioned in Gothenburg, Sweden with warehousing and central administration, but also includes branches in Norway, Finland and Denmark. Heading SGM Nordic, Mikael Uddh and Steen Geertsen have teamed up with well-known industry specialists around the region.
Mikael Uddh explained: “Multiple projects and increased communication on dealer and designer level, including cross boarder coordination, require an organisation that has a deeper regional insight, thus improving operational matters. Therefore, we have set up SGM Nordic.”
Peter Johansen, CEO of SGM, finds SGM Nordic to be just the right constellation. “Setting up SGM Nordic is a further development of our strategy and part of the globalization of SGM. We want to be able to provide the best possible service locally – in close proximity to our customers.”
Lumino cycle to Lumino
(UK) - Essex lighting company mark 30 years in business by embarking on tough charity cycle trek 1,200km away.
Staff from Lumino, based in Harlow, will take on the challenge of cycling to the town of Lumino in Switzerland.
The nine-day trek in September will see the team tackle arduous terrain through France, Belgium and Luxembourg to reach Switzerland. There the cyclists will mount the Swiss Alps, following the Gotthard pass and climbing almost 1,500m.
The final day sees the team descent from a peak of 2,106m through old twisting cobbled roads to end their ride in the town of Lumino.
The event aims to raise funds for a cause close to its heart - sustainable lighting for people in some of the world's poorest regions who don't have access to mains electricity.
The cyclists hope to raise thousands for GravityLight, to support production of the charity's award-winning design. The product lives up to its name - a light that is powered by gravity alone, meaning those without electricity can still light their homes.
Even in 2015, more than 1.5billion people - about 21% of the world's population - have no reliable access to power. These people instead rely on biomass fuels - predominantly kerosene - for light, a severe fire risk and pollutant.
Lumino founder and managing director Andrew Small said: "We are passionate about lighting and we think it's time that people who don't have access to mains electricity had a sustainable source of light in their homes. We take it for granted that we can have light at the flick of a switch but for so many it isn't that easy."
"GravityLight is such an inspiring product and we hope our challenge will raise thousands for this amazing cause as well as marking our 30th anniversary in a fitting way."
"We are very proud to have reached the milestone of three decades in business and be able to give something back to the lighting community."
The trip takes place from 4-12 September 2015 and Lumino are looking for more people to take part or get involved in sponsoring them.
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LED Linear awarded three Red Dot awards
(Germany) - VarioLED Flex AMOR, HYDRALUX and XOOTUBE 38 received Red Dot quality seal.
The international experts discussed and assessed each of the 4,928 entries from 56 countries.
The winners of LED Linear in portrait:
VarioLED Flex AMOR
VarioLED Flex AMOR is a miniaturised, opal encapsulated, IP67 protected, flexible LED design light line. It is the uniformity of light in combination with a small cross section of only 5 x 13mm that characterises the AMOR. She is horizontally bendable with a minimum radius of 3cm. It also offers easy installation, salt water and UV resistantance and the connection of individual luminaires with a virtually seamless light-to-light transition. AMOR is suitable for a variety of applications. Due to a depth of only 13mm it can be easily integrated into particleboard with a thickness of only 19mm. For applications in the areas of drywall, furniture, decorative accent lighting and exterior facade, it is ideal. Thereby no substructure is required for mounting the luminaire.
HYDRALUX
Depending on the step measurement this luminaire can be cut to the desired length on site and then be assembled by adhesive bonding. It is field attachable on site from 62.5mm to a maximum of 7.5-metres - with only one electrical supply. The elegant and filigree flexible linear luminaire in IP67 is available with up to 1,637 lm/m. It is waterproof, dustproof and UV-protected by a polyurethane encapsulation and two lights can be joined without light gap. A small cross section of 12,5 x 3,5mm allows use almost everywhere, such as in shop and retail lighting or applications in furniture and shelves.
XOOTUBE 38
It combines industrial style with elegance and aesthetics. With eleven different coloured caps, it offers maximum customisability. Through a defined pre-curvature of the luminaire, a length of almost two-metres with an absolutely straight form can be created. Absolutely homogeneous light and a beam angle of about 360° speak for themselves too. End caps, which are made from one piece to implement a wall thickness of just 1mm, emphasize the high demands of this interior light. Its reduced form factor is ideal for use at workplaces or in residential areas.
BUME wins IALD Radiance Award
(USA) - First Chinese winner of IALD's top accolade signals a watershed moment for lighting design in the region. Yongqi Lighting achieves Excellence Award.
Chinese lighting design was well represented at the IALD Awards which took place in the magnificent Gotham Hall in New York, USA. BUME Perfect Illumination Design & Engineering Company won the coveted Radiance Award for the stunning lighting design at the Han Show Theatre in Wuhan City, Hubei and Yongqi Lighting was one of three Excellence Award winners for its work at the Zhenhai Cultiral & Art Centre, Ningbo.
Fifteen award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from six countries comprise the winners of the 32nd Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards. Of the fifteen projects recognised, one entry earned a Special Citation, ten earned Awards of Merit and four earned Awards of Excellence.
IALD International Lighting Design Awards Chair Rosemarie Allaire, IALD, shared her excitement about this year’s award-winning projects. “Every year, the IALD receives a d more than 200 submissions, drawn from all over the world. These projects were intriguing and inspiring; it was an honor to witness so many creative and innovative lighting projects from our talented industry. Each of these projects demonstrates unique and distinctive design solutions to enhance the architectural experience.”
The highest point score winner across all categories, in addition to receiving an Award of Excellence for their project, receives the IALD Radiance Award for Excellence in Lighting Design. Winners of the Radiance Award do not know in advance of their Radiance Award-winning status—only that they should be present at the evening’s award ceremony. The event also serves as a fundraising dinner for the IALD Education Trust.
Accepting the Radiance Award for Excellence in Lighting Design was the project team from BUME Perfect Illumination Design & Engineering Company, led by Qiu Wei, for The Han Show Theatre in Wuhan City, Hubei, China.
This massive cylindrical building has a plane diameter of 110 metres and a height of 63.3 metres. The external surface of the building is made up of 18,665 individual red aluminum alloy roundels. In creating a lighting plan for this complex modern structure, the lighting design team at BUME Perfect Illumination was inspired by the indirect glow of paper lanterns.
To achieve the desired effect, the team installed twenty five hundred Kelvin floodlights in the internal aluminum curtain; yellow light glows from the lantern ‘wick’, forming a gradation of light and shadow. Underneath, 3000K floodlights are adopted to balance the rhythm of the lantern ‘fringe’.
“The lighting of this civic theater is well integrated into the iconic building design and truly transforms it into a 21st century Chinese lantern, making it a centerpiece of the city,” one judge praised of the project. “The dynamic exterior lighting creates a theatre within a theater, and an illuminated billboard for the venue.”
LED lamps reflect light from the centre onto the roundels themselves, forming four gentle light spots. Each ray pixel can be controlled by a single D-M-X system; the video images created by this approach seem to move vividly and flexibly across the many-faceted surface of the lantern – or can remain static to allow the lantern to emit an understated glow.
The three Excellence Awards went to Fisher Marantz Stone for The National September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center, New York, USA; Yongqi Lighting for the Zhenhai Cultiral & Art Centre, Ningbo, China; and StudioFRACTAL for their work at Kings Cross Square, London, UK.
Ten Awards of Merit were awarded: Cline Bettridge Berstein for the Stapleton Library, New York, USA; Lighting M for the Kyobashi Child Institution in Tokyo, Japan; Auerbach Glasow French for the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Salon Doré in San Francisco, USA; Licht Kunst Licht for the Art Museum Ahrenshoop in Germany; Buro Happold for The Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia University School of Journalism, New York, USA; GIA Equation for the Knightsbridge Estate, London, UK; Available Light for the US National Library Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, Washington DC, USA; Speirs + Major for the Queen Elizabeth Park, London, UK; Pfarré Lighting Design for Das Gerber in Stuttgart, Germany; and Arup for their work at the Northrop Auditorium Renovation in Minneapolis, USA.
A Special Citation was given to Claudia Paz Lighting Studio for her Light Garden installation in Lima, Peru.
A full review of the IALD Awards will be published in mondo*arc issue 85.
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FUMO RESTAURANT • MANCHESTER //
BLIND DRAGON • LOS ANGELES //
FAIRMONT HOTEL • VANCOUVER //
LWL MUSEUM • MUNSTER //
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HOFBURG IMPERIAL PALACE • VIENNA //
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Acoulite and Coelux join forces
(UAE) - Acoulite brings Coelux sky and sun system to Gulf region.
Specialist in light and sound, Acoulite announces its partnership with CoeLux, bringing its artificial sky and sun technology to the Gulf region. CoeLux is an optical system based on nano technology to artificially reproduce the natural light and visual appearance of the sun and sky, offering an opportunity for indoor architecture by creating the sensation of infinite space.Acoulite will provide commercial and technical support in the region, educating key sectors in the Gulf region about the system and it’s myriad of potential applications across the retail, residential, healthcare and hospitality sectors.
Terry Woodley, Managing Director of Acoulite said: “There are clear synergies between Acoulite and CoeLux, in our focus on providing environments that enhance the wellbeing of occupants, be it in the work, home, medical or retail space. CoeLux is an amazing addition to our portfolio of lighting products, offering something truly innovative that delivers quality daylight within spaces otherwise impossible for natural light to reach.”
CoeLux was invented and created by the Italian Professor Paolo Di Trapani and has gone on to become recognised as one of the twelve most innovative technologies by the EU during the launch at the EU Innovation Convention 2014 as well as going on to win the Lux Review Awards for best Light Source innovation of the year, 2014.
WAC Lighting Paloma LED Track
Paloma LED track features a knob located on the back of the track head, allowing the user to adjust beam angle from 15º to 60º with ease. The die-cast aluminium track head is designed for use on WAC Lighting’s W Track systems, both 120V and 277V. With 360º horizontal and 180º vertical aiming it includes a spring lock to secure the aiming adjustment. The 120V option features smooth and continuous dimming down to 10% using an Electronic Low Voltage dimmer. It operates on 24W and delivers up to 1,600 lumens, a centre beam candlepower of up to 7,650 and a CRI of up to 90. Offered in various colour temperatures ranging from 2,700K to 4,000K, as well as three architectural finishes; Black, Platinum and White.
Lamp Lighting announces 2015 Lamp Awards finalists
(Spain) - The jury has the verdict: 21 projects are the finalists of the Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards 2015.
Here are the finalists for each category:
Architectural Outdoor Lighting Category
- Szczecin Philharmonic, Poland; by Barozzi Veiga Studio and Anoche Iluminación
- Les Murmures de Saint-Avit-Sénieur, France; by Lionel Bessieres
- Le Chai Ballande, France; by Yon Anton Olano
- Lluna Plena, Spain; by Eduard Callís and Guillem Moliner
- Affinity Interactive Art Installation - BCP Building, Peru; by Claudia Paz
Indoor Lighting Category
- Light Garden (Interactive Installation in C.C. Plaza Norte), Peru; by Claudia Paz
- Tintoretto in motion: art and architecture lighting, Italy; by Alberto Pasetti Bombardella
- Mummies, Spain; by Carmen Moreno Álvarez
- Art Museum Ahrenshoop, Germany; by Licht Kunst Licht AG
- Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, Chile; by Limarí Lighting Design
Urban and Landscape Lighting Category
- The Undulating Bridge Hoofddorp, The Netherlands; by Lodewijk Baljon landscape architects and Industrielicht
- Between Silence and Light, Spain; by reMM
- Memorial to the Victims of Violence in Mexico, Mexico; by Lighteam
- PEM Dax, France; by Lionel Bessieres
- Northern Lights, France; by Aleksandra Stratimirovic
- Dolmen Light, The Netherlands; by Titia Ex
Students Proposals Category
- Light of ancestral Seas; by Valle Medina, student at ETH Zurich, Switzerland Lighting Umbrella; by Lee Jin Wook, Lee Eun Ji, Kim Dong Jun, Bang Jae Woong and Yang In Yeong, students at Inje University, Republic of Korea
- Pow Light [Myliobatidae Light]; by Arash Abbaszadeh, student at the Islamic Azad University Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Body Fabric Light; by Neal Qiongyu Li and Daichi Yamashita, students at the University of British Columbia, Canada
- The reflection of daylight; by Ewa Krysa and Natalia Lenczyk, students at the Politechnika Rzeszowska im. Ignacego Łukasiewicza, Poland
The Jury, made up of lighting designers Mark Major, Kai Piippo, Douglas Leonard and Anne Bureau, IALD Project Manager in Europe, Emma Cogswell; architects Anupama Kundoo and Juan Carlos Sancho; and interior designer, Ignasi Bonjoch, met twice to select the 21 finalists from the 598 projects, stressing that each one contributed something new in relation to the rest.
The winning projects will be announced at an event held in the city of Barcelona this coming June, where each of them will be awarded with the following amounts: Architectural Exterior Lighting €8,000, Interior Lighting €8000, Urban and Landscape Lighting € 8,000 and Students’ Proposals €2,000.
In addition, the 'Life of Light' award will be given to the professional who has dedicated his life to lighting. The book Lighting Concepts 2015 will be published with all the finalist projects.
The 'Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards 2015' closed with record figures of internationalisation compared to all previous years, with a total of 598 projects submitted by 54 countries and 70% internationalisation.
GVA Lighting opens London office
(UK) - GVA Lighting promotes new technology through UK expansion.
GVA Lighting has opened a new office in the UK as part of its most recent efforts to promote its newest technology to British and European architects and lighting designers.
GVA's INFINITY technology allows running 300+ metre long lighting circuits
from a single power and data source and is said to be a great solution for illumination of large infrastructure projects: skyscrapers, long bridges, airports and shopping malls.
INFINITY helps to overcome many design challenges: penetrations into the building to feed the luminaires are no longer required, the system reliability is increased, luminaires are very compact and easy to install.
"London is the global capital of design and architecture," said Vladimir Grigorik, Founder and President of GVA Lighting, "GVA has developed a unique tool for architectural illumination. We have to be there to promote our ideas and to serve European specifiers on professional and timely manner."
A continuous emphasis on developing and retaining talented people remains the firm's key driver of success. In line with this principle, David Stramazzotti who worked as the Export Manager for Europe was promoted to a new role as the General Manager and will oversee the entire operation of this branch.