Entries open for 2019 Casambi Awards
(Finland) – Awards ceremony to be held at Light+Building 2020.
The entry process for the 2019 Casambi Awards is now open.
The award winners will be announced at a ceremony held during Light+Building in
Frankfurt next year.
Judges for this year’s awards include Kai Piippo, Head of
Design at ÅF Lighting; Pavlina Akritas, Associate Lighting Designer at Arup;
Andrea Nava, Managing Director of Erco Italy; Marc Juarez, Technical Director
Europe at Seoul Semiconductor; and Paul James, Managing Director of [d]arc
media.
To submit a project, entrants are invited to fill in a form on Casambi’s awards website (casambi.com/awards), and submit it along with 3-10 photographs to marketing@casambi.com.
Of the awards, Casambi said: “Feel free to nominate all
types of architectural lighting projects that have Casambi technology installed.
You can nominate as many projects as you like, the project has to be at least
in final installation phase, if not completed. There are no categories, nor any
restrictions in location of the project.
“It doesn’t matter if you are a lighting designer,
electrical consultant, architect, interior designer, a commissioning engineer
or just a general influencer, as long as you are passionate about the project,
and know how the project came about.”
Entries for the awards are open until 12th
January 2020.
Nordeon Group appoints new CEO
(Germany) – Ralf Knorrenschild replaces Louis van Uden as CEO of Nordeon Group.
Ralf Knorrenschild has been appointed as the new CEO of the
Nordeon Group, taking effect from October 1st, the company has
announced.
Knorrenschild succeeds Louis van Uden, who is now focusing
on his new role as COO on the Management Board.
A proven leader in the lighting industry, Knorrenschild has
assumed a position of responsibility as CEO, bringing his 31 years of
experience in the lighting industry to the Group – which includes brands Griven,
Hess, Vulkan, Lamp, Schmitz Wila and Nordeon.
Born in Hamburg, Knorrenschild started at Philips Licht in
1988, and soon gained leadership there in sales. At the end of 2003 he moved to
Zumtobel Group, and as Senior Vice President, he was responsible for the
worldwide Key Account Business and Public Lighting sector.
At the beginning of 2017, he was appointed to the Executive
Board of the Selux Group in Berlin, where he led Sales, Marketing and Human
Resources.
Knorrenschild said of the appointment: “I am very much
looking forward to this exciting task, together with my colleagues Louis van
Uden, and CFO Winfried Falk, to further strengthen the attractive brands of the
Nordeon Group, and to continue on the growth course that we have already begun.”
[d]arc room delivers in new home
(UK)
- [d]arc room exceeds
expectations at Old Truman Brewery with 4,000 visitors, up from 2,000 in 2018.
Taking place during London Design Festival, [d]arc room had
its very own hall at the Old Truman Brewery, home to London Design Fair, where it
continued with its unique exhibiting concept as well as having educational
workshops and live streaming.
Organised by [d]arc
media, the team behind arc and darc magazines
and the [d]arc awards,
in collaboration with creative consultants Light Collective, the
exhibition showcased the most up-to-date solutions in lighting, a must for
anyone involved in lighting specification.
London Design Fair regularly attracts close to 30,000 visitors across four days of exciting and creative content. Over half the visitors were designers or architects with retailers also making up a big part of the audience. [d]arc room brought a welcome contingent of lighting designers to the show as well as educating non-lighting professionals about the benefits of lighting design.
Paul James, director of darc room,
commented: “I was delighted with the way [d]arc room was
received this year with its integration into London Design Fair. The show has
gone from strength to strength since the inaugural event in 2017. Our
substantial increase in both exhibitors and visitors prove to us that
there is a need for a dedicated lighting design event at London Design
Festival.”
The boutique lighting specification exhibition had 75
exhibitors, eight workshops and a unique live stream of lighting talks.
James continued: “The mix of creative, small stands where no one
company dominates the event, together with strong education content in a great
location really appeals to the designers and architects that attended this
year’s show. We will aim to develop the concept further as we move
forward with the [d]arc room event.”
darc room : workshops and darc room : live,
curated by the event’s creative consultants Light Collective, were very popular
with packed audiences enjoying the unique format of the educational content.
darc room : workshops, sponsored by Phos, had a host of detailed,
interactive sessions and panel discussions featuring topics such as
Sustainability and Design, Women in Lighting, Acoustic Lighting, Wellness in
Design, Daylight and Experience and the Beauty of Bespoke. It even had a Sunday
matinee of lighting films for visitors to enjoy.
Speakers for this year’s [d]arc room: live programme, sponsored by Delta Light, included Moritz Waldemeyer; Magdalena Gomez, Elektra; Lora Kaleva, BDP; Sacha Abizadeh, WSP; Clementine Fletcher-Smith, Speirs + Major; James Poore, JPLD; Neil Tomkinson, SBID; Heinrich Böhm, JOI Design; Kael Gillam, Nulty; Lee Painter, BDP; Paulina Vilalobos, DiaV, and Jo Littlefair, Goddard Littlefair.
Delta Light also hosted a residential lighting micro conference
featuring a group of leading architects and lighting designers to share their
knowledge on residential lighting, and how best to light a home with a room by
room approach.
Also on show, Speirs + Major presented its virtual reality Third
Age of Light – a VR experience through which the studio envisions the lighting
of the future, predicting how our cityscapes will look in 2050.
Manufacturer participants were Acclaim, AC Special Projects, Adolights, Airstream, Archilume, ARIA, Arkoslight, Astro, Avivo, AxaLight, Barthelme, Bert Frank, B Light, Blond, Buzzi Space, Cameron Design House, Casambi, CLS, Delta Light, Dyson, Edison and Mansfield, Enttec, ELR, EPS / Elumeros, ES-System, Feelux, Filix, Forge, formalighting,, Fritz Fryer, Gap Lighting, GDS, IBL, Insta UK, Kreon, LED iBond, LED Ltd, LensVector, LightGraphix, Lightly Tech, Linea Light Group, Lite, Lucenti, Lumenpulse, Lumino, Luminus, Madrix, Megaman, Mesh, Mode Lighting, Nicolaudie, NJO, Nulty Bespoke, Original BTC, Orluna, Osram, Performance In Lighting, Pharos, Phos, PROLED, Pulsar, Radiant, Recolight, Reggiani, Sagitario, Seoul, SLV, Soraa, Specialty Lighting, Speclight, Targetti, Technilum, TLS, Traxon, Truelux Group, Tryka, UFO, unonovesette, Vexica, Vode, Whitegoods. And Xicato
The show is supported by CIBSE (Chartered Institution of
Building Service Engineers), BIID (British Institute of Interior Design), IALD
(International Association of Lighting Designers), ILP (Institute of Lighting
Professionals), SLL (Society of Light & Lighting) and SBID (Society of
British and International Interior Design).
Brunel University take on ultra-thin lighting design challenge
(UK) - Brunel University London is to collaborate with Lightly Technologies on an ultra-thin lighting design challenge for 2nd year students.
Approximately 120 students will choose from one of three challenges that
have been set by Lightly Technologies. From retro-replacement to the Japanese
art of chindōgu to automotive design, the challenges have been designed
to test design skills, foster
innovation and explore new commercial opportunities in the application of
ultra-thin lighting design.
Brunel University London and Lightly
Technologies will choose three student projects from all submissions for
further development. Finalists will be awarded a bursary with which to develop
their concept to an advanced prototype and an overall winning design will be
selected through a social media poll.
Speaking at the launch of the challenge in London, Lightly Technologies Marketing Director, Joe Farinella, commented: “This collaboration with Brunel University London is an incredible opportunity for Lightly Technologies to work with future leaders in design and innovation. Fresh thinking and new ideas are the lifeblood of our industry. We feel privileged to be able to support emerging talent by providing students with this opportunity to apply their learnings and express themselves creatively while giving them an insight into a possible future career path in lighting design.”
The three challenges are:
Design Challenge 1: Decorative Lighting Product
Retro-style LED filament bulbs are trending from New York to London and can be found everywhere from bars and restaurants to homes and hotels. The current trend has spread worldwide and is expected to reach a market valuation of $1.8B - $2B by 2020.
Design
Challenge 2: Functional Lighting Product
The Japanese art
of chindōgu involves combining unrelated products to create
inventions that are wonderfully unusual. These inventions might not be
immediately practical, but each one opens a door to new ideas that just might
be.
Design Challenge 2 is to
apply the principles of chindōgu to create a totally new, functional
application for an ultra-thin light source that answers a real-world problem. Students
must document how they have explored
outside of their normal creative influences to seek out collaboration from
people from a variety of disciplines, departments, cultures, ages, mindsets and
orientations.
Design
Challenge 3: Automotive Lighting
Design Challenge 3 is to devise an application for Hikari SQ in
new car interior or
exterior designs.
The Ultra-Thin Lighting Design Challenge will commence on 26 September with winners being announced on 30 October. Project submissions and updates will be available to view online and will use the #madeinbrunel hashtag.
www.madeinbrunel.com
www.lightly.tech
Ecoled rebrand to Phos, launch The Power of Light
(UK) – The LED manufacturer unveils the rebrand at London
Design Festival
LED lighting manufacturer Ecoled has announced that it will
be moving into a new direction under the new name Phos.
Under its previous title, Ecoled, the engineering team has
spent nearly a decade finessing LED lighting fixtures, producing miniature
luminaires in the UK, culminating with the launch of Eyeconic 2.0 earlier this
summer.
Having undergone a development in both product and core
values, the team decided that a new, more representative brand name was
necessary, resulting in the launch of Phos this month.
“Phos, which means ‘light’ in Greek, represents our
dedication to this magical medium in all its glory. With Phos, we will
enlighten, we will enthuse, and we will inspire,” said Herman van Driel, Phos’
Managing Director. “As the lighting industry changes and evolves, we have
changed ahead of it and in striving to innovate, Phos has been born.”
Light is arguably the most influential force on how we
perceive and connect with the world around us, but we often overlook the impact
it has on us and the spaces we inhabit. Phos’ ambition is to build a collective
consciousness, and admiration for the power of light in the world, by providing
a portal for the whole industry.
New product innovations, an integrated ordering process and
an authoritative technical information hub will sit alongside original,
exciting and informative content curated by the world’s most respected and
celebrated lighting specialists.
This has been showcased in The Power of Light, an
immersive film experience created by James Cadisch, Development Director at Phos,
and the team at Driftend Films.
“The Power of Light is a manifesto,” said James, the
architect of the rebrand, “a proclamation of a new direction, not just for
Phos, but more importantly, we are striving to elevate the perception of
lighting for the industry as a whole.”
For the film, Cadisch called on artists, designers,
creatives and innovators from all around the world to communicate their
perceptions of light: emotive and practical, natural and engineered.
The film will be premiered at [d]arc room on
September 19th during a special workshop session. The show will be
the inaugural exhibition for Phos under its new moniker.
To attend the premiere, register for free at www.darcroom.com.
Trilux appoints new CEO
(Germany) – Guillermo Fernandez
de Peñaranda Bonet will become Trilux CEO on October 1.
Trilux has announced
that Guillermo Fernandez de Peñaranda Bonet will become Chief Executive Officer
on October 1st. Peñaranda will assume the duties of Michael Huber,
who is as General Representative taking over an active role in the Trilux
Supervisory Board.
Guillermo de Peñaranda
has been a member of the Trilux Management Board since April of this year, and
has almost 20 years of experience in the international management of successful
German industrial groups, such as Thyssenkrupp and Bosch. As the new CEO, he
will be responsible for the strategic alignment of the Trilux Group.
“With our strategic
core themes of digitalisation, internationalisation and our customer-centric
approach, we create the perfect conditions for Trilux to develop into a strong
global player within a dynamic market,” said Peñaranda about his areas of
responsibility.
A company-wide
change process will make this realignment both visible and tangible at all
levels, as well as successfully implementing it long term into the company.
Elsewhere, long-standing
CTO Dietmar Zembrot will leave Trilux at the end of September. Since 2008, Zembrot
has been responsible for Research, Development and Product Management at
Trilux, making a decisive contribution to the technological development of the
company in recent years.
“With his many
years of experience and expertise, Dietmar Zembrot has played a significant
role in the successful development of the Trilux Group,” said Michael Huber. “Under
his leadership we have successfully completed the transformation to LED. We
have established our technological leadership with the founding of the ITZ, and
have systematically further developed it until today.”
Integral LED expands to UK base
(UK) - Integral LED launch new Logistics Hub in Aylesbury
Lighting manufacturer Integral LED has relocated its European logistics and warehouse operations to Aylesbury. The new Rabans Lane site will be central to a network of supply links to the company’s resellers throughout the UK and to support its subsidiaries in France, Netherlands and Spain. At an official ceremony on Friday 13th September the management team were joined by Sir David Lidington, MP for Aylesbury, and the Town Mayor, Councillor Mike Smith, to celebrate the official opening of the new facility that marks a major step to accelerate European-wide trading despite the existing backdrop of confusion caused by Brexit.
“Whatever the outcome of the UK Government’s negotiation with the EU, we are committed to providing improved supply-side support to our customers throughout the domestic market and on the continent. Faster stock deliveries and ultimately more competitive product margins will provide a major benefit to trading partners ahead of challenging market conditions. Ultimately, we believe that British businesses have an exciting future in the European market if they are agile and remain responsive to the demands for disruptive technologies like LED lighting,” commented Sunil Kotecha, MD of Integral Memory plc.
“The need for innovation is never going to let up. There will always be opportunities for canny and innovative companies to increase their market share. Whatever happens with Brexit, the simple facts of geography are not going to change. The EU will remain the single most important trading market for companies in the UK."
Jonathan Speirs Scholarship Winners announced
(UK) - The Jonathan Speirs Scholarship Fund has announced the winners for 2018/2019 award.
The Trustees announced that the recipients selected this year are Apoorva Jalindre and Merethe Granhus.
Apoorva Jalindre is in the process of completing her second Masters degree, in Architecture, Design and Health at the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Having undertaken the lighting Masters program at Wismar, she further deepened her passion for lighting design with an internship at Office for Visual Interaction Inc. in New York City. An important aspect of her work considers how the perception of lighting might affect mental health conditions such as autism, dyslexia, schizophrenia and migraine.
Meanwhile, Merethe Granhus is studying for a Professional Diploma in Architecture RIBA Part II at the London Metropolitan University. Her passion for lighting was cultivated as an intern at 31/44 Architects, working on, amongst other projects, the lighting of the Barbican Frobisher Rooms. Merethe believes nuanced lighting is critical to enabling any built environment to function comfortably. However, her passion lies with the transformative aspects of light that enable intuitive connection and communication with people.
John Roake, Chairman of the JSSF commented: "This year presented another excellent shortlist culminating in the selection of two outstanding scholars with completely different approaches, but with a clear understanding of light as not just a medium by which to visualise but also using it as a tool to enhance the experience of the viewer.
"Both scholars presented projects that have a social element we enjoyed discussing […] Both are worthy and responsible projects which we are happy to encourage with the aid of the Scholarship."
For further information on the Jonathan Speirs Scholarship fund, visit www.jssf.org.uk.
Roland Lorenz named as EVP and Head of ÅF Pöyry Management Consulting Division.
(Sweden) - Roland Lorenz has been named successor to Martin à Porta as EVP and Head of ÅF Pöyry Management Consulting Division on 1st October.
“I am excited to welcome Roland Lorenz into the Group Management team. Roland will continue to champion the great culture of brave leadership and entrepreneurial excellence as we continue to focus on our clients and deliver the next successful years of growth together,” said Jonas Gustavsson, President and CEO of ÅF Pöyry.
Lorenz has been at the company for 20 years and brings with him a wealth of management consulting experience. In his most recent position as Head of Energy Management Consulting for central, southern and northern Europe, Lorenz leads the team of consultants with strong sector expertise to drive value and support clients in the energy transition and changing bio-economy.
“I am honoured to lead this outstanding team of consultants and excited to continue leveraging our strength and the breadth of expertise in our new organisation to bring our Management Consulting business to the next level. It is a privilege to be in a position to offer a unique set of advisory services that can transform industries and create sustainable value for clients and society,” said Lorenz.
“We thank Martin à Porta for the highly successful Pöyry turnaround and playing a key role while joining forces and becoming an industry leader as the new company ÅF Pöyry,” added Gustavsson.
GDS appoints Business Development Manager
(UK) - Prince Sofunmade is appointed as the new London Business Development Manager
Bristol-based lighting manufacturer GDS has appointed Prince Sofunmade to its business development team. Sofunmade's appointment marks the next phase of GDS's 2019 plan to expand its lighting solutions outside of the entertainment industry, and share its expertise with the architectural sector as well.
Reflecting on this, Sofunmade states: “I was attracted to the culture within GDS, and I love that they are looking to build a lighting dynasty and disrupt another industry with something new… Ultimately, we work hard to create the best lighting solution for our clients, and that always starts by working together to create one vision.”
Sofunmade joins GDS with almost ten years of industry experience. His background includes work in the office sector, and more recently, he worked within ‘Save Money Cut Carbon’ where he played an active role in implementing effective strategies for businesses aiming to be compliant with this latest industry regulation. Working exclusively on the architectural side of the business, Sofunmade will be working alongside the team in Bristol to build GDS's presence in this new arena.
James Hall, Head of Sales welcomed the addition of Sofunmade, stating: “Prince is an excellent addition to our team due to his great enthusiasm and his incredible breadth of personal and professional experience. I look forward to working alongside a highly motivated individual with a track record as a highly successful Senior Business Development Manager.”
Simes Catch
Catch is a range of weatherproof downlights designed for outdoor installation. Depending on the number of integrated LEDs, the luminaires are available in square or rectangular housings of different sizes. Their high ease of use is based on the fact, that the optical bases can be tilted at various angles. Thanks to their innovative lighting system, the downlights enable the realisation of versatile, glare-free illumination concepts.
Opple Chameleon
Chameleon is a versatile spotlight series, the modular design of which allows flexible configuration. It offers a choice of six different anti-glare devices. An integrated sensor allows the precise adjustment of the desired light colour from the RGB space. The series is complemented by a variety of accessories and the housing of the spotlights is available in different colours to match their respective environment.
