Image: Brick House, Architect: State of Kin, Photographer: Jack Lovel Every architect and designer has their own approach when commencing a project. At State of Kin, we often start
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The drivers of residential lighting trends of 2021 in Australia.
Image by Christopher Morrison In early 2020, when the world was turned upside down, we were required to socially distance and ‘stay at home’ orders were
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Lighting and the Multi-Sensory Experience of Wayfinding.
Being confined in our neighbourhoods and cities due to recent restrictions has emphasised more than ever that our environment impacts how we feel, emotionally and physically,
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Thoughts from David Bird – the Godfather of Architectural Lighting
As one of Australia’s first architectural lighting designers, David has had experience working with evolving lighting technologies to enhance the built form and create a magical
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The Guiding Light
Image: Brick House, Architect: State of Kin, Photographer: Jack Lovel Every architect and designer has their own approach when commencing a project. At State of Kin, we often start
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The drivers of residential lighting trends of 2021 in Australia.
Image by Christopher Morrison In early 2020, when the world was turned upside down, we were required to socially distance and ‘stay at home’ orders were
Continue Reading
Lighting and the Multi-Sensory Experience of Wayfinding.
Being confined in our neighbourhoods and cities due to recent restrictions has emphasised more than ever that our environment impacts how we feel, emotionally and physically,
Continue Reading
Thoughts from David Bird – the Godfather of Architectural Lighting
As one of Australia’s first architectural lighting designers, David has had experience working with evolving lighting technologies to enhance the built form and create a magical
Continue Reading
Rethinking Our Approach to Lighting
‘Sustainable’. ‘Energy efficient’. ‘Green’. Regardless of the specific adjective used, reducing the energy consumed by lighting is a major priority for many lighting professionals. Many of
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Supporting Diversity and Inclusion in the World of Lighting
“Where are all the women? Where are all the young people?” A question I asked myself when I attended my first industry lighting event. I am
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A Perspective from the Other Side
As a client-side Project Manager (PM), our objectives are to act in the client’s best interest to deliver a project on time, on budget and to
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The Elevating of Lighting in the Built Environment
We all remember our grandparents home with ample light. It wasn’t pretty, but it was useful. Floor lamps standing in several corners and fluorescents strips in
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The Importance of Seismic Restraints for Lighting
As the Earth evolves and tectonic plates shift, the displaced energy usually manifests in an earthquake. Earthquakes normally strike suddenly and without warning, can be violent
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Using Australian Lighting Standards to enhance your design
Energy Saving Schemes have caused Julien Freed to advocate for compliance with Australian Lighting Standards. Let us consider the current Standards as a line in the sand between anarchy in lighting design and a utopian dream. Standards create a level playing field where designs can be prepared and compared in an objective way for technical requirements and a subjective way for aesthetic requirements.
Creating Architectural Intrusions with Nature and Light
It is the light that let materials speak, and it is nature that represents the connection we share as humankind. A space that feels pleasant, soulful and at one with nature, with subtle changes through the seasons, is a good quality design.
Celebrating 20 Years of Light Art in Unna
While Unna’s remnants of the industrial revolution were unsuitable for most activities, the space was perfect for light art. Learn how the 3000m2 of cellars vacated by the Linden Brewery became the Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst.
Perfecting the formula to façade lighting in our cities
How do we light up our cities more responsibly and sustainably? What’s the future of façade lighting? Is there a formula to perfecting our streetscape?
Finding light in nature
Bioluminescence is nature’s flashlight – lighting the dark inner reaches of the sea from a chemical reaction within living organisms.