It is an exciting time to be a lighting designer. We are witnessing a paradigm shift towards quality of light, led by a market with new
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The History of Christmas Lights
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! In the Western world, it is a longstanding tradition to celebrate the joyous season with colourful and cheerful
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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 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.
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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Taking the Leap of Faith to Start Your Business
Many people dream of having their own business, but few take the leap of faith to make their dream a reality. Firstly, define what exactly you
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Trust in a Knowledge Economy
Knowledge is power! Or at least it used to be in the hands of a traditional salesperson. With the advent of the internet and search engines,
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Finding light in nature
Bioluminescence is nature’s flashlight – lighting the dark inner reaches of the sea from a chemical reaction within living organisms.
Lighting as a service
By offering razors to customers who agreed to sign up for regular replenishments, the Dollar Shave Club was one of the first direct-to-consumer startups that successfully
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Collaborating with BIM
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is revolutionising the way architects, engineers and construction professionals build and design to be more efficient and streamlined. Not only does BIM
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