Editors’ Notes from Universal Light. Earlier this year, Casambi announced their membership in the Connectivity Standards Alliance, officially backing the new Matter Standard. As a publication
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Lighting and Environmental Consciousness: A Dialogue
In July/22, Universal Light had the opportunity to sit down with Anne Truong, a lighting designer from WRAP Engineering. We discussed lighting, specifically the impact of
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Celebrating Light
Light is everywhere. It is the sunlight reflecting on a rock, the moonlight casting leafy shadows under the trees, or the starry sky of Van Gogh
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Lighting and the always-on customer experience
The way we do business and choose our products in a B2B world has forever changed in the last two years. Suppliers are racing towards embracing
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Shining a Light on Wellness
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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