Vatican adds LED lighting to historic spaces
A splice showing the level of light in the Cappella di San Michele Arcangelo before and after the new lights.Photo: Marco Andreozzi, Archivio Fotografico Fabbrica di San Pietro St. Peter's Basilica officially opened its sacred spaces and brought new illumination to...
Euroluce 2019 Milano
With more than 480 of the best exhibitors in the sector, half of which foreign, the International Lighting Exhibition – at its 30th edition – is recognized as the global benchmark lighting exhibition, where technological innovation and design culture take center...
Advice on Residential Lighting
Designing your home lighting is sometimes often left to the last minute. In a construction process, everyone is tired of timetables, demands and details, and most homeowners just want to get the job finished. Unfortunately hasty and perhaps minimal lighting decisions...
Acheiving Spirituality in Lighting Sacred Spaces
I have been involved in the lighting of many sacred spaces in my lighting practice. One simple fact from my initial observations of spaces is that the architecture, the space, always makes its statement about spirituality and it doesn’t matter whether it’s highly...
Feng Shui Lighting Highlights Lightfair
Feng Shui products are inspired by elements of nature by bringing the natural world to interior spaces. The strength of this product is allowing the lighting designer to select the images that are backlit thereby creating truely one of a kind, custom...
VIBIA sets the Standard for Good Design
VIBIA will showcase its new products at Euroluce in Milano, April 9-15. “VIBIA is based in Barcelona (SPAIN), a place of cultivated design culture and an important knowledge cluster, where we have been able to channel our industrial and service suppliers’...
Daniel Rybakken designs extraordinary Lighting
Born in 1984 Daniel Rybakken grew up in Oslo, Norway. He studied design at the Oslo School of Architecture and the School of Arts & Crafts in Gothenburg, Sweden. On graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in 2008 he opened his own design studio in both...
PHILIPS new “HUE” digital LED lamp
Philips Hue Connected Bulb – Connect your light environmnet from your iPhone or iPad. Philips Hue connected bulbs and bridge let you to take full control of your lighting from iPhone or iPad. Create light settings based on your favourite photos, choose from expert...
SoCo Pendant Fixtures
The newly introduced SoCo socket pendants by Tech Lighting, is a system of Sockets and Cords that deliver choice, flexibility, and the power of custom design. The SoCo sockets accomodates any 120volt medium based lamp up to 150 Watts. Great...
CSYS LED lamp
Jake Dyson’s new CSYS led task table lamp was designed to improve the use of LED modules. It’s getting to be common knowledge that LEDs are among the most energy-efficient lighting options out there, but they still maintain some problems: ugly...
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Editors Thoughts on Creative Lighting
iLightingNews.com is edited by James Crowell, IESNA. Jim, a native of Philadelphia, PA, is an award winning lighting designer who shares his knowledge and experience with those whose passion is good lighting design. “I am passionate about lighting, whatever and wherever. It alters our perception of space, and brings spaces to life. We can’t survive without it.” This journal focuses on cutting edge lighting product design along with classic designs that are still used and produced today. Individuals who demonstrate and practice the creative process in their lighting designs are showcased in this journal. Good lighting design enhances architecture, highlights decoration, and emboldens interior space. Jim travels the world attending the various exhibits, conferences, and trade shows in discovery of quality lighting