Delighted to see that our project, Blue Boar Wharf, has made the arc award 2022 shortlist, organised by the wonderful team at arc media 🧡 Independent lighting designers, light artists, interior designers, architects and product designers are set to attend the awards party at Fabric in London on the 30th of March 2023 where the finalists will be revealed. Fingers crossed. Blue Boar Wharf…
Continue ReadingPlease join us in wishing our founder, Lorraine Calcott, a massive congratulations on her recent fellowship to the Institution of Lighting Professionals. Can you believe Lorraine is only the second woman ever to hold a fellowship and 1 of 22 active members who are currently a FILP, quite the achievement! A well-recognised body in the lighting industry, The Institution of Lighting Professionals, unites the skills of engineering, design, and technology. Through CPDs, training and…
Continue ReadingA message from our Founder Wow, where has the time gone. This year we turn 18! Eighteen. Never would I have imagined that at the start. In those days, my goal was to take over the lighting world and make significant changes to how, why, and what we light. To a degree, we have achieved much of what we set out to do with our input into regulations, standards, and city lighting strategies. But lighting world…
Continue ReadingWe are thrilled to announce that we have once again been awarded the Constructionline Gold Level Accreditation, a nationally recognised title within the construction procurement sector. The gold level membership, which must be applied for via a rigorous process, is only awarded to companies that can demonstrate an exceptional level of competence across all business areas. Constructionline have stated that achieving gold membership opens greater opportunities within the industry by verifying that a business can…
Continue ReadingInspired by the passionate speeches and hard-hitting messages of last month’s COP26, we are proud to share we have joined the Woodland Trust’s Carbon Balanced programme by pledging to plant four oak trees a month in the UK, to offset our carbon emissions. WLT is an international conservation charity founded in 1989 to protect the world’s most biologically significant and threatened habitats, acre by acre. It launched its Carbon Balanced programme in 2005, responding to the…
Continue ReadingHousebuilders and developers hold the key to a cleaner future. It wasn’t long ago that electric cars were a figment of sci-fi movies and something for the distant future. When in fact, private registrations of pure-electric vehicles surged by 53.3% in 2020, according to the RAC. Nearly 30,000 more full EVs were sold to private buyers during the last 12 months than in the same period the year before. At the end of…
Continue ReadingWe are thrilled to announce that our Ashemere Care Home scheme has won another award in the first-ever Build Back Better ceremony. Yesterday we were presented with a GOLD Build Back Better Award in the Project category. Build Back Better is an exciting new initiative to champion innovation in real-world applications. The organisation comprises special sector-specific expert juries which examine developments, research, and materials in design disciplines across the built environment. The GOLD award is reserved for projects which exhibit true innovation and…
Continue ReadingWhen speaking to lighting people, you often find that they ‘fall’ into the lighting world. In reality, there are many routes into the industry, and everyone has a unique story to tell – so how to become a lighting designer. We thought it would be interesting to follow our founder, Lorraine Calcott’s journey to where we are today. How to become a lighting designer – The start It all started at Thorn lighting…
Continue ReadingWe are excited to share that one of our recent projects with Ashmere Care Homes was awarded the Client of the Year at last week’s Lux Awards. A team of expert judges – consisting of experienced lighting professionals, designers, and end-users of lighting –considered the entries and awarded the coveted Lux Award trophies to companies, lighting designers, and clients. The trophies were handed out in an innovative, online…
Continue ReadingTHE RIGHT lighting can reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer’s patients, a study has found. The conclusion of investigation – by the Lighting Research Center in New York – is that the lighting in long-term care facilities is usually not bright enough during the day and ‘perhaps too bright’ during the evening. The project was funded by the National Institute on Aging and was led by Dr. Mariana Figueiro, professor and director at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (pictured…
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