Trend Tuesday – Smokin’
Smoked light shades A few of the trends that I’ve recently been writing about have been around for some time. This week’s Tuesday trend is a little bit newer and…
Made in GB Monday – Control Freak
Rako scene setting lighting controls system This week’s Made in GB Monday is a complete range rather than a single product. The Rako scene setting lighting controls system allow lighting…
Faves Friday – Great Value Icon
Random pendant light from Moooi My fave this Friday is the iconic Random pendant from Moooi designed by Bertjan Pot 15 years ago: The Random is made by a yarn…
Techie Thursday – LOR
Light Output Ratio In the lighting world “efficiency” is the measurement of the quantity of useful light that is output by a particular light fitting. The industry standard term of…
Wisdom Wednesday – What a Waste (of Money)
Plan ahead when fitting ground lighting As a Lighting Consultant one of the things that I take responsibility for is ensuring that anything “lighting” happens in the correct order and…
Trend Tuesday – Aye Aye Captain
Marine lighting can look great in the home Marine lighting has been available for many decades to light boats and yachts and those lights slowly migrated on to land and…
Made in GB Monday – Downlight Heaven
Ceiling downlight from Orluna This week’s Made in GB Monday light is the Detail Mini Tilt and Rotate ceiling downlight from Orluna which is one of the staples in…
Faves Friday – Trickie Dickie
Surface mounted LED My fave this Friday isn’t the latest thing to come out but it is very clever. I remember being fascinated by it when I first saw it…
Techie Thursday – CRI why (is it important)?
Colour Rendering Index CRI is the shortened form for Colour Rendering Index. CRI is a measure of how accurately an artificial light source reveals the colours of objects that it…
Wisdom Wednesday – Problems in the Bedroom?
Bedside Lighting One of the main problems in the bedroom that regularly crops up when I’m designing lighting for my clients’ bedrooms is the position of bedside lighting. It’s crucial…
