CONTENTS table of

6 EDITOR’S NOTE

An introduction from our editor, Ray Molony.

8 PROJECT: GIMME THE MOONLIGHT

Lighting designers Vera Chu and Chia Huang Liao have harnessed the mysterious properties of moonlight to create a restrained and calming scheme at a spa in Shanghai.

12 PROJECT FILE

Some striking projects from around the world.

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THE AI DESIGN REVOLUTION

The breathtaking advances in artificial intelligence technology are revolutionising a host of professions – will lighting design be one of them? Ray Molony speaks to some leading designers who have begun to incorporate its power into their work.

22 THE BUSINESS OF LIGHTING DESIGN™

Part-time hours, flexitime and working off-office are all ways in which design practices can retain key talent. dlg speaks to one designer who’s benefiting from the arrangement.

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THE BUSINESS OF LIGHTING DESIGN™ - START-UPs

Start-up practices are often very creative – but they can find the business side of lighting design more challenging. Here veteran lighting designers Mark Sutton-Vane of Sutton Vane Associates advises on how to navigate fees, tenders and recruitment.

28 HOSPITALITY: THE RIVER OF LIGHT

The River Restaurant in the iconic Savoy Hotel in London has been transformed with lighting to match its upmarket Art Deco aesthetic.

30 DARK SKIES

An ambitious Dark Sky project in Wales has been garnering plaudits and awards for its sensitive and thoughtful approach to lighting.

32 LIGHTING AND HEALTH: INNOVATORS IN RESIDENTIAL CARE

Dr Shelley James takes us through some exciting scientific breakthroughs in our understanding of light – and how they can help residents of care homes.

36 CONTROLS

For the first time, controls innovations – three, in fact – have made it to the podium at the Build Back Better Awards. We see what made them special.

38 PREVIEW: CIRCULAR LIGHTING LIVE 2023

This September, London is set to be the location for the lighting industry’s biggest event dedicated to its role in the circular economy. Ray Molony reports on movement that’s going from strength to strength.

40 INNOVATIONS

We curate the stand-out designs this quarter, including a nano luminaire that’s just 21mm diameter and only a startling 500 microns in elevation.

42 AWARDS DATES

Looking to enter your project for recognition and glory? We’ve got you covered. All the key dates you need to know about for all the major awards programmes.

43 TRADE SHOW CALENDAR

We mark your diary with all the big events in lighting design right into 2024.

44 ORGANISATION NEWS

The latest reports from the lighting design community and its representative bodies

45 NEXT ISSUE

We give you a heads up on what you can look forward to the next issues of designing lighting global

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UP CLOSE: DUNCAN MEERDING

We meet award-winning product designer Duncan Meerding

Editor: Ray Molony

Publisher: Randy Reid

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Director of Audience Development:

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A pivotal moment in lighting design.

First off, I’d like to say how honoured and excited I am to be editing this new publication at such a pivotal and exciting time in the lighting design profession. I look forward to working with Randy and the team to inspire and inform lighting professionals around the world.

After all, there is much to celebrate. We’ve successfully absorbed LEDs and dealt with much of the technical issues they’ve thrown up, such as low level dimming. Building owners across many sectors from commercial to hospitality to retail increasingly understand and appreciate the power of quality lighting design to achieve their business goals and create great places for people.

And the craft of lighting design continues to attract truly amazing talent, the fruits of whom we intend to celebrate in these pages.

But there are also challenges to face. The first of these, in my view, is effectively managing and minimising the environmental impact of our work while maintaining its creativity and diversity. Environmental metrics such as life cycle assessments and embodied carbon measures are still in their infancy, but it’s clear that they need to become second nature to us.

Another challenge – an exciting one – is finding ways to translate the scientific understanding of light’s impact on health and wellbeing into the real world. We have got off to something of a faltering start, but I’m optimistic that we will make effective use of this knowledge in due course, and we will do everything we can to share that knowledge.

A final challenge is getting the benefits of quality lighting design to everyone in our community, not just corporate high rollers. Here again we intend to share ideas and best practices so we can make our contribution to society at large.

Ray Molony EDITOR