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Women in Lighting: The emotional dimension of light
What happens to us when we stand before an artwork? What are the paths we take around an exhibition? What attracts our attention and what stimulates our emotions? Light is… Read More >
The Magic Dinner
“The thought . . . called up the flavors of an elaborate and bold cuisine, . . . an incomparable experience.” – Italo Calvino, Under the Jaguar Sun How often… Read More >
Women in Lighting: The Extraordinary Light
Details have the task of expressing that which the basic design requires in that particular point of the object: union or disjunction, tension or lightness, friction, solidity, fragility (…). Details,… Read More >
A Busy Time
It’s currently a very busy period in the development of standards and regulations. In previous columns I’ve mentioned the proposed revision of the UK’s Furniture & Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations,… Read More >
Women in Lighting: Light as a Material
“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates.” – Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise… Read More >
Women in Lighting: See the Light, Feel the Light
“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.” Sometimes I wonder how many people are engaged in the process of designing a space and… Read More >
Home Office with Phil Reynolds
Through the various lockdowns (I’m sure we’re all tired of that word) many of us found we could continue to do our jobs successfully from home. Now the country has… Read More >
Fire Retardants with Phil Reynolds
I thought for this instalment I would revisit the subject of furnishings fire safety, and the other question I get asked a lot – why do we have to use… Read More >
BS 6396 with Phil Reynolds
I thought this month I’d introduce one of our newest standards: BS 6396:2022 – ‘Electrical systems in furniture. Specification’ The standard has a long history within the office sector, where… Read More >
Fire Safety with Phil Reynolds
When I was thinking about writing this piece, it struck me that the subject I get asked about most is furniture and furnishings fire safety, in fact last year I… Read More >
A natural way of building
When it comes to building, we’re increasingly aware that we should be doing it better; that the new environments we create should be better for us, and the planet. But… Read More >
Women in Office Design – Suzanne Stuart
This month’s Women in Office Design (WOD) column features Suzanne Stuart, Account Manager, KI Europe. Explain your current role I work alongside our dealer partners to identify and win Workplace… Read More >
Union Park
The pandemic has affected us collectively in myriad ways, but one of the positive realisations that we can garner from the experience is the desire, even need, for open spaces,… Read More >