Light work: illuminating office spaces | | Photo: Filipa Peixeiro Lighting plays a crucial role in modern office design, where smart, thoughtful approaches help create the holistic, dynamic, creative atmospheres demanded of these spaces. | | Simon Slim System. Architectural integration. Simon Slim System consists of customisable, flexible and versatile lighting structures that trace their lines through the three dimensions of space, their form and light adapting to the architecture. Integrate Simon Drop to combine uniform and point lighting. | | Enlighten us: in conversation with Lucas Goy | | Photo: Olivier Chabanis Lucas Goy, director at Lyon-based lighting design office les éclaireurs, sheds some light on how it all started for him, the office’s approach and the future of the industry. | | Meet AYNO – the new lighting family by Stefan Diez AYNO, the first design of a new Midgard lamp since the 1950s, is testing the boundaries between origin and status quo of adjustable lighting. Radically reduced to the essentials, AYNO meets all requirements of design, technology and sustainability. | | | | THE LAMP OF LUXURY: CTO LIGHTING | | Counting the iconic Savoy and Dorchester hotels among its clients, CTO LIGHTING’s approach blends traditional values of quality and craftsmanship with a contemporary emphasis on sustainability and collaboration. | | ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: ENDLIGHT | | Lights that work as hard when they're off as when they're on. German lighting brand ENDLIGHT is on a mission. | | SOUND THINKING: EVAVAARA DESIGN | | EVAVAARA DESIGN’s sshhh sound solutions are designed to help people work better, but their uses stretch well beyond the open-plan office. Find out how... | | LIVING WITH SKY-FRAME: MOSCOW | | In the latest short film from their ‘Living with SKY-FRAME’ series, the Swiss frameless sliding door specialist evokes a seasonal dreamscape to showcase the intangible qualities of its glazing solutions. | | CAN YOU FEEL IT?: CLEAF BY EGGER | | With the shared goal of creating new and innovative surface solutions for architects, Tirol-based wood expert EGGER joined forces with Italian surface specialist Cleaf. What happened next? Read on to find out. | | | OPEN AIR: SIEMENS HOME APPLIANCE | | Smart, quiet and discreet, the glassdraftAir worktop ventilation system from SIEMENS HOME APPLIANCE is optimally suited to modern, open kitchen spaces that are as much about sociability as they are about cooking. | | INTERSTUHL is expanding 50 years of seating expertise to the entire office space with SPLACES – a new, comprehensive service concept for office planning and furnishing. | | ON SAFE GROUND: VORWERK FLOORING | | For sure, carpets bring with them a broad range of health, wellness and comfort benefits but with VORWERK FLOORING, they also come with serious environmental credentials. | | THE NEW ILLUMINATI: AMEICO | | The story of how a Connecticut-based design distributor is introducing some of the best classic and contemporary European lighting designs to choice projects across North America. | | When the Swiss National Bank underwent an extensive renovation, Swiss manufacturing experts BURRI were on hand to turn a new lighting concept for the institution into a luminous reality. | | | | | Concept Verre: French Riviera Lighting Create lightings that match your project, with customisable glasses, cable length, and finishes. Up to 90 and more lights to bring something unique to all interiors. You can’t find the luminaire you need? Create it! | | Fitnesspark Stadelhofen, Zurich, by Ushi Tamborriello | | Photo: Jochen Splett In a transitory urban space, Ushi Tamborriello has created a colourful, multi-layered oasis that is dedicated to the vitality and wellness of its guests. | | Grand Sight Design International Limited (GD-Lighting Design) was founded in 2004 in Hong Kong by its Chief Designer, Wang Yenchin. GD-Lighting is a professional lighting design company whose scope covers exterior and interior lighting design as well as consultancy. | | Upcoming design dates for your diary... | | Architect@Work, Nante, FR 19–20 November, 2020 | | Architect@work, Wiesbaden, DE 25–26 November, 2020 | | Design Shanghai, Shanghai, CH 26–29 November, 2020 | | And want to advertise in a future issue? | | | | |