< PreviousSpecial Report commercialinteriordesign.com October 2020 40 FUTURE HISTORY Evolution in atelier and architectual lighting design SPECIAL REPORTSpecial Report 41 October 2020 commercialinteriordesign.com PAGE 42 Opinion: How the right lighting design has a role in revitalising retail PAGE 44 Playful new additions to a designer's range of sculptural lamps PAGE 46 Bringing drama and detail to the lighting in Souk Madinat Jumeirah PAGE 48 A fl exible new spotlight range targets museums and exclusive retail projects Im ag es : E R C O G m b H , w w w .e rc o. co m LIGHTING DESIGNSpecial Report commercialinteriordesign.com October 2020 42 OPINION We see it but can't touch it. We embrace it but can't hold it. We experience it but can't reach it. It's often diffi cult to put our fi nger on why light is such a spectacular medium. On the one hand, light is so simple, but on the other, its complexities are hard to ignore. It affects us in every way and most often without us even realising it. Light sits at the junction between creativity and technology; psychology and sociology. At its most profound, it can captivate and manipulate, but at its heart, light emotionally connects people with places. So, what is it about this intangible substance that bewitches us? So often we fi nd it being overlooked in architectural design, yet this side-lined tool can elevate any space when crafted by a skilled lighting professional. Our mission as lighting designers isn't to create focal points of light that take attention away from a space, instead, we aim to bring that space to life. We look at ways to highlight architectural features; to create an emotional connection to a space, to enhance a psychological and physiological response. Light is so complex and must fl ow through the ever-changing developments that face the design industry. We need to take notice of placemaking, wellbeing, sustainability, energy consumption, technology and practicality and employing a lighting design professional to implement these topical necessities is more important than it ever has been. Light cannot just be installed to provide Time to shine Smart lighting choices can help attract people back into retail, hospitality and other commercial spaces, says Paul Nulty, of Studio N Paul Nulty, the founder of Studio N, sister brand of Nulty Special Report 43 October 2020 commercialinteriordesign.com Festival Plaza in Dubai If all the world's a stage, let's have better lighting the base amount of light needed in a space. It needs to be thought-out and well planned. What is its purpose? How can it create an engaging experience with a consumer? How can it boost productivity in an offi ce? There's a philosophy behind every decision made by lighting professionals and 'the why' is always fl oating around our design intent. The way that the world is moving post-Covid-19 means there is greater competition for footfall, consumers, guests and users, so building cheaply isn't going to cut it for much longer. Hiring a lighting designer will add value to a project and getting the best value means that spaces will be become more interesting and engaging. Lighting goes hand in hand with architectural design especially as far as placemaking goes. We're more likely to get people back into retail spaces, shopping malls, offi ces and hospitality areas by creating places that engage and inspire, not just through interior design and architecture but with light as well. Take one of our latest retail projects, Festival Plaza, BSBG's new mall in Dubai, which boasts thoughtful lighting solutions to promote connectivity. Now more than ever we need people to feel safe and comforted when stepping into spaces outside of their homes, and our aim is to ensure that the emotional connection to these spaces is supported by a robust lighting scheme. To achieve the most successful and harmonious response, light needs to be implemented by independent lighting designers as opposed to manufacturers, suppliers or interior designers. We live and breathe light and it's our job to make sure that lighting has been integrated seamlessly to create a golden mean between design and experience. Taking full responsibility for light on this design journey brings so much more to a scheme and ultimately saves on cost whilst also adding value. By bringing light into the conversation, we can ensure that commercial and hospitality spaces remain resilient despite these uncertain times. If all the world's a stage, let's have better lighting. Special Report commercialinteriordesign.com October 2020 44 IN THE SHADOWS Les Ateliers Courbet unveils new editions by renowned lighting artist Thierry Dreyfus For more than 30 years, Thierry Dreyfus has been sculpting, drawing and projecting light. Described as a 'discrete character,' Dreyfus' work can be anything but. The French lighting artist has garnered worldwide recognition with an extensive portfolio of public art installations commissioned by international cities, museums and institutions. A former lighting assistant in the worlds of theatre and opera, Dreyfus brought dramatic fl air to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with his lighting scenography of 2017 'Rei Kawakubo/ Comme des Garçons: Art of the In- SPOTLIGHT Im ag es : Jo e K ra m m Between' exhibition and, as part of the City of Paris's 2006 Nuit Blanche,he installed 'Co-Naissance,' a 80m-high ladder to the sky in front of the National Public Library of France. He was also the fi rst artist to install his work in the mediaeval cathedral Notre- Dame de Paris, creating a site-specifi c installation there in 2010. (We're pleased to note that since the devastating fi re of April 2019, Notre Dame's crypt has recently reopened with an exhibition paying homage to writer Victor Hugo and architect Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc.) In the same city, the artist was also commissioned for the grand reopening in 2015 of the Grand Palais. For one night, the building's glass nave shone like buffed quartz as powerful light beams pierced through its glass roof and allowed more than 50,000 visitors to see the seminal building in a different light. Dreyfus then re-focused his talents on New York to create 'Vein of Light,' a permanent public art in the heart of midtown Manhattan. Exploring the relationship between light and the 'city that never sleeps', the neighbouring Broadway area and its inhabitants, the artist erected a vertical column of LED lights, climbing up the façade of the residential building like a vertebra and pulsating to a resting heartbeat. He allows light to materialise at an intimate, personal scale through a catalogue of sculptural lamps and 'Objets de Lumière' that have been created over the last decade. Ranging from prototypes of lamps fi lled with salt crystals to square- section neon tubes carefully refracting the natural or the environmental light, each piece bears its own character, while sharing the artist's thoughtful, playful and poetic vocabulary. New-York based design gallery Les Ateliers Courbet unveils Dreyfus' new light editions in October 2020 and the artist invites us take what we need from each one. "There is something both humbling and empowering in being able to trigger emotions, inspire or infl uence one's experience with an elusive medium that is both absent and yet inherently, terribly present," he says. B Lamp from Dreyfus' latest editions45 October 2020 commercialinteriordesign.com Partner content iGuzzini presents 2020 product innovation Blade R For iGuzzini, light means creating safer, more comfortable and more attractive spaces. Combing style and safety, Blade R by iGuzzini illuminazione is a compact and miniaturised ring of light, a high-precision masterpiece that blends perfectly with architecture and improves people's well- being through the smart activation of safety, entertainment, comfort, sustainability and lighting scenario services. With its high level of visual comfort and a central core that can host a range of different devices to meet user requirements, Blade R can also be controlled by smartphone using BLE protocol. It is capable of integration with a loudspeaker that allows a sound diffusion system to create a more pleasant environment; with a smoke detector; an emergency light; a video camera that provides a complete 360° view; a Bluetooth multi-sensor that allows light to be used accurately and only as required, which boosts energy saving; smart service activation through a beacon (push notifi cation, space management, indoor Dubai +971 4 701 7825 info.me@iguzzini.com www.iguzzini.com navigation) and even other luminaires, like Easy Tunable White, Palco Framer and Laser, with different light distributions and colours to create real and dynamic light scenarios. It also adopts the DALI lighting control system (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) that permits the digital controlling of each lighting fi xture in the system. Through a remote BLE-DALI interface it is possible to manage the light via Bluetooth (Smart Light Control) with a smart device and activate the beacons for the implementation of Smart Services. Power over Ethernet versions is available, to integrate power and data in a single system. With a number of different standard and order-only fi nishes, Blade R has a central cover that can be painted any colour in order to match the ceiling and blend completely with the architecture. It's available in frame or minimal versions and comes in three different dimensions (80mm, 125mm and 170mm diameter) and three colour temperatures (2700K, 3000K, 4000K). Characterised by its extremely compact design (only 37-44mm high) Blade R is able to be recessed in any thickness of ceiling. Other aspects that characterises the product are miniaturization, which regards not only the luminaire but its components too, and the invisible source for absolute visual comfort with UGR values of <10 thanks to Super Comfort optics that eliminate glare completely. Blade R High Contrast with Opti Beam emits a perfectly defi ned and uniform light beam. The screening angle is high enough to hide the source from view, but this does not in any way compromise the product's emission and effi ciency, says the Italian architectural lighting company. The light is aimed and maximised by a micro optical assembly that uses patented iGuzzini Opti Beam technology. This means the optic's special multi-faceted texture amplifi es the refl ections of the rays emitted by the LED to create a sharp fi nal effect with no colour fl aws. Founded 60 years ago, iGuzzini is committed to social innovation through lighting and collaborates with renowned architects, lighting designers and engineering practices to create innovative and sustainable lighting projects. Before and after Blade R (l-r)Special Report commercialinteriordesign.com October 2020 46 CASE STUDY: LIGHT TOUCH AT SOUK MADINAT JUMEIRAH The art of lighting goes beyond fi xtures and their physical capabilities. It is a lighting designer's pride to not only sell a pretty concept, but to deliver a real space within the client's expectation and needs. Souk Madinat Jumeirah, a popular tourist destination in Dubai, has recently had a redesign. In some areas, outdoor corridors have been converted into indoor spaces providing more space, while other areas remain untouched. NEW CORRIDORS After the conversion of outdoor patios into indoor corridors, the client felt the covered spaces fl at and bland. Light Touch PLD were engaged to dramatise the space, add- ing layers of hierarchy and detail. With a set budget, their task was to be as creative as possible, utilising existing light sources to enhance the experience. They identifi ed key accents, added glass to the existing roof lights to offer vibrancy in the form of colour inspired by the colour accents within traditional Arabesque lanterns. By day, the sunlight projects the lattice and colour palette on the fl oor, in a similar manner to a gobo projection. By night, the sunlight is replaced by a single source of light to mimic the daylight projection. For the columns, they simply re-specifi ed the lamps within the uplights to offer focused illumination and accents, adding another layer to the design. Additional catenaries were integrated with ornate and carefully selected antique effect LED light sources that added a warm hue to the ambience. The wall lights were replaced (without changing the character of the space) and the new lanterns are in-keeping with the theme, contributing to the scene and offering a more intriguing space. EXISTING CORRIDORS The traditional Arabesque look and feel is carefully detailed through elements in the interior. The main corridors boast a signifi cant ceiling height, with impressive intersected beam arrangements that mimic a traditional souk. Although impressive, the beams had a lot of details that were IM A G ES : CHI -SHOU WA N G OFF THE WALL Light Touch PLD brings a fresh look to the lighting at Souk Madinat Jumeirah What the Souk's lighting look liked beforeSpecial Report 47 October 2020 commercialinteriordesign.com lost by night, creating a dull and oppres- sive space. The target was to express the full spatial capability, allowing visitors to appreciate the details within the beam arrangements and to add accents to the After Light Touch weaved its magic Project partners DSA Architects Design architect Integrity Project Solutions Lighting installation Light Touch PLD Lighting design new artworks and banners creating various levels of interest within the space. Light Touch simply placed warm hue spotlights concealed within the eaves, where the warm light tones compliment the warm tones of the maple wood. The eave structure is now apparent at night and the physical space is now fully appreciated. Paul Miles, Light Touch principal design director and partner says: "It is amazing what you can achieve with an experienced team and a creative thought process, regardless of the budget. There are many more areas of the souk we are addressing and integrating light where light is needed alone, accentuating specifi c pieces of art, interior details and attractive accents. We have received positive feedback and are very much looking forward to continued collaboration with the client."Special Report commercialinteriordesign.com October 2020 48 Shining a light on projects where only the best technology is good enough, ERCO has released a new spotlight that's all about fl exibility. The Eclipse range targets museums, art galleries and exclusive retail settings, to give lighting designers in these environments the opportunity to develop lighting for these projects as they evolve. With spotlights, fl oodlights and wallwashers and what the manufacturer says is its widest ever range of options for sizes, optics, colours and connectivity, there are 28,000 illumination possibilities for designers to work with. A bayonet connects these interchangeable lens units The new spotlight range from ERCO with the slender, cylindrical luminaire bodies made of cast aluminium. The optics mainly create their specifi c light distribution by means of special Darklight lenses from only one light point. Due to the clear, highly non-refl ective lenses, the beam path is virtually invisible and the light emission is free of spill light says ERCO. Eclipse, which is inspired by the Mario Bellini modular range of the 1980s, took more than four years to develop and involved members of sales, marketing, technical and production teams to make it one of the most complex releases in the fi rm's 86 year history. PRODUCTS & SERVICES TOTAL ECLIPSE Spotlights in retailSpecial Report 49 October 2020 commercialinteriordesign.com With Eclipse, German brand ERCO aims to lead the architectural lighting industry for museums, premium retail brands and anywhere that demands precision and high- end lighting tools. CONSISTENT AND SCALABLE Five sizes from XS to XL provide what ERCO calls an "enormous" range of lumen packages for applications of any scale. The most compact Eclipse spotlights have a diameter of only 32mm to fully exploit the miniaturisation potential of modern LED technology. They enable highly nuanced lighting concepts even under tight space conditions, especially with the variant for Minirail 48V track. THE COMPLETE TOOLBOX Light designers have a whole gamut of options to choose from. High-precision Darklight lenses defi ne the rotationally symmetric light distributions ranging from narrow spot (5°) to extra wide fl ood (80°). There is also a range of ERCO speciality features: two axially symmetric light distributions consisting of oval fl ood (18° x 65°) and oval wide fl ood (55° x 85°), the wallwash asymmetric light distribution for uniform vertical illumination, the contour spotlight for crisp-edged projections onto surfaces and the two compact zoom optics of zoom spot (17° - 67°) and zoom oval (25° x 65° to 62° x 68°). That's an entire toolbox, with accessories such as sculpture lenses and soft focus lenses to enable further fi ne-tuning. PERFECTLY MATCHED The same principle – a modular design with accessories – also makes the system extremely versatile and fl exible in terms of light colours. Eclipse comes with LEDs in six light spectra with colour temperatures from 2700K to 4000K and colour rendering indices from Ra 82 to Ra 97. Four conversion fi lters as accessories create 24 additional spectra for colour fi ne- tuning. Alternatively, tunable white and RGBW are also available, especially for dynamic scenes. In the case of Eclipse, ERCO offers various conventional and wireless connectivity solutions to control such functions and for infi nitely variable dimming down to 0.1 per cent – in an even larger selection than usual. FROM BLUETOOTH TO ZIGBEE Most options are available for the Eclipse InTrack luminaire model with its ultra-slim, fl ush-rail adapters for the ERCO track. The options for wireless control come via Casambi Bluetooth or Zigbee 3.0 and the new Multi Dim control gear is fl exible with DALI, Push Dim or phase dimming. Eclipse (sizes XS to M) is also available with the proven ERCO transadapter specifi cally as an upgrade for existing track installations. Eclipse 48V for Minirail can be controlled wirelessly via Casambi Bluetooth, Zigbee 3.0 and DALI via Casambi Gateway. Lighting software shows Eclipse in action Precision beams Lighting up exhibits Im ag es : E R C O G m b H , w w w .e rc o. co mNext >