Light Up Your Life This February at Surface Design Show 2017
Discover the latest architectural lighting designs at Light School
Light School will be hosted within Surface Design Show 2017 at the Business Design Centre in
London from 7-9 February.
For over 10 years Surface Design Show has been the only event in the UK that focuses solely
on interior and exterior surfaces, connecting innovative and exciting materials with a
specifying audience of architects and designers. Light is a vital partner to surface design,
changing interior & exterior surfaces dramatically - Light School attendees will discover the
best of new lighting design and learn about the important partnership between surface and
light.
Now in its fourth year Light School presented by The Light Collective and supported by the
Institute of Lighting Professionals consists of three parts: Light Talks, Product School and the
School Newspaper.
The School Room
The School Room hosts Light Talks sponsored by Luctra; 2½ days of lessons and hands-on
demos with top UK lighting designers taking on the role of lecturers. The programme of talks
provides the audience with access to the UK’s leading lighting designers, many of whom are
returning for the second or third year. This year’s speakers will include David Atkinson of David
Atkinson Lighting Design, Sanjit Bahra of Design Plus Light, Ellie Coombs of Nulty, Rebecca
Weir of Light IQ and Sally Storey of Lighting Design International. The auditorium will feature
the award winning Flex by Luctra, which is a cordless and portable lamp designed to enhance
wellbeing and productivity by harnessing the biological effect of light.
Product School
Product School is the home of architectural lighting and provides architects and designers with
a comprehensive review of lighting innovation and technology. Visitors can touch, compare
and learn about innovative lighting products from exhibitors including Spectral, Applelec,
Optelma, Baro, Wila, Evans Turner, Visive, Selux and Lumiscopic. One new product introduced
for Light School will be a range of illuminated surfaces from Lumiscopic featuring their
trademark dichoric materials which appear to change colour depending on the viewing angle.
Whilst Baro will be showcasing their recently developed LED hybrid technology; a special 3D
silicone lens on the LED module which ensures that less light is directly emitted and more light
reaches the target surface in a controlled manner via the reflector facets.
In 2016 British lighting company Factorylux launched a new range of Xicato powered
architectural spotlights, pendants, wall lights and lighting track. During Surface Design Show
Factorylux will be hosting a series of lighting workshops where attendees make, test and
certify a complete luminaire to BS EN 60598. Workshops are in #TheVan a purpose built
mobile workspace which has just completed a hugely successful Trans-Europe Express Tour.
The van will be situated at the entrance to the Business Design Centre and the 1 hour
workshops will take place during the opening times of the event.
School Newspaper
Every school has a newspaper and of course Light School is no exception. The Light School
Newspaper, sponsored by Xicato, is a free newspaper sent out to 70,000 architects, designers
and specifiers. Plus every attendee gets a free copy to take away at the end of the ‘school
day’. The newspaper contains articles on Lighting Design, Product School and interviews from
Light Talks lecturers.
Light School ensures that the audience leaves the show having learnt something that will
change the way they see light.
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For Further information and images please contact:
Cora Kemp 07903481131 [email protected]