'The Music is Black: A British History' is a new exhibition at V&A East in Stratford. This immersive experience reveals how Black British music has shaped British culture over the past 125 years and is a story of excellence and struggle, resilience and joy. Visitors can walk through the chronology of the music accompanied [...]
The Whipple Museum, part of the University of Cambridge, is a celebration of science with collections of scientific equipment dating back to medieval times, including instruments of astronomy, navigation, surveying, drawing and calculating. Founded in 1944 and housed in a former school built in 1628, the museum includes galleries and learning spaces used for [...]
‘Inspiring People’ is a display of over 1,000 artworks at the National Portrait Gallery. As part of the three-year refurbishment programme, lighting designers StudioZNA were appointed to deliver the best lighting solution throughout these Grade 1 listed galleries. The gallery is home to both a collection of sculptures as well as artwork and light-sensitive [...]
Tokistar's new Micro Display Barlight is the ultimate in discreet linear showcase lighting. With only a diameter of 12.2mm, it's perfect for illuminating artefacts in museum and retail display cases where the focus is on the object, not the lighting. The Micro Display Barlight fixtures feature a CRI of 95+ and 120° optics coupled with rotation of up [...]
The Arding & Hobbs building near Clapham Junction has now reopened following an extensive redevelopment by Architects Stiff+Trevillion. Works included restoring many of the original features of the former department store, which dates back to 1876, including the iconic tower, cupola, barrel vaults and stained-glass dome. The redesign celebrates the unique history of the [...]
Architects Waldo Works appointed Illuminationworks to design the lighting for an update to an iconic British brand’s flagship store on New Bond Street. Smythson, known for its luxury stationery, was in the process of adding other types of leather goods to its collection, including fashionable handbags and luggage pieces. LEDBar Mini fittings were used for [...]
The popular Evica EP40+ highly efficient LED Framing and Gobo Effect Projector is now available in a RGBW version for the first time. Supplied in both interior and exterior versions, the projector uses the same high-quality housing and lenses as the EP40+ but features a high-power RGBW LED, allowing for a full spectrum of [...]
The Hunterian Museum at The Royal College of Surgeons of England reopened to the public last year following a five-year closure for renovation. The museum houses a display of over 2,000 anatomical preparations made by the 18th-century surgeon anatomist John Hunter, from whom the museum takes its name. The renovation was designed by Casson [...]
The Tokistar Orbit adds a new dimension to showcase and display lighting. Its refined look and unique features make the Orbit ideal for use in display and showcase lighting. It has the unique ability to house up to eight fixtures on the 6.5mm diameter tower each of which can be rotated and pivoted independently [...]
Two new variants are now available for the LEDStar XL Spotlight as recently showcased at Light 23. It is now available in Tuneable White as well as a Surface Downlight. The LEDStar XL was launched last year as the latest addition to the Light Projects LEDStar Range. It incorporates a powerful LED COB and is [...]
