We think and talk, long and hard about light, and lighting design, to find the core elements that matter, and make them accessible. From our design process to the language we use, it is all considered for maximum simplicity and to make the wildly technical topic of light and lighting something that everyone can enjoy and discuss.
Read moreLighting Design for a Sustainable Passive-Solar Home
This project is a great example of technical ingenuity and understanding of light in collaboration with talented interior design creating a beautiful, homely and ecologically sound home. Which just goes to prove – the right team can build the perfect results in any environment.
Read moreOliver and Ryan the Makers of SØKTAS
Meet award winning lighting designer Duncan Ward - Satelight
I had a dome shade that once fell off the shelf and gave me the opportunity to play with it, I folded and heated and bent it into what became the Vessel pendant, I then started to play with the different metal and stuck with the amazing effects of the copper with heat to give it amazing natural colours.
Read moreReducing Energy Costs with Professional Lighting Design
Home Owners Andrew and Brigid were looking to update their LED Downlights to make the most of the energy savings this new technology offers, but after much research discovered that although there are many options in the market for LED downlights, none of those options provided them with the advice and design potential they wanted to re-invigorate their ground floor apartment.
Read moreThe Truth about your Home Lighting
One of the greatest challenges in lighting your home is deciphering the vast amount of conflicting lighting advice available online. In many cases, information portrayed as fact is simply not.
The 5 Fibs, Furphy's and Fakes below are unfortunately just the tip of the iceberg, however, with knowledge comes power, so read on to arm yourself against bad lighting in your home...
Read moreYour Musical Instruments 'Up in Lights'
We've been chasing inspiration this week for a musical client, and we've found the most amazing array of unique, musically inspired lighting - which just goes to show - anything you imagine can be created and improved upon with light!
Read moreBefore you get the "blues" with LED, read this.
A new report into negative health effects of LED "Blue Light" has been released, by the American Medical Association. It's a street lighting focused report, however it has some valuable information for everyone that lives with LED lighting - and is likely to spark some marketeers imaginations, so before they run with it - find out how simple it is to make the right choice about your LED lighting, without losing any sleep.
Read morelight laughs and learning... if you like this kind of thing...
youtube is home to a lot of clips, lots of it sadly quite uninspiring. Every now and then I take the time to trawl through and try and find the good stuff... here is a collection of some of the best lighting youtube clips I've found, to save you the time of trying to find them for yourself. Making the science of light fun, and sometimes pretty hilarious (if you like this kind of thing).
Read moreCascade Wall Lights: More light, More Sparkle, More Flexibility
Taking the original architects design, plus the original hand cut glass made in the 50's for this project, we designed a modern take on these original wall lights, bringing more light, more sparkle and more flexibility to the sympathetically renovated lounge room in this clients home. Using local expertise, the new lights were built in Melbourne, with high quality locally made light sources and for less than you'd pay for a standard high end wall light.
Read moreTurrell Inspiration
Turrell understands light as a physical experience, and his works are just that. He want's us to feel light, to experience it in 3 dimensions, to let it change our perception of the world. His work is challenging - it's calming and uplifting, simple and complex, easily explained and completely mind bending. He truly is a master of blending science and art to create a human experience.
We've already been once, back in December, and I'm so excited to be going again - and diving into the full on experience of Turrell's Perception Cell. Wish me luck!
Read moreMelbourne Airport Forecourt Enhancement
Mint Lighting Design's Director, Adele Locke, designed for 12 individual sites, each of which had to be linked to the others both visually and via an incredibly complex programming system that runs a 24/7 show of dynamic lighting across the entire forecourt area. Special shows have been designed for important days in the multicultural calendar: Diwali, Remembrance Day, Christmas, ANZAC Day, Australia Day and Chinese New Year.
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