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TECHNOLOGY / EXHIBITION
DURHAM MARENGHI TO CURATE THE ARC SHOW
The celebrated lighting designer will give the London architectural lighting show a sense of theatre. We caught up with him to discuss his plans.
This is the first time The ARC Show has had a curator – what can we expect from you at the show? I hope to be able to bring focus to an event about lighting design and not just product. Whilst product is of course of fundamental importance I want our event to touch on the more ‘fun’ aspects of our work and hopefully introduce and inspire architects to creative lighting design.
Who or what are your design inspirations? Having started in theatre my heroes were the likes of Joe Davis, Robert Ornbo, John B Read, David Hersey, Andy Bridge and of course the leading light of Theatre Projects, Richard Pilbrow to whom we just awarded a Lifetime Recognition at the Knight of Illumination Awards. Aside from history, daily inspiration comes from keeping my eyes open to anything that is new and in the visible spectrum!
You have such a varied background when it comes to lighting design, tell us what interested you in The ARC Show? Initially I was invited to speak at The ARC Show by the IALD in 2008 and have been following the progress of the event ever since.
Which recent lighting innovations has impressed you the most? LED lighting seems to have finally turned a corner in terms of the quality and colour rendering of white sources and opened up a whole new world of colour frequency tuning and manipulation which we hope to reveal
More features and events announced for The ARC Show...
Another exciting element for 2012 is the launch of The Innovation Awards, in associa- tion with mondo*arc magazine, which will recognise outstanding product innovation in the lighting industry. Judged by a lead- ing panel of experts including Paul James, editor of mondo*arc; The ARC show curator Durham Marenghi; James Dilley, associate director, Jestico & Whiles; product de- signer David Morgan; and Kevin Theobald, lighting designer and IALD President Elect, finalists will have the opportunity to have their products on display within The ARC Innovation Centre at the heart of the show. The deadline for entries is 31 October 2011 and full details can be found by visiting the website. Running alongside the exhibition is the In-
ternational Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Enlighten Europe Conference, with a prestigious line up of top speakers from the lighting industry. Leading experts within the lighting industry include Arfon Davies and Giulio Antonutto, lighting designers at Arup; Mark Sutton Vane, Principal of Sutton Vane Associates; and renowned light graffiti art- ist, Michael Bosanko will discuss topics such as Daylighting and LED technology. The IALD are global leaders in setting the standard for lighting design excellence, cultivating the universal acknowledgement and appre- ciation of the Power of Light in human life. This year, the event will incorporate two new feature areas based on two sectors increasingly high on the lighting agenda. The Sustainable Lighting Showcase will look
at what is next in energy-saving lighting and technologies and will show leading manu- facturers and suppliers presenting the next generation in energy efficient lighting and technologies. The Healthcare and Education Showcase will present all those involved in the purchasing and specifying of light- ing and technologies within these sectors with a live environment, displaying these products within a healthcare and education setting.
The ARC Show will take place at the Busi- ness Design Centre in the heart of the de- sign district of London from 29 February – 1 March 2012. To register for the event, visit the website
www.thearcshow.com
more of at one of our speaker sessions.
What technological developments in the lighting industry can we expect in five years time? LED lighting will continue to expand and hopefully with a little more truth being advertised about its particular attributes. The public sector will become more educated as to what good lighting is, much as our homes now sports digital sound and vision, and hopefully this will raise the standards of lighting technology across the board.
What do you love about lighting? The discovery that you can make a living from a hobby and the way that, although very few understand the art and science of good lighting design, absolutely every creature blessed with eyesight is affected by it.
What is your proudest career moment to date? Being invited to light Her Majesty the Queen’s Golden Jubilee at Buckingham Palace and the Winter Olympics Opening and Closing ceremonies in Turin remain the highlights for me personally.
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