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Neil


Knowles, creative director, Elektra Lighting


THE BIGGEST change we’ve noticed in recent years is in the decorative lighting element. Previously, this would mean a few wall lights from one of the big brands (such as Chelsom). But a trend, which started for us back in 2012 on the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch, was using authentic or vintage pieces, often unique and handmade. T is has spread to practically all projects we work on. So, for example, instead of six identical table lamps, there would be six unique luminaires, with a variety of lamps, often requiring safety checks, rewiring and new lamp holders. Even if not vintage, there would be six unique items, with diff erent light distributions to factor into the design. T e next trend is the ongoing downward march of colour temperature. Before LED, we were limited to 2,700K as ‘warm white’, and if you wanted warmer you needed a colour fi lter. Every time we go to the Light + Building exhibition in Frankfurt, we look for warmer colours (and, specifi cally, warmer colours that are not


a horrible orange). Now, our default colour temperature for linear LED in restaurant and bar spaces is 2,200K, and often we use lower. Samples and swatches are great for this. I always go to client meetings with working samples of these colour temperatures in my bag for approval.


A variant on this is tuneable white. We’ve been using it for 20 years now in places like hotel restaurants (cool for breakfast, warm at night), but it is spreading and is easier to do every year. Time was we had to get custom fi ttings made to do this; now they are off -the-shelf. Trends in interiors are interesting and the current one is plants. We can’t move for restaurants with plants on walls, hanging from the ceiling, herbs on the bar. T ey provide great opportunities for lighting: we’ve added spike lights, gobo break-up patterns, green accents… and this is as well as speciality lighting for plant growth in indoor locations with little natural light.


Left Mortimer House, by Elektra Lighting, comes with individual and vintage luminaires, and use of plants (which could present additional opportunities for illumination)


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