Knowledge

Lighting insights - from the land of the midnight sun

Travelling Sweden in summertime is a crash course in lighting theory. Watching the sun dipping her toes in a deep blue lake, before she reluctantly se ...

Keep up with standards

This autumn 2021 a revised version of EN 12464-1 is published, which sets requirements for Lighting of indoor work places. We met with Tommy Govén, Se ...

Double Dynamic Lighting - combining two worlds

Double Dynamic Lighting (DDL) is a lighting design concept for dynamic indoor lighting. In short, you adjust the electrical lighting in real time so t ...

Setting the biological clock - the use of light in Health and Care

Even though we consider ourselves modern people, our brains are really not that up to date. We are still biological creatures, affected by the shifts ...

Saved by the light How lighting can prevent unwanted behavior

The expanding capabilities with LED's are well suited to the shifting urban landscape. Creative outdoor lighting can change, and prevent, unwanted beh ...

The beauty is in the brain of the beholder

Advances in neuroimaging allows us to have a more indepth understanding of how our brain processes impressions. We now know more of how the brain perc ...

A democratic learning environment - creating spaces for equality and possibilities

A well-planned learning environment increases the pupil's possibilities to take part of the education. Malin Valsö, registered psychologist and autho ...

Danborg & Kundla The researcher’s guideline to human-centric library lighting

How can lighting be used to create different activity zones that meet the visitors’ needs and enhances the experience in the library? In a new master’ ...

Behavioral design Psychology that changes thoughts, feelings and actions

What do the toilets at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol have in common with pendant light fittings in Danish primary schools? Both are design initiatives in ...

Enhance your environment The lighting advisors guide to inspiring environments

Investing in exterior lighting designs is an effective way to increase the value and attractiveness of a property. ”Innovative and energy efficient t ...

The office of the future

Over the past few decades we have seen office trends come and go. What are the current trends, and what might the office of the future actually look l ...

Focus on the human centric lighting

Light is well-being, but it can also be terror. Human centric lighting is, and should not, just be about increasing people’s performance. ”Smart ligh ...

Details that make a difference

”It is so easy to get caught up in the big words. I prefer the smaller ones. With many small changes you can make a huge difference. It takes knowledg ...

Ageless but not sharp-eyed How do we meet the increased lighting needs of an aging population?

We are getting older. Probably wiser. But as the human eye is aging, our needs for light increase dramatically. ”We are talking about raising the reti ...

Breakthrough in gerontology?

What if lighting could help the elderly to a happier and healthier life? Actually, it can! A new research project at Lund University indicates that d ...

Innovations for better light

Over the last 70 years within the lighting industry various new findings have come our way and we have embraced the change. When we started 1945 there ...

Creating the world’s best conference room Communicator on a crusade

After experiencing hundreds of badly planned conference facilities, communication expert David Phillips is taking things into his own hands. In the be ...

Still a toddler, The MSC Lighting Design Programme at Danish Aalborg University, is considered one of the best in the world. In 2017 the programme was ...

Islands of Light pendant lighting versus office distractions

A study into the use of pendant lighting at a school in Denmark could have lessons for increasing productivity and reducing stress in the workplace. ...

Making an entrance

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Lighting is the ”red carpet” of the hospitality industry and one of the most effective ways ...

Labelling the light The six emotions of lighting design

Communication is vital when creating innovative and functional lighting design. When things go wrong it is normally caused by misunderstandings. ...