This week, I have broken away from technical products to bring you something very special! At Euroluce, Milan in April of this year, I had the privilege of being introduced to a beautiful chandelier from LZF Lamps by their director Sandor Tothill. The Voliere was designed by Bodo Sperlein. Bodo took LZF’s signature material, wood […]

We are so excited to share with you that two of our brands have made the final of the NYCxDesign awards. This is one of the biggest awards in the world. Across all sections of design from architecture, graphics, branding, product design to name just some of the sectors. There is about 60 categories in […]

‘How do I minimize reflections?’ is a question Willie has been asked many times on our weekly Wednesday Q+A.

When we think of something that triggers our emotions, there’s always the first few things that come to mind; music, art, family and a personal one for me…food. These things all attribute to our daily emotional state and how we react to them.

I’m inspired by the old principles of Chiaroscuro that dates back to the 17th century, the world of lighting and design. Lighting plays such a crucial role throughout art history as it has the ability to change the narrative of a painting, room or building. Whether it be dramatic and mysterious to relaxing and sublime.

In her book ‘The Secret Lives of Colour’ the author Kasia St Clair expands upon the social roots, cultural understanding and history of a range of colours. Blue, being one of my favourite colours, gets special treatment; first listing the shades of the colour, she then uses a range of evocative descriptors to alert us to the wonder of this colour; Ultramarine, Cobalt, Indigo, Prussian Blue, Egyptian Blue, Woad, Electric Blue, Cerulean.