![]() In 2014, we experimented with the circadian rhythm to study how the combination of the temperature and brightness could be used to encourage activity or relaxation on a sub-conscious level to ease guests into a hotel depending upon the time of day. We have played with colour, tone, arrangement, integration and there are many more routes for expedition. What are some lighting design innovations that you are implementing or would like to implement in your projects? When you treat the built space as a stage and dress your lighting in terms of layers within this stage, you can start to balance out the visual. You need to address the visual priorities, where the key elements are, where the route through is located and what you will be doing in the space. I often find that if you listen hard enough to a space, it will start to unfold and tell you what it requires. We need to start pushing light towards the heartfelt soulful side of it. When we start constraining its nature with formulas and lux requirements, we are actually limiting its impact. Light is such an intangible entity in its own right. Can you explain why you choose this approach? One might expect a more practical lighting design approach from you, yet your designs seem to emphasise the sensual, experiential qualities of lighting. QUAY Restaurant at Indigo Shanghai on the Bund, China We often think of ourselves standing in the space and looking around to ensure that everything is addressed and that the completed visual delivers one coherent experience. much as we design to illuminate the grand story, we are also concerned with how the user might feel, move and interact with the light. Illuminate’s approach is more experiential. Good lighting creates a seamless blend with the space. It should be fit for purpose but also a visual language from the lit effect right back to the selected fixture and how it is being integrated with other design elements. What is your overall philosophy and approach to lighting that might set Illuminate apart from other lighting design consultancies? Recently, we were engaged in a lighting masterplan project for a tourism complex in Vietnam. Now we have over 40 designers in seven studios globally and our works are more diversified. I moved to Singapore in 2009 to start Illuminate. In our early days, we only had a handful of designers and we served mainly the hospitality market, from Hotel Indigo on the Bund in Shanghai to Raffles Istanbul, which overlooks the Bosphorus. In 2002, I established my first lighting company in Ireland called Chimera. Then, I started to concentrate on architectural lighting and worked for lighting design consultancies in London. ![]() In 1988, I was working for the government in the United Kingdom, designing exterior lighting projects for facades, roadways, tunnels, pathways and et cetera. I started my career in the school of hard knocks in engineering. ![]() What was your background prior to illuminate? ![]() Simon Berry, Founder and Partner at Illuminate Lighting Design With Illuminate’s recent collaboration with DP Architects on the winning scheme for the Archifest 2016 Pavilion, Berry talks about the importance of exploring soulfulness, innovation and experimentation in lighting design and balancing practical and experiential qualities of light within physical spaces. With a background in engineering, Berry, nevertheless, is a firm believer in approaching projects from an experiential angle, fully exploring the intangible qualities of light. Today, the lighting design consultancy has clients across Asia, Middle East, Europe and America. In 2009, Simon Berry started Illuminate Lighting Design and built up his company from a small creative group into an international team of designers with experience in a wide range of residential and commercial projects around the globe. All photographs courtesy of Illuminate Lighting Design Top Image: The Long Bar, Raffles Istanbul, Turkey. ![]()
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