iGuzzini Spacepad

iGuzzini’s new Spacepad system uses simple to install and economical lighting track and a rotating base to allow configuration to deliver the kind of flexibility demanded by modern office planning. The Opti Diamond lens system delivers efficacy up to 150llm/cctW with excellent glare control, so you need fewer luminaires.

Spacepad is a simple way to meet BREEAM/LEED/WELL standards, and of course it’s available with Casambi. So next time you don’t have a desk layout for the office you’re designing, think Spacepad.

World Alzheimers Day - 21 September 2023

We support the Understanding Dementia campaign that launched on 21st September within the Guardian and online at https://bitly.ws/UMXR.

Understanding Dementia looks at research and emerging developments using techniques such as AI, financial support and how to support those living with dementia holistically by easing anxiety and features insightful content from Pamela Topping and Lloyd Crawford, co founders of Skyjoy.

Antrim Forum fitness suite

The newly finished fitness suite at the Antrim Forum has a PXF lighting system that is as innovative as it is visually striking, with a simple to use but incredibly flexible Casambi Bluetooth lighting control system. You can see more images in our sports section.

Lightnet Liquidline in Chroma Reception

Delighted to have some of Lightnet’s new Liquid Line 3D continuous lighting stretching through our reception area- this slim (38mm profile) lighting is surface, suspended and wall mounted, comfortable, dimmable, low glare and high efficacy. The design provides way finding, a visual cue leading the visitor’s eye into the office.

Official Casambi Sales Partner for NI

We’ve been working with Casambi Bluetooth Lighting Controls since the system was launched, and now through Holders Technology we’ve been appointed as Casambi’s Official Sales Partner for Northern Ireland. Feel free to contact us for any sales or support- from design to commissioning, we’re here to help you get the most from this incredible system.

Copper iGuzzini MultiWoody

North West Transport Hub

We’re so proud to have been involved in the North West Transport hub on Derry’s Waterside. It features Exenia Polo pendants and iGuzzini iPro projectors, but the stand out is the illuminated fins in the entrance lobby, as seen at QUB’s Bernard Crossland building. We designed them! You can see more images on the public buildings webpage.

50 Years of Elio Martinelli’s Cobra

This design classic looks as fresh today as it did over 50 years ago when conceived by Elio Martinelli- an example of form and function integrated perfectly.

iGuzzini Robin

We really like this inventive solution inspired by birds on a wire and using adjustable spots and linear luminaires in an aluminium channel to create a wide range of effects for shops, foyers, galleries reception areas etc. Click on the image to find out more

.hess

A firm favourite with Landscape Architects, we’ve been proud to work with German manufacturer Hess for some time now and our recent client visit to their facility in Villingen-Schwenningen reinforced in our minds their commitment to quality manufacture and innovation in design.

Ten Year Warranty

We’re delighted to announce that we have negotiated extended warranties with our main manufacturers, allowing us to offer a ten year warranty on many of our ranges. This is exclusively for our customers and is only possible because we can draw on the support of our sister company Light Logistics.

Your clients can confident that they have one year on site and nine years return to base protection on products from our main ranges. We’re proud to be the first in NI to offer this level of cover, possibly one of the first in UK or Ireland; it’s a reflection on the quality of our manufacturers that they are happy to extend their warranties and an indication of their trust in us, having demonstrated unsurpassed customer service for more than twenty years.

New from iGuzzini

A terrific range of new products from iGuzzini, ranging from tiny framing projectors to large outdoor area lighting systems- click on the images to read more.

Archilumo CompoSe

Cas and Robert from Archilumo helped us install our new CompoSe modular lighting system in the reception of our office in Belfast- were delighted with the strong graphic appearance of the system which features colour tuneable LED, accessed via a Bluetooth App.  You can read more here.

iGuzzini Blade

No, iGuzzini don't have a guy with a giant hand, they have done it again with their new Laser Blade XS range, delivering the smallest professional downlights on the market, without sacrificing the amazing performance and optical control that has made the (hard to call it a 'big brother') original Laser Blade such a huge success.  find out more here.. 

Bespoke pendants

One of several bespoke designs for luminaires at Bernard Crossland Building, the Computer Sciences Centre for Queen's University. These internally illuminated fins constructed from translucent polycarbonate and Prismex form pendants in the central atrium to echo the gazed brise soleil on the main facade of the building.

Bespoke columns by iGuzzini

Newtownards, City of Culture for North Down has an impressive centrepiece to it's new environmental improvements in the form of a dynamic colour changing system for Conway Square. iGuzzini Linealuce uplight the town hall façade, and their performance is enhanced by colour changing Woody projectors in bespoke columns designed by Chroma and iGuzzini.  You can read more about this in our Exterior section. Thanks to Braham Electrical who installed the lighting and arranged the colour change programming. Thanks too for use of one of their photos.

Exenia

We've just joined forces with Exenia to represent two stunning ranges of decorative (but energy efficient) lighting. Exenia is a contemporary lighting manufacturer with Italian flair, ideal for bars, restaurants, retail social spaces etc.( with full photometry) while MLE focuses on the more classical elegant hotel sector. For more details visit the very engaging UK website site www.exenia.eu

Tradition and technology

Austrian decorative luminaire manufacturers ORION have an enormous range of luminaires but for two recent churches they've helped us with specials- variations on their standard products to suit the architect's aesthetic requirements.  More impressive still is their speed of delivery- 3 weeks from order to dispatch! Find out more at www.orion.co.at

iGuzzini System 53

iGuzzini's System 53 is an elegant recessed channel that provides a dramatic graphic form that can accommodate a wide variety of luminaires, including spotlights, wall washers etc. It is ideal for retail, display and gallery use. It looks really good in Victoria Square Belfast.

Jordan Reflectors Linealite

We've been finding a lot of uses for the Jordan Reflectors Linealite LED luminaire most notably in Craigavon Hospital where we developed a bespoke RGB version for the hospital street, The Linealite has now found it's way into other corridors in the complex, with it's random geometric patterns. It's available in surface, recessed and wirer suspended (up/down lighting) versions, with a wide range of optical controls.

Just the Trick!

iGuzzini Trick

This new luminaire is capturing creative imaginations everywhere, and iGuzzini have produced a brochure to inspire it's use. Just click on the image to download.

...and there's a prize for all those we show..

iGuzzini are offering an iconic Ron Arad designed PizzaKobra LED table lamp for the architect engineer or designer who makes the most interesting use of the multi-award winning new Trick luminaire. We'll supply the Trick, you post your image onto iGuzzini's Instagram page. 

Although it's a UK wide competition, we're sponsoring our own NI version so your chances of winning a PizzaKobra are actually quite good!

Full details to follow, watch your emails!

Bushmills Distillery

We’ve held off on posting these photos until the new building had opened, but we’re very proud of the look of these copper finish iGuzzini Woody Floods used throughout the Bushmills Distillery.

Bebox summer party

Another great summer party at Bebox, with our good friends at Brill, ARCEN, SD Create and Media Hive- with terrific food, loads of drink and some great music, the rain barely slowed us down! Thanks to everyone who made it!

Skyjoy project graded “Outstanding”

We’re delighted to announce that our intelligent lighting trial for our sister company Skyjoy which uses intelligent sensing, circadian entertainment, cloud based artificial intelligence and Casambi Bluetooth has been rated Outstanding by Innovate UK. We were fortunate to enjoy support from Knowledge Transfer Network which allowed us to run a trial of nearly 50no. prototype luminaires at Kirk House care home in Belfast and the results so far are promising. Many thanks to Kate Turley for all her excellent work and the team of academics at Ulster University for all their support!

St Josephs Church Dundalk

A project close to our hearts as Fr Noel Kehoe (who oversaw our work at Clonard Monastery) asked us to design the new lighting for this beautiful church. We used Exenia and iGuzzini luminaires and Casambi Bluetooth lighting controls throughout, delivering a system with amazing flexibility and simplicity.

Marble Arch Caves

An amazing project with Delap and Waller Consulting Engineers and Glamox- it’s not often we have to design for such long term immersion and provide Bluetooth lighting controls- this was an artistic and engineering challenge like no other. Thankfully Glamox’ experience in the marine sector paid dividends!

Queens University Students Union

We’re delighted to have provided almost all the lighting to the new Queens University Student’s Union- this exciting new building makes light an integral part of the architecture and we’re delighted to have worked closely with the design team to realise this vision.

Ulster Hospital Mental Health Garden

This new and much needed facility was just completed by McIlwaine Landscape Architects, Beattie Flanigan Consulting Engineers and KMDL Electrical Contractors. The lighting uses Bluetooth enabled presence detectors to change scenes within the space, resting to occupancy levels with cool relaxing colour changes. Thanks to the design team for allowing us to be involved i this superb project.

Elmwood Hall for Queen’s University

Historic Elmwood Hall is an architectural gem and one of Queen’s University’s most important buildings. We were proud to be asked to design a new lighting installation to replace the awful high bay style pendants that were so ugly, ineffective and hard to keep working (that sounds like my CV).

The replacements however are new LED pendants from our friends in Missouri, G Lighting. The new Adagio pendants are perfectly suited to the interior with it’s ornate ceiling moulding.

Consultancy of the year- Beattie Flanigan!

Congratulations to Beattie Flanigan Consulting Engineers for winning Consultancy of the Year at the ACE Awards! This prestigious award recognises Beattie Flanigan's design and project management skills designing and delivering the Nightingale Hospital in Whiteabbey in record time.
Casambi Bluetooth lighting controls were used to speed up the project by reducing disruption, tracking, wiring etc, and Inotec's decentralised battery system reduces maintenance. Chroma Lighting was really proud to play a part in this project. Well done to all Beattie Flanigan!

Queen’s Elms Tree House- now with trees!

Many thanks to McIlwaine Landscape Architects for having the vision to choose iGuzzini Albero and Technilum Arbane to provide amenity and feature lighting to the exterior of this social hub for the students in residence.

Dromore public realm

We’re proud to see our bespoke design for the street lighting in Dromore town centre has been realised so well- the copper wrapped iGuzzini iRoll catenery wire suspended pendants give a warmth to the street, while the bespoke brackets recognise the nearby viaduct. Many thanks to GM Design Associates for their vision and to Braham Electrical for the excellent installation work.

Amsterdam Light Festival

It’s back, baby! We’re delighted that Amsterdam will be hosting it’s annual light festival again over the festive season- works by artists from all over the world will be displayed along the city’s canals. We’re proud to have been shortlisted- twice- but with competition from the likes of Ai Weiwei, we’re not too upset!

New Nightingale Hospital

We were delighted to provide all the lighting for the new Nightingale Hospital at Whiteabbey- this vital facility went from design to handover in a matter of weeks and features Casambi Bluetooth lighting controls and the ultra-reliable Inotec de-centralised battery system. Despite the complexity of the project and the breakneck speed of the contract, the project was delivered in time and on budget!

Marshall Howe Limavady

This family owned mainstay of Limavady’s bust town centre has always moved with the times, and we were delighted to welcome two generations to our offices to demonstrate different colour temperatures, beam angles and their effects on Marshall Howe’s superb produce. Thanks very much to retail design specialists 3D2 for bringing the various parties together to produce such a pleasing end result! Visit our retail page for more images.

Crescent Church Belfast

We’re immensely proud to have delivered an attractive and very flexible lighting design for Crescent Church, a longstanding feature of Belfast’s University area. We used Casambi Bluetooth controls throughout in order to provide maximum flexibility to the client. Click the image to see more.

Amsterdam Light Festival 2020

Perhaps we should have taken the advice of the great Industrial Designer Raymond Loewy whose autobiography was titled “Never Leave Well Enough Alone”- Well, we got shortlisted for the Amsterdam Light Festival two years ago so Artist Tony Stallard, Architect Angus Waddington and Chroma Lighting are collaborating again on another light sculpture for this year’s theme “When Nature Calls”. Wish us luck!

CDE Global- Commended

We’re delighted to have been recognised for our lighting design for the new headquarters of CDE Global. We were Commended by the judges in a very tight competition against projects from Arup and BDP. It’s a great honour to have been shortlisted and to have received this level of recognition is unique for an NI project.

Design Week: Gasworks

We were delighted to be asked by Consarc to provide some mood lighting for the Governors Room in the old Gasworks building. This fascinating building was the venue for a discussion by six female architects about their career journeys through architecture. Lighting was by iGuzzini and Lumenpulse. A fascinating and engaging evening- thanks very much to the RSUA for organising the event and Consarc for hosting!

LUX AWARDS 2019: Shortlisted!

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for the lighting design at CDE Global in the Office, Education and Healthcare Lighting Project of the Year category at the 2019 Lux awards! Thanks to Arcen (the new name for Teague & Sally Architects) and Brill for designing such an amazing building for us to hang our lights in!

Riddel Warehouse

We were delighted to assist creatives at Journeyfor in making their film on the Riddel Building, a wonderful cast iron structure in Belfast City Centre. We’ll post the video edit as soon as we get it.

Great Light!

A new addition to Belfast’s Titanic Quarter, the Great Light features huge fresnel lenses from Tory Island lighthouse on the coast of Donegal. Now illuminated courtesy of iGuzzini iPro projectors with dimmable drivers and a bespoke paint finish.

AC Hotel City Quays Belfast

The recently completed AC hotel, the new flagship in the City Quays development features iGuzzini Underscore and System 53 in the lounge and social areas, creating strong lines that enhance the superb interior by Robinson Patterson Partnership.

University of Ulster Year 3 Design

We were delighted to welcome the year 3 students from the Interior Design course at the University of Ulster who spent the day with us in a workshop on lighting and materials. Many Thanks to Profs Saul Golden and Sinead Black for organising everything. As is always the case in these matters- we learned more from the students that the other way round!

Culture night!

In addition to our regular gig at the Riddel Building (providing lighting to the Computer Game Orchestra), our own Paul Blackburn put an experimental piece on using just three coloured lights to create coloured shadows, made even trippier by the use of some funky diffractive eyewear…

Small but beautifully formed...

World cup fever comes to Chroma...

Another crime against good taste perpetrated by Russia!  This is how it starts, then before you know it they're invading Lithuania...

Roman Holiday

Our own Gregory Peck, Shayne Morrow has temporarily graced our reception with his lovingly restored vintage Vespa before it takes pride of place at Vespa World Days in the Titanic Exhibition Centre from 14-17 June.  You can of course get a preview in our reception!

Heritage Angel Awards 2018

The Ulster Architectural Heritage Society  launched the 2018 Heritage Angel Awards at their offices in the former Ulster Museum in College Square North.  We were delighted to be asked to provide feature lighting for the event (based on our previous work at the Riddel Building for Belfast Culture Night. 

Newry Town Hall Theatre

We were delighted to be involved in the new house and architectural lighting for the recently refurbished Newry Town Hall Theatre, with iGuzzini Trick, iPro and Underscore, as well as Gamma downlights, all DALI dimmable and designed to integrate with the DMX stage lighting system.

Belfast Culture Night

We were delighted to be asked to provide feature lighting for the Ulster Studio Orchestra at Riddel Warehouse, one of Belfast's hidden architectural gems. We used iGuzzini Frontlight spots and Lumenpulse Lumenfacade floods to create a special atmosphere for this great evening.

Concentrix opens new Belfast office

The former Maysfield Leisure Centre has been repurposed as the HQ of Concentrix in Belfast, with a new fit out for it's role as a technologically leading edge call centre.  We were delighted to be involved in the project.  Click on the images to see more images on our commercial projects page. 

GM Design win Technical Excellence Award

Congratulations to GM Design Associates who were awarded the prestigious CIAT Award for Technical Excellence in Architectural Technology for their innovative event space at Castle Hill Dungannon. We were delighted to be involved in the lighting design of the project and indeed came up with some subtle bespoke lighting solutions for this project. 

Visual Waste at Bebox

Delighted to see a finished mural from Dean Kane of Visual Waste, who has produced wall art for some of Belfast's most hip buildings- we now have a Russian Constructivist mural in the social area of Bebox- click here to see the video.

Museum of Free Derry

This important new museum in the heart of Derry City's Bogside is illuminated by iGuzzini Tecnica track mounted spots with a variety of beam angles. The spots and floods are individually dimmable for maximum flexibility.  

St Michael's Church Enniskillen

We're delighted and honoured to have been involved with this church for many years, changing from tungsten to metal halide and now to LED- more striking than the energy savings or the reduced maintenance costs is the fantastic colour rendering- vital for this church with it's unique murals. Click on the pictures to see more in the 'churches' gallery.

We Chased The Dark!

The Giant's Ring never looked more inviting.. Despite occasional showers, our contribution to the IALD Chase The Dark went very well, with Lumenpulse projectors carving out the darkness in an almost ghostly manner. Thanks to all our friends who came to see the installation, photograph it and enjoy one of Wolf and Devour's wonderful pork sliders! Thanks to Don Kinghan for the excellent photos (the non-excellent ones are mine)..

Chase The Dark 2016

This annual event by the International Association of Lighting Designers evolves lighting professional all around the world coming together via social media at dusk to create something unique, a story told across the world a the night rolls over the landscape.

We're going to illuminate the Giant's Ring near Shaw's Bridge, a structure that pre-dates the pyramids. Be there at dusk on 03 November to be part of the experience- and get some street food on your way home from work!

Belfast Culture night 2016

The best night out in Belfast rolled round again, and the city was packed with families enjoying the best in arts, music, culture and of course, lighting. We worked with White Ink Architects to produce a maze in the grounds of Belfast Cathedral, and Ulster Architectural Heritage Society to illuminate the Studio Symphony Orchestra in the historic Riddell Warehouse.  Also nice to see "The Band With No Name" playing under our bespoke pendants in the Pergola of Victoria Square.

iGuzzini Night Lab

Just back from a trip to iGuzzini's Recanati headquarters in Italy with some Landscape Architects to experience the unique Night Lab which allows iGuzzini to demonstrate their exterior range in a practical way.  The whole thing was the epitome of good taste (apart from Davy's shorts).

We're published - In a Journal of Repute! We're delighted that the Institute of Lighting Professionals used local architect Gareth O'Cathain's photo as a double page spread to illustrate the work done by the Society of Light and Lighting for the UNESCO Year of Light celebrations. You can see more of Gareth's work at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gocphotography

Small steps, Giant's Causeway

We were blessed with amazing weather on the night of the UNESCO Year of Light celebration as the photographs show!

In the footsteps of Giants

We've been asked to help in the celebrations as part of the UNESCO Year of Light to illuminate features in the Giant's Causeway, Ireland's only World Heritage Site. Working with Jim Patton of Light and Design, we're using iGuzzini LED projectors to pick out some of the amazing features of this other worldly landscape

Kate Turley at Royal Commission Dinner

Our own Kate Turley met Princess Anne at the Royal Commission dinner at Fishmonger’s Hall last week. Kate did her best to explain how our AI works, but it was harder without her sock puppet.

Dr Shelley James

We were delighted to co-sponsor with Skyjoy Dr Shelley James, a globally recognised leader in the field of light and its effect on humans, Dr James delivered presentations at the Ulster Reform Club and Ulster University. Everyone gained so much knowledge from Shelley’s visit- we’re hoping she’ll be back with us again soon!

Pitch night at 14 Lower Crescent

We were delighted at how well this exciting new business and events venue has turned out- it's a funky companion to the Regency which is now the most sought after place to stay in Belfast.

We were there for a pitch night organised by Raise Ventures- our sister company Skyjoy was sharing the stage with four other innovative new start ups, in front of an audience of invited investors! Well done to Dynamic Design Consultants for delivering such a great project with so much attention to detail!

Kate Turley- Royal Commission 1851 fellowship

Our very own Kate Turley was recently awarded an Industrial Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition 1851 to support her PhD in Circadian Lighting research. We’re delighted to be supporting this very important work and immensely proud of Kate for being recognised- the Royal Commission only offer a handful of Industrial Fellowships each year- well done Kate!

Many congratulations to our own Kate Turley who was just awarded a Royal Commission 1851 Fellowship to help support her through her PhD- we’re all delighted for her and we’re proud that her excellent work is being recognised at such a high level. Kate is developing the AI for our Skyjoy project.

Kate Turley at KTP Awards

Our own Kate Turley was shortlisted for a Future Leader Award at this year’s KTN Innovation awards in Liverpool. Sadly pipped at the post, but we’re proud that Kate’s work was shortlisted from more than 180 entries. Well done Kate!

Tim Posson of Inotec

Our good friend Tim Posson is working with this organisation to support refugees from Ukraine and deliver vital food, clothing ands medical supplies to those still trapped by this terrible conflict. These are people like you and me helping people like you and me who’ve lost everything.

Please give what you can. Thank you Tim.

holtum-hilft@web.de

Kate Turley awarded Best Interdisciplinary Research Award by University of Austin at Texas!

After having to withdraw from SLL Young Lighter of the Year for commercial reasons, we’re delighted that Kate was recognised internationally for her research at the Ageing and Health Informatics Conference held (virtually) at Austin Texas. Due o Covid, Kate had to present remotely, but the quality of her research shone through! Well done!

Kate Turley - next SLL Young Lighter of the Year?

Well done to Kate Turley who is through to the final four in the Young Lighter of the Year competition with her research into lighting for dementia. Sadly, due to Covid there’ll be no opportunity for a night out in London- Kate will deliver her paper via Zoom. I’m sure you’ll join with us in wishing her success!

Welcome Brendan O’Neill:

We are delighted to welcome Brendan O’Neill to Chroma Lighting- Brendan will be our new Casambi Brand Ambassador and will promote Casambi Bluetooth controls - this globally recognised system is fast becoming the default lighting control system throughout the building services industry. We look forward to introducing him to you soon!

Welcome Kate Turley:

We’re delighted to welcome the newest member of our team, Kate Turley, who has joined us to develop Artificial Intelligence for a project we’re working on with Ulster University. As she’d no doubt have pointed out herself (if she wasn’t so polite), it’ll be exciting to be bringing Artificial Intelligence to Chroma Lighting as there doesn’t seem to be too much of the normal sort here…

We need you…

Chroma Lighting have partnered with Ulster University, Things Connected and Invest NI to develop a prototypical IoT solution which leverages Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technologies.  We are searching for a motivated individual to help us develop our project- you can view the Job Specification by clicking the link below.

Graduate in Computer Science - KTP Associate

The postholder will play a key role in a project to create a new digital product to provide behavioural monitoring and to automate the provision of biodynamic lighting that can help promote a positive mood and sleep hygiene, including for people living with dementia.

Be part of an energetic, enthusiastic team and help develop our innovative new project!

What we do in the Shadows…

One unfortunate consequence of the Covid 19 panic is the lack of contact lenses, as Gary “Hank Marvin and the Shadows” McElkerney just found out today. Of course, being the sensitive, supportive team we are, it hardly came up in conversation at all….

Covid19 Response

Despite a lot of uncertainty, Chroma Lighting remains unaffected by the Coronavirus and we will continue to remain open to support our clients throughout Ireland. Importantly, our manufacturers have all expressed confidence in the resilient structures they have put in place to ensure they can still meet our deadlines. Please be assured we will continue to provide our same familiar high standard of service during this challenging period, remaining alert and continuing to adapt to the changing nature of the situation. We wish you all continued good health.

Lux Awards 2019

Delighted to host Brill, Arcen, PXF and a couple of up and coming bright lights (pardon the pun) from The Bartlett School of Architecture at this year’s Lux Awards where our design for CDE Global Headquarters was Commended by the judging panel.

Daniel Libeskind

Visionary Architect Daniel Libeskind delivered his inspiring world view to a rapt audience at Queen’s University’s Whitla Hall- then suffered Lloyd Crawford afterwards- that’ll teach him!

Louise Gamble

Congratulations to all the students on the University of Ulster Interior Design Course on the completion of their studies- the end of year display was superb. Special congratulations to all those who won awards, including Louise Gamble whose use of light and translucent materials earned her the Chroma Lighting award for best use of light.

Adolfo Guzzini

Adolfo Guzzini (dazzling urbanite and coolest guy in lighting) has been awarded with the Compasso d’Oro Award for lifetime achievement with whom ADI (Italian Association for Industrial Design) recognizes since 1954 the contribution of outstanding professional figures involved in the enhancement of italian design culture with their activity.  You can read more about this well deserved honour here.

Dr Tanja Poppelreuter

Dr Saul Golden

Many thanks to Dr Saul Golden, senior lecturer in Architecture and Spatial Design for kindly inviing us to talk about the integration of lighting into architecture to the Architectural course at the Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Ulster.  Hopefully Lloyd Crawford didn't completely put them off a career in architecture!

iGuzzini at Lux live 2017

Guzzini are an integral part of this year's Lux Live at London's ExCeL., with Massimiliano Guzzini and Giorgio Pierini as key speakers and have several products shortlisted for awards!

Sculptor Patrick Colhoun

Bebox was the venue for Patrick Colhoun's new exhibition CONTAIN:ER and we were delighted to host a launch evening. To find out more about Patrick Colhoun, please visit www.patrickcolhoun.com

Wet Wet Wet

Angus Waddington of Waddington McClure Architects and Lloyd Crawford messing around in.. er.. well, it might look like a hi-tech corracle, but it's a piece of translucent material from Donite Plastics we're using to trial our idea for the Amsterdam Light Festival- we've been shortlisted again this year.  Just as well we have a few months to get it right!

Happy New Year!

2016 is the year Donald Trump got elected, but there were one or two good employment choices made this year.  Paul Blackburn joins us as Lighting Designer/commissioning engineer. Swings and roundabouts really!

White Ink at Culture Night

Click here to see White Ink Architecture's contribution to Belfast's Culture night!

The Doc Rocks!

We're proud sponsors of Boylestock 2016- featuring Kieran "The Doc" Boyle, a music festival in the Maiden City hosting (at the last count) SEVENTEEN bands, including The Mindbenders and The Jaywalkers. See the live stream at the FaceBook page or check out this YouTube video: 

Wendy Ward hits London

Our good friend and artist Wendy Ward is exhibiting her beautiful new luminaires at the Design Centre in Islington next month, we wish her every success with these  beautiful porcelain pendants.

New office- same high standards

Congratulations to Mullarkey Pedersen Architects who have just moved into superb new offices in a former Temperance Hall in Hawkin St, Derry. This superb building perfectly highlights the practice's skills in Ecclesiastical architecture and their imaginative use of space and materials. We were delighted to help in a small way with the lighting and were very grateful for an invitation their recent official opening of the Rød Dør Studio. There are more pictures of this amazing building here.

Chroma in the Line of Duty

Chroma Lighting formed the backdrop to a final shootout between heroic DC Kate Fleming and slippery DI Cotton in the culmination of the third gripping series of Line of Duty, BBCs flagship police drama.  The production used Chroma Lighting's facilities during "shooting".  We were delighted to be involved in the glamour of showbiz until we found out they broke our loo brush...

CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2016

Congratulations to Beattie Flanigan Consulting Engineers who were shortlisted in the Lighting for Building Performance category of this year's Building Performance Awards for their work at Antrim Hospital A&E department and their innovative work with light. Sadly they were pipped at the post by Atelier Ten, but it's a tremendous achievement to be shortlisted in this very prestigious UK wide competition.

Liz Peck- Person of the Year!

Congratulations to Liz Peck, President of Society of Light and Lighting on being awarded the accolade of Person of the Year at Lux Live 2015.Liz kindly took time out of her frenetic schedule to visit us at the Giant's Causeway on the night of the UNESCO Year of Light Celebrations. I'm sure it's not the only reason she received this recognition. But it must have helped...

Contractor of the year!

Congratulations to Dowds Group who were just awarded Contractor of the Year at the ritzy NI Electrical Awards. We were fortunate to work with Dowds on several of their major projects this year (and despite this), they were highly commended in many other categories.

Our congratulations also go to Irwin Electrical who were highly commended for their work on the 5G Innovation Centre for University of Surrey, and Strabane Electrical, who were runner up for Small Contractor of the Year.  It's great to see our industry punching above it's weight!

Lucky Gonk!

Davy Totten takes time out from sitting on top of some student's exam desk to support Northern Ireland in their titanic struggle to draw with Hungary! 

And the winner is.....

Congratulations to iGuzzini UK, who have been awarded the prestigious Manufacturer of the Year award 2015, reflecting the quality of their products and their excellent service. This is quite an achievement, especially in such a competitive market.  

The Doc Rocks!

We're proud sponsors of Boylestock 2015- featuring Kieran "The Doc" Boyle, a music festival in the Maiden City hosting (at the last count) SEVENTEEN bands, from The Mindbenders to the Lizzy Band (wonder what sort of music they play?)

There's even a livestream- click here on the day, but if you can't wait until the weekend, you can find out more with th YouTube video: 

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"You'll never take me alive, Cooper"

Mark Cooper, ILP President and iGuzzini exterior expert joined us yesterday for the ILP Regional AGM, and enjoyed a tour of one of our more notorious historic buildings.  

Wendy Ward

We love the opportunity to work on something a little different so we were delighted to help Wendy Ward, an award winning artist working in Porcelain, who has created a new range of decorative pendants with fine, lace-like detail. You can read more about her work here.

What a lot of Balls...

Beautiful Game? Not when we're playing. Chroma and Light Logistics started off the Bank Holiday weekend with a bit of a kick about at Spruce Meadows near Lisburn. Highly recommended (apart from seeing Davy Totten half naked and Gary McElkerney in skintight leggings).

Oh I say...!