William Landall-Mills of Synovate talks to Kevan Shaw on the 26th March 2008. They discuss Kevan's background, Kevan's approach to Lighting Design and talk in detail about some recent KSLD projects.

Technical issues in the supply and use of LEDs.

Let us look at fixtures first. Generally theatrical use means running fixtures for a few hours a day quite often at less than full intensity. This is a dramatically different pattern of use to that experienced in an architectural environment where prolonged use is more common. Some theatrical fixture manufacturers are now addressing the architectural requirement in the design of fittings, however they do not check every ...

In all the fields of lighting design Rock & Roll concert lighting is the one area where the lighting designer becomes a performance artist. In many ways the lighting designer taking his place behind the lighting board is doing the same thing and experiencing many of the same feelings as the musicians. At its finest the changes of lighting follow ...

During my career as a concert lighting designer I came across many problems attempting to balance different colours and intensities in lighting scenes. I found myself trying to understand the relationships between the apparent brightness of different lights on the stage which could not be reconciled by either the wattage of the lamps or transmission factors of the colour media used ...

Lighting for Museums and Art Galleries has a unique set of priorities, those of conservation and effective display. In many ways these two requirements conflict as there is a necessity to restrain lighting levels to promote the former whilst the latter requires sufficient light of a high quality to provide optimum viewing conditions. The process of lighting design becomes something of a balancing act to provide an effective ...