Berlin Festival of Lights 2009

Thanks to Dave at Go Backpacking I found this wonderful video on the festival. The lighting is fun, the filming is fabulous and I love the music. Watch and enjoy.

Berlin – Festival of Lights from Konstantin Alemasov on Vimeo.

James Turrell – Wolfsburg

James Turrell is one of the great Light Artists alongside the amazing Dan Flavin. The nature of his work work is to blur the boundaries between spaces and create, what I call, anti-spaces. Spaces with no dimension or form. It is not easy to find his work and experience what he has to ...

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Antwerp Update

Just a note to advise that GP:LD and the team came third in the bid. After an extended time spent in consideration by the City of Antwerp the Lighting Designer Suzanne Antico was appointed to the project. We look forward to seeing Antwerp in it's full glory in the future.

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Lightfair 2010

Graham Phoenix gave a presentation at Lightfair, 2010, on "Daylight & Sunlight | Nature & Buildings". Our experience of light comes from nature. Daylight and sunlight, in their various qualities provide the background to our conceptual understanding. This approach is rarely transformed into dramatic lighting designs. Using the case study of the ...

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Aylesbury Concept Images

The lighting for the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury is based on concepts associated with light in nature. The idea of light in trees and the washing of a building wall by light are key features of the design. I include below images of the basic concept boards used in developing the project.

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Antwerp Lighting Masterplan

GP:LD has entered a competition for the Lighting Masterplan for the City of ANtwerp in Belgium. The Team includes Urban Designers BUUR from Leuven in Belgium. The team comprises the International Lighting Masterplan Experience of GP:LD along with the ...

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Aylesbury Theatre – Site Photo

Latest photo of progress on site:

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Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury

GP:LD has completed the detailed design for the lighting of the new Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury. Completion is expected in 2010. The theatre project is a combined partnership between Aylesbury Vale District Council and internationally-renowned theatre designers, RHWL Arts Team. The theatre will have a 1,200-seat auditorium ...

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Churches in Limerick, Ireland

GP:LD has recently been appointed to re-design the lighting for a number of churches in the west of Ireland. These appointments resulting from the work already carried out there on St John's Cathedral, Limerick and Abbeyfeale ...

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