Musings from a Lighting Designer

Lighting design is a very fulfilling occupation. It can be tremendously exciting to see the end results of a lot of blood sweat and tears. A house well lit. Sparkling. Attractive. Welcoming. Thrilling! But often there is a little nagging voice at the back of my head that says “But what is the cost to the environment?”. I work hard to create energy sensitive schemes but there are times when low energy lamps just don’t do the job. And there are times when a lot of watts are needed to create the desired effect. There is however, I have just discovered, a simple solution to this dilemma. The answer? To encourage my clients to move to an energy supplier such as “Good Energy” who only supply energy from renewable sources (e.g. windmills and hydro-electric schemes). WowLighting is now offering a financial incentive to clients who move to “Good Energy”. I hope that many clients will choose to do this and will report back in a few months as to how this has gone. If you are interested in going green take a look at the following website:

http://www.good-energy.co.uk/

Every thought that light fittings are all well and good but that, by and large, they just arn’t huggable enough? Well now, thanks to the creative ingenuity of Diana Lin Design, you can now buy a huggable light shaped like a cushion and just as cuddly. Using the ubiquitous LED, as a light source and wrapped up in such a way as to be soft and sensual, the Rei cushion is just the thing for a cosy night in. Take a look for yourself at:

http://www.dianalindesign.com/products/rei.html