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Design Thinking - the vision

There is an upcoming acknowledgment that Design Thinking can create better companies or upgrade existing onces.  I strongly believe in the added value of Design Thinking and define Design Thinking as bringing designer methods into business – by either having designers take part in the business process, or by training business people to use design methods. I hope we will see this increase in the coming years.  Creating a bridge between business and designers helps both sides to understand the principle and importance of Design Thinking ultimately bringing their combined effort to a higher level.

I hope to see more firms using Design Thinking as a creative and strategic method. But it should not stay on the upper level of an organization, it should be the corporate value, thus the identity which is felt by everyone involved. 

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Young Lighter of the Year 2012

Great news the finalists are announced! The Society of Light & Lighting is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2012 Young Lighter of the Year competition. The competition provides a chance for young lighting students and professionals to investigate a lighting subject of their choice, with the opportunity to win professional recognition if they are selected as the ‘SLL Young Lighter of the Year’. Following the submission of a written paper the short-listed candidates have been whittled down to four finalists who will be offered the chance to present their papers on November 6 from 13:00 as part of the Lux Live exhibition’s Technical Theatre programme. The four finalists and their chosen subjects are: - Sabine De Schutter - Shadow defining Space 

- Sophia Klees - Catching the Light - lighting for humans in urban context 

- Despina Tselegkaridou - The Use of Coloured Light in the Urban Environment: Is it time for legislation?

-  Shane Nolan - NRA Intelligent Street Lighting Pilot Schemes 

See more at: http://www.sll.org.uk/yloty

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Dear blog readers and followers, 

with this video blog I am sharing with my research. Let me know what you think, feedback is appreciated! 

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The juxtaposition of light

If you only look to the light it is glary, if there is only light it is gloomy. Light alone can be a hazardous element. It should be in juxtaposition to darkness. You need light for shadow to exist. Only the contrast can make the light appear. 

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Defining space

To define space is to define a setting, however, not yet the entire atmosphere.

Architectural conception is the act of creating a delimited unit. When interiors are created, boxes result, they are black inside. Only by bringing in light, natural and artificial, visibility will take form. Openings of any kind will let in light, in more or minor amount. Once light and space are collaborating borders will be revealed. These borders are gradients in shading, showing us depth and dimensions.

 Thus planning space means drawing boundaries, borders of light and shade. Creation of space is making a choice about restrictions, the creation of body to envelope functions.

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Design thinking Power

This is a nice example of how design thinking creates innovation to help solving human centred problems. DT Power plugs in the rural areas into the modern world. It can even be a window to realize dreams. Light will enable them to run their business or for children to do their homework after dark. 

Their aim is to make energy more assessable, for off-grid low-income customers. This they achieve by combining this to pay-as-you-go system.   

http://vimeo.com/34776056

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Light and shadow

If you only look to the light it is glary, if there is only light it is gloomy. Light alone can be a hazardous element. It should be in juxtaposition to darkness. You need light for shadow to exist. Only the contrast can make the light appear.