All articles by Jill Entwistle

Jill Entwistle

Lighting Focus: Jill Entwistle on lighting the workplace

Lighting schemes for the workplace are often indifferent, viewed only in numerical, functional terms – but, ironically, it is probably currently subject to more research than any other area of illumination

Lighting focus: Shanghai Hip-pop fuse material and light

Two Japanese restaurant schemes by interior designers Shanghai Hip-pop effectively fuse material and light

Lighting focus: StudioFractal’s MD Tim Downey on lighting integration and concealment

Integration is integral to a good lighting scheme. The MD of StudioFractal, Tim Downey, looks at the art of concealment

Lighting focus: Speirs + Major on texture, colour and illumination

Keith Bradshaw, principal at Speirs + Major discusses the powerful chemistry between texture, colour and illumination

Lighting Focus introduction, and BDP’s Mark Ridler on lighting interior surfaces

Mark Ridler, Lighting Director at BDP considers the essential relationship between those choosing an interior surface and the people lighting it

IALD International Lighting Design Awards

The 36th IALD International Lighting Design Awards honoured schemes from across the world. Jill Entwistle takes a close look at four of the winners

Light and Tech: Restaurant Lighting Schemes

Lighting expert Jill Entwistle looks at four restaurant lighting schemes that have been shortlisted for the latest Lighting Design Awards

Light and Tech: Classic lighting reborn

Lighting expert Jill Entwistle reports on the return to the market of some classic lighting products in new, improved offerings and anniversary editions

Lighting the Biophilic Office – The Building Research Establishment

The Building Research Establishment has set up a two-year study project called The Biophilic Office – what role does lighting play in it?

Light + Tech – Mixing tech and tradition for lighting that does more

Lighting expert Jill Entwistle reports that luminaires are becoming ever-more capable and complex, and finds that often it’s a mix of modern tech and traditional methods producing the most striking results