Philips’s Vice President: Darkness is the other side of the Lighting Design
19 september 2016 urban innovations lighting design quality of life energy efficiency education cld itmo university creative lighting design architecture
The famous lighting designer and Philips vice president, Rogier van der Heide came to St. Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design to talk to the students about modern tendencies in this field and shared his experience. The expert also paid attention to such important lighting designer skills as technical competence, creative thinking and the necessity to follow lifelong learning principle
Mr. van der Heide has been working as a lighting designer for more than 20 years. He has developed many famous lighting projects for buildings, bridges, interiors of museums, contemporary sculptures, sport and entertainment. Currently Rogier van der Heide serves as the vice president of Philips and its' chief designer. One of the projects that he once saw made him turn his hobby into the occupation. It was a building located in London, the rooms of which were lit with mostly blue and orange — these colors are opposite and have different density and intensity. By passing through blue and orange rooms, the visitors adjusted themselves to the new conditions and felt in different ways. This solution made him appreciate challenging and unexpected ideas.
