Light Lounge

Amp T. studied Interior Design Architecture in Thailand and Design Technology in New York. After graduation she worked for iCrave https://www.icrave.com/ and is now an Associate Interior Design Architect at Rockwell Group https://www.rockwellgroup.com/. Working and having work for companies focussing strongly on the experience of users, makes Amp a true specialist and expert of design spaces. Her...

Almost 5 years ago, Clemens Seipelt moved from Berlin to Hong Kong to pursue his passion and work in the Lighting Design field. Clemens and I met in Hildesheim at the HAWK in our undergrad Lighting studies and since then he became a Senior Associate at Licht Vision Hong Kong http://www.lichtvision.com. For New Years he visited me in New York and we talked about the difference between the European...

Francesca and Alex are the principles of sighte studio located in Brooklyn, NYC https://www.sightestudio.com/bios/ . We met between Christmas and New Years on crips cold sunny day and talked about their business, education, their involvement in the DLFNY https://www.dlfny.org/ and their approach to education and their recent love of a research study they conduct in Gowanus Brooklyn. Both principle...

Isabel knows how to bring a project to life. In New York City she worked with Dot Dash Lighting Design on the Award winning project Manus X Machina for the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and collaborated with OMA - http://oma.eu/projects/manus-x-machina-fashion-in-an-age-of-technology. Also BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group was a client she worked close together with. Isa recently moved back to Spain a...

Nathalie Rozot is a leading educator, designer and thinker within the Lighting Design profession. This summer she won the very first and special Lumen Award - Citation Award for Humanitarian Actionfor a humanitarian project ever. What this project is about and how the future of social lighting design engagement will look like, we discuss in this episode. Please reach out to Nathalie and her team t...

Episode 10 is a special episode! This episode explains the 7 Principles of Lighting Design and how these are a great guideline for young as well as experienced lighting designer can be! 01 - DEFINE THE STORY – Perception is king, Intention is everything. 02 - PROGRAM – Follow the human need, design for the visual task. 03 – FIND DIRECTION – Uplight, Downlight and into the face! 04 – FEATURE ELEMEN...

Devika Bilimoria and I speak about the moment in time, capturing beauty and constant change in light, lighting design, space and being. Also how much trust and well being is needed in order to be our true selfs and feel as best as we can. You can see her amazing work at www.devikabilimoria.com and meet her at the mapping Melbourne festival: http://multiculturalarts.com.au/event/home/ http://multic...

In this episode I speak with Sara McElroy about her work she did for the Glossier experience in New York City, her work in education at Parsons and Pratt and the future of lighting design professionals to stay and be relevant. Sara McElroy is a lighting designer living and working in Brooklyn, New York. With experience on projects of varied sizes and shapes, Sara offers tailored responses to speci...

Lindsey Dieter is a lighting and interior designer living and working in New York City. She was trained as a contemporary-ballet dancer, has a bachelor of Kinesiology from the University of Calgary and Master of Fine Arts in Interior and Lighting Design from Parsons The New School for Design. A fascination with physical movement and an unwavering desire to elevate the human experience drive her cr...

I spoke with Jan Wichert, Lighting Designer and Team Leader at Kardorff Engineers Lighting Design Berlin www.kardorff.de/en, about the challenges in car lighting, changing conditions in airplane lighting and the quality of interior hospitality lighting. Jan has extensive experience on a variety of lighting design projects around the world and he reminded me again how important context is, material...

Jenya Uzhegova is not only a Lighting Designer, Interior Designer and Architect, she is an experience designer. She is working basically always and travels between St. Petersburg, Moscow and New York City. Her approach of straight forward design process from absolute realistic looking renderings to the finished design is remarkable. Please check out and get lost in her hand drawings and her amazin...

Yuliya and I went to Burning Man in 2018 and speak about the event, lighting design, architecture and the importance of sustainability. The recommendation of hers is the book "Loving this planet" by Helen Caldicott. Please check out her Instagram: YuliyaSavelyeva or email with any questions: yuliya.savelyeva@arup.com - enjoy listening the conversation in the light lounge. Yuliya Savelyeva is a lig...

Nick Tafel is a design and project architect at Knotel. We talk about his journey from being a baker, leather designer, architect, photographer and being involved at Nike's store design, up to the future of architecture, lighting and a new consciousness of designers. You can reach him at www.nicktafel.com - www.nonameleathers.com - and his instagram: nicktafel.

In this episode I meet lighting designer, artist and product designer Kama Wybieralska. Kama was born in Poland and our ways crossed in New York. She impressed me from the beginning with her extremely fine sense for aesthetics and design, what is truly unique and very special more people must see! Please check out her website http://www.kamawybieralska.com/ and/ or say hi on instagram at kamawybie...

This episode is a little teaser and exercise for the upcoming interviews of lighting designers, artists and lighting enthusiasts. Check your surrounding, feel the space you are in right now and become aware how light can alter your emotions and your relationship to the space.

Welcome to the light lounge with Thomas Mnich and stories from artists, designers and architects!