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Paphos, city of birth of Aphrodite, is one of the most beautiful and oldest town on the west coast of Cyprus. Paphos has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and also named a European Capital of Culture, in 2017. To deserve these praises, a regeneration project was prepared...

Every year, the German Design Award honors innovative products and projects, their manufacturers and designers, who are pioneers in the German and international design landscape. They are awarded by an international jury. This year the award ceremony took place on February 7, 2020 in the context of Ambiente fair in...

This year the award-winning Winter Lights Festival of Canary Wharf took place between 16th-25th January, for the sixth time. 25 spectacular light installations and interactive artworks of global artists, illuminated dark and cold nights of London.

Innovation means "doing something new and different". Although this is the meaning of the word, innovation is actually turning information into economic and social benefit. In today's market conditions, all companies should be able to renew themselves in order to grow and survive. This renewal is called innovation.

Migration from rural areas to urban areas is increasing day by day in the world. According to the report of the United Nations, by 2030, more than 70 percent of people are expected to live in cities. Large-scale urbanization creates a need for cities to become smarter.

Mercedes-Benz Museum, designed by UNStudio is located beside the Mercedes-Benz factory in Stuttgart. In 2002, Dutch architectural company UNStudio from Amsterdam won the design competition for the museum. They designed a unique structure with a fascinating exterior façade.

The MAXXI is one of the Zaha Hadid’s masterpieces, which is located in the Flaminio quarter of Rome, in the area of the former Montello military barracks. The two important elements of the building are the concrete walls and the transparent roof which is composed of the systems for filtering...

The Twist, the new gallery of Kistefos Museum, in Norway, has opened the doors in September 2019. The building it‘s not only a museum but also a bridge and a sculpture on the Randselva river. Worldwide artists exhibit their artworks in this exciting building which twists into an impossible form.

As most people know, here now is a critical respiratory contagion disease in China. What are the effects on importing business and supply chain? What about lighting fairs such as Light + Building, Hong Kong International Lighting Fair, China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair)?

The world’s leading trade fair about lighting and it’s technologies Light + Building will open the doors on the 8th of March till 13th, in Frankfurt am Main. Over 2.700 exhibitors will present their products and innovations first at L+B. More than 220.000 visitors from all over the world are...

Amsterdam light festival gives visitors a dazzling experience on long winter nights. Residents and thousands of tourists can enjoy through the canals at night, these light-based artworks.

A light bulb we use at home everyday emits about one quintillion photons per second and hundreds of billions of photons included in the light are coming into our eyes. The light energy delivered to the eye plays a key role in maintaining normal biological activities including visual perception, circadian...

LED is a durable lighting technology that provides high light output with low energy consumption. This technology requires special power supplies to work. LED driver is a electronic device that provides required voltage and current to LED or LED array to work.

Illuminance or light level is the total amount of light per unit area on a surface. Its unit is lux and is used in abbreviated form as lx. How much an environment is lighted-up expressed by the value of lux. It can be said that the higher the value of...

In present conditions, the places we spend most of our time are shaped in the light of the aesthetic perspectives of interior architects. In industrial societies, the use of the interiors is increasing day by day. Lighting is the most important factor of interior which has a significant value.

Tesla coil, one of the most important inventions of Nikola Tesla, aims to wirelessly transmit the electrical power by increasing the electrical voltage, with an output with high frequency low current density.

The most important difference between Philips Essential LED bulbs and CorePro LED bulbs is the luminous efficacy. Luminous efficacy is the lumen of the lamp per watt. In other words, it is the quantity of light that produced per watt. A product with higher efficiency factor is more effective. So, it gives...

Traditional chandeliers in our houses are now replaced by LED chandeliers. Almost every corner of street, LED chandeliers begin to decorate showcases. In addition to the modern appearance, LED chandeliers resolve the problem of bulbs. LEDs are durable light sources that last up to 5, 10 or even 20 years....

Devices that provide the appropriate voltage and current needed to operate gas-discharged lamps, such as fluorescent and HID, are called ballast. The ballast limits the current transmitted to the gas discharge lamps, thus preventing the lamp from deteriorating by attracting high current.

Decorative lights designed to be mounted on the ceiling or wall, usually containing more than one lamp in the body, are called chandeliers. Chandeliers are used in almost every corner of the house, in all living areas.