Blog

The Dutch have never been the kind to think inside the box – and they’ve shown us again what is possible when we really channel our creative juices.Sophie Valla is an architect based in Amsterdam, Holland, and was tasked with an interesting project when the North South subway was constructed in North Amsterdam.The resultant space that was vacated when the Nieuwe Leeuwarderweg highway was dropped by a height of 7m became the scene of a project int… Read more

When Munich based designers Raupach Architekten and lighting company Pfarre Lighting Design were asked to revamp the Hafencity Subway Station in Hamburg, Germany – they built something truly spectacular.As part of a much larger 388 acre redevelopment program in Hafencity, Hamburg, work was completed in November 2012, turning the University’s subway station into a vivid spectacle of light and colour.According to Gerd Pfarre of Pfarre Lighting Desi… Read more

Here at Wholesale LED Lights, we think LED strip lights are absolutely brilliant. We’ve been trying to wrack our brains to think of the 5 best things about them. The problem isn’t that there aren’t enough – but rather that there are so many good things about them! However, after much deliberation and some input from the staff here at Head Office, we managed to get a list together. So, in no particular order – here are the 5 best t… Read more

Visitors to the Galleri ROM in Oslo, Norway were treated to an absolutely breathtaking lighting installation – transcending the physical and virtual worlds.The experience, called ‘Submergence’, was created by Squidsoup – a multi-national group of artists, researchers and designers. They came together to create a “mixed reality experience that challenges perceptions of space and presence.”The structure is simple – a total of 384 strings that each… Read more