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Our sustainable packaging journey – Redesign: Re-use: Reduce  Our sustainable expert Issie Gilbert describes the work that went into improving our sustainable packaging criteria. We began searching for a more sustainable packaging strategy in 2022. This was part of our plan to achieve the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard. We consulted with our main packaging […]

Originally,  I didn’t intend to get involved in the light industry. I started to work at Architectural FX as they needed extra help with packaging and I ended up getting a full-time role working as a warehouse operative. Not only do I enjoy the job and the people I work with, but I have also

In this article, Jo Harding explores the ongoing challenge of hiring talent in the lighting industry and what to do to keep talent. ‘’What happened to building talent? What happened to long-term investment in people? Why do companies find it hard to find talent then when they do, choose to not properly invest in them?’’

Starting Your Net Zero Journey: Insights from the RecoLight Net Zero Lighting Conference 2025 By Issie Gilbert After attending the RecoLight Net Zero Lighting Conference 2025, I walked away with a renewed mindset around Net Zero and sustainability. This year’s conference focused on action—equipping businesses with the knowledge and tools to make meaningful changes. The

Lighting, Problem-Solving & the Journey to Architectural FX – Read about Teo Marian’s passions and story. What attracted you to the lighting profession? My career started in engineering, and I’ve always had a passion for making things work. From an early age, I was drawn to problem-solving—figuring out how systems operate and improving them. Over

Q and A with Pavlina Akritas of Akritas Lighting Design. Pavlina is interviewed by Jo Harding of Architectural FX.  Introduction: To coin a phrase from Forbes, recently quoted in our previous retail blog; 2025 is set to be the year when ’science fiction meets shopping reality’.  Meaning that much of AI-driven technology is changing the

By Jo Harding Introduction Retail has always been one of the -if not No.1 -fastest moving sectors linked to the lighting industry. And 2025 is set to be the year when, according to Forbes ‘science fiction meets shopping reality’. Much of this AI-driven technology is changing the face of digital shopping and personalising the experience