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Exploring the rise of Individualism, Bleisure and the ‘Get me’ culture in the luxury hotel sector

The international luxury hospitality market is booming and is expected to reach a staggering value of $166.41 billion in 2025. And then to surpass $218 ...

What makes us ‘Technicians of Light’? – Design Support, Issie Gilbert’s perspective

‘At Architectural FX we work mainly with the lighting creatives or architectural lighting designers to integrate linear lighting into furniture and buildings. So why the ...

Story of apl, a start up: Interview with the CEO Dominik Burghaus

We recently asked some of the key members of the APL team about their thoughts on working for a young start up company; here are ...

Atis Food Stores

ROLL OUT: Atis Reflects Brand Freshness Through London Store Atis Food Stores is currently rolling out a new lighting design concept. They have appointed lighting ...

LTwo® Battery goes for gold at Build Back Better Awards

NEWS RELEASE: September 29th 2025 Architectural FX has won a Gold Award at the Build Back Better Awards last week for their Ltwo® Battery product. ...

#StoryofaStartup – Q&A with Michael Kramer

#StoryofaStartup Dr. Michael Kramer, Managing Director and one of the founders of APL, talks to Jo Harding about the story behind this new startup and ...

Our sustainable packaging journey – Redesign: Re-use: Reduce

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 ...

Steph Howlett talks about #mylightingpassion and how she started her career in lighting

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 ...

What Happened to Building Talent?

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 ...

Starting Your Net Zero Journey: Insights from the RecoLight Net Zero Lighting Conference 2025

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 ...

Lighting, Problem-Solving & the Journey to Architectural FX

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 ...

The future of Retail, where ‘science fiction meets shopping reality’

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 ...