John Lau is the managing director of Firefly Lighting Design, which has offices in London and Hong Kong. Having graduated in Design Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London, Lau joined a lighting consultancy designing bespoke lighting products. He soon found himself designing lighting schemes, as well as the light fittings for projects, and decided to form Firefly with Peter Veale. Lau’s passion focuses primarily on the creative narrative of the project seeking to seamlessly integrate lighting as a key architectural element, making it critical to the success of a space.
It always amazes me the degree of impact we as lighting designers have on a space relative to the budget and volume of input say compared to the architect or M&... Read more.