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Tom Banks

Design for a changing world

Fusing design, innovation and light

Rogier van der Heide is Vice President and Chief Design Officer of Philips Lighting. In that role it is his mission to inspire architects, interior designers, artists and lighting designers around the world with products and solutions that unleash one's creative freedom. As a thought leader and designer himself, Rogier has completed many projects on all continents. He specializes in the creation of spatial experiences that are imaginative, colorful and stimulating.

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Philips Balanza wins iF Gold Award

Today it was announced that the Lirio by Philips Balanza consumer lighting range won the coveted iF Gold award at the iF awards ceremony in Munich, Germany. The iF awards, covering product, material, packaging and…

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Rotterdam Design Prize presents winner

The 2011 Rotterdam Design Prize, the Netherlands most prestigious prize for designers of all disciplines, announced Rietveld Landscape as winners on Sunday, February 13, 2012. Rogier van der Heide was nominated with his work as…

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Unseen brings world of photography to Amsterdam

The Netherlands is getting its first international photo fair. September 2012, Unseen, centred around the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam, will serve as photography’s world stage for four days. A project of Foam, Platform A and Vandejong, the…

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New Light on Buckminster Fuller’s “Fly’s Eye Dome” in Miami

At Design Miami, Buckminster Fuller’s famous geodesic Fly’s Eye Dome has been rebuilt… And my lighting design makes it shine in deep blue and amber at night! Thanks Jeff Cassis at ColorKinetics, Philips Lighting, The…

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UCLG: 400 mayors gather in Florence to define our urban future

Friday 9 December, Rogier van der Heide will speak at the Annual Meeting of the UCLG World Council for Cities and Local Governments on the future of the city. At the invitation of Matteo Renzi, Mayor…

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Win a dinner in front of the world famous Night Watch

One of the most famous paintings in the world, Rembrandt’s Nightwatch at the Rijksmuseum, could now be the decor of an intimate dinner for two… for you!! Couldn’t be more romantic… Email your photo of…

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Night Watch at the Rijksmuseum shines in LED lighting

Rembrandt’s world famous “Night Watch” painting was put under new lighting on Wednesday, 26 October 2011. The new LED lighting makes the painting look like a day scene again. The change at the national Rijksmuseum…

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The Future of the City Event on 26 October 2011

DE VERDIEPING: Future of the City – network technology & architecture. Visible Cities #10 – from Iamsterdam to iAmsterdam Wed October 26 | 8 – 10:30 PM | Spoken in Eglish | 5 euro Trouw, Wibautstraat…

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