The ‘team’ comes
before the ‘light’.
What is the latest trend in light-
ing design?
Many of our clients are more fo-
cused on creating a good lighting
ambience than on what the lumi-
naires look like. I see that as a trend.
The perception of our customers
has changed. They have a greater
awareness of the effect of light.
What criteria do you use to
select the manufacturers you
work with?
When we draw up our lighting
designs, we plan in luminaires
from manufacturers we know will
deliver the promised quality. The
criteria always depend on what
our lighting concepts call for. We
define the technical specifications a
luminaire needs to fulfil and what
kind of lighting atmosphere we
want to achieve with it. Then we
select a manufacturer that meets
these parameters.
Your team goes by the name
of light, or ‘licht’: What is the
approach of team licht?
Our lighting concepts centre on the
architecture, the core of the build-
ing. We strive to grasp its essence
and its expression and to use light
to add something more to it, to take
it to the next level.
What makes Hauke Giesecke
and his team so successful?
Human interaction is an essential
element of success. That is why we
say the ‘team’ comes before the
‘light’. It’s about working together.
It’s about understanding the other
person’s expertise as an extension
of your own.
At what point does the lighting
designer become a shining light?
When what they do is like a
golden thread running through
the rooms without overriding the
building itself.
What added value can manufac-
turers bring to lighting projects?
Besides the products, having reliable
support is very important to us. Not
just from the sales rep who visits us,
but from the back office staff, too,
with their technical and commercial
support. That they are responsive
and engaged is also crucial in situa-
tions that are all about performance.
Added to that, it is key for the profile
luminaires to be precisely configured
to what we need. Life on a construc-
tion site is normally pretty hectic, so
having predefined profile luminaires
that come ready to plug in makes
things much easier.
What is your vision?
My vision is that there will be more
focus and awareness around the
relevance of our discipline and
that, in the process of developing
a building, lighting design is seen
for what it is: elementary.
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