Another week gone, don’t know whether it is just me but this week has just zipped past. Quite an exciting week I must say, with a bit of everything; meetings, fee proposals, design sessions and no travel for a change!. One of the interesting design sessions I did over the last few days was working on a kids club. As you get older it is somehow more and more difficult to really remember what it is to be a kid, let alone a baby and what sort of senses dominated our experiences at that age. This club is for the 1-4 years old. How did I experience lighting then? Did I actually register it as light? Probably not.
In our early years it is all about movement, shapes, contrast, colours, sounds, touch and feel. I remember from my own kids that they loved those mobile pendants that slowly moved round. We used to have a rotating projection lamp that projected moving images on the wall. I personally can’t remember any such early experiences, other than from observing my own kids. So conceptualising the design for this kiddie club is very much going back in time. It is also an interesting collaboration with the interior designer as they must face the same thing in regards to their interior design, as at the same time there is a need to make it contemporary.
All of the following methods provide an upliftment of the heart, mind and spirit, which in turn raises the light vibration of our physical bodies. These techniques have an immediate positive effect.