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About the Studio

My studio focuses on Smart Lighting design, both luminaires and lighting environments. Central in my work are interactions between people and their environment, treated from both a social and ecological perspective. I summarise my approach as Transformational Lighting Design.

My combined background as industrial design engineer (MSc TU Delft, cum laude), researcher (PhD TU/e, cum laude) and practicing designer/artist, allows me to combine inspiration and insights from these different fields in new ways. I am active in all these areas and my work is varied, including lighting design, light art, luminaire design, teaching, writing and lecturing. Two of my main drivers are the social and ecological implications and opportunities of light. This translates into projects, tools and techniques, such as Light Sketching, that engage people in lighting design while giving nature a voice. I work for clients from industry, academics, festivals and governmental bodies in the Netherlands, Europe, the USA and Asia.

Explore this website to learn more about my work. If you’d like to join me in further charting the new territory of Transformational Lighting design, get in touch.

Kind regards,

Dr. ir. Philip Ross

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Services

- Lighting Design

- Light art

- Research projects

- Community engagement

- (Co-)writing publications

- Presentations

- Workshops

- Teaching

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Selected Awards & Publications

(view the full list of awards and publications here)

Recent Publications

Ross, P. R., & Rutten, N. (2022). Light Sketching for Ecology: A cooperative design tool for balancing human experience and ecological impact. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science1099(1), 012055. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1099/1/012055

Schwendinger, L., & Ross, P. R. (2022). Envisioning Community Engagement in Smart Lighting Design. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science1099(1), 012042. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1099/1/012042

Awards

2015 LED Application of the year 2015 @ LED Event

2013 Lighting Design Awards (UK), Finalist Best Interior Product Design.

2012 GIO (Good Industrial Design), Recognition Award

2012 GIO (Good Industrial Design), Special Award Functionality.

2012 ESEF awards, Finalist category ‘Engineering and Design’.

 

Contact

Studio Philip Ross is situated in design and technology hotspot Eindhoven, the Netherlands. 

Visiting address:

Daalakkersweg 10-22K

5641 JA Eindhoven

the Netherlands