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Proudly announcing Durham Marenghi as Curator of The ARC show 2012

Attend and witness the design expertise and, of course, theatrical contributions of the first event Curator; Durham Marenghi.

A passionate industry figure and representative of The ARC Show, Marenghi will bring his own mark to the show, providing  a creative focus on lighting design and product “….I want our event to touch on the more ‘fun’ aspects of our work and hopefully introduce and inspire architects to creative lighting design…” This promises to be truly inspirational!

Read More about Durham at The ARC Show 
Read Durham's Biography

The ARC Show Innovation Centre

A beautifully built area dedicated to only the best in ground breaking design and technology, the ARC Innovation Awards Centre will be your source for recommended industry excellence.

Winners and featuring designs will be chosen by a host of acclaimed names including;

Kevin Theobald - Lighting Designer and IALD President Elect, James Dilley - associate director of  Jestico & Whiles and  David Morgan - Product Designer.

Truly great lighting products have always been about the perfect combination of technology and design. With this need higher now more than ever, see names furthering anticipated technological innovation.

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2012 Exhibitors  - Leading the Lighting Industry

The 2012 Exhibitor line up – Sneak Peek:

Abstract AVR • Acclaim Lighting • Allaeys LED Instruments • Alliance Lighting • Altima Light Efficency Lighting • EcoSense & Architainment Lighting • Arrow Electronics (UK) • Artistic Licence Engineering • Barrisol - Normalu SAS • Cooper Controls • Crescent Lighting • David Morgan Associates • Ecopac UK Power • EMFA • Focus SB • Forge Europa • Franklite • Halo Lighting Limited • Harvard Engineering • Helvar • Illuma Lighting • LED Light Sheet • Lee Filters • Lightgraphix • Megaman UK • Pharos Architectural Controls • Philip Payne • Photonstar LED • Projection Lighting • Pulsar Light Of Cambridge • Robe UK/Anolis • Roscolab • Ruggiu • Spectral • Thorlux Lighting • Toshiba Information Systems (UK) • Vista Light • White Light • XAL GmbH

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The exciting IALD Enlighten Europe 2012 Conference line-up:

This programme will bring renowned industry professionals together to deliver an invaluable insight on the direction of the latest trends.

We are pleased to announce that names presenting in 2012 will include;

• Arfon Davies, Arup
• Kevin Grant IALD
• Geoff Archenhold
• Paul Traynor

Find out more, read the full programme here    
 

The ARC Show & Design PRIMA Join together and co-locate

UBM and Design Prima are delighted to announce a unique collaboration which will see The ARC Show and Design PRIMA being staged alongside each other in London in four months time.

Both exhibitions will be held at the Business Design Centre, in the heart of one of London’s most vibrant areas, marking an exciting and innovative initiative which will bring considerable and self-evident advantages to both exhibitors and visitors.

View the press release

Please stay tuned for further updates
 

BD Join The ARC Show & Conference Programme

BD and The ARC Show are pleased confirm their partnership for 2012. Working together to keep you updated on Architectural trends and news. Make The ARC Show your source for all that is Architectural Lighting, featuring seminar sessions and an afternoon of networking with the BD.

A message from BD Editorial Director; Amanda Baillieu:
''I am delighted to announce that BD, the UK ‘s best read weekly title for architects, will be chairing a series of talks by leading lighting designers at Arc in 2012.

Following the talks (on the afternoon of March 1st) BD will host a networking event for designers and architects so they can share the latest thinking in creative lighting solutions.   

Please go to Bdonline.co.uk for full pre and post show coverage of the event – and book the date in your diary. I look forward to seeing you there.''

Showcasing for Sustainability, Healthcare & Education, Retail and Urban Lighting

Stay ahead of the trends with exhibitors featuring Sustainable, Healthcare and Education , Retail and Urban Lighting solutions amongst many others. From design inspiration to techinical innovation, from private to public sector, attend and successfully source for your next project.

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Looking to the Future

With alot of excitement around London 2012, we are pleased to introduce new features to The ARC Show at such an important time.

Have you saved the date? Here's why these industry experts have, will you?

“The Arc show offers Toshiba the opportunity to demonstrate our latest lighting products to a very wide audience of customers and end users in one forum. With LED Lighting developing so quickly, it is important to communicate regularly with our clients and we can use events like the Arc show to update all our customers at once.”
Edward Lees, Product Manager, Toshiba uk

We have been looking around for a decent lighting exhibition in the UK and found that The ARC Show is the event we're looking for"
Managing Director, Allaeys LED Instruments

"ARC provides a valuable opportunity for Total Lighting to meet more clients - and potential clients - all in one place. It’s a great opportunity for us to discover upcoming trends and we love to see what new product launches everyone's showing, to ensure that we have our fingers firmly on the pulse. The event celebrates all that’s great about lighting, which is why Total Lighting is pleased to be supporting this highly-regarded show."
Malcolm Coleman, Circulation Manager, Dream Creative