Rogier van der Heide is the recently appointed Chief Design Officer for Philips Lighting. In this role he explores the new and unique ways that lighting can meet people’s needs and aspirations, to create meaningful, life-enhancing solutions. Van der Heide is internationally recognized as a leading architectural lighting design specialist. Until recently, he was Director at Arup and Global Business Leader Lighting Design of Arup Lighting. Van der Heide started working as a theater lighting designer in The Netherlands, and on this special occasion, he will not only share his ideas but will also demonstrate some of then: he will act as the light designer for the TEDxAmsterdam stage.
Rogier will be talking about the relation between light and health. As we now know light is not only taken in by the retina and skin, but new insights in biochemical pathways under influence of light seem to make us happy or sad, help us study or make us feel better in general. What if people can leave the Intensive Care Unit two or three days earlier because of smart lighting?
Links
- Personal website Rogier van der Heide
- Twitter: rogiervdheide
Video
- Interview by Joris van Heukelom of Sanoma for BlueShotsTV (in Dutch)
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