Christmas is coming and things are as busy as usual in the world of SKK lighting. Shiu-Kay, Jon and TT have gone off to the Maldives to light up a “boatel” (boat hotel). This has left an interesting situation where James and I have been left in charge of things at the store. Fortunately we will not be alone because we now have 2 French marketing students helping out. They are excellent workers and good fun to be around. Also, we should have Liliana and Chris chipping in keeping the company running like clockwork.
Anyway in other news our animal lights are disappearing quicker than we can ship them in for the Christmas rush! We should be getting a new shipment in soon this week but I highly recommend phoning in now and reserving them.
Vic
Anyway in other news our animal lights are disappearing quicker than we can ship them in for the Christmas rush! We should be getting a new shipment in soon this week but I highly recommend phoning in now and reserving them.
Vic
Halloween has just passed us and we have noted that people are really liking the front of our store with our Halloween themed front. Customers were very enthusiastic about buying our Paper Micros Lights with Halloween themes like pumpkins, skulls and alien heads. We did however get one lady who came in requesting Daisy paper heads for her baby also called Daisy which was nice. The light however that cause the biggest stir this week was our skull lights. One of us even spotted our Skull lights in the window of a reception of a company in the middle of Soho.
While making a display for the window one of our students swears that when he was nailing down one of our spider lights for the front display of the store it jumped at him! Surprisingly this is the same student who has also helped us make this product available online on Amazon for us! Hopefully we should be able to put more of our items online and we will tell you when we have it all online.
Anyway with Halloween over we are now looking forward to making a new display.
While making a display for the window one of our students swears that when he was nailing down one of our spider lights for the front display of the store it jumped at him! Surprisingly this is the same student who has also helped us make this product available online on Amazon for us! Hopefully we should be able to put more of our items online and we will tell you when we have it all online.
Anyway with Halloween over we are now looking forward to making a new display.
So much has been happening at SKK that I’m not even certain that I could cover half of it in one blog post. So I’ll just give you some of the highlights.
For starters the biggest news is that we pretty much have a whole new workforce powering SKK. A bunch of placement students from Brunel University have invaded the store and are now under the watchful eye of Shiu-Kay. Each one having slightly different skills and strengths and each ones becoming valuable members of the team, but that’s not all! We are currently repairing a lamp but not just any lamp it belongs to Sir Michael Gambon!
Apparently Sir Michael Gambon just popped in one day and left his lamp here at SKK and requested us to fix it. We poked and prodded it and the project is still on going. We will keep you posted as the story unravels and we have no intentions of letting him down!
Also this week a film company came in asking for help. Apparently their lighting crew arrived with no lighting equipment! They were filming on Carnaby street and had something to do with bringing the Cadbury’s bunny back, either way the filming had to be done today. So we raided our store room and even went as far as borrowing a long ladder from a construction site so we could pull out a bulb from the front of our own shop. By the end of the day whole team making lights for them it honestly looked like Santa’s workshop on that day with the whole team chipping in. the production team seemed happy and hope that they got the shots that they needed.
As a final highlight we have just discovered the fun of EL wire and are currently developing a new product with it to sell within the next couple of months in our store.
For starters the biggest news is that we pretty much have a whole new workforce powering SKK. A bunch of placement students from Brunel University have invaded the store and are now under the watchful eye of Shiu-Kay. Each one having slightly different skills and strengths and each ones becoming valuable members of the team, but that’s not all! We are currently repairing a lamp but not just any lamp it belongs to Sir Michael Gambon!
Apparently Sir Michael Gambon just popped in one day and left his lamp here at SKK and requested us to fix it. We poked and prodded it and the project is still on going. We will keep you posted as the story unravels and we have no intentions of letting him down!
Also this week a film company came in asking for help. Apparently their lighting crew arrived with no lighting equipment! They were filming on Carnaby street and had something to do with bringing the Cadbury’s bunny back, either way the filming had to be done today. So we raided our store room and even went as far as borrowing a long ladder from a construction site so we could pull out a bulb from the front of our own shop. By the end of the day whole team making lights for them it honestly looked like Santa’s workshop on that day with the whole team chipping in. the production team seemed happy and hope that they got the shots that they needed.
As a final highlight we have just discovered the fun of EL wire and are currently developing a new product with it to sell within the next couple of months in our store.
Over the past months we have been busy working on many projects world wide.Client : Griff Rhys Jones
Location : Pembrookshire
A location that would firstly be used for filming, then to be rented as a designer appartment. Baring this in mind we retro fitted recycled stage lamps with a dimmable, warm white LED to allow the client to add and remove lights as they please.
With two retro High Bay fittings as pendents this space was completely transformed into a sleek modern living space.
Client : Anna Lou
Location : Carnaby Street
Client : Residential
Location : London
A complete rebuild, this house is now over 90% LED, saving huge amounts of energy. Utilising solar energy added to this.
Using a 8w Dimmable LED downlight allowed us to create different moods and scenes as the client wanted mainly ceiling lights.
We can customise just about anything. This copper pendant was brought to us from Morroco. We modified it into a light. now it fits beautifully into this interior.
We would like to thank all of you who took the time to visit our stand at Tent London.
We hope you enjoyed the time you spent there, and if you have any questions about any of our products please get in contact with us or come along to our show room.
Thanks
We just exhibited at Top Drawer exhibition in Olympia where we launched our latest addition to the Soft option products.
What is it i hear you ask?
It is 'The Roboter Light'!
The light is available with a standard halogen bulb or an Led Colour changing one.
Designed By SKK and Mike.
For more information on it come to the showroom, or send an email.
Were also busy getting ready for Tent London at the Truman Brewery, Brick lane, where we are also exhibiting from the 24th to 29th of September. So feel free to come and say hello to us in stand G29.
task lights
we are designing and producing a range of task lights for the summer. the price starts from £50-£350 .
we are introducing a range of led tape lights of warm white ,,colours and RGB. From £18/m It is a very versatile lighting system with many types of application.
we are in conference with London Design Festival to arrange a spectacula show in September on skk innovation together with the Show Tent London.
the office at skk is so peacful and constructive nowadays and we literally enjoying coming to work daily.
aslo we have in the window now some new designs including the Andy Wahol inspire campell soup can - light named Cream of Sum Yon Gai...
we are designing and producing a range of task lights for the summer. the price starts from £50-£350 .
we are introducing a range of led tape lights of warm white ,,colours and RGB. From £18/m It is a very versatile lighting system with many types of application.
we are in conference with London Design Festival to arrange a spectacula show in September on skk innovation together with the Show Tent London.
the office at skk is so peacful and constructive nowadays and we literally enjoying coming to work daily.
aslo we have in the window now some new designs including the Andy Wahol inspire campell soup can - light named Cream of Sum Yon Gai...
SKK is now looking to employ new designers in the near future.
The successful candidate will :
The successful candidate will :
- Have a strong interest in design
- Developed a strong design portfolio, Lighting not essential.
- Be punctual, polite and dedicated.
- Friendly and easy going, yet very hard working.
- The successful candidate should be an all rounder with multiple abilities in both 2d and 3d.
- A sound knowledge in rhino, auto cad and adobe suite essential.
The successful candidate will have many duties and in time will develop a one on one relationship with clients and work on both bespoke design, consultancy and retail. The candidate will be be trusted with a lot of responsibilities which always need to be carried out in a punctual manner with a good attention to detail.
SKK caters for all sectors of the market; from simple and rustic to hi-tech and intelligent, commercial to residential, fun to functional, bold and innovative to stylish and conservative. We will endeavour to find the perfect lighting for your unique design requirements.
We believe strongly in continual improvement and experimentation. Every project is unique, spawning fresh ideas and concepts which ultimately benefit all parties involved. In our experience something that is truly special involves a solid foundation built upon clear goals, focused vision and constant communication. We have extensive experience in this field.We are driven by pride in our products and services. Work is never a hardship, it's a pleasure.
Please send CV and cover letter to Alex
alex@skk.org.uk
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Please send CV and cover letter to Alex
alex@skk.org.uk
SKK is working on a hospital project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with Horsell lighting from Brighton UK. The project consists of operating theaters, hospital beds, cafes, restaurants, pharmacies, children and family areas.
SKK will be developing a range of LED lights using nano technology developed from a renowned university in the United Kingdom.
The range of lighting and led light bulbs will be previewed at the Tent London design show in September at Shoreditch, E1, London.
Shiu-Kay Kan
MD SKK Lighting
SKK will be developing a range of LED lights using nano technology developed from a renowned university in the United Kingdom.
The range of lighting and led light bulbs will be previewed at the Tent London design show in September at Shoreditch, E1, London.
Shiu-Kay Kan
MD SKK Lighting
Welcome to SKK Lighting,
This new blog will be the place where employees of SKK Lighting can keep you informed on what is happening in the world of SKK. As a start, I may as well give a bit more information about the company.
We are a small company based at 34 Lexington Street in the heart of Soho, London. We have a large spectrum of business which includes:
Oliver Sowerby,
Design Team,
SKK Lighting
This new blog will be the place where employees of SKK Lighting can keep you informed on what is happening in the world of SKK. As a start, I may as well give a bit more information about the company.
We are a small company based at 34 Lexington Street in the heart of Soho, London. We have a large spectrum of business which includes:
- Design - We design and sell our own range of products, from architectural to fun.
- Bespoke - We offer a bespoke design service. We can design and manufacture any style of light to specific needs. We offer full Computer Aided Design services.
- Consultancy - The SKK team are all fully trained in lighting specification and Lux levels. We can design you a lighting scheme to suit your needs.
- Energy Saving - With our knowledge of new lighting technologies we can help cut your energy bills.
- Wholesale + Retail - Our range of lights are available for wholesale and retail.
Oliver Sowerby,
Design Team,
SKK Lighting
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