Rogier van der Heide
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Rogier van der Heide is a designer based in The Netherlands, who has contributed to public and commercial places all over the world.
, Belgium
, and the Amsterdam School of the Arts, The Netherlands. He worked until 2003 as an independent designer before joining the design and consulting practice Arup
. In December 2007, Metropolis Magazine
included a feature on him, describing him as "Arup's Brilliant Master of Light".
In March 2010, van der Heide joined Philips
Electronics as Vice President of Philips and Chief Design Officer of Philips Lighting.
and theatre consulting. Most notably, Rogier van der Heide worked for HW&P on the renovation of the Royal Flemish Opera in Ghent
, Belgium. 1994, van der Heide left the practice, and became a founding principal at Hollands Licht Advanced Design, the practice that he would own, lead and direct for ten years.
's Wellcome Wing (1999, architect Sir Richard MacCormac), the Mind Zone in the Millennium Dome
(1999), Renzo Piano
's Academy of Sciences in San Francisco (2002 and onwards) and Hani Rashid's Hydrapier Pavilion in The Netherlands (2002). He received several awards during the Hollands Licht period including the Edison Award of Excellence (2000), and the Lighting Designer of the Year Award (1999) presented by the magazine Lighting Dimensions of New York City. The practice's most recently completed work, Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi, got only finished in 2011, over ten years after the Abu Dhabi Municipality commissioned the lighting design.
In 2005, van der Heide was the first European designer to receive International Association of Lighting Designer's Radiance Award, the most prestigious accolade in the industry. For his Louis Vuitton work, he received the International Lighting Design Award of Excellence in 2006.
Recent projects by van der Heide are the Al Raha Beach Tower in Abu Dhabi
with architect Asymptote
, Dubai
Maritime City Landmark Tower with architect Nikken Sekkei
, the YAS Marina Hotel in Abu Dhabi
, work for the Tate Modern
in London
and work for various fashion retailers. During his time at Arup, most of Rogier's work was executed in close collaboration with his team in Amsterdam or Arup Lighting in London. The practice has got other lighting design teams in New York
, San Francisco, Berlin
, Melbourne
, and Tokyo
.
In 2008, together with his students of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, van der Heide created the light sculpture "Force Field" in London. In 2010, he developed one of the art installations for Swarovski
at the Salone del Mobile
in Milan
, Italy
.
Life
van der Heide studied at the Institut Superieur des Beaux-Arts in BrusselsBrussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, and the Amsterdam School of the Arts, The Netherlands. He worked until 2003 as an independent designer before joining the design and consulting practice Arup
Arup
Arup is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom which provides engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment. The firm is present in Africa, the Americas, Australasia, East Asia, Europe and the...
. In December 2007, Metropolis Magazine
Metropolis Magazine
Metropolis is an 80-page free weekly city guide, news and classified ads glossy magazine published by Crisscross KK targeting English-speaking foreigners in Tokyo, Japan. As of April 2011, its circulation was about 30,000.-History:...
included a feature on him, describing him as "Arup's Brilliant Master of Light".
In March 2010, van der Heide joined Philips
Philips
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company....
Electronics as Vice President of Philips and Chief Design Officer of Philips Lighting.
The early years: theatre design
In 1989, Rogier van der Heide started working as a theatre lighting designer in The Netherlands, designing the lighting for a number of Dutch theatre groups and the productions of author and director Geert Kimpen. 1990 he joined the Amsterdam-based design practice Hans Wolff & Partners, who at that time specialized in architectural lighting designArchitectural lighting design
Architectural lighting design is a field within architecture and architectural engineering that concerns itself primarily with the illumination of buildings. The objective of architectural lighting design is to obtain sufficient light for the purposes of the building, balancing factors of initial...
and theatre consulting. Most notably, Rogier van der Heide worked for HW&P on the renovation of the Royal Flemish Opera in Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
, Belgium. 1994, van der Heide left the practice, and became a founding principal at Hollands Licht Advanced Design, the practice that he would own, lead and direct for ten years.
1994–2003: architectural lighting design
The Hollands Licht practice completed projects in London, Tokyo, Amsterdam and other cities world wide. Other international projects included: The UK's National Museum of Science and IndustryNational Museum of Science and Industry
The National Museum of Science and Industry is a collection of British museums, comprising:* The Science Museum, incorporating the Science Museum Library and the Wellcome collections of the history of medicine at South Kensington in London....
's Wellcome Wing (1999, architect Sir Richard MacCormac), the Mind Zone in the Millennium Dome
Millennium Dome
The Millennium Dome, colloquially referred to simply as The Dome or even The O2 Arena, is the original name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium...
(1999), Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano is an Italian architect. He is the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, Kyoto Prize and the Sonning Prize...
's Academy of Sciences in San Francisco (2002 and onwards) and Hani Rashid's Hydrapier Pavilion in The Netherlands (2002). He received several awards during the Hollands Licht period including the Edison Award of Excellence (2000), and the Lighting Designer of the Year Award (1999) presented by the magazine Lighting Dimensions of New York City. The practice's most recently completed work, Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi, got only finished in 2011, over ten years after the Abu Dhabi Municipality commissioned the lighting design.
2004–2010: Arup
Van der Heide joined the Arup practice in 2004, and subsequently worked on projects including Star Place in Taiwan and Galleria West in South Korea, both in collaboration with Ben van Berkel's and the 2004 Architecture Biennale show in Venice in collaboration with Hani Rashid of Asymptote. He was a Director with Arup. He was also Arup's Global Leader of the lighting design business.In 2005, van der Heide was the first European designer to receive International Association of Lighting Designer's Radiance Award, the most prestigious accolade in the industry. For his Louis Vuitton work, he received the International Lighting Design Award of Excellence in 2006.
Recent projects by van der Heide are the Al Raha Beach Tower in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
with architect Asymptote
Asymptote
In analytic geometry, an asymptote of a curve is a line such that the distance between the curve and the line approaches zero as they tend to infinity. Some sources include the requirement that the curve may not cross the line infinitely often, but this is unusual for modern authors...
, Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
Maritime City Landmark Tower with architect Nikken Sekkei
Nikken Sekkei
is a Japanese architecture firm headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.-External links:*, official site...
, the YAS Marina Hotel in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
, work for the Tate Modern
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and work for various fashion retailers. During his time at Arup, most of Rogier's work was executed in close collaboration with his team in Amsterdam or Arup Lighting in London. The practice has got other lighting design teams in New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, San Francisco, Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, and Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
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In 2008, together with his students of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, van der Heide created the light sculpture "Force Field" in London. In 2010, he developed one of the art installations for Swarovski
Swarovski
Swarovski is the brand name for a range of precisely-cut crystal and related luxury products produced by Swarovski AG of Wattens, Austria...
at the Salone del Mobile
Salone del Mobile
The Milan Furniture Fair is a furniture fair held annually in Milan. It is the largest trade fair of its kind in the world. The show showcases the latest in furniture and design from countries around the world....
in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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2010 and 2011: work at Philips
Since 1 March 2010, Rogier van der Heide has been Vice President and Chief Design Officer of Philips Lighting. The job of a chief design officer is to make design contribute maximum to the value of the business. Besides, Van der Heide continues to grow his portfolio of design projects:- Costumes for the band Black Eyed Peas
- The design "Dream Cloud" for SwarovskiSwarovskiSwarovski is the brand name for a range of precisely-cut crystal and related luxury products produced by Swarovski AG of Wattens, Austria...
- Lighting for the cinematographic production "A Day in the Life of the Castle" with Peter GreenawayPeter GreenawayPeter Greenaway, CBE is a British film director. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular...