#Case Studies

Here you find interesting casestudies by MK Illumination

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Why Christmas needs to be the main event for shopping centers and retail spaces in 2020

The bottom line: COVID-19 has changed the world. People feel unsure and unsafe, but they still want to come together and share memorable...
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#Public Spaces

How light can play a part in engaging locals and visitors alike in your city

This year’s CEMR (Congress of European Municipalities and Regions) congress will take place in Innsbruck, and the theme is “Local Action....
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#Retail Real Estate

Why a visit from Santa should be part of your shopping center’s Christmas experience this year

In many countries, a visit to Santa during the run-up to Christmas is a must for families with young children. A “live Santa” visit can...
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Creating atmosphere at Christmas markets yields measurable results

In 2019, we once again observed the power of Christmas markets to draw visitors, not only locals but out-of-towners, too. This reinforced the...
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#Public Spaces

How light art electrifies public spaces – over Christmas and throughout the year

Public spaces and public art go hand, but spending public money on light art, light sculptures and other types of public art  can sometimes...
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Using light to control visitor flow at IFC mall Seoul

A few months ago, we spoke about how shopping centers can use a trail of light to control visitor flow AND create an interactive experience...
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Creating emotive experiences with light

Have you ever wondered why some memories can stay vivid for years while others fade with time? The answer is emotion. According to scientists...
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#Public Spaces

Illuminated animals move into the Joburg Zoo for the Festival of Lights

On 1st December 2019, Joburg Zoo—in partnership with City Power, Joburg Theatre, City Parks and MK Illumination—will be launching a...
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#Retail Real Estate

How shopping centers can engage communities and win awards with light, design and creative thinking

If you read the news, it can sometimes seem as if we are living in troubling times. Different wants and needs, different perspectives and...
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Make fashion festive in the New Year

Ideas and inspiration to support fashion-driven shopping center and retail marketing campaignsIf you’re in retail, manage a shopping center...
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#Public Spaces

Don’t miss: Lumiere Vancouver’s brand new light sculpture

Vancouver, Canada is a year-round destination for visitors but in November, something rather special takes place: Lumiere Vancouver. This...
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#Retail Real Estate

Spotlight on shopping centers: festive lighting in Finland, Germany, and the UK

This month, we’ll be taking a look at three different approaches to festive lighting in Finland, Germany, and the UK. Each of these centers...
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#Retail Real Estate

Instagrammable shopping centers: give your visitors a reason to share their experiences

If you want to raise the profile of your shopping center or retail space and attract more visitors as well as free brand exposure, there is...
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#Leisure

Festive lighting yields results for restaurants

If you own a restaurant, bar or guesthouse, a busy holiday season is a gift. An endless stream of visitors who actively want to have a good...
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Festive lighting at Schultheiss Quartier helps people “rediscover Moabit””

Berlin’s newest shopping center, the Schultheiss Quartier, wanted their first Christmas of trading to give shoppers a warm welcome and many...
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Case Study: Seven Years of Festive Flair at Mahon Point

Mahon Point Shopping Center in Cork, Ireland has been working with MK Illumination Ireland since 2008 to fill its space with light,...
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Case Study: A year of love in Sweden’s Väla Centrum

Väla Centrum (Väla) is an award-winning shopping center based on the outskirts of Helsingborg in Sweden. It’s a popular attraction for...
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Case Study: Harnessing the power of light at Westfield London

2018 was a landmark year for Westfield London. After embarking on a £600 million retail expansion that launched in March 2018, the center...
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#Public Spaces

Keeping Seefeld bright for the 2019 FIS Nordic Ski Championships

It’s not every year that a town gets to host an event like the FIS Nordic Ski Championships, but the Austrian town of Seefeld has played...
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#Retail Real Estate

Helping Westgate Shopping City, the largest shopping center in continental Europe, drive footfall over the festive season

Westgate Shopping City (Westgate) is based in Zagreb, Croatia, and it is the largest shopping center in continental Europe, poised to become...
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#Leisure

Wild about lights this Christmas

Are you wild about festive lighting? If the answer is yes, then you’ll want to visit ZSL London Zoo and Copenhagen Zoo this season. Both...
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#Public Spaces

Stuttgart’s Shining Festive Fundraiser

Stuttgart’s Schlossplatz will be aglow with 3D light sculptures from 28 November to 29 December 2018, each of which represent one of eight...
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#Public Spaces

Eastwood City’s Enchanted Forest of Lights

Earlier this month, Manila’s Eastwood City unveiled it’s 2018 holiday lighting and décor to the delight of excited visitors. This...
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#Leisure

Yuletide festivities at City of Dreams Manila

City of Dreams Manila is a luxury integrated resort, hotel and casino in the Philippines. In order to transform their space for the festive...
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Essener Lichtwochen

When the days shorten and the nights lengthen, it’s time for Essen’s city center to shine! From November until January 6th 2019, you can...
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Experience Stuttgart’s extraordinary festive light show this winter

This year, we’re helping the Germany city of Stuttgart create a lighting spectacle in Schlossplatz that’s sure to take your breath away...
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#Public Spaces

Essen Light Festival: A Prelude to Essen’s Weeks of Light

We all know that filling a city with festive light turns a public space into a visitor magnet and few know this better than the City of...
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#Retail Real Estate

Westfield’s Winter Transformation is Underway

Earlier this year, MK Illumination won the tender to transform White City’s “Westfield London” into a magical place over the festive...
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#Festivals

Haldenzauber: a magical, light-filled experience in Hückelhoven for all ages

This month’s city inspiration is Hückelhoven’s “Haldenzauber”, which will transform a popular summer walking space known as...
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#Retail Real Estate

Retail Real Estate Inspiration in Canada

The holiday season is vital to shopping centers, malls and retail spaces worldwide, so it’s essential to get your Christmas lighting and...
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#Leisure

Hygge in Denmark’s Tivoli Friheden

Tivoli Friheden (Tivoli Gardens) is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Aarhus, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the...
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Kiev Confectionery Factory Roshen

Transforming an industrial complex into a festive attraction over the Christmas seasonChristmas is a time when every space and building...
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Flagship Store Salvatore Ferragamo

A special brand experienceFestive lighting isn’t simply a nice-to-have. For many businesses, festive lighting is a way of communicating...
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#Leisure

A magical Christmas experience at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte

This is part of our series of “festive season inspiration”. Today, we’ll be taking a look at how a magnificent 17th century French...
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#Retail Real Estate

A vibrant, one-of-a-kind festive display for Galerias Tlaxcala

This is part of our series of “festive season inspiration”. Today, we’ll be taking a look at how a local shopping center in Mexico used...
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#Public Spaces

A Christmas fairy tale in Uherské Hradiště

This is part of our series of “festive season inspiration”. Today, we’ll be taking a look at how an old city in the Czech Republic used...
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#Festivals

Summer nights at Jeju Art Park in South Korea

Have you ever wondered how lighting can be used effectively in the warm, summer months to create unique experiences that attract...
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Festive lighting and decoration that tells an interactive story in Dublin

Every space has a story to tell and here at MK Illumination, we combine local insights, global experience, festive light and decoration...
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#Leisure

How lighting up a local inn with Christmas lights increased revenue by 20%

Henrik Petersen, the owner of Rådhuskroen in Ringsted, had long believed in the benefits of decorating his inn with festive lighting over...
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Celebrating the 68th anniversary of Tuffi-the-elephant’s leap from Wuppertal’s Suspension Railway

Remember Tuffi, the elephant who leapt from the Wuppertal Suspension Railway?Wuppertal, Germany, boasts not only the world’s oldest...
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Year-round lighting turns visits to shopping centers into experiences

In 2013, MK Illumination South Africa was commissioned to create and install an illuminated Eco Tree made for Cradlestone Mall. The tree,...
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#Travel Retail

Zürich’s Interactive Chandelier Nominated for Xaver Best Consumer /POS Events Award

Whether you arrive at Zürich’s impressive main railway station on foot, by bus or by train, the extraordinary site of a 17m chandelier is...
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Latvia’s largest Christmas tree now interactive, too

Over the Christmas period, we’re involved in hundreds of projects across the globe and now that summer is coming, we finally have a chance...
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Kaufhaus “Tyrol” Interior Passages All decked out in new Christmas lighting

One year after Kaufhaus Tyrol’s attractive architecture in the heart of Innsbruck took center stage with its fantastic festive lighting...
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