#Inspiration

Working with MK Illumination Sweden, the center’s remarkable winter landscape concept from 2019 was modern, stylish, brave, and above all,...

This year, celebrate Halloween in style with spooky lights and scary-or-fun décor that is guaranteed to appeal to all ages and that creates...

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

MK Illumination's Karl-Heinz König participated in a webinar with the bcsd (Bundesvereinigung City- und Stadtmarketing Deutschland). His...

As the world slowly emerges from lockdown, cities and public spaces need and want to welcome people back. What better way to do this than by...

The coronavirus pandemic is having a debilitating effect on the brick-and-mortar retail sector, but it also offers shopping centers, malls,...

Thomas Mark talks about how an old fable about the importance of unity can help center landlords and tenants thrive in the face of the...

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

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...

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

2020 is not far off, so let’s look ahead and think about color and light for the year to come.You’d think that it would be a simple thing...

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

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

As the winter season approaches, along with Christmas and New Year, we’re taking a look at some of the different types of buildings,...

Every city has a story to tell, and it tells its stories in myriad of different ways. The residents of the city have their own stories to...

In a panic about festive lighting and want to jump straight to recommendations from our team? Click hereThe winter season is fast approaching...

In September, our MK Illumination UK team hosted rooftop sundowners at London’s Aviary bar to mark the opening of the ICSC’s 2019 Retail...

Longer nights. Shorter days. Leaves turning gold and dropping from the trees. Yes, summer is over, autumn is underway and Christmas will be...

Choosing the right Christmas tree for home is easy, but when it comes to making a statement, spreading festive cheer and filling a larger...

Last month we began to explore the benefits of theme parks staying open all year round, and we hinted at that light was the answer. If you...

Next month, we’ll be attending the ICSC Retail Innovation Forum and the theme for 2019 is “Making Innovation Work for Everyone”.The...

If you’re in the theme park business, you’ll know only too well that it costs a great deal of money to run a successful and profitable...

If you’re in Japan over the festive season this year, you’re in for a treat. Festa Luce in Wakayama Marina City will be back again for...

Here at MK Illumination, we love light in all its forms (although we’re particularly passionate about energy-efficient LEDs for obvious...

Like theme parks, cities and public spaces actively run campaigns and organize events to attract both local visitors and travelers. Theme...

When it comes to marketing retail spaces and creating engaging campaigns for shopping centers, outlet centers, and malls, we all want to find...

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...

You love the idea of filling your city with public light art that is completely accessible to visitors. You want people of all ages to be...

It’s undeniable that online retailers have been game-changers in offering convenience and speed. As a result, today’s shoppers have...

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...

As we move towards the half-way point of 2019, hotels and other businesses in the leisure and tourism sector will inevitably start turning...

Yes, we know – the current trend is to “live in the present and let the future take care of itself”. Whilst that may be a wonderful...

We’re celebrating the International Day of Light for the 4th time since 2015. In 2015, UNESCO brought together hundreds of national and...

Light Art: what is it? In short, it’s a form of art in which light is the main medium of expression – the “star” of the show, so to...

Berlin’s newest shopping center, the Schultheiss Quartier, wanted their first Christmas of trading to give shoppers a warm welcome and many...

Over the festive season in 2018/2019, our team in China helped Ruihong Tiandi create a series of nature-inspired lighting installations that...

Water attracts people because humans love and need water. It’s not just us saying this: it turns out that there are scientific reasons that...

Festive lighting over the Christmas period is often a given for cities, towns, and public spaces, but how can you attract visitors in the...

Väla Centrum (Väla) is an award-winning shopping center based on the outskirts of Helsingborg in Sweden. It’s a popular attraction for...

Today is the International Day of Forests, and although we don’t do much in the way of lighting up forests (which of course have their own...

Summer is on its way but that doesn’t mean that it’s time to turn off the lights. The right lighting creates a magical atmosphere and...

From sunrise to sunset, millions of Muslims around the world fast for the holy month of Ramadan. As soon as the sun sets, however, cities and...

Officially, spring doesn’t start until March 20th this year in the Northern Hemisphere, but here in Innsbruck, the air has a particular...

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...

Being extraordinary is essential in a globalized world where ideas and aesthetics are becoming more uniform. Courage, creativity, and the...

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

Today we talked to René Hansen, the managing director of MK Themed Attractions, to learn more about our new production facility in the...

Today, we’ll be focusing on the Enchanted Forest, a hidden world of fantastic beasts, soaring birds, magical places to rest, and curious...

We’ll be discussing each of our designs in depth over the next couple of days, so here’s a visual tour to whet your appetite.We start in...

After weeks of teasing you, we’re finally at Christmasworld and for those of you who aren’t able to join us this week, we thought we give...

Next week on January 28th, millions of people around the world will start preparation for the Chinese New Year, which in 2019 officially...

This year, we’re bringing an extraordinary display to Christmasworld 2019 in Frankfurt am Main, but if you’re not familiar with our...

It is said that during the reign of Roman Emperor Claudius II it was illegal for young men to marry their beloveds because the Emperor was...

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...

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

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

Over the festive season, some people decorate their houses and gardens with strings of lights and light sculptures. Others, like MK...

Every year, Westfield Shopping Center in West London puts on its Christmas sparkle and “wows” visitors with a dazzling display of lights....

If you’re in Innsbruck over the holidays – and you might want to be in order to take in the stunning views, atmospheric Christmas markets...

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

In our post on Stunning Christmas Lighting at Short Notice, our team in Germany gave us some great ideas and input on the top three products...

For the second year running, Japan’s Wakayama Marina City will be opening its doors and giving visitors a taste of Christmas in Europe at...

When we talk about “festive lighting”, most people tend to think that we’re talking purely about Christmas lighting. Sure, Christmas...

We live in a busy world. Although we always suggest that customers contact us at the start of the year so that we can plan a show-stopping...

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

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

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

Incorporate a Christmas grotto into your shopping center’s festive lighting and decorative display this year to excite, delight, and...

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

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

Christmas and holiday lighting is a big draw for shopping centers, public places, cities and any retail space, amusement park or leisure...

Wenn Sie in der nördlichen Hemisphäre zu Hause sind, haben sie wahrscheinlich gerade den Sommerbeginn gefeiert. Sie genießen hoffentlich...

Halloween – also known as Hallowe’en (short for All Hallows’ Evening), Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve – falls...

The school holidays are only weeks away, and by the time they’re over, the holiday season will be just around the corner. This is a...

It’s easy to take light for granted. After all, it surrounds us. Today we’ll explore why light is important to us, and how shopping...

A shopping center (or mall, in the USA) is defined by Wikipedia as a place in which: “one or more buildings form a complex of shops...

Last month, we wrote about corporate lobby decoration and lighting, and the value of decorating your lobby for the festive season. We...

Nelson Mandela once famously said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his...

Festive lighting and decoration in corporate lobbiesCorporate “what” decoration? Lobby. For those unfamiliar with the term, a “lobby”...

“Be my valentine” is a commonly heard phrase as the February 14th comes around, but did you know that it has a confusion of origins?A...