Koen Smits

Current

• Lighting Designer/Associate at Lichtconsult.nl

Past

• Lighting Designer at Grontmij | Technical Management
• Lighting Designer / Sales at Van Doorn Verlichting
• Designer, archivist at Estudios Cruz

• Product Developer / Internship at Dekker & Spiekerman industrial design
• Product Developer / Internship at Cliq Industrieel Ontwerpers

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Education

• Haagse Hogeschool/TH Rijswijk

Recommendations

3 recommendations

Connections

82 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Company
• My Website

Koen Smits’s Summary

To adapt an (/the architect's) idea, bringing a solid lighting concept to the table that not only improves the esthetic and emotional quality of the building, but also reduces costs on installment, power supply and maintenance.

Koen Smits’s Specialties:

Lighting plans, luminair design and analysis, lighting measurement, specular reflector development, return-on-investment analysis.

Koen Smits’s Experience

• Lighting Designer/Associate

  Lichtconsult.nl

  (Design industry)

  March 2009 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Development of lighting plans, forging existing luminairs, special luminairs and available lighting technologies into a coherent and exciting lighting proposal. Furthermore independent intermediary delivering a wide scope of services on lighting measurements, assessments and forecasts.
  Core activities: (esthetic and functional) lighting design, 3D visualisation, lighting calculations, lighting measurements, advise on investments costs and cost of ownership, design of new luminair concepts, investigation of new lighting technologies.

• Lighting Designer

  Grontmij | Technical Management

  (Public Company; GRONT; Civil Engineering industry)

  February 2007 — March 2009 (2 years 2 months)

  Development of lighting plans, forging existing luminairs, special luminairs and available lighting technologies into a coherent and exciting lighting proposal.
  Core activities: (esthetic and functional) lighting design, 3D visualisation, light calculations, advise on investments costs and cost of ownership, design of new luminair concepts, investigation of new lighting technologies.

• Lighting Designer / Sales

  Van Doorn Verlichting

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  January 2004 — January 2007 (3 years 1 month)

  Development of lighting plans and luminairs, supporting architects and consultants, making their ideas reality. Designing the luminair concept, finishing with the advanced design of the luminair's reflector.

• Designer, archivist

  Estudios Cruz

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  June 2003 — December 2003 (7 months)

  Design and maintenance of an archive with the millions of graphic designs and stockphoto's, helping everyone in the company finding just the image they need for their new design. Major photoshop learning experience!

• Product Developer / Internship

  Dekker & Spiekerman industrial design

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

  August 1998 — February 1999 (7 months)

  Internship in the field of industrial design, esthetic to functional, concept to materialisation.

• Product Developer / Internship

  Cliq Industrieel Ontwerpers

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Design industry)

  August 1998 — February 1999 (7 months)

  Internship in the field of industrial design, esthetic to functional, concept to materialisation.

Koen Smits’s Education

• Haagse Hogeschool/TH Rijswijk

  Ing, Industrieel Product Ontwerpen 1995 — 2000

Additional Information

Koen Smits’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website

Koen Smits’s Interests:

The scientific and esthetic approach to light and illumination, basketball, Spain, internet & webdesign, every time in a different order.

Koen Smits’s Groups:

PLDA Design Member [Professional Lighting Designers' Association / http://www.pld-a.org)], NSVV Member [Nederlandse Stichting voor Verlichtingskunde / http://www.nsvv.nl], Archipel Basketbal (http://www.archipelbasketbal.nl/)

•    De Haagse Hogeschool
•    Lighting Designer Group
•    LIGHT PASSION
•    IPO Den Haag
•    SPAAR de GLOEILAMP / SAVE THE BULB

Koen Smits’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch