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 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 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. 2010-2014: member of the Philips Lighting leadership From 1 March 2010 until 31 July 2014, Rogier van der Heide was 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 in 2011 The design "Dream Cloud" for Swarovski in 2010 Lighting for the cinematographic production "A Day in the Life of the Castle" with Peter Greenaway in 2012 Lighting objects for the Conservatory of Music "Prins Claus" of Groningen, the Netherlands in 2014 the exhibition "Lightopia with Vitra Design Museum in 2014 The artistic direction of the Amsterdam Light Festival Under the design leadership of Rogier van der Heide, Philips Lighting has received over 45 international design awards such as Red Dot and iF product design award. Though this is respectable, the key responsibility of a Chief Design Officer is not