Cree's Cadiant LED Skylight
Healthcare, Education, Commercial JP Bedell Healthcare, Education, Commercial JP Bedell

Cree's Cadiant LED Skylight

Too often, we talk about human-centric lighting in (ironically enough) in terms of the technical. How much “circadian blue” are we hitting people’s retinas with at a given hour of the day? The Cadiant system answers a more fundamental question, how do we bring the outside in? How do we make people feel better? Aesthetics matter in this regard. That’s why I love the design of this piece.

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SDA Now Represents Viscor - Your Next Project Partner
Commercial, Education, Healthcare JP Bedell Commercial, Education, Healthcare JP Bedell

SDA Now Represents Viscor - Your Next Project Partner

Trying to lock Viscor into one category is basically impossible. They make workhorse fixtures, architectural pieces, dead customs, and quick ship back of house fixtures. In this piece, we’ll take a quick overview of Viscor and give some examples of what they do. Here’s a tip, if you want to understand Viscor, look at who they’ve partnered with.

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Embrace Negative Space with Two New Forms from Coronet

Embrace Negative Space with Two New Forms from Coronet

When dropped ceilings were main design statement, the default mode was the 2x2 and 2x4 troffer. Now that open ceilings and exposed mechanical gear is the trendy aesthetic, we see more suspended lines of light in our spaces, so much so it’s become the default for so many offices, healthcare and hospitality environments. But we can always do better and always create more inspiring environments.

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