Aron Lighting - Integrated Lighting Solutions for Armstrong Ceilings
Acoustical tile ceilings conjure images of drab corporate interiors. Dull white ceilings with dull grey carpets and beige cubical walls. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Over the last few years, Armstrong Ceilings has partnered with a select few lighting vendors to create cool-looking and easy-to-install lighting solutions. Aron Lighting is one of the factories doing their part to elevate the acoustical tile ceiling and its illumination into something amazing.
Get to Know Insight Lightings Line Voltage Cove and Grazing Solutions.
In this video, I take you through Insight lighting’s cove and grazing options. It’s a quick 7-minute walkthrough including the interior and exterior cove and grazers as well as a demo of the performance of the quad chip for RGBW.
Inter-lux Rubber defines the genre for flexible lighting tools
Over the last few years, quite a few lighting manufacturers have introduced flexible lines of light. So what makes Rubber from Inter-Lux so special? Read and watch to find out.
How to Light for Wellness with ALW (Video)
I’m really proud of this one. Most of my daily videos this month have been quick hits on a few products. I admit, this one is a little bit longer than our normal shed videos, but I think it’s worth the time. Wellness is definitely an industry buzzword these days and many manufacturers have jumped in especially with the growing prominence of the WELL Building Standard.
All that said, no manufacturer has gone through more effort to embrace wellness through their products and information than ALW. With a dedicated landing page on their website, extensive information on their cut sheets, and amazing product design, ALW has created a suite of products that’s ready to meet WELL by means of glare control, circadian lighting, and acoustical sound dampening.
In this session, Cory Tysoe takes me through that offering with information, examples, and concepts.
Watch Me Demo The New SD Cylinder from Intense
The SD cylinder family from Intense is meant to bring a more economical cylinder to the market without compromising the spec grade performance. In this video I take you through a quick introduction to the SD cylinder.
Industry News: Linmore LED Acquires the Assets of Flex Lighting Solutions
Watch: Get to know the new Luminaires from Structura
Most designers associate Structura with beautiful poles. In this video, Alexis takes us through two new luminaires from Structura. We’re going to meet the Lineal Bollard and the Metro.
Industry News: Universal Lighting Technologies achieves High Recognition in Industry’s First “Trusted Warranty” Evaluation Program.
Watch: Coronet's Magneto is a flexible system of linear light, spot lights and even decorative fixtures
Industry News: Inside.Lighting shares a report on the possibility of artificial light at night causing Thyroid cancer.
Shakil and Sarah walk us through Magento from Coronet, including the latest addition - Puck.
Watch: Integrating 4" slots directly into Armstrong Ceilings with the JLC-Tech Gemini
In this episode of Live From The Shed Ted McDermott walks us through the new Gemini from JLC-Tech.
Industry News: Mount Sinai launched center for Light and Health Research
VIDEO: Intense is making quality recessed downlights more affordable.
With updates to the MX Naked and the introduction of the LD4, Intense is making quality downlighting more affordable.
Get to Know ALW Linear
ALW’s linear offering is diverse. In this video and slide deck, I take you through the most used families, Lightplane, HBeam, and SuperPlane!
WATCH: Hemera creates a cascade of light at the Peeples Center
Hemera proves yet again with this project how they can be an incredible partner to designers and contractors. This custom ceiling combined with a cascade of light from Hemera to make a beautiful installation.
In this video, Adam and I dive into how Hemera collaborated with the design team and then worked to build and install this amazing piece.
BW 165 - A New Small Form Factor Linear from Birchwood
Meet the all-new Birchwood BW165. All of the great Birchwood performance you know, in a tight, elegant form factor.
Four Chances to Get to Know Beta-Calco
When Beta-Calco took joined SDA, I was deeply impressed not just with the breadth of the products on offer, but with their factory and design capabilities. I’m so excited to be working with them. Ivan and I have set up four dates to talk about some of the latest products from Beta Calco. Two dates are dedicated to the interior and two for the exterior. These will be fast and fun sessions and I promise you’ll be impressed.
Smartengine training January 12th
The SDA controls team is hosting a training event on January 12th for Smartengine. Check out my 2 minute video on what Smartengine is and then sign up for one of our training sessions!
Lighting a NYC Public School with HE Williams
I want to make it super simple to work with HE Williams to light your next NYC public school project. So I wrote a design guide intended to give you exactly what you need, fixture recommendations, sample part numbers, and the performance data you need to light your next school.
USAI brings the best of BeveLED below the ceiling
USAI has always been known as an incredible downlight manufacturer. But as the needs of the design community have changed, USAI has responded. The deck below is going to take you through some of the updates USAI has made both in terms of integration (think Armstrong Ceilings) and in innovation, bringing the famous BeveLED and BeveLED mini light engines below the ceilings in amazing cylinder applications.
The Secret of the HE Williams Linear Series is How Easy It is to Specify
The HE Williams MX Series is a solid linear slot family in 2” and 4” apertures. With solid build quality, great lead times and competitive pricing, the MX is a strong option. But what the MX really demonstrates is Williams focus on service. Service to the specifier, but also service to the reps, distributors, and contractors along the project path. By making a software-based solution like this, HEW has made it that much easier to make sure what you were expecting is what shows up on-site, with MANY fewer steps.
V-Rail from Intense Lighting - Complete Illuminated Handrail Solutions
Specifying an illuminated handrail can be a coordination nightmare—V-Rail from Intense cuts out the troublesome portions of specifying and building illuminated handrail by putting service first.
Controls 101
Admit it!
You never got that early education into how dimming works! This primer on lighting controls is aimed at junior lighting designers, architects, and anyone else who feels like they need to get back to basics with lighting control.