Now Booking Presentations with Beta Calco
You may have a vague sense of Beta Calco, but it’s time to update your priors. After going through product training with these guys, I was blown away.
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.
Quick Explainer on Luminii Kurba
I get some questions on Luminii’s Kurba, so I thought I’d do a quick explainer video.
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.
Design Comes First with Beta Calco - That's Why I'm So Excited.
The fresh emphasis on design has been a bright spot of the pandemic. That’s why I’m so excited to have Beta Calco joining the SDA World of Light.
Space By Insight Lighting Offers a Unique Take on the Line of Light
Insight Lighting offers a unique take on the line of light with Space. This direct/indirect linear pendant is a fresh take on the line of light. With the uniquity of the line of light, anything we can do to make it feel more special is a good thing.
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.
HE Williams Just Made a 2” Downlight You’ll Love For You Commercial Projects
The 2” aperture has remained a tricky one to pull off. Generally, you’re either compromising performance or dealing with the added expense, which puts the fixture out of reach. With their new 2DR and 2AR series, HE Williams has tried to strike a balance.
This post includes a video, where I go through some of the basics surrounding the 2” series. These downlights are made right in the USA and are quick-ship ready. If you need samples to review or any other materials, let me know.
Five Reasons It's Time to Look at Birchwood As You Go-To Linear Option
Birchwood has long been a leader in linear LED lighting; their ability to get modification and custom projects done is well know to lighting designers. Over the last two years, Birchwood has rebuilt it’s offering so they can be your day-to-day lighting company.
How ALW + BIOS Helps Illuminate The Soul
Throughout 2020, BIOS has partnered with many lighting manufacturers, but few align as well as ALW. With the mission to “illuminate the soul,” ALW is uniquely positioned to create healthier spaces by encouraging low glare, circadian lighting, and an acoustically calm environment.
How to Specify Germicidal UVC Light
Germicidal UV is a buzz word right now in the fight against COVID-19. In this piece we’ll go through the three main ways to deploy germicidal UV, including upper air GUV, UV-C task lighting and the mobile UV towers.
Get to Know Elliptipar's New Line up for 2020
Asymmetric lighting is both an art and a science and no one does it better than Elliptipar. Quietly, Elliptipar has been releasing a slew of new products with smaller form factors as well as full recessed (!) versions of their amazing wall washers. This collection of videos will take you through the new offering.
