It's Time To Bring Luminii HOM
Creating amazing interior lighting for a luxury home isn’t always easy. Luminii has created an amazing resource for interior designers and architects working on these spaces.
The USAI Collabatory Is More Than a Showroom, It’s a Design Tool
After 18 months of virtual design tools it’s time to see light in person again. There’s no better place than the USAI Showroom in SoHo.
Meet The New Trov Slim From Ecosense
In this shed demo, I take you through the new Trov L30, the simplest and most economical way to create beautiful illuminated cove lighting.
Putting Architecture First with Statement Pieces
Some projects enhance the architecture, others define it. Even if you regularly work with lighting designers, here are some products that will help you make a statement with your next design.
SDA Lighting is Now the NY Metro Representative For Barrisol
We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Barrisol into the SDA World of Light.
USAI Introduces The Little Ones - The Best Gets Smaller
For years designers have asked for a sub-2” downlight with spec-grade performance. USAI has delivered with The Little Ones.
It's Time for You To Get To Know Stenos from Luminii
It’s time to meet Stenos, the impossibly small platform from Luminii. It’s a tiny but powerful downlight and a versatile track system, but it’s so a wholly unique light engine that I think you’re going to fall in love with.
Book A Virtual Tour Of The Structura Factory
Structura is now booking virtual tours of their factory. It’s a great way to learn out outstanding exterior products get made.
How Louvers Work with Ecosense Trov
In this five-minute video, I walk through the different styles of louvers Ecosense offers, along with how they affect wash and graze distributions.
ERCO Eclipse - March 23rd
I rarely get excited about product launches. While I’m always happy to see a factory iterate on an existing product or create something new, a factory rarely launches a product that truly wows me.
ERCO has done that with Eclipse.
I’ll be sending more information in the coming weeks, including links to register for a zoom and a specific time, but in the meantime, please save the date. This is a product demo you will not want to miss.
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.
Lighting the 5th Room: Triggering Great Habits with Light
When our homes have become everything, we can use lighting to trigger good habits. In this piece, we talk about how mixing layers of light can make your “5th room” everything from the home gym to your place to relax at the end of the day.
Watch a live Demo of USAI's BeveLED Mini Adjustable Cylinder
I’ve written about USAI’s cylinder offering pretty extensively on the site, but there’s nothing like seeing the product work. In this piece, I’m joined by Cynthia Turner and Timothy Hart as they each demonstrate how the BeveLED mini adjustable works.
Watch: Two new great form Factors from Modern Forms
This is a fast and fun one. Anthony Interlandi of Modern Forms takes me through two brand new form factors. They are budget-friendly, ship quickly, and look great. Meet Pi and Dink.
Our piece of industry news: Construction industry confidence is rising.
Watch: Get Steamy with Designplan
Steam rooms and saunas remain a challenge due to the harsh environment and high temperatures. Designplan offers a series of linear and downlight projects specifically for steam room and shower applications. In this video, Richard Klapper is going to take us through the options.
For our piece of industry news, Inside.Lighting walks through 9 Decision Points when it comes to employing GUV.
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.
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.
Watch: Partnering with Hemera on Your Custom Projects
Not only does Hemera make stunning individual fixtures, but they are also powerful collaborators on custom projects. Adam Doucette and I sit down to talk about this amazing project.
Inter-Lux Live Zoom Tomorrow - 10AM - 5PM - Join for a Chance to Win a Minitopo Lamp by Joe Colombo
For their final live zoom of the year, Inter-Lux is presenting their Top 5 Products of the Year. The Inter-lux team understands how valuable your time is as a specifier. In about fifteen minutes, you’ll be able to get the rundown from one of the members of the Inter-Lux team, and just for showing up, you’ll be entered for a chance to with an iconic Minitopo Desk Lamp designed by Joe Colombo.