How-To

Luminii makes the best tape lighting products on the market today, here’s a guide for specifying them.

Here’s how I’m thinking about using Trov Flex to light a tight barrel vault.

Here’s how SACO creates stunning video-scrim effects.

Introducing a new series of conversations centered on light and health from the National Lighting Bureau and the Light and Health Research Center at Mount Sinai.

It was frosty in the shed for this one! The Feelux VSSL is a simple, solid cove lighting fixture that fits any project’s budget.

The LHRC is launching a new online course in light and human health, here’s why you should take it.

USAI has launched a new product configurator. It’s a great step in writing faster, simpler specs.

Inverters are a superior solution for emergency lighting most of the time, and yet, they aren’t specified as often as they should be. Stop being afraid of inverters and start specifying them. In this video my colleague Olena and Kyle Keller of Evenlite will take you through Inverters 101

It’s important that we start talking about light and its importance beyond the familiar circle of other lighting and design professionals and engage critical decision-makers. This series is intended to start that conversation.

In this five-minute video, I walk through the different styles of louvers Ecosense offers, along with how they affect wash and graze distributions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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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.

I get some questions on Luminii’s Kurba, so I thought I’d do a quick explainer video.

RGBNYC is a brand new exhibit at Color Factory in NY. It’s a floor to ceiling mural painted in the primary colors (of light) Red, Green, and Blue as well as White. Each color depicts its own NY-themed mural. The lighting trick comes in when you hit the mural with saturated color the different murals are revealed…

Kitchen islands operate as the centerpiece of the kitchen where food is prepared, breakfast is eaten, and guests are entertained. If your family has at least one cook, the center island is often the thriving heartbeat of the home where all the significant conversations happen, and the family can come together. So from a design perspective, kitchen islands have to be both highly functional, but the light should also convey a sense of warmth and invitation. Let’s explore some ideas for kitchen island lighting.

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.

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.

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.

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.