Looking Backward and Forward

Aughts, naughts, and oohhs. Is it any wonder no one could figure out what to call the past decade? Filled with great highs— and great lows—the 2000s are most likely to be remembered as a time of contradiction. The inevitable onslaught in the popular press of year-end “best/worst” lists, coupled with looks back at the decade, started me thinking about how this would translate to architectural lighting. Did I want to go down the murky road of creating a list of the year’s best architectural lighting projects? Not really. ...

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OLED Lighting Design Summit, Dec. 2-3, 2009, Boston

I have been exploring the editorial possibilities available through social media platforms such as Twitter. I put this to use recently while attending the OLED Lighting Design Summit in Boston back in December. While there, I "Tweeted" live from the conference. Many readers "followed" me to learn about what was happening at the conference. Here is a transcript of those posts, a companion piece to the Briefs article about the event, which is appearing in our Jan/Feb 2010 print issue.
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Save the Educators

There isn’t any sector of business or everyday life that hasn’t been affected by the economic downturn, and higher education certainly is no exception. Regardless of whether it’s a public or private entity, all academic institutions are feeling a similar squeeze—decimated endowments, salary freezes, smaller operating budgets, and more. For a subject like lighting, which is already a relatively small academic focus at many colleges and universities, this course of study is under even more pressure to hold its own for administrative consideration.
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Lighting's Hat Trick

One of the hardest hit sectors during the recent economic meltdown has been the building industry. And it’s not just the construction side of things that has suffered, designers have felt it, too—no matter the discipline, architecture or lighting.
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A Different Measure?

No matter the time or circumstance, certain issues have remained at the heart of lighting discussions: energy output, lighting quality, and how to achieve a balance between the two. While each of these topics is a lengthy debate unto itself, it is important to consider the trio collectively. Find a solution to one, and you find a solution to all three.
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