One-on-one interview with Ron Naus, president of B-K Lighting and Teka Illumination.
One-on-One Interview with Glenn Heinmiller, principal at Lam Partners.
One-on-One Interview with Eric Lind of Lutron Electronics.
A Q&A with lighting designer Amer Maleh.
Had it not been for a design research seminar while a graduate student at the Lighting Research Center (LRC), part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., Mariana Figueiro might never have pursued a career in lighting education and research.
Ann Reo never imagined that her architecture education would lead her to luminaire design and to the launch of her own business, but it did.
Ask Barbara Horton how she became an architectural lighting designer, and she'll tell you that it was completely by accident.
Lighting has long been a natural outlet for Leni Schwendinger and her creative interests in storytelling and placemaking. While still in high school in Berkeley, Calif., she began by studying theater and lighting stagecraft, and then in 1972, she went on to study cinema at the London Film School.
While working in lighting for close to 30 years—first in industry, then in academia, and now back in industry—teaching has always been the constant in Bob Davis's approach to architectural lighting.
One of lighting's most respected practitioners and spokesmen (he served as IALD president from 1996–1997, and is currently chair of the IALD Metrics of Quality Committee), Burkett has earned the admiration of his colleagues and clients by letting his work speak for itself. His firm's St. Louis...
Zia Eftekhar is part of a rare lighting breed of industry professionals who have the hindsight of 40-plus years of experience.
"Energy codes are like illumination levels—they're a principle, but that's not where you should start design."
It would take an entire book, and then some, to describe the achievements of architect and lighting designer Jonathan Speirs, which of late include the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, the association's highest honor, and an honorary membership from...
Unlike the artworks he illuminates, George Sexton prefers not to be in the spotlight. Rather, he prefers to let his work speak for itself.
Michael Siminovitch describes his education and career as an “evolutionary process.” With degrees in industrial design, architecture, and human factors engineering, most of his focus for the better part of the past two decades has been on lighting and energy efficiency.
Since 1982, Ruud Lighting has been recognized for its integrity and quality products, so it's no surprise that in the early 2000s, Alan Ruud identified solid-state lighting (SSL) as an emerging technology to be reckoned with.
Serendipity has played a great role in Francesca Bettridge's career. When Bettridge was a graduate student at the Open Atelier of Design in New York City, legendary lighting designer Carroll Cline sat in on her end-of-year review. Impressed with her work, Carroll asked her to join his firm.
