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The California Lighting Technology Center in Davis, CA, is a leader in LED research. The think tank’s projects like this LED demo kitchen, work to benefit the lighting industry as a whole.
Goodbye, filaments; hello... read more
Energy-efficient lighting at Lighting Design by Light Bulbs Plus, Rancho Cordova, CA.
Quite the hot topic these days, energy-efficient lighting continues to shed its persona as a troublesome seller. While legislative... read more
This month, the American Lighting Assn. (ALA) kicks off its 2008 “United We Stand” membership campaign. The industry organization hopes to recruit 120 new members with its patriotic-themed effort, which ties in with this... read more
Artist Drew Schnierow of Sausalito, CA’s Das Art transforms natural stone into dynamic sculptures of glowing light.
Drew Schnierow
Schnierow: I discovered honeycomb onyx when I was [part of] an art collective... read more
Against a backdrop of deep purple and wineberry, the lighting industry’s best and brightest turned out for the 20th annual ARTS Awards. The sumptuous soirée, hosted by the Accessories Resource Team (ART) and Dallas Market... read more
Residential Lighting: You describe landscape lighting as painting with light. Why?
Nate Mullen: My philosophy is that designing outdoor lighting is very much like painting a portrait. The painter isn't concerned about how... read more
Our industry is not young in any literal sense, but it does enjoy a youthful vibrancy. Steeped in family tradition and small enough to depend upon the strength of longterm relationships, it would seem more akin to an elder... read more
Pop has become our culture. As connected as we all are via various high-tech gadgetry, we still seem to communicate most clearly and enthusiastically through lingo concocted absurdly from shared entertainment: “You... read more
It’s all about the mashed potatoes. I know I can eat them any night of the year, but Thanksgiving gives me an excuse to stuff myself silly on them, and I do so love them. So, whenever I think about what Thanksgiving... read more
Understandably skittish in the wake of Katrina’s recent devastation, some attendees left the 2005 American Lighting Assn. Conference a little bit early when the initial stages of Hurricane Rita came knocking on the... read more
Not too many would decorate their home with an octopus. But Jürgen Reichert didn’t strive for mass-market success when he designed the Octopuslucidus “light creature” in “Euro Flash” (December... read more
Drowning in a sea of fixtures—I know, I can hear the collective groan from you, dear readers, at the mere mention. Not only are you tired of the cliché you’re also sick to death of lectures about visual... read more
The Thursday afternoon “Hot Dog Bar” says it all. Everybody who’s anybody in lighting needs to show up for the January Dallas Market, specifically on the third and fourth floors of the Trade Mart, where... read more
You can’t please everybody. But you should at least give the impression that you’re trying to do so.
Sounds a touch nefarious, doesn’t it? Well, I’m not actually promoting outright... read more
Self-help types say it’s best to live “in the moment.” I agree that it’s never good to dwell on the past, but perhaps I’m too Type A not to anticipate and plan for the future. And it seems you... read more
Today’s consumers can be a darned demanding lot. You’d think a good product selection, knowledgeable sales staff and quality customer service would be enough to earn their patronage. But “experience... read more
Chandra Palermo, Editor
I haven’t been entirely faithful to this industry. As the Editor also for Hospitality Lighting and Accessory Merchandising, I often have flings with markets more tailored to those... read more
Chandra Palermo
Editor
MILAN, April 18 — The mothership has landed.
There’s never a shortage of eccentricity and flamboyance at Italy’s biennial lighting market, Euroluce. And for post-show coverage, it generally... read more
Chandra Palermo
Editor
Sheesh, do we have our work cut out for us. While the lighting industry scrambles to supply more fashionable and technologically advanced options for the increasingly green-minded consumer, a... read more
Maybe we need something like Esperanto. Remember the international language a learned few hoped would become a universal second tongue to unite our world’s disparate cultures? It never quite took off on a large scale... read more
