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Like most sizeable retailers, Hermitage Lighting Gallery, located in Nashville, TN, welcomes hundreds of new products into its showroom several times every year—each time its buyers return from market. Though the new designs... read more
Despite pelting rain and 140-mph winds, Interiors & Extras, a design studio and specialty store in Metairie, LA, came out relatively unscathed by Hurricane Katrina. The store was sealed like a vault when Nancy Lassen... read more
Technological innovation headlines Lightfair International, May 28-30 at Las Vegas Convention Center. Here’s a first look at the architectural illumination designs set to stage breakthrough performances later this month.... read more
Jennifer Pinto
Please don't laugh, but one of my favorite movies growing up was “The Parent Trap,” a saccharine, lighthearted tale of mistaken identity and misadventure, starring a cloned pair of tow-headed... read more
Beck: My design business started with a job I hated. A sales job. I was selling printing. But I have a degree in graphic design, and I had become interested in metalworking while working for a welding supply company and... read more
I know a great 24-hour spot called the Pick Me Up Café. Serving up a smorgasbord of tasty breakfast favorites and fatty (read: delicious) comfort food, the late-night destination is—perhaps all too often—just what the doctor... read more
YouTube, the online video clearinghouse that enraptured millions with entertaining gems like OK Go’s treadmill routine and a pair of quirky newlyweds’ first dance, will soon be host to several dozen manufacturer showroom... read more
George Kovacs Lighting introduced the first halogen torchiere to the U.S. market in 1973. Already all the rage in Europe, the halogen-powered fixture produced enough light—bounced upward off the ceiling—to illuminate an... read more
After nearly three years with Residential Lighting, I feel as though my initiation into the realm of lighting geekdom is complete. Just ask my husband, who is kind enough to listen patiently (though somewhat glassy-eyed) as... 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
Earlier this month at its annual conference in San Antonio, TX, the American Lighting Assn. (ALA) inducted industry heavyweight Andrew Schonbek, President and CEO of Schonbek Worldwide Lighting, into the distinguished ranks... read more
As is the case with most good American Dream stories, Progress Lighting has seen its share of both soaring highs and stagnant lows. But after 100 years in business, the venerable company has turned its trials into gold,... read more
The American Lighting Assn. (ALA) will release its updated Residential Lighting Training Manual at this month’s Dallas Market. Now in its fifth edition, the document has proved itself to be an indispensable educational... read more
California’s Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys), Chairman of the state Assembly’s Utilities and Commerce Committee, introduced the “How Many Legislators Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb Act” to the Assembly last February,... read more
Discerning decorators have moved away from prefabricated, overcoordinated home scenes in favor of a more customized look that is purely a reflection of the individual. As a result, decorative details, such as lamp shades... read more
Dallas Market Center’s Trade Mart expansion grand opening celebration took center stage at January’s lighting event, setting the pace for what promises to be an exciting year for the industry. But even as the sparks flew... read more
Fredrick Ramond Glassman, President of Fredrick Ramond Inc., died Feb. 3 of pneumonia at Dallas’ Parkland Hospital. He was 75 years old.At an age when most people are content to leave behind the daily grind in favor of a... read more
In any given year an analysis of the products featured on the pages of this magazine that generated the most reader inquiries will most undoubtedly reveal a few bombshells. But our look back at the response to designs... read more
Gerald Fleischer was no stranger to success. After taking over Nashville, TN’s Hermitage Lighting Gallery for his father-in-law, Jack Tenzel, in 1965, he led the family business into the second half of the century, building... read more
The American Lighting Association (ALA) Board of Governors—led by Chairman Tom Early, President and CEO Dick Upton and Chair-elect Paul Eusterbrock—gathered during September’s annual conference to define the organization’s... read more
