Lighting Design

My kids are crazy about Minecraft. If yours are too, this tutorial, courtesy of a budding lighting designer, teaches them various lighting techniques that can be implemented in the game.

The Illuminating Engineering Society’s New York City Section (IESNYC) announces the recipients of the 2016 Lumen Awards at the 48th annual Lumen Gala held on June 16, 2016 at Chelsea Piers. A signature program of the IESNYC, the Lumen Awards and Gala, showcase and celebrate excellence in lighting design. A record-breaking some 900 members of [...]

I recently had the opportunity to interview Pamela Price, retail marketing manager, and Aaron Ganick, Head of SMART Home Americas, OSRAM SYLVANIA, for an article I wrote about residential lighting for the March issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. The topic: trends in residential lighting. I’m pleased to share it with you here. DiLouie: What are the [...]

The UK’s LIGHTING Magazine recently completed a series of live webcasts, “Masters of Light.” In this series, lighting designers, artists and architects talk about their work, methods and philosophy in one-hour retrospectives hosted by the magazine’s editors. Sign up here to check out the archived episodes.

Between 2003 and 2008, lighting design firm Speirs + Major produced a traveling exhibition, lecture series and book, “Made of Light – The Art of Light and Architecture.” In November 2015, the tenth anniversary of the publication of MADE OF LIGHT, Speirs + Major collaborated with filmmaker James Newton to create 12 short, abstract videos [...]

At LIGHTFAIR, Eaton has announced the winners of the 39th Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. Six professional awards and six student awards were presented. The annual competition, which began in 1977, focuses on furthering the understanding, knowledge and function of lighting as a primary element in design and requires the predominant use of [...]

In this fascinating video discussion, architectural author/editor Ruth Slavid interviews three lighting designers in London–Paul Traynor (Light Bureau), Neil Skinner (SKR Lighting Design) and Tapio Rosenius (Lighting Design Collective)–about the future of lighting design. Topics included: – What is the impact of the lighting profession going digital? – What will the role of lighting design [...]

Current, powered by GE has announced the winners of the 33rd annual GE Edison Awards. The competition recognizes excellence in professional lighting designs that use Current LED lighting products and controls. Entries are judged on functional excellence; architectural compatibility; effective use of GE LED products and techniques; appropriate color, form and texture revelation; energy efficiency; [...]

Another contribution to the March issue of The Electrical Distributor provides a primer on lighting design. Reprinted with permission. It’s often said that lighting is as much an art as it is engineering, but the art of design can be reduced to a series of guiding principles. By understanding these principles, electrical distributors demonstrate expertise [...]