MOVE…OR PERFORM?

The Simple Gift of Light #4 Light can help you move with energy…and perform brilliantly all day long, no matter what you do. Sometimes I feel a bit like a huckster selling a miracle elixir when I talk about the benefits light can bring to our lives. I picture myself standing in a dusty wooden […]

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The Simple Gift of Light

Introduction to a new series for 2025…and beyond? Light, to me, is the first divine gift of the universe. In the middle of a career centered on light, I have more questions than answers, despite knowing more than ever before. Why, for example, do so many people suffer from light that hurts as much as […]

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Free Lighting Design: Worthless?

We recently lost a potential client to a manufacturer who offered “free” lighting design services (so long as you purchased fixtures from them, of course, which have the cost of service buried into the sale price). My first reaction was indignation but, as is often the case, a closer look revealed a much more nuanced […]

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The Circle of Light

Not all that is new in lighting is much better. One of the newest trends in architectural and residential lighting is tubes of light about 1” in diameter. When I started my career a rather good number of years ago, we called these T8 Fluorescent Tubes, and they were universally loathed for their institutional feel. […]

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DON’T/DO THIS: Living Rooms

I confess that sketching for the Don’t/Do This series is as fun as it is challenging. While this series allows me much greater freedom than last year’s 1THING series, that freedom comes packaged with a desire to “say it all” in a single room, a single sketch, or a single post. And if I know anything about lighting design, […]

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