2026 is going to be an epic year. The first of several major announcements is coming soon. Stay tuned....
Coming in January…
Retirement Announcement: CRI
A special thanks to Tony Esposito for inspiring this post with his excellent presentation at the IES Maritime conference on Prince Edward Island recently. Everyone loves talking about lighting acronyms, right? Ah, what a joy to discuss CRI, the Color Rendering Index, the gold standard of lighting quality for decades. Five of them, in fact,... Continue Reading →
PICK THE PRODUCTS: Kitchens
Giving the Simple Gift of Light #4 When I was much younger, I looked at box full of chocolates with a mix of excitement and trepidation. I knew, somewhere in the box, would be a delicious chocolate with a creamy caramel center, but I was deathly afraid that I would bite through a cherry, or... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
KITCHENS: Pick the PLACES
Giving the Simple Gift of Light #2 Ready to roll up your proverbial (or literal, I suppose) shirtsleeves? This series is all about helping aspiring residential lighting designers, architects, interior designers, and DIY homeowners get better light in their homes. If you want to know why this is important and dig into the theory behind... Continue Reading →
Mariah Carey Hates Overhead Lighting
The Washington Post called following an online rant by pop singer Mariah Carey against "overhead lighting." The author wanted to hear from lighting experts and might have suspected that I would follow the usual lighting professional response tactics and point out the complexities and intricacies of overhead lighting are far more nuanced than a celebrity... Continue Reading →
Above-the-Ceiling TETRIS
Yesterday I saw a LinkedIn post from another lighting designer featuring a photograph of a hallway under construction, with three parallel ceiling joists running down the hall. Each was filled with a round duct for heat and air conditioning. There was no explanation; there need not be. One look and I understand the pain: there... Continue Reading →
Light Can Help Us #11: Focus Clearly
Light is so awesome that I occasionally need reminded that light is not everything. The human experience- in nature, in buildings, with others- is affected by so many variables from the particles in the air to the temperature around us to the views outside…and by what we ate, how we slept, who is nearby, what... Continue Reading →
DON’T/DO THIS: Backyards
July seems like the perfect month to write a blog post about landscape lighting in a back yard. Our days are long and our evenings warm in Wisconsin right now, and we enjoy relaxing outdoors as long as the mosquitoes will let us. A little well-planned light will extend our evenings a bit longer as... Continue Reading →
Light Can Help Us #9: Feel Better
Light for our bodies can help us feel better, and this may be the most important promise of them all. Throughout human history, discovery and invention have joined together to deliver turning points of epic proportions, moments at which all of humanity advanced into new eras. We discovered countless galaxies and nebulae and expanded our... Continue Reading →
the language of light 