Designing Lighting’s 2025 Top 10 Stories: A Year of Change, Leadership, and the Future of Light 2025 was a defining year for the lighting design industry. Economic uncertainty, consolidation, rapid technological change, and generational leadership shifts shaped the...

Infrastructure growth from new regional airports and urban mobility networks is driving increased demand for next-generation lighting Light + Intelligent Building Middle East 2026 will bring together industry leaders to explore how lighting enhances safety, passenger...

Every year, we select a manufacturer's representative agency that exemplifies excellence in our industry—not just in sales numbers, but in culture, innovation, and the kind of steady, principled growth that builds lasting legacies. For 2025, that honor goes to SESCO...

Cover: The stars and Milky Way in AlNufud Dark Sky Park taken by Mubarak Al Jameeli. Saudi Arabia Announces the Largest Dark Sky Park in the MENA Region. Spanning 13,416 km², the new reserve marks a major milestone for regional conservation and astro-tourism. Imam...

When lighting designers think of innovation, they often picture breakthroughs in LED sources, controls, or materials. At this year’s IES25 The Annual Conference in Anaheim, attention turned to an emerging professional and her pioneering work in optics. Kai-Di Peng, a...

2026 IESNYC Lumen Awards are Open for Submissions Deadline: January 9, 2026 The Lumen Awards were established in 1968 by the New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) and developed to publicly recognize excellence, professionalism,...

Shoshanna Segal, CLD, IALD, IES she/her Principal, Hartranft Lighting Studios IESNYC President, 2023–25   When I spoke at the Lumen Awards in June, I mused about the saying, “May you live in interesting times.” No one seems to know who actually said it, and it’s...

Holiday dinners just got merrier and brighter with Lodes’ array of state-of-the-art luminaires. The family-owned contemporary lighting brand collaborates with visionary designers and brands from across the globe to create illuminating fixtures that range from...

The Powers of Nature, debuting at NYCxDESIGN 2026 in Battery Park, is a landmark public art installation that…

Gotham IVO Adjustable Downlights deliver precision aiming, visual comfort, and flexible installation…

USAI Lighting introduces the LittleTwos NXT recessed lighting—compact 2″ fixtures delivering high performance…

With today’s unprecedented access to media and online content, a question arises: How do professional designers compete with the rise of the DIY mindset? Designing in the DIY era I studied architecture and earned my BArch, but I built my career as a lighting designer,...

QTL makes it easy for specifiers to source USA-made, federally compliant lighting and power solutions…

Tivoli Lighting has launched its Trace Mini COB family of slim, energy-efficient linear LED solutions, engineered for…

The LIT Lighting Design Awards 2026 is now open for submissions, marking 10 years of…

By the nature of our work, out of everyone in the lighting industry, lighting representatives touch base with the most diverse group of people. Lighting Reps Education: Why It Matters On any given day, I interact with lighting designers, architects, owners,...

Attendee registration is now open for LEDucation 2026, celebrating 20 years of lighting innovation in New York City.

Oskaloosa-based Musco Lighting has purchased Insane Impact of Des Moines. Musco Lighting is one of Iowa’s keystone manufacturers, founded in 1976 by Joe Crookham and Myron Gordin, who modernized outdoor lighting for landmarks and sports facilities across the country,...

Nov 25, 2025 – University of Colorado Boulder - Professional Lighting Education The University of Colorado Boulder is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2026 Rocky Mountain Lighting Academy (RMLA) Short Course. This four-day course will be held...

The Seattle Aquarium’s new Ocean Pavilion anchors the city’s revitalized waterfront.  Light Beneath the Surface explores the Ocean Pavilion lighting design behind the Seattle Aquarium’s newest landmark. Just steps from Pike Place Market and overlooking Elliott Bay,...