by Randy Reid | Sep 23, 2026 | News
Dallas Market Center Bets Big on Lighting Week When I sat down with Cindy Morris, president and CEO of Dallas Market Center, during the 2026 ArchLIGHT Summit, the conversation quickly moved beyond the show taking place around us. Cindy was already focused on what...
by Randy Reid | Sep 23, 2026 | News
Growing the Next Generation of Lighting Designers The lighting industry has spent years talking about talent—where to find it, how to develop it and, increasingly, how to convince young people that lighting design is even a career option. Jill Cody is trying to turn...
by Randy Reid | Sep 23, 2026 | News
Mariana Figueiro on Lighting for Human Health: Bright Days, Dim Evenings, Dark Nights At the ArchLIGHT Summit, Mariana Figueiro translated decades of light-and-health research into a practical message for the lighting industry: light affects far more than vision, and...
by Randy Reid | Sep 23, 2026 | News
Andrea Hartranft’s Three Scenarios for the Future of Lighting Design At the ArchLIGHT Summit closing keynote, Andrea Hartranft challenged the industry to consider three very different futures: the disappearance of the independent lighting designer, designers moving...
by Randy Reid | Sep 23, 2026 | News
Andrea Hartranft: Agility May Decide the Future of Lighting Design At the 2026 ArchLIGHT Summit in Dallas, I sat down with Andrea Hartranft, FIALD, CLD, Founder and Principal of Hartranft Lighting Studios. We have had many conversations over the years, but this was...
by Randy Reid | Sep 23, 2026 | News
Mariana Figueiro on Circadian Lighting and Human Health At the 2026 ArchLIGHT Summit in Dallas, I sat down with Mariana Figueiro, PhD, Professor and Director of the Light and Health Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, immediately following...
