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HLB Lighting Design Growth: A Candid Debate at IALD

HLB Lighting Design Growth: A Candid Debate at IALD

HLB Opens Its Books—and Its Growth Debate The HLB Lighting Design growth debate raised questions every expanding firm must answer: What will it cost? Who will manage it? And will a larger firm still feel like the company its people helped build? At IALD Enlighten...

At LIRC, IALD Education Trust Reports 71% Drop in Expenses

At LIRC, IALD Education Trust Reports 71% Drop in Expenses

LIRC Meeting Highlights a Changing Lighting Industry A standing-room-only crowd gathered for the Lighting Industry Resource Council (LIRC) meeting during IALD Enlighten Americas. Before the breakout sessions, the agenda covered three important developments: the...

Yue (Zora) Liu Receives 2026 Richard Kelly Grant

Yue (Zora) Liu Receives 2026 Richard Kelly Grant

Recognized for Her Creative Approach to Exploring Human and Environmental Needs Through Light We're excited to celebrate Yue (Zora) Liu, recipient of the 2026 Richard Kelly Grant, recognizing her creative potential and innovative approach to the art and science of...

The Future of Lighting Design Starts with Discovery

The Future of Lighting Design Starts with Discovery

Before They Can Choose Lighting, They Have to Find It Light shapes how people experience every space they enter: where they heal, learn, work, and gather. The results of lighting design are seen every day, yet the profession behind them remains largely unknown, even...

IALD Heads to Austin for Enlighten Americas 2026

IALD Heads to Austin for Enlighten Americas 2026

The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) will bring its annual Enlighten Americas conference to Austin, Texas, October 15–17, 2026, combining forward-looking education, business discussions and networking in one of the country's fastest-growing...

Training by Light

Training by Light

The clock is still there. Most athletes never look at it.Inside a jiu-jitsu gym in Evanston, Illinois, the ceiling tells them everything they need to know.Green means the round has just begun. Yellow signals that time is running short. Red means the end is near....

ArchLIGHT Summit Opens 2027 Call for Speakers

ArchLIGHT Summit Opens 2027 Call for Speakers

DALLAS – October 2, 2026 — ArchLIGHT Summit has opened its 2027 call for speakers, inviting lighting designers, architects, specifiers, engineers, and educators to submit proposals for the seventh annual event, taking place June 22–23, 2027, at Dallas Market Center....

Up Close with Addie Smith

Up Close with Addie Smith

Addie Smith’s path into lighting design is a story of curiosity, courage, and community. Raised in small town Indiana, as a kid Addie was constantly rearranging furniture - “I love spaces, color,texture, and light.”A turning point came when Addie discovered that...

Say Hello to Pika!

Say Hello to Pika!

Pika, pronounced pie-kuh, takes its name from a small mountain-dwelling mammal known for doing a lot with very little. It is a fitting name for Pinnacle’s 1" micro-linear family, designed to deliver precise, repeatable results in a remarkably compact form. At the...

Acclaim Lighting Introduces Aqua Series™

Acclaim Lighting Introduces Aqua Series™

LOS ANGELES (September 29, 2026) – Acclaim Lighting, a leader in innovative architectural lighting solutions, announces the release of Aqua Series™, a revolutionary family of fully submersible LED luminaires engineered to bring architectural-grade lighting performance...