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...

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...

Great lighting design doesn’t end when the specification is complete. Bringing design intent through bidding, value engineering, procurement, and installation requires collaboration among designers, representatives, and manufacturers throughout the life of a project....

Award-winning memorial transforms a destroyed bridge in Ukraine into a symbol of resilience By Randy Reid Some lighting projects illuminate architecture. Others illuminate history. The Roadof Lifememorial in Irpin, Ukraine, does both. It preserves one of the darkest...

The final deadline for the LIT Lighting Design Awards 2026is almost here. You have until September 30th to submit your latest lighting design, architectural lighting or lighting product project and have it considered by this year’s international jury. The LIT Lighting...

At Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Costa Rica, GMLD created a lighting experience that disappears into the architecture while immersing guests in the warmth of the surrounding rainforest.Photography Credit: Granville McAnear By Randy ReidWhen Granville McAnear,...

Montreal, QC, Sept. 24, 2026– Luminis® (www.luminis.com), an established innovator and manufacturer of specification-grade interior and exterior lighting solutions, today announced the introduction of its Hollowcore Element luminaire family. Designed for indoor and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Andrea Hartranft reflects on 13 years of building Hartranft Lighting Studios and explains why agility, diversification and adaptation may shape the future of lighting design.

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...

Lighting has multiple objectives. Indoors, lighting should support visual performance, comfort, and circadian entrainment, while avoiding glare. Outdoors, lighting should allowus to detect hazards, recognize others, and feel safe, while minimizing light pollution and...

Enhancing spaces with contemporary sensibility and architectural precision, Lodes presents the A-Tube collection. Encompassing four lighting designs that come in a variety of sizes and elegant finishes, each release is envisioned to make a sophisticated statement as a...

Submission deadline extended to September 21, 2026; sponsorship opportunities remain open, with winners announced at the Beacon Awards ceremony on October 14, 2026 September 14, 2026, NEW YORK, NY — The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) has extended the...

HIGH POINT, NC — WAC Group will introduce the WAC Home Technology to lighting showrooms, distributors, designers and home furnishing professionals at the October 2026 High Point Market. WAC Home adapts as easily as you do, shaping light around your rhythm, your...

Nearly 150 years ago, Edison’s filament lamp demonstrated the commercial viability of electrical lighting and helped launch an industry build on a simple value proposition: providing illumination safely, efficiently, and reliably. Manufacturers developed lamps and...

Join the DLFNY for a special evening celebrating the illumination of 270 Park Avenue, JPMorgan Chase’s striking new midtown headquarters designed by Foster + Partners. We’ll gather at Upstairs at The Kimberly Hotel for cocktails and skyline views directly facing the...

DALLAS-- Explore WAC Group Brands at ASID GATHER: Catalyst 2026 at the Dallas Market Center from September 16-18 |11th Floor, TT-30. Join the WAC Group for a CEU Event: Lighting to Support Human Health and Wellbeing on September 17th, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM at the WAC...