FEATURES
WAC Group Showcases New Collections at BDNY 2025
NEW YORK—WAC Group will debut new collections from its brands Schonbek, Modern Forms, and WAC Lighting at BDNY, presenting luxury crystal LED lighting, elegant outdoor luminaires, contemporary fixtures, and architectural solutions tailored for premier hospitality...
Finalists for the Light Middle East Awards 2026
The 12th edition of the Light Middle East Awards will honour lighting projects, products and partnerships that are setting the benchmark for excellence, regionally and worldwide. Finalists include international cultural landmarks and iconic regional projects, along...
Lodes Gives the Gift of Luminous Living This Holiday Season
This holiday season, Lodes is giving the gift of luminous living with its assortment of chic portable lighting—available for purchase through Lumens, Lightology, 2Modern, and more. Collaborating with creative brands and visionaries from around the globe, the...
Lighting for Migration Stories :The Lighting Design of the Fenix Museum
When the Fenix Museum opened in 2025, Rotterdam gained more than another cultural landmark. The restored 1923 Holland-America Line warehouse on the Katendrecht peninsula was transformed into a migration museum, with Chinese architecture firm MAD Architects adding the...
2025 Beacon Award Winners
2025 Beacon Award Winners Celebrate Excellence in Lighting Design The 2025 Beacon Awards honored outstanding achievements in lighting design, recognizing projects that blend creativity, technology, and sustainability across commercial, cultural, exterior, retail,...
Illuminating Egypt’s Past, One Luminaire at a Time
The one-billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum is not merely the world’s largest museum dedicated to one civilization. It is a symbol of light in layers. Grand Egyptian Museum Lighting: Illuminating Egypt’s Past Covering nearly 500,000 m² of floor area and showcasing...
American Lighting Introduces NAVI Dim and NAVI CCT Series
DENVER (October 28, 2025) – American Lighting, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-quality lighting innovations for residential, commercial, and specialty projects, announces the launch of its NAVI Dim Series and NAVI CCT Series—two all-in-one in-wall dimmer and...
Introducing Perifina Wall Flood 2 in.
The Perifina Wall Flood 2 in. is a sleek, ceiling-mounted recessed cove luminaire with an illuminated reveal designed to cast soft, indirect light, providing a beautiful wall-washing effect. Compatible with 5/8-inch drywall, the recessed mud-in fixture can easily go...
Nova Linear™ from Acclaim Lighting Outshines in Performance and Technology
LOS ANGELES (October 28, 2025) – Acclaim Lighting, an innovative and advanced lighting technology leader, introduces Nova Linear™, a powerful new fixture engineered for super high-output graze and linear wash applications with up to 4300 lumens per foot. Its unique...
A Beacon of Learning
Focus Lighting Transforms Liberty Science Center into a Luminous Landmark on the Hudson When the Liberty Science Center (LSC) in Jersey City began planning renovations to their aging event space, they weren't intending to create a beacon. Focus Lighting Liberty...
Outdoor Lighting Offers Opportunity to Promote Grid Stability
Utility companies are facing increasing challenges in balancing electric supply and customer demand. For over a century, electrical generation has been accomplished with a limited number of power plants that are carefully designed to meet maximum electrical needs....
Lighting the Past with Precision
Morlights Shapes the Museum of the Rockies The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, recently unveiled a new permanent dinosaur exhibit, showcasing expert museum lighting design by Morlights. Behind the scenes, lighting played a critical role in bringing the...
Casambi Partners with Thea Enterprises to Strengthen Wireless Lighting Controls in New York
Helsinki, Finland, October 22nd, 2025 – Casambi, the global leader in wireless lighting controls, today announced a new partnership with Thea Enterprises, a respected manufacturer’s representative in the New York metro area. This partnership combines Casambi’s...
Up Close With Claudia Kappl Joy
Growing up in Austria, Claudia Kappl Joy’s first job was ski instructor. At age 15, she was the youngest ski instructor in her home region. “It’s a really serious thing in Austria, including snow profiling and avalanche training–an actual career path!” Claudia Kappl...
BOL Workshop with Justin Smith: Your Fee is Only How Much?
Today Is the Last Day for Early Bird Pricing: Learn to Communicate Your Value at the Business of Light Workshop Designers and consultants know the struggle all too well—bringing creative visions to life is one thing, but putting a price on that value can be another...
IALD Enlighten Americas 2025 Recap
The IALD Enlighten Americas 2025 conference wrapped up in Tucson, Arizona, celebrating a notable victory.
The Dark Sky Challenge and Dilemma
Among the many challenges facing lighting designers today is the light pollution caused by outdoor lighting. Mitigating light pollution is promoted by most environmental-responsibility standards like LEED and is required by code in particularly sensitive locations....
Randy Burkett’s Lifetime Achievement Award Speech: Lighting’s Lasting Impact
Randy Burkett’s Lifetime Achievement Award: A Life in Light Early Roots: From Rural Pennsylvania to Lighting Design IALD’s highest honor—the Lifetime Achievement Award—went to Randy Burkett, and his acceptance felt less like a victory lap and more like a conversation...
IALD 2025 Keynote: Amy Oliver on Dark Skies & Collaboration
Amy Oliver’s IALD 2025 Keynote: Dark Skies and Collaboration that Shines The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) opened its 2025 conference with a keynote by Amy C. Oliver, FRAS, light-pollution scientist and science center director for the...
IALD Inducts Five New Fellows at Enlighten Americas 2025
IALD Inducts Five New Fellows at Enlighten Americas 2025 At Enlighten Americas 2025 the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) welcomed five professionals into the College of Fellows. IALD President Andrea Hartranft, FIALD, CLD, led the ceremony with a...



