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WAC Group Showcases New Collections at BDNY 2025

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

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...

2025 Beacon Award Winners

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

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...

Introducing Perifina Wall Flood 2 in.

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...

A Beacon of Learning

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...

Lighting the Past with Precision

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...

Up Close With Claudia Kappl Joy

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...

The Dark Sky Challenge and Dilemma

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....

IALD 2025 Keynote: Amy Oliver on Dark Skies & Collaboration

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

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...