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Illuminate at NeoCon: The Emotional Side of Design
Lighting Is About More Than Footcandles: Illuminate Session Explores the Emotional Side of Design CHICAGO — Most lighting presentations begin with specifications, controls, and performance metrics. This one began with emotion. During an Illuminate at NeoCon session...
Pharos helps bring The Smurfs’ Adventure to life at Plopsaland Deutschland
Pharos Architectural Controls are bringing joy and happiness to fans of the Smurfs by playing an important part in creating an immersive indoor Smurf-themed experience at Plopsaland Deutschland. Plopsaland Deutschland is one of the major family theme park destinations...
NYC Design Coalition Summer Social
The New York Design Coalition presents Summer Social 2026 "Members Only" summer splash, hosted by Lutron and Hill Residential. 80's preppy attire, yacht rock music, and good vibes! All proceeds will be donated to Nazareth Housing, a community-based nonprofit...
WAC Group Unveils New Architectural, Decorative and Custom Lighting Solutions at AIA 2026 in San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA-- WAC Group will introduce a broad range of lighting styles at AIA 2026. From specification—grade architectural lighting to decorative and custom solutions, WAC Group will share how its integrated approach supports real—world projects from...
ArchLIGHT Summit 2026 Details Must-Attend Sessions
DALLAS – June 10, 2026 - Dallas Market Center’s ArchLIGHT Summit, the growing annual lighting trade and educational event for the architectural, specification, and design communities, has opened attendee registration for its September 15-16, 2026 show and announced...
Mark Major Steps Down as Senior Partner
After forty years of continuous practice, Mark Major is stepping down from his role as Senior Partner at Speirs Major Light Architecture (SMLA). He will remain a consultant to the practice. Major co-founded Speirs and Major in London with the late Jonathan Speirs in...
HLB Lighting Design Promotes Michael Lindsey to Principal
Denver, CO — HLB Lighting Design announces the promotion of Michael Lindsey to Principal. Michael, who has been with the firm for nearly two decades, began his career at HLB as an intern and has since grown into one of the firm’s most dedicated leaders - a trajectory...
Up Close with David Seok
There was a time when David Seok expected to return to “being an architect...after all that was what my degree was in.”But lighting had other plans for David: challenged as a Drexel University architecture student to find an architectural internship during the...
WAC Group appoints Ryan Radke Executive Director of Business Development – Commercial
PORT WASHINGTON, NY-- WAC Group announces the appointment of Ryan Radke as Executive Director of Business Development – Commercial at WAC Group. He will lead strategic growth initiatives and manage key customer and sales representative relationships across the...
Tivoli Lighting Introduces TRACE Pro™
Tivoli Lighting Introduces TRACE Pro™, a High-Performance Linear Lighting Platform with Advanced Control, Compact Design, and Universal Mounting New system delivers static, dynamic, RGBW, and pixel technologies in a rugged 1x1 profile for seamless specification...
The Real Work of Value Engineering – A Collaborative Approach
It’s a situation most lighting designers have experienced: a project you spent months designing comes back with arequest to review and accept a VE package. You’ve seen it time and time again, a package of substitutions with acarrot of cost savings and a deadline....
Cue the Lights: Celebrating Jules Fisher
Fisher Marantz Stone (FMS) is thrilled to celebrate the announcement that our founder, Jules Fisher, is receiving the 2026 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Lighting Designer Jules Fisher is long considered the “gold standard” of the art...
2026 Lumen Gala Fast Approaching
2026 IESNYC Lumen Gala Sales Lumen Gala – June 18, 2026 Pier 60, Chelsea Piers Join us for an inspiring celebration of excellence in lighting design! This special event shines a spotlight on the Lumen Awards recipients, honoring their outstanding achievements,...
Celebrate Manhattanhenge with IESNYC
What Are You Doing Friday Night? Catch Manhattanhenge with NextGen’s “Slice of Light” REGISTER TODAY! Friday, May 29, 2026 | 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM BASO Showroom 133 West 19th St, New York, NY Add to Calendar Get Directions Join Us in Chelsea for a Spectacular...
Circadian Lighting at Sea: Human-Centric Design for Offshore Control Rooms
Late at night, far from shore, the work never stops. Inside a control room monitoring offshore wind farms—one in the United States, another in the Baltic—operators sit before walls of data, tracking performance, responding to alerts, and maintaining constant...
Inter-lux Unveils Two Innovative Lighting Systems: Buzzer and Skylum
Baltimore, MD, USA – May 27, 2026 – Buzzer and Skylum launched to enhance a wide range of interior and exterior applications Buzzer is a groundbreaking family of bollards, path markers and wall fixtures designed for the exterior illumination of pedestrian walkways,...
DLF-NE Movable Feast 2026
An Evening of Light, Design, and Culinary Experience Join the Designers Lighting Forum of New England for one of our most anticipated events of the year—Movable Feast—a curated evening that blends exceptional lighting design with Boston’s vibrant restaurant scene....
CIE 2027: The World’s Premier Lighting Science Summit Comes to Nanjing
The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) has officially announced its 31st Quadrennial Session, scheduled for 9–17 July 2027 in Nanjing, China — a city where centuries of dynastic history coexist with a thriving modern research landscape. Hosted by the China...
CEDIA Expo/CIX Serves as the Convergence Point for Design, Architecture, and Technology
ALPHARETTA, Georgia, May 26, 2026 — “Start smart” is the message that design build professionals are increasingly internalizing as new research shows that early collaboration between design build professionals and integrators yields significant gains in the success of...
BOL Webinar: Everything HR Wishes You’d Include In Your Employee Handbook (but made fun)
The importance of establishing a clear foundation of business policies for all employees - what to include, what to exclude, and why. Featuring Nancy Stathes - President, Specialty Lighting Industries Julie Dudley - HR & Talent Leader $35.00 Buy all access courses...


