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2025 IESNYC Merit Scholarship Open for Submissions
To recognize and support potential future leaders in the field of architectural lighting, submissions are being accepted for a merit-based, single-year scholarship with a monetary value of $25,000. The IESNYC Merit Scholarship will be awarded in 2025 to a full-time,...

Salone del Mobile.Milano announces the first Euroluce International Forum
The 2025 edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano will herald the launch of the first edition of The Euroluce International Lighting Forum, a global arena for multi-voice discussion on the leading issues in lighting design. The first three names have been unveiled:...

October Architecture Billings Index Stabilizes After Two Years
WASHINGTON – November 20, 2024 – After twenty months of declining billings, the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for October was 50.3. This score indicates a balance between the number of firms experiencing a decrease in billings and those seeing an...

Advocating for Sustainability in Lighting Design
Dear esteemed colleagues, friends, and industry advocates, As I pen this article, I reflect on my journey—a journey that began with a passion for environmental education, evolved through the rigorous study of sustainable business, and now finds me deeply embedded in...

CM KLING + ASSOCIATES Welcomes Ketryna Fares as New Studio Director
Ketryna Fares has over a decade of industry experience and holds dual MFA degrees in Lighting Design from Parsons School of Design and Interior Architecture from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts. As a studio director, she led high-impact projects, fostered team...

Revolutionizing Architectural Lighting: The iGuzzini Trick eᵐ
Most lighting products are chosen based on need. A designer looks at plans and drawings and decides which fixture is best for which applications. The design has always been about utility and function. Along comes a product that is so unique and clever that its...

Pharos returns to LDI Show
Lighting control specialist Pharos Architectural Controls is returning to the LDI Show in Las Vegas this December to showcase some of its newest innovations. LDI, the leading exhibition and conference for the live entertainment, design, and technology community,...

DePaul: $1M Gift Establishes Lighting Design Scholarship at DePaul University
CHICAGO — The future just got even brighter for students in The Theatre School at DePaul University thanks to a $1 million gift from Kristen E. Hansen. Hansen, who served DePaul for more than 27 years in several staff positions before retiring in 2023, is giving...

IALD Launches Texas Chapter for Lighting Designers
IALD Chapter Founded for Texas Lighting Designers Lighting designers in the state of Texas now have a professional community in which to connect and collaborate. Advocating for lighting designers at global, regional, and local levels, the International Association of...

2025 ArchLIGHT Summit Opens Call for Speakers & Exhibitor Registration
DALLAS – November 18, 2024 – ArchLIGHT Summit, the fastest growing lighting trade event and educational platform for the architectural, specification, and design communities, has opened a call for speakers and exhibitor registration. The fifth annual event, taking...

Event Horizon November 18-22
This Week’s Event Horizon November 18-22, the lighting community comes alive this week with exciting opportunities to connect, celebrate, and innovate. From mentorship celebrations at LiGHT 24 to the spirited bowling tradition in Boston, there's something for everyone...

Populus: Nature-Inspired Design Meets Carbon-Positive Hospitality
When you think about the term “urban oasis,” it’s often synonymous with a city’s distinctive, beautiful natural spaces or a luxurious metropolitan living experience. As of October 15, Denver-based Populus combines and elevates the two much further with nature-inspired...

When Design Meets Art: A Conversation Between Italy and China
A cultural discussion exploring the intersections between art and design, unveiling new perspectives in the dialogue between East and West. The eagerly awaited talk When Design meets Art. A Conversation Between Italy and China, curated by Annalisa Rosso, Editorial...

Tivoli Lighting Expands Color Options With Flexile LG and SM Series
Energy-efficient Flexile series offers red, green, blue and amber colors in a 360° bendable lighted surface free from shadows for intricate shapes and patterns IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With more than 50 years of innovation and linear lighting leadership,...

ASLA Fund Brief Highlights Economic Benefits of Landscape Architecture at COP29
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization, has released a new brief on the economic benefits of landscape architecture and nature-based solutions. The brief is developed for global and U.S. economic policymakers meeting at the...

Thinking Differently About Lighting with Dr. Shelley James
A New Podcast: Thinking Differently About Lighting with Dr. Shelley James Your humble editor interviewed Dr. Shelley James of Age of Light Innovations and shared her upcoming podcast series, “Thinking Differently About Lighting.” Set to launch on 21 November, this...

PNNL Launches Justice and Equity Tool
PNNL Introduces New Tool to Promote Energy Justice and Equity in Building Programs On 13 November, I interviewed Kate Hickox from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) about their new Energy Justice and Equity (EJE) BEST tool. Developed over the past two years,...

Amouage Opens First American Flagship
Amouage, the Omani International High Perfumery House, chose to open its first American flagship in America, not at an upscale Manhattan address, but at a three million sq.ft. complex twelve miles away in East Rutherford, New Jersey, at the American Dream...

U.S. Architectural Lighting Introduces Baseline to Deliver Glare-Free, Uniform Pickleball & Tennis Court Illumination
PALMDALE, CA (NOVEMBER 12, 2024) - U.S. Architectural Lighting, a leading American manufacturer of contemporary area and street lighting, introduces Baseline™ – Pickleball & Tennis Court Lighting.A game-changing lighting system that electrifies the court!...

Rachel Gibney Promoted to Principal by AVAILABLE LIGHT
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — Available Light, an internationally recognized lighting design firm specializing in museum, architectural, trade show/special event lighting design, announces the promotion of Rachel Gibney to Principal. “Rachel has been instrumental to the...