Chip Israel has been a lighting designer for over 20 years. In 1992, he founded LIGHTING DESIGN ALLIANCE, a full-service architectural lighting design firm, where he built a highly-select team of lighting-design professionals who now serve a variety of clients worldwide. As President, Chip works closely with the owner, the design team, and manufacturers to ensure lighting systems are fully integrated with the architectural design and enhance the designer’s concepts.

EDUCATION

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Environmental Systems

ASSOCIATIONS

International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) — Board of Directors, Director of Education
IALD Education Trust — President
Designers Lighting Forum — Past President
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) — Hospitality Committee, Bridges and Building Committee
La Sfacciata Lighting Academy — Board of Directors

LECTURES & SEMINARS

Chip Israel is committed to promoting excellence in lighting design through education. As a leading industry spokesman, he has presented technical papers and educational seminars in over 7 countries and lectured at a dozen universities across the country. Chip is routinely asked to speak at industry events - Designers Lighting Forum, Illuminating Engineering Society national and local conferences, and the trade shows Hospitality Design, Neocon and Lightfair. In February of 2006 he spoke at the International Congress on Architecture and Technology in Frankfurt, Germany.

AWARDS

IES Lumen West Award of Excellence
Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Phase I (2006)
Borgata Hotel, Casino and Spa (2004)
The Venetian Exterior (2000)
The Venetian Interiors (2000)
50 Beale Street (1993)
Pershing Square Park (1993)

IES Lumen West Award of Merit
City National Plaza Lobby (2006)
Vincent Thomas Bridge (2006)
Spa Resort and Casino (2004)
Moody Gardens Aquarium (2000)
Parker’s Lighthouse (2000)
Juxtapose (2000)
Bayside, Newport Beach (2000)
365 Murad Salon (1997)
The Citadel (1992)

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Awards of Merit:
Disney’s Wide World of Sports (1999)
Disney’s Coronado Springs Exterior (1999)
Disney’s Coronado Springs Interiors (1999)
MCA Music Publishing (1997)
Metropolitan Transit Authority Headquarters (1997)
911 Wilshire Lobby (1996)
Disney’s Wilderness Lodge (1994)
Pershing Square Park (1994)
Morrison & Foerster Law Offices (1991)
Ontario Airport (1999)
Sony Imageworks (1997)
The Official All-Star Cafe (1997)
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza (1995)
50 Beale Street (1994)
Sanwa Bank Plaza Interiors/Exteriors (1992)
Lee Bronson Residence (1990)

GE Award of Excellence
The Venetian (1999)
911 Wilshire Lobby Renovation (1995)
Morrison & Foerster Law Offices (1990)

GE Award of Merit
Sony Imageworks (1996)
50 Beale Street (1993)

Martin Professional Lighting Designer of the Year (2002)

PUBLICATIONS

World Gaming and Leisure Review 1996-1997, Casino Lighting
Architectural Record Lighting, November 1991, The Citadel
Landscape Architect & Specifier, April 1991, Landscape Lighting
Architectural Lighting, April 1990, P'ZAZZ Yacht
Showboats International, July 1989, P'ZAZZ

EXPERIENCE

Chip has been an instructor at UCLA and the American College of Applied Arts in the field of interior lighting. He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California on the topic of Lighting and Daylighting for Architecture. Chip frequently lectures among his peers. For example, he has given presentations at DLF meetings, the National Conference of IESNA, University of California in Long Beach, and LIGHTFAIR 1993 and 1996.

Chip's design experience ranges from building facade lighting, to custom fixture design, to corporate office spaces, to themed hotels and resorts. Some landmark projects that Chip has designed include: First Interstate World Tower, Sanwa Plaza at Figueroa & Wilshire, Sony High Definition Post Production, Mission: Bermuda Triangle, Disney's Wilderness Lodge, UCLA Site Lighting Master Plan, Oakley Technical Center, Disney Institute, and Disney's All Star Resort.

Charles E. Israel
IALD, LC
President

Andrew Powell
IES, LC
Principal

Archit Jain
LC
Principal, Director—International Projects

Kyllene Jones
Principal

Scott Hatton
Principal

Julie Blankenheim
Associate IALD, LC
Senior Designer, Director—Chicago

Frank Feist
Senior Designer

C. Lindsey Perkins
IES, DLF
Senior Designer