Frank Feist
Senior Designer

After working as a mechanical engineer and exploring a career in screenwriting Frank found his true passion: lighting design. He has been a lighting designer with Lighting Design Alliance since 1999.

EDUCATION

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

University of Southern California
Master of Professional Writing

AWARDS & ASSOCIATIONS

IES IIDA Award of Merit, Parking Garage at The Pike (2003)
IES IIDA Award of Merit, Hollywood & Highland Exteriors (2001)
IES IIDA Award of Merit, Legal Research Network (2000)
IES IIDA Award of Merit, Oglivy + Mather (2000)
IES IIDA Award of Merit, TRW Federal Credit Union (2000)
IES Lumen West Award of Merit, Hollywood & Highland Exteriors (2001)
IES Lumen West Award of Merit, Legal Research Network (2000)
IES Lumen West Award of Merit, Oglivy + Mather (2000)
IES Lumen West Award of Merit, TRW Federal Credit Union (2000)
IESNA (L.A. Section) Director - Student Award Competition (2003 through 2005)

EXPERIENCE

Frank has completed a wide range of projects in a variety of disciplines including shopping centers, such as Hollywood & Highland and The Pike @ Long Beach, casinos, such as Sam's Town Las Vegas, Evangeline Downs, and Charles Town Races (Slot City), corporate offices, such as the Legal Research Network, Oglivy + Mather, DiC Entertainment, and The Firm - The Label, hospitality projects, such as Turnberry Place Las Vegas, the Hollywood Renaissance, the Governor's Ballroom, Kodak Theater Lobby Artwork, and the Hilton Ballroom at La Jolla Torre Pines; video conferencing rooms, such as Warner Brothers Video Conferencing Room and Boeing Auditorium and TOMC; film editing theaters, such as Laser Pacific Digital Mastering Room; religious facilities, such as St. Joseph of Orange; and residences, including Vin Diesel's.

Currently he is involved with the lighting design in a variety of disciplines, including retail centers: Bella Terra in Huntington Beach and Bel Mare in Newport Beach; retail stores: Pacific BMW; public facilities: UCSD Price Center, L.A. Harbor College N.E. Building, Santiago Canyon College, and Coronado City Hall & Civic Center; residential projects: Manchester & Lincoln Apartments, The Crescent on Wilshire; corporate projects: USC-ICT and Hydraulx; casino projects: Valley View Casino, Pueblo of Sandia, Casino Rouge, Charles Town Races (Areas II and V), Grantville Races; hospitality projects: Marriott Newport Beach; facade; city scaping: Downtown Anaheim.

 


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

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