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WIRECUTTER REVIEW: THE BEST LED LIGHT BULB

WIRECUTTER REVIEW: THE BEST LED LIGHT BULB

by Jennifer Leung
Articles
February 25, 2019

Wirecutter A New York Times Company, Feb 2019 Lighting designer Geoff Goral told us that CRI as a metric has come under fire for measuring bulbs based on how well they portray pastel colors (instead of more saturated colors). Some bulbs now also list an R9 value,...

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The Right Environment: Chip Israel’s 3 “Rights” of Good Lighting Design

The Right Environment: Chip Israel’s 3 “Rights” of Good Lighting Design

by Jennifer Leung
Articles
October 3, 2018

Metropolis magazine, in partnership with Lutron, presents The Right Environment: a series of profiles featuring experts who are helping to make buildings better for occupants. For the first installment of the series Metropolis caught up with lighting designer Chip Israel. Israel shared his insights on the lighting industry and the...

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2018 IES Illumination Award of Distinction

by Jennifer Leung
Articles
August 15, 2018

LD+A, 2018 The IES Illumination Awards provide a unique opportunity for public recognition of professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design based upon the individual merit of each entry judged against specific criteria. This program is not a competition. Full Article...

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Seductive SLS Las Vegas – Hotel Design Magazine

by Jennifer Leung
Articles
June 19, 2018

SLS Las Vegas, Hotel Design, 2015 THE FORMER Sahara Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas got new life last summer when its doors reopened as the SLS Las Vegas after a $415-million renovation. The 62-year-o ld property had been dark since May 2011, but under the...

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3 Questions with Andy Powell, Principal at Lighting Design Alliance

by Jennifer Leung
Articles
June 12, 2018

Optic Arts A Light Read - Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2018 For this first issue, we had a chance to catch up with Andy Powell, principal at Lighting Design Alliance. A lighting designer for more than three decades, Andy’s work has taken him all over the...

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Macau Roosevelt by Gulla Jónsdóttir Architecture + Design : 2017 Best of Year Winner for Resort

by Jennifer Leung
Articles
January 4, 2018

Silver-screen glamour pervades the Hollywood Roosevelt's sister property, which also happens to be the first ground-up hotel by Gulla Jónsdóttir. A 12-story glass tower, the newcomer even boasts a suite called the Marilyn Penthouse, as in Monroe. Alongside the Hollywood moments, however, other references add...

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InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown by AC Martin: 2017 Best of Year Winner for Large Chain Hotel

by Jennifer Leung
Articles
January 4, 2018

It seems like yesterday that David Martin presented journalists with the architectural model for a mixed-use project that would alter the city’s skyline. Martin, then design principal, revealed a tower with a hotel and offices, plus a podium at the bottom, capped by a pool...

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AC Martin’s InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown Hotel Celebrates the City

by Jennifer Leung
Articles
November 16, 2017

Over the following years, we monitored progress. From an adjacent office building, we gazed down into the gargantuan hole in the ground. We watched the foundation’s celebratory “big pour”—at 1,180 cubic yards, it was promoted as the world’s largest continuous flow of concrete. We viewed...

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Need a Consulting Expert?

by Jennifer Leung
LDA Office, News
October 12, 2017

  In the article, Wirecutter - A New York Times Company, Geoff Goral gives his consulting expertise on task lamps. Wirecutter...

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Light Meter Fun!

by Jennifer Leung
LDA Office, News
October 12, 2017

A recent fire had turned the sky orange, giving our Lighting Designers an interest to measure the amount of light and color temperature coming from the sun through the smoke. Any guesses? ...

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