In the hospitality sector, it’s not about lux levels and uniformity. This 12-stop tour shows how designers create drama By Kyllene Jones The world of commercial lodging has evolved during the past several decades. Originally, as the U.S. Interstate Highway System expanded, so did the need for...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wirecutter A New York Times Company, Oct 2017 After consulting experts in lighting design and optometry, and spending 24 hours researching more than two dozen desk lamps and testing eight, we think the Eufy Lumos A4 Desk Lamp is the best LED lamp for working at a...
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