Most lighting designers would agree that asking the right questions from the start, knowing how to integrate designs with electrical engineering requirements, and understanding how to convey the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Gold writes about wellness design and related housing topics. This article is more than 2 years old. First floor living ...

How would you describe what a lighting designer for theater does? A lighting designer’s main job is to illuminate in so many ways, which means setting the mood, focusing the eye of the audience to ...

Such is the reality of standalone builder-grade overhead lighting and the shadows it inevitably creates. And that’s exactly why we set out to uncover the biggest lighting trends for 2026—to help you ...

“Good architecture poorly lit is poor architecture.” Those are the words of a famous architecture critic, and they apply to almost any type of environment. We need light to see well enough to perform ...

Lighting is crucial in designing and operating a healthy building because it can directly impact our health and well-being. On average, we spend about 90% of our time indoors — separated from the ...

Lighting goes way beyond the lamps in our living rooms. On view are 85 rare (or limited-edition) pieces from lighting designers, from Wilhelm Wagenfeld to Gino Sarfatti and even the Memphis Group's ...

If you want to do lighting design for television, Seth Bernstein insists that you’d better love the field’s lightning-fast pace. Otherwise, the veteran lighting designer insists, you’ll burn out like ...

Like many other institutional structures assembled at the end of the twentieth century, the International Space Station (ISS) was designed to incorporate fluorescent light bulbs. At present, the ...