When I sit down with a homeowner at the start of a project, I don’t open with fixtures. I ask three questions: What do you want to see?What do you want to emphasize?How do you want to sleep? The first two shape how a home looks. The third shapes how it works for the people
Designing Light at Eye Level: Lighting a Home for How You Live and Sleep Read More »
Human Centric Lighting, Lighting Design, Residential Lighting
On a custom home, lighting rarely gets designed by one person. The architect defines the ceiling intent — coffers, coves, apertures.The interior designer selects the decorative fixtures — pendants, sconces, statements.The electrician resolves whatever wasn’t fully decided — in the field, mid-construction, under schedule pressure. Often, no one is assigned to carry the whole problem.
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Lighting Design, Residential Lighting
Kitchen design is often beautifully resolved. Kitchen lighting is often assumed. But kitchen task lighting isn’t just about fixtures. It’s about where light actually lands when someone is standing at the counter. I visited the award-winning kitchen at Atlanta Design Group Studio to see it in person. Thanks to Michael Schluetter for hosting me —
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General, Residential Lighting
Lighting design is one of the few project disciplines that can fall between every scope and still touch all of them. Everyone Holds a Piece Look at how lighting moves through a typical project team: None of those roles are wrong. Each one is doing its job. But none of them is assigned to carry
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General, Residential Lighting
Recessed downlights are the most common fixture in almost every home — and the most commonly misapplied. The right choice depends on more than the trim size or the price. It depends on the ceiling height, the structure above the ceiling, what the light needs to land on, and how the fixture controls glare. This
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Lighting Design, Residential Lighting