MARKET: LIGHTING

High Point Market: Factory Days

Mark McMenamin, January 1, 2013
Factory Days: From the industrial warehouse to your house. More
High Point Market: Whatever Your Whimsy

Mark McMenamin, January 1, 2013
Whether on furniture or accessories, creative flourish is serious business. More
2012 Best of Year Awards: Products

Staff, December 26, 2012
Interior Design gathered over 800 vibrant members of the design and architecture community to celebrate the 2012 Best of Year Awards. More
Ones to Watch: Apparatus Studio

Alexa Stevenson, December 26, 2012
"It really started by accident," says Gabriel Hendifar of the lighting collection he created with partner Jeremy Anderson under the name Apparatus Studio. Hendifar, a former fashion designer, and Anderson, who worked in PR, had just moved in together in Los Angeles. More
Fresh Faces: Danish Talent at the Milan and Paris markets

Mark McMenamin, Rebecca Thienes, and Athena Waligore, December 3, 2012
A branch of the Danish Ministry of Culture introduced emerging local talent at the Milan and Paris markets. More
Prism System: 3-D Fixtures in 4-D Color

Mark McMenamin, Rebecca Thienes, and Athena Waligore, November 30, 2012
Adam Jackson Pollock's Astro Puff suspension lamps in dichroic film and stainless steel by Fire Farm. More
Heavy Metal: You Can't Hear Them, But You Sure Can See Them

Mark McMenamin, Rebecca Thienes, and Athena Waligore, November 30, 2012
Oscar desk lamp in solid bronze by Holly Hunt. More
Gravitational Pull: Celestial Forms with Earthly Purpose

Mark McMenamin, Rebecca Thienes, and Athena Waligore, November 30, 2012
Carlotta de Bevilacqua and Paolo Dell'Elce's Copernico 500 suspension lamp in painted aluminum and LEDs by Artemide. More
2000 - 2011: Retrofitting Rampage and Energy Standards for the Present

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 29, 2012
Ironically, today's lighting design practices hinge largely on advances in building envelope design that result in less lighting being used, in part because glass curtain wall fabrication techniques have created larger and more efficient facades that allow more daylight into offices with less solar heat gain. More
1930 - 1958: The Dawn of "Architectural" Office Lighting

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 28, 2012
Having technology to light large spaces did not mean it was always done effectively. Many consider Richard Kelly, the man who pioneered concepts in focal lighting, ambient lighting, and day lighting, one of the world's first true architectural lighting designers. More
1959 - 2000: Halogens, Track Lighting and Controls

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 1, 2012
Elmer Fridrich and Emmett Wiley received a U.S. patent for a tungsten halogen lamp in 1959. The design improved onthe design of an incandescent bulb. In 1960, Frederick Moby, an engineer for General Electric, created a better version that could fit into a standard light bulb socket. GE continued to improve on the design throughout the early 1970s. More
1900 - 1930: From Electricity to Fluorescents

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 1, 2012
Lighting design - not only the industrial design of lamps, but also the consideration of large illuminated environments - has by necessity evolved alongside architecture. More
A Century of Office Lighting in Images

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 1, 2012
The evolution of office lighting design during the past century has brought both art and science into the workplace, changing not only the way offices function, but also the way architects and designers think about the role of technology in today's built environments. More
2012: LEDs, OLEDs, and the Future

Jennifer Krichels Gorsche, November 1, 2012
As it did in the earliest years of the 20th century, lighting is emerging from a period of technical advancement into an era of design innovation. More
Go Graphic

Mark McMenamin, October 1, 2012
Pieces that pack a punch More
Fast Take with Joana Bover

Interior Design Staff, September 27, 2012
We recently met up with Joana Bover in her offices outside of Barcelona, Spain, to talk about the namesake lighting company she founded in 1996 with the goal of transforming a hobby into a business that could support her and her family. The company, run by and mostly staffed by women, has come a long way since its early days, but Bover's philosophy and vision remain the same. More
Bohemian Rhapsody

Rebecca Thienes and Arlene Hirst, August 1, 2012
Argent pendant fixture in nickel More
Go With the Grain

Rebecca Thienes and Arlene Hirst, August 1, 2012
Constantin chandelier in brushed brass and bamboo veneer More
The Future Looks Bright

Rebecca Thienes and Arlene Hirst, August 1, 2012
A former design director at both Tom Dixon and Georg Jensen, Todd Bracher is a team player, and he quickly points out that Lightfalls was a joint effort between his own Todd Bracher Studio and 3M. More
Play It Again, Sam

Rebecca Thienes and Arlene Hirst, August 1, 2012
Christian Dell's Kaiser Idell floor lamp in chromed brass and steel and brass painted ivory More

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