David Hakimi
Alcon Lighting Co-Founder, Insights Creative Director
Alcon Lighting Co-founder and Language of Lighting Creative Director, David Hakimi, works to improve lighting through research, development and education. David strives for efficiency in lighting, affording architects, lighting designers and engineers the ability to maximize LED lighting design and application.
Highlights
- Graduated UCLA with a Bachelors in History
- Studied lighting design at IES Los Angeles
- Co-founded Alcon Lighting with his brother Jake
- Created Language of Lighting to cultivate inspiration and appreciate for the history and varied range of lighting application
Background
David is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelors in history. David also studied lighting design at IES in Los Angeles.
David traces his and Alcon Lighting’s commitment to innovation, accountability, quality and value to lessons learned from his father, Mike Hakimi, a lighting craftsman, salesman and consultant in Southern California for more than four decades.
Today’s commercial lighting requires consideration of various, often high traffic, use of space and therefore necessitate a deep, complete understanding of smart lighting systems and controls.
David traces his and Alcon Lighting’s commitment to innovation, accountability, quality and value to lessons learned from his father, Mike Hakimi, a lighting craftsman, salesman and consultant in Southern California for more than four decades.
Today’s commercial lighting requires consideration of various, often high traffic, use of space and therefore necessitate a deep, complete understanding of smart lighting systems and controls.
Lighting Philosophy
“The ideal application of lighting is qualitative, expressive and efficient.”
—David Hakimi
