How Art Influences Lighting, Design and Architecture: Charles Eames
Besides the modern era’s renowned architects, such as Wright, Saarinen and Neutra, Charles Eames stands out as a singularly influential designer. This post introduces Eames as one of lighting design’s modern influencers.
Who Designed the Classic Ring Pendant in 1964’s Dr. Strangelove’?
The war room ring pendant in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove may be the first modern appearance of the famous ring light trending in conference room lighting today. The epic, 22-foot diameter light hangs over upper echelon military personnel in the fictional depiction of a war room in Kubrick’s movie.
Interview: Lighting Designers on the Role of Uplighting
Besides providing additional lighting with minimal glare in commercial applications such as offices, classrooms and libraries, indirect lighting can also highlight architectural ceiling details such as beams, pipes and other distinctive ceiling traits.
Lighting Lessons from Lighting Designer, Writer, Lecturer Gerd Pfarré
In 2016, Architectural Lighting interviewed lighting designer and founder of Pfarré Lighting Design, Gerd Pfarré, shedding light on the legendary designer's process, what’s most important when lighting a space and what the future holds for lighting. While Pfarré’s is a career is a storied one, he did not start out in the industry.
Gentrification Done Right Can Bridge the Class Divide
With rising land values and increasing income disparities, it seems that for many neighborhoods the prospect of gentrification is inevitable. Is there a way to "gentrify responsibly," so communities and the people who live in them — no matter where they are on the financial spectrum — all come out ahead?
5 Lighting Design Tips from Starbucks’ Directors of Store Design
When designing for a retail space, it is important to consider not only the design aesthetic that needs to be achieved but also the patron and the intended experience. Lighting design for retail spaces vary from displaying delicate pieces of jewelry to endless shelves of apparel; and when it comes to coffee shops, the detail and effort into lighting de
B.V. Doshi— The Humble Architect and 2018 Pritzker Prize Laureate
Early in his architectural journey almost 70 years ago, now-renowned architect, educator, and urban planner Balkrishna Doshi made a quiet, powerful promise to himself in his diary, “It seems that I should take an oath and remember it for my life-time: to provide the lowest class with the proper dwelling.” And for the next six decades he lived up to his
First Looks: JKMM Offices by JKMM Architects
JKMM Architects is a prominent Finnish architectural firm established in 1998, growing over the years to actively operate in various areas and scales of architectural design from buildings, interiors, furniture, and urban environments. The studio’s design approach reflects an emphasis on simplicity, craftsmanship, and innovation through experimentation wi
