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CRI and GAI: A New Way to Look at Color Rendering

By Alicia Miksic

In a demonstration performed at Rensselaer’s Lighting Research Center, observers were asked to view a still life of fresh fruit illuminated by different undisclosed light sources. They were then asked to comment on the appearance of the fruit and on their preferences. Three out of the four sources were considered acceptable, the favorite being... »

Animation as a Lighting Design Tool

By Kera Lagios

No one can dispute that AGi32, Photoshop, and Illustrator are a lighting designer’s best friends, but as we strive to give clients more reasons to demand lighting design, we should be looking at new ways to convey lighting design’s importance. Many visualization techniques have been adopted from architectural conventions, but, as we all know,... »

Deceptive Simplicity

By Glenn Heinmiller

I’ve been thinking about the relationship between simplicity and complexity in design. Why do some design problems initially appear simple but then upon investigation, turn out to be very complex? Why does the solution to a complex problem often, after lengthy analysis, turn out to be the most simple answer? Or why does it... »

Lighting Design and Revit: Part 2

By Justin Brown

Continued from Lighting Design and Revit: Part 1. Earlier versions of Revit were not really optimized for use in a linked, work-sharing environment; even so, architects, engineers and other consultants in the design trades quickly recognized its value. Strategies for linking each other’s models together efficiently and effectively had to be worked out very... »

Lighting Design and Revit: Part 1

By Justin Brown

Like it or not, BIM – by which I mean Revit – is here to stay. For smaller firms, Revit may represent a daunting hurdle to overcome, in terms of both cost and learning curve. While I agree the cost is high, once I began to understand how the software functions, I realized it... »

2011 Lighting Award Season

By Staff

Lam Partners is pleased to have received the following awards this year. 2011 IES ILLUMINATION AWARDS – SECTION AWARD: AVID TECHNOLOGY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS Avid Technology, Inc. Tewksbury, Massachusetts (Photo credit: © Andrew Bordwin) Architect: Gensler Award Recipients: Keith J. Yancey and Nathanael Doak MIT MEDIA LAB Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts (Photo Credit:... »

The 50% Rule

By Matt Latchford

What is the 50% rule? Well, I just made it up – just now. It’s not a new concept by any means; I’m applying it to lighting, although I suppose you could apply it to just about anything. It’s about efficiency and utility: how much of something do you get versus how much you... »

Avid Technology Corporate Headquarters

By Nathanael Doak

It has been said that you cannot get through a single day without interacting with something that has been influenced by Avid. Since its inception in the late 1980s, Avid Technology has revolutionized the way films and moving images are put together, to become the world leaders in digital video and audio editing tools... »

Healthy Exterior Night Lighting – Is There Such a Thing?

By Keith Yancey

Many people would argue that the healthiest lighting at night is no lighting at all. Studies are revealing that biological rhythms are offset, sleep patterns are disrupted, even breast and prostate cancers are more likely with disrupted circadian rhythms, due in part to improper lighting at improper times of the day. The human race... »

2010 Lighting Award Season