Hervé Descottes On Why Light Is Needed Now More Than Ever
The cofounder of New York-based lighting design firm L’Observatoire International speaks on his latest projects and how the pandemic has prompted new possibilities for architectural lighting.
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6 Architectural Lighting Systems to Light Up Any Project
SONNEMAN— A Way of Light’s scalable lighting systems offer customizability and geometric creativity at any scale.
A Breakthrough in Biophilic Lighting Design
LIGHTGLASS offers the first practical solution to bring the experience of daylight to windowless spaces.
Rosie Li’s Brooklyn Lighting Studio Gains a Playful Exhibition Space
Designed in collaboration with Office of Tangible Space, the flexible showroom displays the lighting designer’s fixtures, which she develops and produces in-house.
Two Studios Explore Light Fixtures that Deliver a Primal Glow
Designers at Hennepin Made and Ladies & Gentlemen have launched lighting products inspired by early and earthy forays in the art of illumination.
Ladies & Gentlemen on the Mystery and Magic of Light and Materiality
The Brooklyn-based studio's design philosophy and process are informed by empathy and intuition.
Six New Lighting Options for Every Project
New products from Vibia show that lighting continues to evolve, putting design first.
The Organic Origins of Marset’s Dipping Light
How a designer’s experiments with paint, and a manufacturer’s curiosity created a smash-hit.
A Student Project Sheds Light on Local Materials
Working with materials indigenous to Mexico's many biomes, students at the Monterrey Institute of Technology, devised a set of solar lamps.
LEDs Have Given Rise to More Exciting Lighting Designs than Ever, But Is There a Carbon Cost?
The April issue of Metropolis looks at the past, present, and future of lighting, while digging into the sustainability of LED technology.
To Illuminate Raleigh's Museum Park, Less is More
At the North Carolina Museum of Art's popular park, careful changes in color temperature follow the progression of outdoor spaces.
At Toronto’s Bentway, Lighting Is a Base Layer for Artistic Intervention
PUBLIC WORK and Tillett Lighting Design Associates conceived the strategy with hyper-flexibility in mind.
Lighting For Fun: This Public Park in Dallas Makes the Most of the Night
SWA Group and Oldner Lighting designed Pacific Park Plaza so that the lighting scheme responded to all-day conditions.
Lean In: This Lamp Brings an Indoor Staple Outside
As part of Landscape Forms' Motive collection, designer Justin Champaign has created an al-fresco version of the floor lamp.
9 Interiors From Around the World That Stand Out Because of Lighting
From Wuhan, China, to Los Angeles, Metropolis highlights three lighting strategies that bring work, retail, and hospitality spaces to life.
This Hollywood Coworking Space Feels Like a Giant Terrarium
Spanish firm SelgasCano turned to botanical and zoological inspirations to light Second Home's Los Angeles outpost—the final instalment in our global survey of lighting design.
Lighting Adds to the Graphic Quality of New York's Poster House
At the city's newest museum—next in our series on lighting schemes around the world—LTL Architects and Lumen Architecture use LEDs to heighten the atmosphere of a sensitive adaptive reuse project.
The Task at Hand: 100 Years of the Adjustable Desk Lamp
A technological breakthrough and a little-acknowledged bellwether of Modernism, the task lamp finally gets its due.
The Lighting at this Publisher's HQ Was Designed for Easy Reading
Continuing our series on lighting strategies around the world, we look at how Berlin firm Kinzo's dramatic scheme for the offices of Suhrkamp Verlag serves an important purpose.
This Pink Concrete Boutique by David Adjaye Was a Headache to Light
The Los Angeles fashion outlet The Webster—the fourth installment in our series on lighting design—is a masterclass in dealing with color temperature.
