The Lighting Doctor
Ambient Lighting Softens a Space and Fills Up the Senses
In the November of 2019, I wrote about a condominium project in San Francisco. It was called ‘Accent the Positive’. I talked about using accent lighting, one of the four functions of light, as a way…
Layers of Light Add Ambience to a Restaurant Atmosphere
As things are beginning to open up a little bit, we are venturing back to inside eating at 25 percent capacity. I was quite taken by this dim sum restaurant, called Palette Tea House, which we…
Neon: Visual Lighted Icons in the Night
There is something about neon that just enthralling. It is amazing to me that something so rigid can look so fluid. I like to think of neon as the art of signage. And certainly artists have used…
Lighting Up a Garden of Earthly Delights
I think that with all of this sheltering-in-place is making us re-access our outdoor spaces, at least those of us have a little patch of green. Consider adding some exterior lighting, it has a lot of…
LED's Impact on Lighting Up the Holidays
The time is here for holiday lighting! Photo: Randall Whitehead.
It is that time of year again, when homeowners become lighting designers. What we are talking about here is holiday lighting. …
Light Your Way to the Perfect Zoom Video Chat
Well, like it or not, we are all now on camera. The coronavirus pandemic has forced us to communicate with each other while we sit in front of our screens. This includes chatting with our friends on…
Using Outdoor Lighting to Enhance Garden Designs
As we continue to sit stewing in our homes for the safety of ourselves and others, we look for activities that will give some meaning to this very strange time. I’ve divided people into groups. There…
Lighting Design Changes to Make While Sheltering In Place
Here we are, stuck in our homes. Staring at the same walls, the same art and the same furniture. I think many of us used the first two or three weeks to really give our homes an organizational…
Decorative Lighting Fixtures Enhance Traditional Design
For a while there, it seemed like traditional design had taken a backseat to stark, clean modern design. It’s fun to see a resurgence of traditional interiors, interpreted in a new way. I had the…
Fishing for Compliments
I recently went back to revisit Farallon Restaurant in San Francisco. It opened to great acclaim in 1997. It was conceived as an undersea fantasy world, created by Pat Kuleto in collaboration with…