Moonlight Towers: The Giant Lights That Turned Night into Day
For most of human history, the arrival of darkness meant the end of the working day. Cities could extend their activity somewhat
The “Glare Fixers”: How Marvin Pipkin Turned an “Impossible” Joke into One of Lighting’s Greatest Breakthroughs
Today, reducing glare is one of the most basic goals in lighting design. Whether it's an LED downlight, an architectural luminaire, or
The 1939 World’s Fair: The Event That Launched the Fluorescent Lighting Revolution
When the gates opened to the 1939 New York World's Fair, visitors expected to see the "World of Tomorrow". What they didn't
Illuminating the Last Remaining Wonder of the Ancient World: The Pyramids of Giza
For more than 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid of Giza has stood as one of humanity’s most extraordinary engineering achievements. As the
Howard Brandston: A Legendary Figure in the Field of Modern Architectural Lighting Design
If you’ve spent any time in the world of architectural lighting in the last 5 decades, you’ve heard the name Howard Brandston—probably
“The Illuminating Engineer”: A Journal That Helped Define a Profession
Long before today’s lighting professionals could flip through polished issues of Lighting Design + Application or academic volumes of the Journal of the Illuminating Engineering
Daniel McFarlan Moore and the Moore Tubes
The story of early electric lighting is often dominated by incandescent carbon-filament bulbs and, later, by the emergence of fluorescent and neon
Lighting Below the Surface: A History of Dive Lights
Under the sea, under the sea! Darling it’s better down where it’s wetter, take it from me! Let’s investigate how we’ve been
An Illuminating Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada
Few pieces of roadside architecture have earned the mythical status achieved by the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada Sign. Standing at
Frank B. Nightingale: The Father of Landscape Lighting
Frank B. Nightingale is widely regarded as the Father of Landscape Lighting, a title earned through his groundbreaking contributions that forever changed
