Just as with speakers, TVs and shades, there are differences in quality and different features with each manufacturer. The same is true with recessed lights, but how do you know what to look for? How do you defend your fixture choice when someone else on the “team” questions you or introduces an alternate fixture? If you don’t know the minute differences, then everything is subjective and harder to defend.
Just as with speakers, TVs and shades, there are differences in quality and different features with each manufacturer. The same is true with low voltage linear LED fixtures, but how do you know what to look for? How do you defend your fixture choice when someone else on the “team” questions you or introduces an alternate fixture? If you don’t know the minute differences, then everything is subjective and harder to defend.
Light Can Help You, the industry-leading lighting design team in the custom integration world, closely guards its design secrets- until now. Take a rare peek inside the lighting design process guided by founding designer David Warfel in this step-by-step walk-through of lighting plans. Find out why Light Can Help you specifies very few fixed recessed downlights, where they put linear, and more in this seminar-style session. Sample plans will be provided; participants should bring pencils and erasers for following along.
Emily has been a registered interior designer with the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, a professional member of ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) since 2005, and a previous member of both the ASID Dallas Design Community Board and the Denton Historic Landmark Commission. She has also taught interior design as an adjunct professor at the University of North Texas and has served on the UNT Interior Design Department Advisory Board. Emily earned her BFA in Interior Design from the University of North Texas. She also has a second BFA in Textile Design from the Kansas City Art Institute and has additional coursework in architecture from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. She is a former senior designer with Joseph Minton, Inc. in Fort Worth where her many high-profile projects earned her a place in publications such as D Home, Log and Timber Style, and Dallas Home Design. Emily started Gibson Gimpel Interior Design in 2005 with her business partner, Allison Gimpel. Together, their projects have won many awards from the ASID Texas and Dallas communities, as well as Best of Houzz since 2013. She provides her clients with a thoughtful execution of space planning and construction details with a high level of project management experience, as well as expertise in textiles and a well-rounded knowledge of Contemporary art gained while working earlier in her career with Contemporary Art galleries in Chicago. Her style is defined by her refined and knowledgeable perspective of architectural and interior design history along with current trends, spatial balance, and art history.
Katie Osgood is the Sales Supervisor for the South Central Region at Lutron Electronics, focusing on luxury residential sales. Her expertise includes intelligent lighting systems, automated shades, and home control.
Tuesday January 21st 2:30pm-3:30pm Session – Included with Conference Essentials and Premium Pass
Level: Any Level
For: Architect, Design, Ownership, Sales
In this panel discussion, we will explore strategies for fostering impactful cross-industry partnerships that deliver value to integrators, specifiers and developers, while driving increasing business opportunities for all parties involved. Local industry design professionals will discuss what makes for successful partnerships with integrators, highlighting key strategies that work and common pitfalls to avoid.
Presented by: Peter Romaniello, IALD, Owner, Conceptual Lighting
Offered Twice Tuesday January 21st 8am-10am and repeats Wednesday January 22nd 3pm-5pm – 105 Minute Session – $50 (Fee Increases to $75 December 1st and $100 January 1st)
Level: Intermediate to Proficient For: Architect, Design, Interior Designer, Ownership, Sales
Just as with speakers, TVs and shades, there are differences in quality and different features with each manufacturer. The same is true with low voltage linear LED fixtures, but how do you know what to look for? How do you defend your fixture choice when someone else on the “team” questions you or introduces an alternate fixture? If you don’t know the minute differences, then everything is subjective and harder to defend.
Offered Twice – 8 Hour Certification Course Over Two Days – Monday January 20th, 1-5pm/Tuesday January 21st, 8am-12pm and repeats Wednesday, January 22nd, 1-5pm/Thursday January 23rd, 8am-12pm- $200 Fee (Fee Increases to $300 December 1st and $400 January 1st) In Addition to Either Lightapalooza Pass – Seats are limited -48 per session
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
For: Architect, Design, Engineering, Interior Designer, Ownership, Sales, Technician
Previously known as the Radiant Certification, SHINE (Specialist in Home Illumination Natural Light and Energy Control) Lighting Fundamentals Certification teaches lighting fundamentals education for the beginner. Wrapped in their famous graphics and presentations, this new coursework will dive deeper into the technical specifics of light itself, performance lighting fixtures, and the basics of control and is perfect for those just getting into the lighting category. Hands-on lab sessions at Lightapalooza, will enable participants to ground the lectures in practical experience. Those that successfully complete the final examination will receive the SHINE Lighting Fundamentals Certificate. – Presented Twice During the Conference – Seats are limited *Course built and delivered by Light Can Help You
