Blog
Dec
2023
Conceptual and literal thinking at Intersections Research
Conference
LUMA designer Sara Duffy spoke at the Amherst, Massachusetts research conference and offers three major takeaways for connecting design with academic research.
Nov
2023
The WILD Side of Haley
Laurence
LUMA designer Haley Laurence is going WILD: take a moment to learn about the impact she’s having on our industry’s growth!
Aug
2023
LUMA wins two IES awards for excellence in
lighting
The 2023 IES Conference theme, Light Responsibly, focused on the positive net impact that lighting can make on the built environment. LUMA took home two national awards at the Annual Awards Ceremony.
May
2023
Turning wood waste into creative lighting systems with
Stickbulb
Stickbulb cofounders Russell Greenberg and Christopher Beardsley sat down with LUMA to discuss getting to know their audience, product innovation, and challenging the supply chain.
Mar
2023
Telling fortunes at the Portland Winter Light
Festival
Stellar Tellar made waves at the 2023 festival with experiential design and cosmic fortunes
Jan
2023
Lighting Forecast: Frankfurt Light + Building
2022
A chat with lighting designers Anna Winn and Molly Stowe on the 2022-2023 lighting landscape
Sep
2022
Cornish alumni enhance design projects at the Seattle
studio
LUMA's lighting designers have similar educational backgrounds yet differ in viewpoints about the industry.
Aug
2022
Railspur boosts art in
Seattle
A unique project preview through the lens of Seattle's spirited art scene
May
2022
LUMA team publishes ‘Light on Waste’ research
paper
Research studies the carbon impact of LED lighting
Mar
2022
Winter illumination: PWLF
2022
A challenging year did not stop the imagination behind the art installation for this year’s Portland Winter Light Festival.
Dec
2021
The significance of light during the
holidays
As we close in on the end of the year and we prepare for the holidays, the time is right to contemplate the role light plays in our lives during this special time.
Jul
2021
Light on waste: Evaluating the embodied and operational impacts of LED
lighting
Luma digs into the impact of LED lighting with a new research and development study.
May
2021
20 Questions for 20
years
In honor of Luma’s 20th Anniversary this year, we asked three of Luma’s head lighting designers 20 questions.
Feb
2021
Portland Winter Lights
[un]Festival
The sixth annual Portland Winter Light Festival, designed to bring a spark of joy at a dark time, felt especially apt this year. Luma, a longtime contributor the festival, used the downtown construction block of the PAE Living Building as their installation site.
Dec
2020
Luma envisions lighting design possibilities in 10
years
Luma’s designers recently envisioned the lighting design industry for 2030 in a whitepaper for the IES Visionary Challenge, imagining the dynamic technologies that will shape our future.
Sep
2020
Kaiser Center Lobby design celebrated by
IES
Luma is the proud recipient of an IES Award of Merit for the Kaiser Center Lobby design in Oakland, California.
Aug
2020
Swimming with ideas: Q&A with designer Sara
Nonaka
Senior Lighting Designer, Sara Nonaka, talks career, how small opportunities can have a big impact, and how she gets past challenges in the creative process.
Jul
2020
An evolution in our
control
We all have a new perspective and reference point for what we want, do not want, and need in an office space. What you are experiencing over the past several months will leave a lasting psychological imprint and will influence your perception and expectations for your office environment, be it at home or in a corporate setting. I believe we have an opportunity that will not come again in our lifetime to create change in workplace architecture like we have at this very moment.
Apr
2020
Trading interiors for light: Q&A with designer Christine
Cornelius
Lighting designer Christine Cornelius arrived at Luma's Seattle office in August 2018, after working for five years as an interior designer. So far, she’s enjoying the view.
Mar
2020
Our response to
COVID-19
We have activated our business continuity plan and our designers are well-versed in best practices for virtual collaboration and performance - telecommuting and "anywhere productivity" are an integrated part of Luma's culture and capabilities.
Feb
2020
Into the Dreamscape: Portland Winter Light Festival
2020
Luma carries on their tradition of participating in the Portland Winter Light Festival with an immersive dome that simulates the REM sleep cycle.
Oct
2019
Luma shines at IES
Awards
Luma claimed not one, not two, but three awards at this year’s prestigious 46th Annual IES Awards
Jun
2019
The Rhythm of
Light
What is circadian rhythm and why should I care?
May
2019
Willing to risk it all: Luma gains confidence while pushing design
boundaries
Luma brightens a Silicon Valley office with a distinctly polished level of sophistication and class.
Apr
2019
Impacting Our Community, One Day at a
Time
PAE & Luma's first annual Service Week.
