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Dec

2023

04

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

13

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

10

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.

IES Awards | LUMA

May

2023

04

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

22

Telling fortunes at the Portland Winter Light Festival

Stellar Tellar made waves at the 2023 festival with experiential design and cosmic fortunes

Jan

2023

10

Lighting Forecast: Frankfurt Light + Building 2022

A chat with lighting designers Anna Winn and Molly Stowe on the 2022-2023 lighting landscape

Sep

2022

27

Cornish alumni enhance design projects at the Seattle studio

LUMA's lighting designers have similar educational backgrounds yet differ in viewpoints about the industry.

Lauren Wilcox | Lighting Designer | Seattle Studio

Aug

2022

16

Railspur boosts art in Seattle

A unique project preview through the lens of Seattle's spirited art scene

May

2022

16

LUMA team publishes ‘Light on Waste’ research paper

Research studies the carbon impact of LED lighting

Mar

2022

02

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

20

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.

Holiday lighting | Luma

Jul

2021

30

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.

Embodied and Operational Impacts | Luma Lighting Design

May

2021

13

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.

20 Questions for Lighting Leads | Luma

Feb

2021

25

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.

Portland Winter Lights Festival | Luma Lighting Design

Dec

2020

18

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.

IES Visionary Challenge | Luma Lighting Design

Sep

2020

14

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.

Kaiser Center Lobbies | San Francisco | Luma Lighting Design

Aug

2020

31

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.

Lighting Designer Profiles | Luma Lighting Design

Jul

2020

01

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.

Evolution Our Control | Luma Lighting Design

Apr

2020

03

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.

Lighting Designer Profiles | Luma Lighting Design

Mar

2020

18

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

20

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.

Portland Winter Light Festival | Luma Lighting Design

Oct

2019

08

Luma shines at IES Awards

Luma claimed not one, not two, but three awards at this year’s prestigious 46th Annual IES Awards

Luma claimed not one, not two, but three awards at this year’s prestigious 46th Annual IES Awards

Jun

2019

18

The Rhythm of Light

What is circadian rhythm and why should I care?

May

2019

24

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

30

Impacting Our Community, One Day at a Time

PAE & Luma's first annual Service Week.