Events
From the Strip to the Summit
Venturing beyond the stadium/arena experience Sports lighting has expanded beyond the confines of stadiums and fields, venturing into landscapes once deemed impossible to illuminate. Today, designers orchestrate light across environments…
Sightlines | Game On: Keeping Playgrounds Alive After Sunset
We readily accept that adult recreation deserves quality illumination. Municipal softball leagues play under lights, public volleyball courts in New York City stay bright until 11 p.m., and high school…
Coming Up Aces
The WNBA champs’ headquarters celebrates excellence through design With over 90,000 fans packing the stands during the 2024 WNBA finals, the Professional Women’s Hockey League expanding into two new cities…
Retail Revisited
New and familiar voices weigh in on trends in the retail lighting market sector Roughly six years out from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that changed the way we…
Under a Rainforest Roof
Retail ecosystems thrive at The Grand Outlet of East Jakarta Spanning more than 17,000 islands along the equator, Indonesia’s tropical climate features lush rainforests, coral-rich seas, and volcanic mountains. This…
Glow with the Flow
The interplay of warmth, texture, and color at the Clarke Quay mall The CQ @ Clarke Quay in Singapore isn’t your mother’s shopping center. Situated alongside the picturesque Singapore River,…
Sightlines: Innovation in a Post-LED World
From broad strokes to subtle advances If you were in the lighting industry in the early 2000s, you lived through some significant changes including the 2008 recession and the industry-wide…
Guest Appearances
Wireless controls elevate hospitality experiences The luxury hospitality market is experiencing unprecedented growth, with projections showing it will reach nearly $370 billion by 2032.1 Whether designers are upgrading a beloved…
Size Matters
Examining the complexities of hospitality megaproject design There are unique complications that come with designing hospitality megaprojects, specifically those relating to the design of integrated resorts. These are projects with…
A Shire Thing
Crafting a magical design journey through Hobbiton When visitors step from their tourist coaches onto the rolling hills of Hobbiton in Matamata, New Zealand, they enter a land that has…
Sightlines: Best Practices — Starting an IES Student Chapter
Beginning in the summer before my final year at Oregon State University (OSU), I decided to start an IES Student Chapter, as our university had never had one before. This…
Careers: Recruitment Faux Pas
Recruitment Faux Pas: When hiring turns into self-sabotage In LD+A, July 2025, I wrote about the tides shifting toward a more balanced job market; course correcting from the hyper candidate-driven…
Gaming the System
An office for fun, innovation, and community In the heart of downtown Vancouver, Canada, the rapidly expanding mobile entertainment company Kabam sought to create an office environment that was as…
Research: How Can Lighting Enhance Your Perceptual Music Listening Experience?
Music listening experiences can be strongly influenced by the surrounding environment. A recent study conducted by researchers at Arizona State University and the California Lighting Technology Center at the University…
Project In Pictures: Pump Up the Jam
The AO Arena in Manchester, England, one of Europe’s biggest music venues since the mid-1990s, featuring Pop headliners like Lorde and Katy Perry in 2025, underwent significant redevelopment to offer…