Lighting Design Publications
The Wet Light™
A Platform Shift for Outdoor, Wet Location Lighting
Wet Light™ is a patented bulb and socket system designed to fundamentally simplify outdoor, wet location decorative lighting.
r u b i e™
r u b i e is healthy light that goes anywhere.
Red light therapy is clinically studied, widely used and tested, but access is often limited to clinics, bulky panels, or complicated devices.
r u b i e is the same proven wavelengths in a focused, handheld form.
Being with the people your products help everyday is a critical first step in product scouting.
Seen here:
Engineers, inspectors and contractors work 24/7 around a complex arrangement of piping and appliances in this chemical refining facility located about 58km east of Paris.
We used our observations to design a safer and healthier lighting plan for the plant and its workforce inhabitants.
Every good Product Scout knows what it takes to make a product and get it where it needs to go.
Products have multiple lines of stakeholders, each with their own focus.
The Product Scout's job is to balance stakeholder desires with the capabilities and goals of the organization to create and disrupt within their defined marketplaces.
Articles and Videos
Good Lighting Outdoors
Some outdoor lights fight the elements. Others are built to live with them.
Encapsulation is a protection method rarely discussed in decorative lighting, yet it’s one of the reasons certain fixtures age gracefully while others don’t.
Click to read the full article on my Substack - the Good Light.
Red Light for Mindfulness
Stillness doesn’t start in the mind. It starts in the body.
This piece reflects on how red light can create the physical conditions for mindfulness, helping the body feel safe enough to be present.
Click to read the full article on my Substack - the Good Light
LED Color Temperatures
A correlated color temperature of light tells us what visible color to expect from our luminaire. Color temperature or CCT is measured in degrees Kelvin. Typical household lamps emit light at 2700 Kelvin, or "2700K" (twenty-seven hundred, K). In this presentation, I provide background on what CCT is, the standards that help us specify it, and how best to apply CCT in industrial work environments.
Benefits of Encapsulation for Zone 1 LED Luminaires
Zone 1 is among the most stringent protection methodologies for electrical products. These ratings help a specifier trust that an appliance or fixture is safe for the environment they are designing. Typical Zone 1 applications include: oil refineries, chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing, and grain silos.
European Union Guidance on Light Pollution
Light pollution is a real thing, and it affects the environment and humans alike. Assuming average eyesight, about half of the EU population has now lost its ability to see the Milky Way galaxy arch across the night sky.