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Lightcraft's Colin Conroy, LC, MIES was honored to serve as a judge for the IESNYC 2024 Student Lighting Competition. The competition theme, Proximal Light, challenged students to construct a three-dimensional study exploring light as a medium to express closeness. As our lives balance in-person experiences with online connections and social networks, how does light help bridge distances and create an intimate environment for interaction? The competition featured 165 entries from students of lighting design, industrial design, and architecture and interior design who created intricate and innovative art installations. Congratulations to 3rd place winner Jude Fox for "Chromatic Connections", 2nd place winner Thalia Lee for "Castles in the Cloud", and grand prize winner Evan Wu for "Taiwan Boulevard". All winners are students at Pratt Institute! Congratulations to all on your achievements! https://lnkd.in/egy-NyC #IESNYC #StudentLightingCompetition #LightingEducation #LightingDesign #ProximalLight

Congratulations to Susannah Gilbard, LEED AP, LC, IALD, IES, CLD on her retirement after nearly 45 years of hard work and service to the engineering and lighting design industries! Susannah’s many accomplishments and awards are a testament to the differences she has made to lighting design and truly reflect the efforts of someone who has left the industry a better place. She will remain at AKF | Lightcraft throughout the early part of the year to transfer clients and projects to new points of contact. Susannah joined AKF as a Project Manager in 2000, since AKF did not have a lighting design department at that time. Soon, she was asked if she would like to create a lighting design group at AKF. Susannah spearheaded AKF Lighting Design, which later rebranded as Lightcraft. In 2013, she was named AKF’s first female partner. In 2016, she became one of the first lighting designers in the world to earn the Certified Lighting Designer accreditation; the first international, evidence-based certification in architectural lighting design. Prolific in the lighting design community, Susannah has authored articles and contributed to industry publications, and has held leadership positions for the Illuminating Engineering Society and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD). Thank you for everything, Susannah; you will be missed! #Retirement #LightingDesign #EmpoweringHumanPotential

Congratulations to Susannah Gilbard, LEED AP, LC, IALD, IES, CLD on her recent appointment to the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Board of Directors! Susannah will begin her term as Director at Large on January 1, 2024. We are proud to call Susannah one of our own and wish her luck on this new endeavor! https://lnkd.in/e62gQ7MK #LightingDesign #IALD #BoardofDirectors

What great things will 2024 bring?

A great video tour of this amazing new facility! Yay team! Congratulations to all of us!

Congratulations to the project team for Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics' new Patient Care Pavilion! The project received the 2023 Built Environment Plus Green Building Showcase Health & Wellness award! Lightcraft is proud to have provided lighting design for the new 5-story healthcare facility that prioritizes natural light while optimizing wayfinding, directing views to the outside, and supporting circadian rhythm to promote healing. Thank you to HDR for submitting this inspiring project! Read more about the project and see the other award recipients here: https://lnkd.in/durJVxtZ #LightingDesign #HealthcareLighting #HealthcareDesign #PatientCare

Join Shahrzad Abtahi, LC at the AIA Connecticut Architecture Conference on October 25th! Her presentation "Mindful Lighting Design: Strategies for a Sustainable and Healthy Lighting Design" explores conscious decisions that designers can make to ensure lighting benefits occupant health while minimizing negative environmental impacts. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn more about how light affects us and the world around us! https://lnkd.in/e2B9fdpd #CACX23 #LightingDesign #MindfulLightingDesign #OccupantWellnes #PoweringHumanPotential

We are fortunate to have Carly E. Gordillo on our team! Learn more about Carly below.

Illuminating Minds with New Canaan Library lighting design Project: New Canaan Library – New Canaan, CT Architect: Centerbrook Architects and Planners Photo Credit: Esto #LightingDesign #Lightcraft

Celebrating the light. Happy Solstice!  Project: New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT Architect: Centerbrook Architects and Planners Photo Credit: © Jeff Goldberg/ Esto #happysolstice #summersolstice2023 #lighting #lightcraft