L-DEP is for all lighting design students, educators, and professionals.
This portal offers resources for current lighting design strategies, cutting-edge lighting technologies, and sustainable and energy-saving design guidelines and overviews.
Funded by Nuckolls Foundation, Supported by Lam Partners and Cannon Design.
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This presentation emphasizes that hospitality lighting should be designed around how people experience and use a space rather than how it appears in photographs. The featured project, La Padrona, uses layered lighting inspired by classic Italian villas and mid-century design to enhance rich materials such as Calacatta Viola marble, walnut, and deep merlot walls. The lighting creates warmth, highlights key architectural features, and establishes a cohesive atmosphere throughout the restaurant.
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Lumenwerx has a large and free to download library of Revit/IES/Spec Sheets to help students and professionals accurately integrate lighting into their design projects.
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The Lumenwerx Inspiration page showcases thousands of real-world projects that demonstrate how architectural lighting can shape the experience of a space.
This presentation explores the key principles of workplace lighting design and how lighting influences comfort, productivity, and the overall user experience. Topics include layering light, balancing daylight, improving visual comfort, designing for hybrid work environments, using vertical illumination and color quality, and applying IES lighting standards.