tweetmeme_url = 'http://konstructr.com/howard-brandston-weighs-in-on-the-incandescent-ban/';tweetmeme_source = 'Konstructr'; Renown US lighting designer Howard Brandston has come out blasting the forthcoming US incandescent lighting ban. Standing as a sentinel for good lighting...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://konstructr.com/are-you-ready-for-the-future/';tweetmeme_source = 'Konstructr'; This blog would be an easy space to dispense predictions about what the future of lighting design will be. I could point out constricting energy codes and pending light source...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://konstructr.com/how-to-get-the-incandescent-ban-right/';tweetmeme_source = 'Konstructr'; The EU is rapidly approaching the September 1 implementation date for its ban on the incandescent light bulb. Consumers are preparing for the switch, but Germans aren’t...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://konstructr.com/keeping-it-simple-lighting-design-integrity/';tweetmeme_source = 'Konstructr'; If lighting design were installation art, then design maintenance would easy. Unfortunately, lighting design works in the real world. Where light bulbs need to...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://konstructr.com/the-tools-exist/';tweetmeme_source = 'Konstructr'; We all have what I like to call “status tools” We proudly display our gadgets and tools, electronic or otherwise. We feel the nature of those tools displays who we are to the...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://konstructr.com/ever-hear-of-passive-light-you-have-now/';tweetmeme_source = 'Konstructr'; There’s a new term floating into the popular lighting lexicon. It’s called “passive” lighting. Essentially passive lighting has become the...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://konstructr.com/contrastinterest/';tweetmeme_source = 'Konstructr'; This past Saturday I spent my Fourth of July as I expect most of you did, visiting family, tossing the football around, watching baseball, eating hot dogs and eventually lighting a few...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://konstructr.com/there-can-wont-be-only-one/';tweetmeme_source = 'Konstructr'; First a warning, I know I’m the resident “lighting guy” here at Konstructr. This post is something a little different. I hope it’s thought provoking and I hope it generates...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://konstructr.com/falling-down-the-led-rabbit-hole/';tweetmeme_source = 'Konstructr'; Those who’ve followed this blog for awhile know that as a lighting designer I have very mixed feelings about LED as a light source. The technology is ever-evolving,...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://konstructr.com/texas-sen-kills-ban-on-lighting-design/';tweetmeme_source = 'Konstructr'; After a grassroots effort, the independent practice of lighting design has been saved in the state of Texas. Original draft legislation included language that would...