Back to all blogs This week, we’re thrilled to highlight our newest lighting control offering, Steinel. Steinel offers lighting controls that span from simple code-compliant tools all the way to their Digital Control Solutions and COEUS platform for total energy monitoring and management. Book Your Presentation Let’s get right to it. When it comes to […]
Back to all blogs Based in Seattle, Washington, Graypants was founded by architect Seth Grizzle. Seth is a deeply insightful guy who strongly emphasizes constantly iterating on designs through what he playfully calls “scribbling.” Guided by their inspiring mantra—“Dream Big, Scribble Often, Make Thoughtfully”—Graypants creates luminous objects that are as innovative as they are beautiful.
Back to all blogs We are thrilled to announce that SDA Lighting and Controls has been named designing lighting magazine’s Rep of the Year 2024. The team at Designing Lighting interviewed our leadership team, Melissa Deutsch Stein, Randy Deutsch, and Jean Jacques, for the announcement article. They highlighted our dedication to representing independent manufacturers, the
Back to all blogs One of the trickiest things to get right in lighting is consistency. Consistent output, consistent color, consistent performance. You might have cove lighting that looks great, but it doesn’t match the ambient light in the room. Or maybe it’s the task lighting that just isn’t a fit for everything else in
Back to all blogs When you are looking for some of the best performance-grade lighting in the United States, ERCO should be one of the factories on your list. In this post we’re going to walk through three tools from ERCO to create stunning outdoor lighting, whether we’re talking about lighting up a facade or
Back to all blogs There is no shortage of tape lights on the market today. When you google “tape light,” you’ll get a plethora of results, most of which are low-quality options you can buy online. Only a handful of manufacturers make spec-grade, high-quality tape lights. Since its inception, Luminii has been one of those
Back to all blogs Linear lighting is a ubiquitous design gesture for commercial, retail, healthcare, and educational spaces today. But today, we will talk about the most versatile line of light on the market – the VIA family from Lumenwerx. Key Features of the VIA family: • 1.5″, 2″, 3″, 4″, and 5″ apertures •
Back to all blogs The aperture sizes of recessed downlights keep getting smaller. When I started specifying recessed downlighting, the 4.5″ aperture was the most common size we used. Then came the 3″ downlight, which has been a mainstay for lighting designers for the last ten years. But the march toward smaller apertures continued. Two
