Structural engineers are licensed. Architects are licensed. Why isn't lighting?

Hosts Avi Mor of Morlights and Lisa Reed of Reed Burkett Lighting Design go unscripted. It starts with a hotel ballroom running 20 footcandles at a dinner event, broken dimmers, and no one who knew how to operate them. From that comes a pointed question: why is proper lighting still treated as a luxury? The specification market sits at roughly 3–5% of total luminaires sold in the U.S. Lisa and Avi dig into licensure, the IES partnership with America by Design, and whether Neocon's Illuminated show can move that number.

In This Episode:

(00:00) Season preview and upcoming guest lineup
(06:18) Hotel ballroom lighting failure and the luxury perception problem
(12:04) Neocon's Illuminated show: lighting in front of 50,000 designers
(17:41) When lighting work becomes how you see everything
(21:03) KU Campanile project and plans for the season ahead
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About the show:

Lighting Matters is hosted by Lisa Reed and Avi Mor. In each episode, we’ll dig deep into the meticulous process of creating lighting design for architecture, showcasing industry leaders who balance artistic creativity with technical precision, and listen as they share their successes and challenges in architectural lighting design.

Resources:
IES (Illuminating Engineering Society): https://www.ies.org

Neocon / Illuminated: https://www.neocon.com

The Merchandise Mart, Chicago: https://www.themart.com

IALD (International Association of Lighting Designers): https://www.iald.org
Lighting Matters Podcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lighting-matters-podcast/
Lighting Matters Podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbLkEKnB8XgSXoeDY0T8t3w

Lisa Reed https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-j-reed-b198154/

Reed Burkett Lighting Design http://www.rbldi.com

Avraham Mor https://www.linkedin.com/in/avrahammor/

Morlights https://www.morlights.com/