Special Release: Night Restoration and Preservation

Sponsored By: Keystone With Diane Knutson 8/3/22 – Special Release (Full Version) – Diane Knutson 36:41 This special release of our series features Diane Knutson, a regional dark sky advocate / business owner turned Dark Sky International Board President. In this episode Greg Ehrich and Michael attempt to disentangle the need for jargon as a … Read more

#268 Moving Through The Light Field

Sponsored By: Keystone With Christopher “Kit” Cuttle 7/28/22 – Lighting Episode 268 (Full Version) – Christopher “Kit” Cuttle 1:00:17 Christopher Cuttle has had a lifetime in lighting and he has a shelf full of awards and recognitions to reflect it. Listen to this episode and you’ll understand why. Henrik Clausen talks with Kit about his … Read more

#263 Poetics in Lighting

Sponsored By: Keystone With Amardeep Dugar 7/5/22 – Lighting Episode 263 (Full Version) – Amardeep Dugar 53:38 Amardeep Dugar talks with host Henrik Clausen, about the poetry of lighting. As he explains it, language is compositional just as lighting is. And so Amardeep has been examining the connection between poetry and lighting. He is also … Read more

#260 HI Lighting the Lighting Industry Down Under

Sponsored By: Keystone With Rob Hill 6/13/22 – Lighting Episode 260 (Full Version) – Rob Hill 46:50 Here’s a little peek into the state of the industry in Australia. Rob touches on Chinese products, bringing along the next generation of lighting professionals, and the misconceptions around human-centric lighting. Oh, and you’re going to want to … Read more

#256 Lead with Financing

Sponsored By: Keystone With Ross Reida 5/16/22 – Lighting Episode 256 (Full Version) – Ross Reida 50:05 Not your typical Get A Grip On Lighting podcast, but you’re going to want to hear this one anyway. You can sell light bulbs over the counter, but if you want those big retrofit contracts, sometimes your customer … Read more

#254 Lighting Controls Manufacturer Pulls The Rug

Sponsored By: Keystone With C. Webster Marsh & Ron Kuszmar 5/6/22 – Lighting Episode 254 (Full Version) – C. Webster Marsh & Ron Kuszmar 26:05 In this special episode of Get A Grip On Lighting Conversation Series, Webster and Ron discuss this article https://inside.lighting/news/22-04/lighting-controls-become-bricks-smart-home-company-disappears which describes an incident in which customers were left high and … Read more

#252 The Paths to Credentials

Sponsored By: Keystone With Glenn Shrum 4/25/22 – Lighting Episode 252 (Full Version) – Glenn Shrum 53:54 How do you gain credentials as a lighting designer? You go and learn under Henrik or Glenn. Our host and his guest talk about the evolution of education in lighting design – from the days of being self-taught … Read more

#246 Enabling the Lighting Industry

Sponsored By: Keystone With Forest Flager & Zach Mix 3/28/22 – Lighting Episode 246 (Full Version) – Forest Flager & Zach Mix 43:11 Hey lighting folks who put together luminaire schedules and specification packages listen up: Zach and Forest tell us about their startup, Parspec, which is designed to “automate part number entry, datasheet lookup … Read more

#236 Theatrical Lighting In the Real World

Sponsored By: Keystone With Mark Ridler 2/3/22 – Lighting Episode 236 (Full Version) – Mark Ridler 47:21 Mark is an award winning international lighting designer who leads the lighting profession across BDP. He has over 35 years’ experience and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). Mark tells us about his fascinating … Read more

Starving for Darkness #34 Does Light Pollution Drive Disease Transmission?

Sponsored By: Keystone Technologies With Dr. Meredith Kernbach 12/8/2021- Starving for Darkness #34 (Full Version) – Dr. Meredith Kernbach 55:41 Dr. Meredith Kernbach is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg in the lab of Dr. Mya Breitbart. For her doctoral dissertation, she studied how light pollution may affect zoonotic disease … Read more