NYC Apartment Trend Toward Orange and Red Lighting

A recent piece in New York Magazine highlights a growing trend in New York City apartments toward warm-toned lighting—orange, amber, and soft reds—driven by aesthetic preferences, mood-setting goals, and the versatility offered by modern smart LED systems. LEARN MORE

“Big Light” Backlash Is Really A Light Distribution Problem

In practical terms, many homes now have what I would call Big Light Dependency: the room relies on one overhead source for visibility, atmosphere, and task support. That creates three predictable problems. LEARN MORE

Study: Supplemental Ambient Lighting Intervention to Improve Sleep

A recent study concluded that passive and easily administered lighting interventions for improving sleep in Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients hold promise as a treatment for mitigating symptoms and improving quality of life in PD. The lighting intervention was delivered for 2 hours every morning over a 4-week period via custom-configured table and floor lamps at home. The table and floor lamps were positioned to ensure a light level of 400lx reached participants’ eyes, which was equivalent to a circadian stimulus CS > 0.3 at the study’s criterion distance of 46 cm. Lamps were fitted with a single A23 LED bulb emitting 3,200lm of 3,000K warm white light and programmed to automatically turn on at times preferred by the participant, but no later than 9:00AM. Results show that sleep duration increased significantly by 28.5min and objective sleep time increased significantly by 19.9min. LEARN MORE