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News: The art of art and museum lighting

Scott Rosenfeld, LC, IESNA, is a lighting designer at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, part of the world’s largest research and museum complex located in Washington, D.C. The museum is home to one of the largest and most inclusive collections of American art. “Museums really care about lighting design, and they build the necessary infrastructure…

Lighting technology advancements and the rise of cities

Today, the word “city” conjures images of skyscrapers, bright lights and bustling crowds that never rest. But cities didn’t begin to develop into the lively places we know today until the second half of the 19th century. Along the way, lighting technology and other innovations accelerated the urbanization process. Thomas Edison’s carbon-filament incandescent bulb, or…