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Linnaea Tillett Lighting Design Associates is dedicated to enhancing the utility, safety and enchantment of public space—and the vitality of community life—through an ecologically-intelligent use of light.
Tillett Lighting Design Associates is a boutique lighting firm with over thirty years of experience in designing public and private interiors and landscapes. Our firm is unique in that we bring together a diverse group of lighting designers: a principal with a PhD in environmental psychology, a registered landscape architect and highly-trained designers with master’s degrees in lighting and interior design. The studio has established a reputation for artistry, technical innovation and a profound understanding of the impact of light on human emotions and behavior, as
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Her innovative approach incorporates a thorough understanding of the perceptual, behavioral and psychological effects of light. Careful consideration is paid not only to the visual environment, but to the emotional texture of the space. This unique approach is combined with her studio’s up-to-date knowledge of lighting technologies to produce sustainable projects without sacrificing utility or aesthetics. All of the studio’s current and recent projects are designed using best sustainability practices.
Tillett frequently designs lighting programs for cultural and educational spaces. Completed projects include: the Strand Theater in Brooklyn with Leeser Architects, Harlem Stage Gatehouse with John G. Waite Associates, the Visitors’ Center and Exhibit at the Brooklyn Navy Yard with Beyer Blinder Belle, Renzo Piano’s High Line Park Facility, Maya Lin’s chapel for the Children’s Defense Fund, and The Friends Meeting House in Manhattan. We’re currently working with Toshiko Mori on the renovation of the Brooklyn Public Library and with Beyer Blinder Belle on the Von King Cultural Center Auditorium in
In the movie Edward Scissorhands, a lot of different cinematic techniques are used. This movie mostly focuses on lighting, usually using darker low-key lighting throughout most of the film to create a darker, creepy tone. Low-key lighting is used mostly in scenes with Edward scissorhands in them, not as much with the girl. A good example of these low-key lighting scenes are the beginning ones, when the girl first enters Edward’s castle. The atmosphere inside is dark and creepy, adding to the already mysterious and dark tone of the movie. Another example of a scene with low-key lighting is the very beginning of the credits screen. The words are displayed in white with the rest of the background as a dark and evil setting. This already gives
Each of these designs has had a great impact in the field of scenic design and on the future of technical theatre design. Due to their artistic talent, hard work, creativity, and drive to reach their dreams these scenic designers have paved the way for future designers and innovation in future productions. The theatre world would not have been the same without their substantial impact and the footprints of genius they leave behind.
Frank Lloyd Wright is one of America’s most influential architects that has left a legacy of structures that are collaged with Nature (Mead, 2014, February). Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, has left a legacy of tranquil spaces hidden within parks that are known for their “picturesque” qualities (Mead, 2014, January). These two men are completely different with the designs that they’ve created simply because they are using different mediums, but ultimately there aren’t a lot of contrasting elements to their designs. The similarities are evident when you begin to look at their main priority when designing; mental health and wellness. With health and wellness as a mutual focus it is easy to find that they had complementary design influences, theories, and design principles. To create a design that successfully helps to soothe the mind they both found that Nature is the best tool to use. This tool is now their unique contribution to design history, and as a result it stands out as something that today’s designers want to mimmic when focusing on mental health and wellness.
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr, a famous war soldier once said, "The truth of the matter is you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." Although society has the potential to help others in need they restrict themselves from doing the right thing. But when society is challenged with a problem only some step up against to the odds to make a difference. Throughout history, during times of devastation and separation there are people that show a ray of light that gives people hope during the darkest times.
Imagery of light is used in Fisher’s collection of poems to symbolize positive facets of a life lived in poverty. People living in poverty are not given all the basic necessities required to live comfortably. Many impoverished persons are malnourished due to lack of resources such as sufficient food or appropriate clothing. The lack of living essentials and the inability to afford everything that they desire provides people living in poverty with a greater appreciation for small acts of kindness. Many of the poems in Fishers collection show aspects of the poor being grateful for the little things in life. One of the poems shows a little girl being extremely appreciative of something every...
Goodness verses evil is how most novels portray light verses dark. Marilynne Robinson challenges this idea in her novel Housekeeping by changing the roles of light and dark. Light, in her novel, represents a normal life as Lucille, the protagonist’s sister, chooses to endorse. Darkness is portrayed as a source of enlightenment and a path to an abnormal life which Ruth, the protagonist, and Sylvie, the protagonist’s aunt, embrace. In the novel Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, the main characters, Ruth and Lucille, have to choose their lifestyle as a normal one in the light, or one that is unique in the dark.
The nature of humans is to seek happiness, which may possibly result in chasing illusions rather than settling for harsh realities. In “The Lamp at Noon”, Sinclair Ross uses the wishes of the characters Paul and Ellen, as well as their difficult situation to contrast the concepts of dreams and realities. Specifically, Ross displays the gap between dreams and realities through Paul’s hope for the land to return and his ideal of being a successful farmer to explain that what outcomes may occur if one neglects reality and blindly pursues their dream. Paul wishes to stay on the farmland and believes that the land will be able to cultivate crops. However, Ellen persists that where they are living is a “desert” and reminds him of “the lamp lit at noon” (Ross
...natural light, she avoids the distraction of studio lighting. She feels this helps her remain open to possibilities instead of being preoccupied with setting up a scene. For her, “being in a studio is often about chasing an idea or a pre-conceived picture.” (Cotton) With the natural light, she is able to achieve photos with soft light and a classic feel.
The world is developing every day and we continue to discover new and innovative ways to better our quality of life. A trend that everyone seems to be focused on is saving the environment, which is also known as sustainable living. Not only does this apply to our lifestyle and environment, but it also translates into design. Sustainable living is becoming more popular around the world and is a lifestyle using skillful and sensitive design. It eliminates negative environmental impact and requires renewable resources. We each have decided to research different furniture companies to broaden our knowledge of the innovative practices used in each company. Throughout our paper we will introduce each of our companies and the products and practices they use to produce sustainable furniture. Our research will show that sustainable furniture design is beneficial to consumers by allowing them to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle as their manufacturers develop innovative ways to make renewable furniture.
Arguably two of the most important aspects when designing a studio complex are that the live and control rooms included a lot of natural light and that the communication between the artists and the studio team is free and easy. In the studio this has achieved this by creating a design similar to and inspired by ‘The Big Room’ at Real World Studios (Realworldstudios.com, 2013), where the ‘control room’ and ‘live room’ are actually all within the one space utilising the live end/dead end theory. (See Appendix A)
The article, Seasonal Affective Disorder: Lighting Research and Environmental Psychology, explains that Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD, defined as depression during seasons, but, primarily during the winter, is the main reason for abnormal mood changes. The article focuses on the research that was given that indicates that poor lighting affects the individual psychologically, and individual living closer to the equation show sign more than individual living away from the equation. The research attempts to illustrate why other disciplines, such as, engineers, architects, and designers, should consider viewing environmental psychology as a useful tool when impleme...
The topic of natural lighting is something that all of us are familiar about, but at hindsight we probably haven’t understood the significance of natural light that it has had from the past. It was much more than just lighting up a space. As designers, we lack the understanding of the deeper meaning of what lighting can contribute to the space as well as to the occupants. Besides its functional and emotional components, lighting also has a non-visual, biological effect on humans and it is imperative we make use of the natural resource we have in abundance.
Santini, Claudio and Dafna Zifarro. Green is Beautiful: The Eco-Friendly House Australia, The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd. 2009, Print.
Design has major impact with concerns to environmental qualities. This field is a direct study of the relationship between behaviouristic actions of its inhabitants. Designers constantly interact with people and communicate to solve the needs of their clients regardless of large or small scale projects. Analysis is key in combining creativity with managerial design solutions. These outside-of-the-box designers have the ability to create beautiful, safe and functional and aesthetically pleasing spaces using common factors, designing for communities as well as,
Light bulb is one of the most influential inventions in the word. It makes us work more productive at night and helps us enjoy more activities at night. It significantly change people lives all over the world. The born of light bulb also helped us by making more inventions that related to light, such as phones, televisions, and computes. By using light bulb, we actually reduced the probability of having fire accidents because if we don’t have light bulb, we will use candles instead which can cause fire easily. There are a lot more benefits we get from light bulb, and all of these are credited to Thomas Alva Edison.