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From the HLD Gallery, Define Your Light Since I was a child, the “play” between light and dark, brightness and shadow, has captured my heart. The inclusion of sunlight is paramount as well as ambient light which creates the surrounding glow. Light often warms a person intellectually, physically, and physiologically. It makes you want to curl up on the sunny spot on the floor or curl up with a book by the table lamp.  One of the guilty pleasures of this difficult time is getting a peek inside spaces that are usually private – the homes of friends, coworkers, even celebrities. In a recent HLD staff meeting, as we looked at a tile of each other’s faces, we noted the lighting each of us set up for the call, and how we’ve all had to adjust our homes as we spend more time there. As lighting designers, we know that light is one way we can gain some control over our environment. Out of that conversation grew a challenge, a question for each of our designers: What are you doing to keep yourself inspired during this time of isolation? Some of us responded with specifics about lighting our workspaces; others focused on career inspiration or waxed philosophical. Get another peek inside, as we share these responses in our HLD Gallery, Define Your Light 
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From the HLD Gallery, Define Your Light How I define light at home is with a combination of indirect light from a linear LED desk lamp and natural light from the window adjacent to my home office desk. The desk lamp offers a soft illumination to the space by being directed towards the ceiling. It also has adjustability with dimming and color temperature options. The window, which is usually open, brings in daylight, a lovely landscaped view, and often a nature soundtrack of sorts.  Light is dynamic. The sunlight and shadows bring a hint of the nature indoors with contrast and this gentle ebb and flow. One of the guilty pleasures of this difficult time is getting a peek inside spaces that are usually private – the homes of friends, coworkers, even celebrities. In a recent HLD staff meeting, as we looked at a tile of each other’s faces, we noted the lighting each of us set up for the call, and how we’ve all had to adjust our homes as we spend more time there. As lighting designers, we know that light is one way we can gain some control over our environment. Out of that conversation grew a challenge, a question for each of our designers: What are you doing to keep yourself inspired during this time of isolation? Some of us responded with specifics about lighting our workspaces; others focused on career inspiration or waxed philosophical. Get another peek inside, as we share these responses in our HLD Gallery, Define Your Light From the HLD Gallery, Define Your Light Light is the foundation of all design. It creates color and texture, establishes the mood, and can enlarge or shrink a space. It is delicate and powerful.  One of the guilty pleasures of this difficult time is getting a peek inside spaces that are usually private – the homes of friends, coworkers, even celebrities. In a recent HLD staff meeting, as we looked at a tile of each other’s faces, we noted the lighting each of us set up for the call, and how we’ve all had to adjust our homes as we spend more time there. As lighting designers, we know that light is one way we can gain some control over our environment. Out of that conversation grew a challenge, a question for each of our designers: What are you doing to keep yourself inspired during this time of isolation? Some of us responded with specifics about lighting our workspaces; others focused on career inspiration or waxed philosophical. Get another peek inside, as we share these responses in our HLD Gallery, Define Your Light From the HLD Gallery, Define Your Light This is my reading nook, where I usually finish the afternoon's work or play guitar. I find watching the sunset or rise keeps me grounded in these crazy times.  One of the guilty pleasures of this difficult time is getting a peek inside spaces that are usually private – the homes of friends, coworkers, even celebrities. In a recent HLD staff meeting, as we looked at a tile of each other’s faces, we noted the lighting each of us set up for the call, and how we’ve all had to adjust our homes as we spend more time there. As lighting designers, we know that light is one way we can gain some control over our environment. Out of that conversation grew a challenge, a question for each of our designers: What are you doing to keep yourself inspired during this time of isolation? Some of us responded with specifics about lighting our workspaces; others focused on career inspiration or waxed philosophical. Get another peek inside, as we share these responses in our HLD Gallery, Define Your Light From the HLD Gallery, Define Your Light In this time of isolation, I have defined my light by the location of my partner and I as we co-work in a little space. I start my morning watching the sun come up through my expansive windows and I follow it around the open space like a cat. My two cats have the luxury of napping in the sun, but it makes me feel warm and productive when I start my day. I never turn any of my overhead lighting on in my workspace, but I do have lamps that I adjust the CCT for. When it's cloudy, I've been pointing an adjustable lamp head upward for indirect lighting when necessary. When it's time to "leave the office", I've been changing my color-changing lamp system to fun colors like Magenta, Green, and Red. It makes the space feel urban and fun. I also hope it gives pedestrians passing by a visual treat among the dim amber windows to see a pop of color on the top floor.    One of the guilty pleasures of this difficult time is getting a peek inside spaces that are usually private – the homes of friends, coworkers, even celebrities. In a recent HLD staff meeting, as we looked at a tile of each other’s faces, we noted the lighting each of us set up for the call, and how we’ve all had to adjust our homes as we spend more time there. As lighting designers, we know that light is one way we can gain some control over our environment. Out of that conversation grew a challenge, a question for each of our designers: What are you doing to keep yourself inspired during this time of isolation? Some of us responded with specifics about lighting our workspaces; others focused on career inspiration or waxed philosophical. Get another peek inside, as we share these responses in our HLD Gallery, Define Your Light From the HLD Gallery, Define Your Light Light encompassing Transformative to all things Becomes our touchstone  One of the guilty pleasures of this difficult time is getting a peek inside spaces that are usually private – the homes of friends, coworkers, even celebrities. In a recent HLD staff meeting, as we looked at a tile of each other’s faces, we noted the lighting each of us set up for the call, and how we’ve all had to adjust our homes as we spend more time there. As lighting designers, we know that light is one way we can gain some control over our environment. Out of that conversation grew a challenge, a question for each of our designers: What are you doing to keep yourself inspired during this time of isolation? Some of us responded with specifics about lighting our workspaces; others focused on career inspiration or waxed philosophical. Get another peek inside, as we share these responses in our HLD Gallery, Define Your Light From the HLD Gallery, Define Your Light My tiny home is all about daylight. My south-east facing windows catch the sunrise and fill my living/work space with rainbows on our sunny days, and the sun sets out my west facing windows behind a gorgeous brick watch factory that gave my town it's nickname, the Watch City. I live by the sun complimented with task lights during the day, and bring out my (innately) warm-dimming incandescents in the evening, and some pretty wild uplighting when I'm playing with conference call lighting for game night with the family!  One of the guilty pleasures of this difficult time is getting a peek inside spaces that are usually private – the homes of friends, coworkers, even celebrities. In a recent HLD staff meeting, as we looked at a tile of each other’s faces, we noted the lighting each of us set up for the call, and how we’ve all had to adjust our homes as we spend more time there. As lighting designers, we know that light is one way we can gain some control over our environment. Out of that conversation grew a challenge, a question for each of our designers: What are you doing to keep yourself inspired during this time of isolation? Some of us responded with specifics about lighting our workspaces; others focused on career inspiration or waxed philosophical. Get another peek inside, as we share these responses in our HLD Gallery, Define Your Light  Hartranft Lighting Design (HLD), with offices in Washington, DC, Boston and Charlotte, is expanding its design presence and client services with the addition of Catherine Leskowat as senior designer.  Catherine believes in human-centric design, and in finding the beautifully simple solution to a design challenge. Every day is a chance to collaborate with other creative minds and leverage an understanding of light and human factors to create healthy built environments that bring delight to users. Catherine is a lighting designer and project manager with experience in a diverse range of projects from infrastructure to houses of worship, historic renovation and labs. Catherine has served on the IALD Education Trust Stipend Committee since graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelors in Interior Design. She also teaches lighting design for architecture and interior design at the Boston Architectural College. A rainbow over St Francis hospital the morning she was born might have foretold her future in lighting design, or later her interest in architecture and photography, but Catherine was around 16 when she picked up a coffee-table book of a lighting designer’s portfolio at the library and saw a spread showing four different lighting scenes in the same space. “The potential of light to impact human experience, necessarily inseparable from space-making and materiality, continues to fascinate me. To share the transformative power of light is why I am a lighting designer.” E d u c a t i o n Bachelors of Interior Design, University of Oklahoma College of Architecture, 2013 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Light and Health Institute, 2016 A f f i l i a t i o n s International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), Associate Education Trust Stipend Committee 2015-Present Student Ambassador, 2012-2013 Awards Committee, 2018 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), Associate International Interior Design Association (IIDA), Associate US Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED AP ID+C, 2016-Present About Hartranft Lighting Design.
Now with more than 100 years’ collective experience and 2000+ projects inform our approach to responsible lighting design solutions, Hartranft Lighting Design applies specialized expertise to help architects, developers and owners realize their vision of commercial, institutional, and mixed-use spaces. Hartranft Lighting Design is a woman-owned business (WBE) with offices in Charlotte, Boston and Washington, DC. Hartranft Lighting Design (HLD), with offices in Washington, DC, Boston and Charlotte, is expanding its design presence and client services with the addition of Jessica Krometis as senior designer.  Jessica brings her theatrical sensibilities, honed through a decade in the Chicago theatre scene, to the architectural lighting world. She holds a Masters Degree of Fine Art from Northwestern University with her concentration in Lighting Design for the Stage. Before designing light for architecture and exhibits, she designed several shows in the Chicago area and New York City with companies including American Theatre Company, Theatre Wit, Stage Left Theatre, Artistic Home, and Jackalope Theatre. She assisted major Chicago designers on exhibits at the Museum of Science and Industry and the Museum of Contemporary Arts Chicago, as well as at Tony Award-winning theatres such as Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre Company, and Court Theatre. In 2015, Jessica exhibited her lighting design work at the Prague Quadrennial in the United States exhibit. Jessica now employs her keen eye for constructing a narrative and her ability to manipulate light for emotional effect to enhance the visitor experience at museums and other spaces. She has programmed colorful dynamic building facades and full environmental spaces. She is passionate about collaborating with clients and owners and developing elegant solutions to bugets and logistics. Her recent projects include museums, office campuses, restaurants, and hospitality. In her free time, she loves to travel, bake goodies, ride her bike around the city, and play roller derby with the DC Roller Girls. A F F I L I A T I O N S Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), Associate Member Past Chapter Coordinator of IALD New England (2016-2019) ----------------------------
About Hartranft Lighting Design. Now with more than 100 years’ collective experience and 2000+ projects inform our approach to responsible lighting design solutions, Hartranft Lighting Design applies specialized expertise to help architects, developers and owners realize their vision of commercial, institutional, and mixed-use spaces. Hartranft Lighting Design is a woman-owned business (WBE) with offices in Charlotte, Boston and Washington, DC. The new office space for Booz Allen Hamilton located in Bethesda, MD was all about the ‘magical moment of connection.’ This was literally translated into the core lighting design concept with linear lighting that was dynamically placed throughout the office that intersected and ‘connected’ the open office to the circulation and collaboration spaces.  A high priority to the client was even lighting of the open office task areas, which proved challenging with the unique linear lighting design above the workspaces.  After carefully studying the layouts, utilizing batwing optics, and adding a perimeter layer of light – we were able to achieve the appropriate, even, and comfortable lighting levels without sacrificing the overall design aesthetic.  |
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