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At Your Service

10/2/2015

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I just came across this New York Times article about the 24/7 work culture in service industries. Lighting design most definitely falls into this category of professions beholden to the whims of the client. 

At Envision Lighting Design, we strive to build a culture that will work both for our team and our clients.

Enlighten: Learn. Forget your preconceived notions. Ban assumptions.

Enhance: Improve. Make it better. Be solutions-oriented.

Enjoy: Have fun. Love the process. Love the final product.
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Women in Lighting...at LIGHTFAIR

3/4/2015

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Women in Lighting - An Open Dialogue


Thursday, May 7
10:30 am
Spotlight Lounge
I am so excited to announce that we will continue the conversation that we began last fall during Enlighten Americas. The Women in Lighting panel is coming to Lightfair this spring! This time, Barbara Horton, Vasiliki Malakasi, and Cheryl English will serve as panelists. I will be asking them - and the people in the audience - to share personal stories about their experiences as women in the lighting field. What can we do to make our industry one of the best places for women to work? Where have we been? What can we improve? And where are we going in the future?

The name of the session is Women in Lighting - An Open Dialogue. An open dialogue is exactly what it will be. I hope you can attend! Be ready to ask and answer questions. Be a part of the dialogue on Thursday, May 7 at 10:30am. This is a free session, and it will take place in the Spotlight Lounge. I hope to see you there! 
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Unforgetting Women Lighting Designers, Too!

6/13/2013

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At the start of my career whenever I attended a meeting, I often found myself to be the youngest person and the only woman in the room. Nowadays I am not typically the youngest person in the room, but all too often I am still the only woman. 
Why are there so few women in our profession? And what can I do to make sure the ones there are (or the ones who have been) do not get forgotten? 
The architecture community is currently in a bit of an uproar over the fact that Denise Scott Brown was not included in her husband and partner Robert Venturi's 1991 Pritzker Prize Award. In fact, Despina Stratigakos recently wrote a wonderful article about "Unforgetting" Women Architects and Architecture Magazine is challenging its readers to recommend a woman architect for a Wikipedia article to be written by the magazine. I even just learned that Frank Lloyd Wright's first employee was a woman architect.
One of my more popular old blog posts includes a little story about a lighting designer named Lesley Wheel. She was the first female architectural lighting designer, and a great mentor to many people. I think so highly of Lesley's ideas and her work that I'm currently helping to author a book about her design philosophies. 
What are you doing to encourage women in our profession? What else needs to change so that the lighting design profession doesn't follow architecture in overlooking this talented segment of our membership? Are we too late? The Wikipedia entry under "Lighting Design" lists 13 men and one woman, the talented Motoko Ishii of Japan. The IES, a 107-year-old organization has only had three female presidents. Maybe lighting designers have some Wikipedia editing to do, as well.       
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WBE Lighting Designer in St. Louis

12/28/2012

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Envision Lighting Design, LLC is now an official WBE in St. Louis. We are happy to announce that our application for WBE status was confirmed and accepted by the St. Louis Airport Authority, effective December 18, 2012. So if excellent lighting design wasn't enough, now ELD helps you fulfill your WBE participation requirements, too!
Envision Lighting Design, LLC is also a State of Missouri certified WBE.
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Envision Lighting Design, LLC is a WBE!

4/16/2012

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Last week I had my site visit from the State of Missouri OEO inspector. Some of you have asked whether or not I am a WBE (Woman-owned Business Enterprise.) Good news! She successfully confirmed that day that I am a woman and that I own Envision Lighting Design, LLC. 
Now that ENvisionLD is a State of Missouri certified WBE, what other certifications are important to pursue? I know that there are Federal Woman-owned Business listings too, plus other State of Missouri options. Which ones have reciprocity? Which ones do you consider important? Let us know!
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