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2019 Luxies Award of Excellence
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At this year’s Luxies we were surprised and humbled to win the Award of Excellence in Interior Lighting Design for our project 160 Spear. It’s an honor to be recognized amongst such talent. Thank you to the IES San Francisco chapter for this distinction!
Read moreWhat’s in your bag?
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Welcome to our 1st edition of “Whats in your bag?” which will spotlight a bit more personal side of the PritchardPeck Lighting team and let you dive into the secrets of what we carry on our backs everyday! First up is Anna Lok, our calc rockstar, who just returned from an amazing trip around Japan. Enjoy! Read more
Dropbox, Our Fifteen Minutes
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We are honored to be recognized by Dropbox as a successful business built on hard work, creative thinking and smart technology choices. Working at the forefront of design in the San Francisco market has pushed us to develop a toolkit that is flexible, intuitive and technology forward. Dropbox is an integral part of our daily operations, and has allowed us to scale in a way that was previously unavailable to a company of our size. Using the right tools allows us to focus on collaboration rather than infrastructure, and to realize the balance of both a high quality of life and work.
Light is What We Do
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We enjoyed being interviewed by Italian lighting design magazine Luce in December by Andrew Peterson. Luce focuses on Italian, as well as the International lighting design communities and features articles on design, architecture, and innovations in the field.We talk about what inspired us to start lighting and what makes us unique as PritchardPeck Lighting. The article is available on their website at Luce Web and be sure to check out the full interview in their digital magazine: Luce Digitale!
Meet the Designers: Kylie Gabbard
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Kylie began her career at PritchardPeck Lighting in 2012 as the team’s first designer, and now with her 8 years of experience she brings excellent design ideas and management capabilities to our residential projects as well as an unparalleled fashion inspiration to our office.
Where did you grow up/cities you’ve lived in? It’s actually a trade secret that I was raised in the OC of Southern California. Luckily, living in Paris and then almost 10yr in New York got rid of the tan and weeded out any clothes that weren’t black.
What drew you to lighting design? My background is a fine art with a degree in Glass Blowing and Sculpture. I started making chandelier sculptures on the side and my sculpture just kept getting larger and the glass component seemed “unfinished” without light to highlight it. I think I’m always chasing that delighted surprised feeling of seeing glowing molten glass change its shape and color into an entirely new form, not unlike light itself.
What aspect of architectural lighting is your favorite? This one is actually not a secret…I live for my Clients. I love creating work that people can experience and live in. The more eccentric the Client the better!
Hobbies/Inspiration? Fashion and the event of self expression is a big one. Artists and designers, like Michele Lamy, Pam Hogg, Peter Marino, who are living their own expression of art and life are fascinating to me. Otherwise, art, yoga and my 4yr old pretty much rule my life.
Any moments that defined what you wanted to do with your life (professionally)? Ha! I wish it was more clear. I, like many people, came into Lighting Design through a side door and am still surprised at how life evolves and where it takes you.
A Mid-Market Transformation
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Transforming the abandoned Strand Theater into a stunning stage for San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater demanded all the elements of great drama: creativity, honesty, passion, risk. Lighting design performed multiple roles, from public engagement to the enhancement of modern architectural forms inside a century-old shell. Challenged by structural and historical constraints, the pressures of a high-profile project, and a nonprofit budget of only $8 per square foot, the lighting team scrutinized and perfected each fixture over three years. The resulting solution champions integrity and transparency over concealment and artifice, celebrating The Strand’s gritty past and its bold future.
Reinventing the theater experience
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Our team has been working with Dolby Laboratories and WRNS Studio on adapting the same technology created at their Dolby Cinema in Los Angeles to debut at their corporate flagship location in San Francisco. This new concept of the Dolby theater experience integrates the perfect blend of video, audio, industrial design and neuroscience. Take a peak into the project see what we’ve been working on!
Find the article here on SF Gate.