Randall Whitehead
Randall Whitehead, our resident Lighting Doctor, is a lighting designer, author and contributor to Furniture, Lighting & Decor. He writes monthly blogs for the publication's website, and he also produces a video series on lighting design.
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Layers of Light Add Ambience to a Restaurant Atmosphere
As things are beginning to open up a little bit, we are venturing back to inside eating at 25 percent capacity. I was quite taken by this dim sum restaurant, called Palette Tea House, which we…
Registration Opens for the LivABLE Environment Conference
The LivABLE Environment Conference, which takes place virtually from April 28-30, 2021, explores the science behind the built environment, the arts and design. Scientists now know and prove that the…
Neon: Visual Lighted Icons in the Night
There is something about neon that just enthralling. It is amazing to me that something so rigid can look so fluid. I like to think of neon as the art of signage. And certainly artists have used…
How Pendant Lighting Fixtures Can Transform a Room
We update our phones every year, but we’ll hang onto architectural lighting fixtures in our homes for decades,” says Randall Whitehead, the Lighting Doctor, lighting designer and author of Beautiful…
Lighting Up a Garden of Earthly Delights
I think that with all of this sheltering-in-place is making us re-access our outdoor spaces, at least those of us have a little patch of green. Consider adding some exterior lighting, it has a lot of…
Flexible Downlights Key to Accentuating the Positive
As you have heard me explain before, lighting falls into four functions: task, accent, ambient and decorative. This time, I want to talk about accent lighting specifically, and here’s why: Something…
LED's Impact on Lighting Up the Holidays
The time is here for holiday lighting! Photo: Randall Whitehead.It is that time of year again, when homeowners become lighting designers. What we are talking about here is holiday lighting. Did you…
Museum Lighting: Illuminating the Past
The museums that I grew up with were visually exhausting. They had bright white walls on which they installed art with super saturated and often dense colors. As my eyes tried to adjust between the…
Ask Randall, The Lighting Doctor: Lighting for Comfort in a Home Office
Remote work has quickly become a part of our new normal. For many, working from home regularly has illuminated the need for updates to their home office spaces. While some focus on getting the right…
Using Outdoor Lighting to Enhance Garden Designs
As we continue to sit stewing in our homes for the safety of ourselves and others, we look for activities that will give some meaning to this very strange time. I’ve divided people into groups. There…