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✱ Alan and Karen Lindsley – the husband-and-wife team behind domestic lighting manufacturer Lindsley Lighting – nd manageable venues such as
LEDucation more bene cial than larger events. The company is unique in that everything – even the OEMs used – is sourced in the United States.
“Our look is very clean and very modern,” Karen Lindsley explains. “We’re a niche company. We o er timeless designs with high lumen output.
Alan engineers every part.”
Her husband’s background in theatrical and architectural lighting from his years with the world-renowned Gensler design rm is at the heart of
the company’s innovation — although it was Karen, who has an impressive history in corporate marketing, who convinced her husband to start his
own manufacturing business. “This industry is so unique in that it is half art, and half technology,” she notes. It is Karen who is o en on the road
nationwide, demonstrating the line with her “magic suitcase” in tow while Alan tinkers with the mechanics of the products. “I’m like Mary Poppins,
pulling things out of my bag to show potential clients,” she quips.
✱ No longer exhibiting at Lightfair or the Dallas Market Center,
California-based Bruck Lighting (part of LEDRA Brands) nds
smaller venues to be more e ective in reaching its clientele.
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