How “Smart” Are You? Those keypad home alarm systems have been around for a really long time now, yet can you believe only 15 percent of American homes are armed…
Category: Editor’s Note
Editors Note: March 2017
[dropcap style=”letter” size=”52″ bg_color=”#ffffff” txt_color=”#21d3cd”]I[/dropcap]’m not sure where the fascination with nostalgia in home décor started, but I think it might have been when the phase-outs of the incandescent bulbs…
Editors Note: February 2017
[dropcap style=”letter” size=”52″ bg_color=”#ffffff” txt_color=”#21d3cd”]T[/dropcap]ime and time again at last month’s Lightovation show in Dallas, I found myself asking manufacturers that question as many of the products shown to me…
Editors Note: December 2016
[dropcap style=”letter” size=”52″ bg_color=”#ffffff” txt_color=”#dd3333″]M[/dropcap]ove over, phrases such as “outside the box” and “drill down” and “at the end of the day,” there’s a new term being bandied about at…
Editors Letter: November 2016
[dropcap style=”letter” size=”52″ bg_color=”#ffffff” txt_color=”#dd3333″]I[/dropcap]n a world where almost everyone seems to be providing information in brief texts or tweets, I believe savvy lighting people are actually craving more —…
Editors Letter: October 2016
The era of Matchy-Matchy seems to be coming to a close. Not much more than 10 years ago, consumers didn’t express confidence in selecting complementary lighting and furniture choices for…
Editors Letter: September 2016
The Battle for Control [dropcap style=”letter” size=”52″ bg_color=”#ffffff” txt_color=”#dd3333″]I[/dropcap]f you’ve been to an electronics or lighting trade show recently, you already know how fast the controls category is growing. Now besides…
Editors Letter August 2016
[dropcap style=”letter” size=”52″ bg_color=”#ffffff” txt_color=”#e87035″]F[/dropcap]resh from the official launch of the “LED Experience Center” – a powerful demonstration room that explores the opportunities now available in LED lighting – at…
Editors Letter July 2016
[dropcap style=”letter” size=”52″ bg_color=”#ffffff” txt_color=”#b75e2a”]I[/dropcap]t’s not just election campaigns stirring up feelings of national pride and support for domestic manufacturing, there is an emphasis in many areas affecting consumers regarding…
Editors Letter June 2016
[dropcap style=”letter” size=”52″ bg_color=”#ed6d36″ txt_color=”#000000″]W[/dropcap]hile there are more channels for receiving “information” than ever — cable news, social media, satellite radio, the entire Internet — those of us searching for…