Threefold Design

What makes lighting more accessible? 💡

Each person’s needs may vary, but there are a few principles that can be followed to make a space more accessible when it comes to illumination. Here are three considerations:

✨ Indirect Lighting - rather than blasting the space with down light, swap it out for a majority of indirect and diffused lighting, accept at work/task areas.

✨ Lighting as wayfinding - use lighting creatively. Make a line of line to the main path you want people to follow, or accent with undercabinet or undercounter lights.

✨ Light Temperature - the lighting temperature is the color of the light - cool to warm. A warmer color temperature will feel cozy, cooler will feel sterile. Create a welcoming space with warmer tones!

What would you add to the list?

Accessibility Description: Neutral living room with light oak tambour on back wall, tiered cube shelf organizer at back wall, and glass coffee table with “X” wood legs in the foreground. Natural light is washing across the room.

PC: Envato Elements

Today, we celebrate Juneteenth by highlight Black women who are making waves in Architecture and Design:

/ Estelle Bailey-Babenzien: Interior Architecture & Experiential Design Studio owner at Dream Awake, and founder of the clothing brand “Noah”.
/ Malene Barnett: Established Black Artists + Designers Guild (BADG), a space for community and collaboration
/ Hannah Beachler: Academy Award-winning production designer
/ Elizabeth Graziolo: Principal Architect at Yellow House Architects
/ Tiara Hughes: Founder of global platform “First 500”, a community to support 500+ Black women to become licensed Architects
/ Mariam Kamara: Principal at Atelier Masomi, a Niamey, Niger based firm with a focus on community and ecological solutions.
/ Shannon Maldonado: Designer and Founder at Yowie, a artistic furniture and lifestyle shop
/ Pascale Sablan: Northeast regional VP of the National Organization of Minority Architects and founder of Beyond the Build Environment.
/ Neffi Walker (not pictured)
/ Sara Zewde: Founder of Studio Zewde, a landscape architecture, urban design, and public art studio.

Stories from :
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/black-women-architects-and-designers