Häfele LED Lighting Making News

Lighting as it should be: 

Bold, Bright, Brilliant &

Environmentally Responsible

 

Lighting is a fundamental part of any design and will noticeably affect the overall feel of a project. LED lighting has transformed our industry and thus the spaces we design.  LED lights have an extremely long life, radiate little heat and, as a result, use less energy while conserving energy and reduce unnecessary waste. In addition to being very energy efficient, LED lights can be very functional – and even tunable.

Our IFDA NY Chapter sponsor Häfele America Co. offers LED lighting which is ideally suited for all your design needs and boasts rich and saturated color that dramatically illuminates any room via a wide variety of switching options.

A designer favorite, the company's Loox LED Lighting System is entirely plug and play.  From accent and task lighting to innovative strips, fixtures and pucks, Loox brings unique illumination to any interior area.  It's engineered to make lighting your designs easy, flexible and reliable.  All that's needed to install is a choice of light, a driver and a standard electrical outlet.  It doesn't get much easier than that!

Häfele’s designer-friendly system is also user-friendly and can be controlled on any smart device via select components or an easy to use mobile app. Offered in multiple finishes to match your preferred aesthetic, these lights provide a chic finishing touch any project or space.

IFDA NY and Designer Lighting Forum (DLF) event at Hafele Showroom was enlightening and educating about new technologies in lighting

If you missed the recent IFDA/DLF event, 

you missed out! But, no worries we have the details to bring you regarding last week's lighting workshop at the Hafele Showroom called  

The Illuminating Residential Projects II 

The Designer Lighting Forum of NY (DLFNY) hosted this event and workshop at the Hafele Showroom on 26th Street in New York City, and an impressive crowd turned out.  The event catered to residential designers, and served to educate those in the industry on the basics of lighting design, including color temperature, color-rendering index (CRI), lumens, heat output, line vs. low voltage, and other key considerations for understanding lighting design as it relates to interior design. Please check out the conversations over on social media by following the conversations using hashtag 

#DLFNY

Lead by experts in the industry, the professionals worked in small groups with attendees to explore different light sources and how they interact with common household materials. Hands-on experience with the different lamps (LED, incandescent, and halogen) made it easy to assimilate the technical differences between each light source.

We learned that the Philips bulb is an impressive LED replacement bulb for incandescent lights.  It's clear, cool and dims warm like a much loved incandescent.

See what a few who attended the workshop 
had to say about the experience...

"I took a series of lighting classes with my degree but in my experience no one has ever made understanding photometrics so easy.  Beyond that, I learned much about LED lighting - what to look for and what to be wary of when specifying products.  The DLF Hafele event wasn't just about information sharing, it was about empowering people to use it!"
-Andrea Brodfuehrer, 
Principal von b interiors, Inc.
IFDA NY Chapter President

"This was a MUST SEE for any and all interior designers needing a bit of guidance and understanding of emerging lighting trends, technological innovations, and product development."

-Principal interior designer Charles Pavarini III

"We are entering a stage in lighting design where every designer who specifies lighting will need to be well versed in the three C's of light: Color, Control and Consistency of light quality.  I think the DLF event at Hafele was a great start to help people understand the C's and hopefully attendees walked away with an increased comfort with the technology."
-John Newman, Principal LOOP Lighting

An expert in the lighting field, 
John lead the Hafele workshop,

Please Mark Your Calendar 
for two upcoming events hosted by the Hafele showroom 

on March 18th & 19th:

Celebrate “ SPRING” and The Architectural Digest Home Show with Hafele:

on

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Reception : 5:30 pm

Presentations: 6:00pm

Hafele NY Showroom Spring Event 

5:30pm – 8:30pm  

presentation featuring these 2 Industry Game Changers.   

Michela O’Connor Abrams, President of Dwell Media

The New Face of Affluence

Joe Wheeler, Associate Professor of Architecture at Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design

FutureHAUS” -  The Kitchen of the Future  1.0 AIA LU

AND,

Thursday , March 19    

5:00pm – 9:30 pm

Open House Celebration 

for the Architectural Digest Home Show

Cocktails & Appetizers

Join us  in sharing good food, drink and great company. 

Come meet Kitchen Manufactures, Dealers, Designers and Hafele Experts.