If you are like most homeowners, then you want your home to reflect your personality but probably need the assistance of a professional to help you lay out decorative lighting. You want every detail to stand out, yet compliment each other. If you’re this homeowner, then look at our Top 5 reasons to engage with a qualified lighting/ design manufacturer who specialize in quality lighting. These are the thoughts of the Team at www.adgLighting.com:
1. With a professional lighting and design manufacturer, review the qualifications of your team so that you interact with a team of educated professionals whose experiences reflect multiple successful projects.
2. You are seeking a team that provides quality, personalized time, product versatility and price guidance.
3. Hiring a team like ADG as your lighting specialist, you are involved with a company whose key members have designed/ manufactured over 800 residential, resort and high profile projects.
4. References are always important and you should know that the top architects and designers have engaged and collaborated with the prospective lighting design and manufacturer.
5. A variety of 150-plus publications have depicted our various lighting and decorative iron projects and can be found at www.adgwebnet.com.
ADG, Architectural Detail Group, has been a significant participant in the completing of many home design projects. You can call us to guide you in the design process or simply log onto our web shop at www.adgLighting.com to purchase beautiful sconces, chandeliers, lanterns or other decorative lighting needs. You can also log onto the website to select any light fixture and, for a small fee, have a full-size photo sent to your construction project.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Top 5 Reasons for Designers to Retain a Lighting Firm
If you are a design professional and working on a client’s project, then you most likely have several areas to focus on. And if you want to make your client’s vision come to life, then you should ultimately consider using a qualified lighting/design manufacturer. Here are the Top 5 Reasons here at ADG we feel designers need to retain a qualified lighting/ design manufacturing firm:
1. A good firm will be educating its client and should have a great deal of experience with Architecture and custom lighting, fabrication, installation and incorporation.
Review with the firm multiple successful projects;and be a part of a professional group, i.e. The Institute of Classical Architecture.
2. A good lighting firm will provide you with more than adequate time, product and price guidance.
3. A relationship with a good firm extends beyond your current project and will be available to do future business and to call on for brief questions.
4. A good lighting firm can see the overall concept of your design and can execute your ideas collaborating on the details.
5. A good design firm has the ability to become well versed with the designer and/or architect’s style so that they can compliment the overall aesthetic. Custom, well-designed lighting goes beyond the fixture and is part of the Architecture.
Keep these helpful elements in mind when you are making the decision of which firm or manufacturer you want to hire and that a great custom lighting designer for your next project is as important as good circulation and a well planned design.
1. A good firm will be educating its client and should have a great deal of experience with Architecture and custom lighting, fabrication, installation and incorporation.
Review with the firm multiple successful projects;and be a part of a professional group, i.e. The Institute of Classical Architecture.
2. A good lighting firm will provide you with more than adequate time, product and price guidance.
3. A relationship with a good firm extends beyond your current project and will be available to do future business and to call on for brief questions.
4. A good lighting firm can see the overall concept of your design and can execute your ideas collaborating on the details.
5. A good design firm has the ability to become well versed with the designer and/or architect’s style so that they can compliment the overall aesthetic. Custom, well-designed lighting goes beyond the fixture and is part of the Architecture.
Keep these helpful elements in mind when you are making the decision of which firm or manufacturer you want to hire and that a great custom lighting designer for your next project is as important as good circulation and a well planned design.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Why Go Custom
Quality hand-crafted iron grillwork can be a great accent for any style home, no matter if its contemporary, modern, Spanish-style or even historic. Finding a way to pull it all together can be tricky, so it’s important to find a company that will work with you and your house to ensure your new ironworks are a positive reflection of your personality.
By using a custom design team, you ensure that your lighting needs are met in a unique and stylish way that reflects you and your family’s style rather than a generic offering from a store. An experienced company will give you personalized service, working onsite to ensure your satisfaction. A firm like ADG will work with what you have and meet all your lighting needs, inside and out.
Pulling together a home can be daunting and you may not always like your store-bought options. Or you may prefer to work with antiques, or antique-inspired fixtures. In either case, a design team can help you make choices that work for you, or even create customized lighting that will complete your look.
As we all try to do our part to fight against global climate change, don’t forget to look at sustainable lighting options, like LED lights, rather than traditional bulbs that use excess energy.
In your quest to make your house your home, don’t forget about the importance of lighting and don’t think your options are limited to what you find on the shelf. After years spent designing lighting options, I know there are no limits.
By using a custom design team, you ensure that your lighting needs are met in a unique and stylish way that reflects you and your family’s style rather than a generic offering from a store. An experienced company will give you personalized service, working onsite to ensure your satisfaction. A firm like ADG will work with what you have and meet all your lighting needs, inside and out.
Pulling together a home can be daunting and you may not always like your store-bought options. Or you may prefer to work with antiques, or antique-inspired fixtures. In either case, a design team can help you make choices that work for you, or even create customized lighting that will complete your look.
As we all try to do our part to fight against global climate change, don’t forget to look at sustainable lighting options, like LED lights, rather than traditional bulbs that use excess energy.
In your quest to make your house your home, don’t forget about the importance of lighting and don’t think your options are limited to what you find on the shelf. After years spent designing lighting options, I know there are no limits.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Gerald Olesker's response to Going Green–Not An Entrepreneur’s Priority?
October 18, 2007, 10:05 am http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2007/10/18/going-green-not-an-entrepreneurs-priority/
Going Green–Not An Entrepreneur’s Priority?
Posted by Wendy Bounds
Last night I took a look at a survey coming out today by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, a group with 6,600 members worldwide with collectively about $100 billion in annual sales. The focus was basically “What Matters Most To Me.”
The surprise headline is that while the mainstream media is blaring “going green,” that’s not top of mind for the members surveyed in this crew. Neither are energy prices.
And hang the bathrobe back in the closet. Nearly two-thirds of the respondents say 10% or fewer of their employees telecommute regularly (two or more days a week).
Plus, despite the predictions of some economists, the majority of this clan isn’t convinced that the economy is on the upswing. About 57% say it will stay the same or slow down. What they DO care about is less of a shocker: the upcoming election and the impact of rising health-care costs.
You can read the full survey here. The sample was 347 U.S. EO members.
I asked EO’s president, Shelby Scarbrough, why the media’s message doesn’t square with her group’s concerns:
“Entrepreneurs are known for being cutting-edge and innovative when it comes to new ways of working, but the bottom line seems to be that it’s traditional benefits like competitive salaries and health-care coverage that really help business owners find and keep good employees.”
But what about this environmental ambivalence? I don’t go a day without a pitch about an entrepreneur’s green props.
“These results were really surprising to me…. It made me wonder how our members in other parts of the world would have answered this question. A fellow EO board member, Sunjay Kapur of Sixt, India, [who owns a car-rental company] even includes a note in his email signature urging recipients to avoid printing out the email if at all possible….
“Even entrepreneurs with established businesses still occasionally struggle with challenges as basic as making payroll during a month when the accounts receivables are stacking up, so they’re focused on day-to-day business survival issues. If it were clear that being green would be competitive and cost efficient, I think more businesses would rise to the occasion.”
Along these lines, there’s an interesting column this morning about the struggles to make a market for eco-fashion.
Do these findings mirror what’s happening at your firm? Is going green more marketing hype than good business?
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Wendy, as a member of EO, I don’t think I responded to the survey but I think there are pretty fundamental reasons why entrepreneurs don’t telecommute. Part of why people work in entrepreneurial environments is because of the energy, intensity and passion that comes with building something yourself. We all carry many hats inside of our companies, often the environments are incredibly dynamic and if you are at home, you miss a great deal of what happens.
As for fuel expenses, my business is definitely impacted by higher fuel costs. We have 20-30 trucks driving 100 to 250 miles/day and the incremental fuel expenses hurt. Having said that, I think healthcare costs are the most out of control expense that we face as young company. The money we spend to insure our employees and their families is directly dollars that we don’t spend on marketing, sales and hiring more employees. Our healthcare costs are hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and while that may not be a big number for a Fortune 500 company that is highly profitable, that is a major drain on us. Since entrepreneurial companies and the engine that fuels employment in this company, I can only imagine the additional employment that would occur if we could use some of the money we spend in health insurance on growing our businesses.
Comment by Trevor Price- NYC EO Member - October 18, 2007 at 12:05 pm
As a member of EO, I’d like to respond to the aspect of thinking Green. Our lighting division at ADGLighting.com definitely recommends to our clients, that utilizing LED bulbs is far more efficient than Compact Fluorescent for their decorative lighting that we manufacture. However, as a replacement in existing lighting it still is not the most usable; because of the LED’s ability to throw light. That is why, when we advise or consult on projects we must make sure that “greening” it up is truly beneficial and not just a marketing term.By the by, I got rid of my huge SUV and now drive a Luxury Lexus that gets incredible gas mileage (liking it too), outsource with a variety of companies that can provide more efficient services, created a leaner staff operation and provide the option for telecommuting. I also have a showroom that is part of a space that the owners, (another L.A. EO member), thinks Green and we support consumerism that does not create as much waste as we did in the past.In addition to ‘Greening it up’, from a personal level my family truly tries to keep the waste to a minimum, the time with family to a maximum and to provide as much in community give-back. We have even had discussions with our Insurance Company at C.M. Meiers (another L.A. EO member) about being greener and the impact it has on operations and insurances.Thinking Green, thinking sustainable is at least our Entrepreneurial momentum, and even though the survey may say different surrounding myself with sustainable options will hopefully make a difference in an all around healthier lifestyle.
Comment by Gerald Olesker, CEO Architectural Detail Group, Inc, L.A.EO member - October 18, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Going Green–Not An Entrepreneur’s Priority?
Posted by Wendy Bounds
Last night I took a look at a survey coming out today by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, a group with 6,600 members worldwide with collectively about $100 billion in annual sales. The focus was basically “What Matters Most To Me.”
The surprise headline is that while the mainstream media is blaring “going green,” that’s not top of mind for the members surveyed in this crew. Neither are energy prices.
And hang the bathrobe back in the closet. Nearly two-thirds of the respondents say 10% or fewer of their employees telecommute regularly (two or more days a week).
Plus, despite the predictions of some economists, the majority of this clan isn’t convinced that the economy is on the upswing. About 57% say it will stay the same or slow down. What they DO care about is less of a shocker: the upcoming election and the impact of rising health-care costs.
You can read the full survey here. The sample was 347 U.S. EO members.
I asked EO’s president, Shelby Scarbrough, why the media’s message doesn’t square with her group’s concerns:
“Entrepreneurs are known for being cutting-edge and innovative when it comes to new ways of working, but the bottom line seems to be that it’s traditional benefits like competitive salaries and health-care coverage that really help business owners find and keep good employees.”
But what about this environmental ambivalence? I don’t go a day without a pitch about an entrepreneur’s green props.
“These results were really surprising to me…. It made me wonder how our members in other parts of the world would have answered this question. A fellow EO board member, Sunjay Kapur of Sixt, India, [who owns a car-rental company] even includes a note in his email signature urging recipients to avoid printing out the email if at all possible….
“Even entrepreneurs with established businesses still occasionally struggle with challenges as basic as making payroll during a month when the accounts receivables are stacking up, so they’re focused on day-to-day business survival issues. If it were clear that being green would be competitive and cost efficient, I think more businesses would rise to the occasion.”
Along these lines, there’s an interesting column this morning about the struggles to make a market for eco-fashion.
Do these findings mirror what’s happening at your firm? Is going green more marketing hype than good business?
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Wendy, as a member of EO, I don’t think I responded to the survey but I think there are pretty fundamental reasons why entrepreneurs don’t telecommute. Part of why people work in entrepreneurial environments is because of the energy, intensity and passion that comes with building something yourself. We all carry many hats inside of our companies, often the environments are incredibly dynamic and if you are at home, you miss a great deal of what happens.
As for fuel expenses, my business is definitely impacted by higher fuel costs. We have 20-30 trucks driving 100 to 250 miles/day and the incremental fuel expenses hurt. Having said that, I think healthcare costs are the most out of control expense that we face as young company. The money we spend to insure our employees and their families is directly dollars that we don’t spend on marketing, sales and hiring more employees. Our healthcare costs are hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and while that may not be a big number for a Fortune 500 company that is highly profitable, that is a major drain on us. Since entrepreneurial companies and the engine that fuels employment in this company, I can only imagine the additional employment that would occur if we could use some of the money we spend in health insurance on growing our businesses.
Comment by Trevor Price- NYC EO Member - October 18, 2007 at 12:05 pm
As a member of EO, I’d like to respond to the aspect of thinking Green. Our lighting division at ADGLighting.com definitely recommends to our clients, that utilizing LED bulbs is far more efficient than Compact Fluorescent for their decorative lighting that we manufacture. However, as a replacement in existing lighting it still is not the most usable; because of the LED’s ability to throw light. That is why, when we advise or consult on projects we must make sure that “greening” it up is truly beneficial and not just a marketing term.By the by, I got rid of my huge SUV and now drive a Luxury Lexus that gets incredible gas mileage (liking it too), outsource with a variety of companies that can provide more efficient services, created a leaner staff operation and provide the option for telecommuting. I also have a showroom that is part of a space that the owners, (another L.A. EO member), thinks Green and we support consumerism that does not create as much waste as we did in the past.In addition to ‘Greening it up’, from a personal level my family truly tries to keep the waste to a minimum, the time with family to a maximum and to provide as much in community give-back. We have even had discussions with our Insurance Company at C.M. Meiers (another L.A. EO member) about being greener and the impact it has on operations and insurances.Thinking Green, thinking sustainable is at least our Entrepreneurial momentum, and even though the survey may say different surrounding myself with sustainable options will hopefully make a difference in an all around healthier lifestyle.
Comment by Gerald Olesker, CEO Architectural Detail Group, Inc, L.A.EO member - October 18, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Titans of Design and California Homes Magazine July/ August 2007
Titans of Design and California Homes Magazine July/ August 2007
From Architectural Digest to Worth Magazine, AD 100 Designers to Titans of Industry.
Our society carefully attempts to measure its people, businesses, objects and art quickly valuing the images, captions and titles placed in the media. While many of the instances are accurate, writers and researchers compiling information to insure that the editor posts a powerful statement, there are multiple participants that go without credit.
Specifically in this months issue of California Homes Magazine Titans of Industry Photo notebook there are 2 special fixtures that stand out, Alison Berger's Surveyor's floor lamp and Lantern Master's Morgan's pendant.
Within the last 10 months I had the opportunity to meet with Alison to discuss production techniques and design processes. Her designs are the direct result of understanding the manufacturing process and the result is related to her interaction with the manufacturing process. As we both jested is really comes down to dirt under your fingernails.
Dirt under your fingernails moves beyond rolling up your sleeves. Alison’s active participation in blowing glass and assembling fixtures truly has enabled many of her designs to hold a place in relevant design history.
Brilliantly illuminated at center page is the Morgan's Pendant, created from sandblasted glass. However, the sandblasted glass was a partial resolution to the overall design process. In an un-self-serving statement; I had designed this fixture with the intentions of blending into a naturally illuminated stair well of straight and raw steel pickets against a pallet of clean white walls. Please refer to California Homes May/June 2005 issue. The straight forward design in plan from below has a greater level of interest as it is a smaller square, the base, is inset at a diagonal to a larger square, the top. This relationship created the geometry that we all see in elevation.
Who, what, where, how and why are typically the questions asked in the design process. When all of these questions are addressed, answered and qualified as strong answers, then the design process is 90% complete. Who is the design or solution for? What are the specific needs and intention of the design or solution, composed against where the solution will be needed are the basic questions that are composed during the solution seeking process. How and why the solution will be executed, and survivability of the solution strengthen the entire process and begin to resolve the solution.
Utilizing these questions in everyday business practices and in the design process establishes a consistent approach to most every solution. The variable difference that allows good design to stand out is that the solution is a visible, tangible object that appeals to all 5 senses and addresses the above basic questions. This is the last few percent of design as it seems to transfer from the mind into a sketch form and then clarified in the manufacturing process with the final output that is accepted by the client and then hopefully bolstered by compliments.
The design process never stops. It is as organic as the critics review, good or bad, the client, the partner and the passer-by. For many years one of those critics was my sister who is still actively involved at Lantern Masters in charge of production. Her eye for the bottom line and assuring that the product met the specifications of the company was and is key. So thank you to her and all of the other key individuals that help make the process evolve.
There are many people involved in the solution process and question resolving. Each individual has a unique spin, even when involved in a core culture of a company and like that at Architectural Detail Group, team members from Joey Gennaro noodle out my squiggles and sketches to interacting with designers, architects, owners and construction teams everyone’s role materializes in what is resonating impact and organic solution that evolve into the pages of magazines and the adornments of the built environment.
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