“Lighten Up” VMSD magazine, December 2013

Light Studio LA was featured in VMSD magazine’s December 2013 issue (click image to enlarge):

DESIGN WITHIN REACH, West Hollywood!

Last night was the opening event for Design Within Reach, West Hollywood– our latest finished project for DWR. Here we are, the Light Studio LA team, Kathy Pryzgoda, Alessandra Todd (8 months pregnant!) and Vanessa Miranda, our newest addition! DWR LA was another successful collaboration between the creative intelligence at Design Within Reach, Sayigh +…

Hot Off the Presses!

Check out these fabulous press releases on the new Design Within Reach studios in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Lighting design by Light Studio LA. Los Angeles I’m Yours – DWR Los AngelesRacked LA – DWR Los AngelesCalifornia Home + Design – DWR San Francisco Stay tuned, there’s more to come! Kathy is in New…

Kathy Pryzgoda speaks at LIGHT SHOW WEST: Retail Lighting for Design Within Reach

http://www.lightshowwest.com/LSW13-S19 Thursday, Oct. 24 | 10-11 AM | Room ARetail Lighting: Design within Reach – A Case Study Kathy Pryzgoda | Owner & Principal Designer | Light Studio LAQualifies for: 1.0 AIA LU; 0.1 IDCEC CEU; 1 NCQLP LEU This session will include a lighting design case study for the DWR retail stores (3 stores).…

Light Studio LA’s Kathy Pryzgoda speaks at California Gift show July 20, 2013

Session One DESIGNED TO SUCCEED: Driving Sales Through the In-store Experience Presented by: Christopher Gaona I Christopher Gaona Design Studio Panelist: Rose Apodaca I A+R Global Design. Edited.; Kathy Pryzgoda I Light Studio LA 10:30-11:30 am Creating an engaging and informative retail environment that delivers a compelling shopping experience is now critical to a retailer’s…

DESIGN WITHIN REACH: Grand Opening Event in Orange County

We had such a fabulous time last night celebrating the opening of one of our newest projects, Design Within Reach, in Costa Mesa, CA.  KORAY DUMAN, LAITH SAYIGH & KATHY PRYZGODA Light Studio LA worked with architects Laith Sayigh and Koray Duman (Sayigh+Duman) to transform this 20,000 sq.ft. warehouse-style space into a functional and innovative…

Temple Emanu-el: Efficient & Beautiful

Next time you’re on your way to Palm Springs, make a stop in Redlands to see Light Studio LA’s latest and greatest high efficacy project, Temple Emanu-el. We want to point out some of our favorite conditions and mainly look at the color temperature of these fabulous LEDs throughout the space. Here we are looking…

5 Great Tips for DIY Home Lighting!

We all know how lighting can make or break a space, so here are some quick tricks you can try out at home… Enjoy! 1. Put a shade on those CFLs! We’re all trying to be more energy conscious these days and using Compact Fluorescent is a great way to achieve that. A problem that…

Finally, An LED that looks like an incandescent flametip bulb!

I love this lamp. It is perfect when you NEED efficacy but still want the look and feel of incandescent. The USHIO “un-candescent” LED candle lamp is similar in brightness to a 7 watt incandescent, however this LED lamp has a lamp life of 40,000 hours which is 20 times longer than an incandescent and…

Light Studio LA lights up the Design Within Reach Store in Stamford

Kathy Pryzgoda (Principal Designer, Light Studio LA) was back on the East Coast this week celebrating the stylish Grand Opening of the new Design Within Reach Store in Stamford, Connecticut. DWR Stamford was “a glow” with excited patrons on Wednesday night. Light Studio LA collaborated with the New York-based architecture group Sayigh + Duman. The…

“Points of LIght” Seminar by Kathy Pryzgoda Debuts November 3: Professionals and Students Welcome!

“Points of Light” Seminar THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, 2011 6:00-9:00 PM AT LIGHT STUDIO LA in Culver City Perhaps you’re an architect or interior designer with a project that includes lighting design. You want it to be great, but… There are so many choices to make. Or maybe you’ve just begun your design career and working…

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Light Studio LA makes a splash in Interior Design Magazine with WET Design

What a nice surprise to see WET Enterprises and CEO Mark Fuller profiled in Interior Design Magazine. I’ve been working with WET for a couple years and created the lighting design for the Idea Playground. WET is a very creative group of people. They love to toss around ideas. Sometimes they call me in just…

Illuminating UPDATE from lightstudioLA!

I just wanted to give you an UPDATE to what’s happening! Sorry for my lack of blog entries, but I have been extremely busy! (yea!) I am sensing a new vitality and it shows with the amount of projects coming into our studio. Here’s what’s been happening. In April I was asked to take a…