Over the weekend, I had the amazing opportunity to join my fellow FSU Interior Design students in a once-in-a-lifetime field trip to Atlanta to study and learn about lighting! It was a great experience, I learned a lot, and I will certainly be noticing lighting much more in the spaces I enter. We started off with a trip to the Georgia Aquarium (I highly suggest you go if you are ever in the area!), which I had been to back when I first started at FSU with my sorority. After we stared at the fish (oh, and the lighting too!) we had the chance to get an tour of the W Hotel in downtown Atlanta, which has some amazing light installations. Not to mention, the whole hotel is spectacular in all aspects of design. We concluded our field trip with a long day at Cooper Lighting, an innovative lighting manufacturer. They pulled out all the stops, with lessons all day, free catalogs & brochures of all their products, and a tour of their facilities.
It was truly an amazing experience, and I know that it's impact will be seen in my projects to come. Here are just a few snapshots from the trip, primarily from the first day (cell signal was shotty in Cooper because of all their technology, so it was easier to just turn my phone off!).
Every so often the colored lights in the Georgia Aquarium atrium change, lighting up the whole space!
Loved these colorful fish in the tropical area.
The way they are able to mimic natural ocean lighting conditions makes these anemones look like springtime under water.
Cool entrance light installation at the W Hotel.
Rooftop infinity pool.
The lighting was integrated into the bathroom mirror, and reflects the same shapes cut out in the opposite wall. Like what?!
"The Living Room" at the W Hotel.
Happily posing around great design!
Awesome lights in the restaurant we stumbled upon! If you're ever in Atlanta, check out White Oaks's Southern-French cuisine fusion of yumminess.
That's all for today! I hope you all have a great Wednesday!
--Caroline
