{"id":464,"date":"2019-05-15T20:57:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T03:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allthingslighting.org\/?page_id=464"},"modified":"2024-06-11T12:57:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T19:57:55","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.allthingslighting.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; background_size=&#8221;custom&#8221; background_image_width=&#8221;50%&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center_left&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; top_divider_color=&#8221;#a35100&#8243; top_divider_repeat=&#8221;1x&#8221; background_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; background_enable_image_tablet=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||auto|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;Illuminating the Complicated&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Illuminating the Complicated&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.25.1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">So much has changed in the past 50 years in the field of professional lighting design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Fifty years ago<span class=\"s1\">,<\/span> we calculated average foot-candles on a workplane underneath linear fluorescent lighting in an empty room. Today<span class=\"s1\">,<\/span> professional lighting design has become considerably more complicated. 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