The Conference Committee on Texas House Bill 2649 met yesterday and recommended that the Senate language that would severely impact Lighting Designers in the state of Texas be removed. The Committee recommended that Sections 3, 5, and 6 of the bill be reverted to the House version of the bill, which contains no Lighting Designer [...]
Read More 2649, hb2649, Texas House Bill 2649Wybron put out a press release that I just now got – darn them internets! They just helped a church in Amarillo, TX make some magic in a very unconventional worship hall setup – arena seating! WYBRON'S TRANSITION, AUTOPILOT ILLUMINE TEXAS CHURCH When Trinity Fellowship Church of Amarillo, Texas, set out to design a new [...]
Read More AutoPilot, church, Fiber-Optic, Texas, worship lighting, wybronThere's a bit of news on Texas House Bill 2649 – it is official that the House refused to concur on the bill, and that a committee of conferees has been established to view and study the bill. As of May 29, 2009 the bill has a House Committee of five members - Wayne Smith (Chair), [...]
Read More 2649, Bill Callegari, Doc Anderson, hb2649, law, legal, legislators, lighting designers, Mark Homer, Patricia Harless, Texas, Texas House Bill 2649Things are looking positive – Senator Averitt's office has agreed to pull the language about lighting designers out of the bill. Now we need to make sure that he has solid, helpful, positive suggestions as its backing. Regulation in our industry isn't a bad thing, but it needs to be a studied, calculated process. Also, [...]
Read More 2649, hb2649, law, politics, Texas House Bill 2649, TXYES! Senate Substitute House Bill 2649 has been rejected in its current form. We're not out of the woods yet, though — it's going to go to a conference committee in the next few days, maybe even today. We need to continue calls to the members of this committee. Here's your to-do list for today: E-mail [...]
Read More 2649, hb2639, law, politics, Texas House Bill 2649, TXIf Texas House Bill 2649 becomes law, the implications for Lighting Designers could spread beyond the Texas borders. We need your help making sure the Texas government knows that the Lighting Designer amendments go too far. What can you do? Check out our Thursday list of to-dos for the latest updates and tasks A yahoo [...]
Read More 2649, hb2649, law, lighting designers, politics, Texas House Bill 2649, TXTexas House Bill 2649 just passed through the Texas Senate with 31 ayes, no nays. We're working on figuring out what the next step is, and will need your help.
Read More 2649, hb2649, law, lighting designers, politics, Texas House Bill 2649, TXEverybody, this bill is scheduled for a vote TOMORROW. Texas House Bill 2649 puts us out of business, folks. I just got information from John Baker in Houston about Texas House Bill 2649. I don't know what your feelings are on this, but it deserves a read. IALD sent out a letter about voting this [...]
Read More 2649, hb2649, law, lighting designers, politics, Texas House Bill 2649, TXAh, .PSLAB's work always impresses me. I've written about them several times before, and I suspect I will write about them several more times before I expire. RE/DO is a joint project between .PSLAB and the Italian (Milan) company Piuarch. The work, an architectural lighting piece, is comprised of702 plastic gallon bottles turned into lighting [...]
Read More Architectural Lighting Design, architecture, lighting designer, lighting designers, Piuarch, PSLABWow, I really like these lamps – Japanese art director Hideo Kawamura's On-Off Lamps are pretty awesome pieces of two-faced art, giving one look while off, and another while switched on. From Hideo's Coroflot bio: I am an Art Director working in Tokyo, JAPAN. After graduated from Musahino School of Art & Design, joined Tanaka [...]
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