Episodes

  • 21 - Light Voices #8 – Martina Kröll

    21 - Light Voices #8 – Martina Kröll
    Jun 16 2026
    Martina Kröll is an electrical engineer at engineering firm Klauss in Austria – and lighting seemed to find her naturally. In this episode of Light Voices, she talks about Austrian Federal Railways, a climbing hall, budget cuts, and how having a son with a visual impairment changed the way she thinks about light entirely.
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    9 mins
  • 20 - Light Voices #7 – Raphael Pesch

    20 - Light Voices #7 – Raphael Pesch
    Jun 2 2026
    Raphael Pesch is a PhD researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – and he's trying to make solar cells catch the rainbow more efficiently. In this episode of Light Voices, he explains perovskite tandem cells, bio-inspired photonics, and why nature – from butterfly wings to rose petals – is the best engineer of all.
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    11 mins
  • 19 - Light Voices #6 – Grace Gallagher

    19 - Light Voices #6 – Grace Gallagher
    May 19 2026
    Grace Gallagher designs lighting for roads, bridges, tunnels, and airports at WSP in New York City. In this episode of Light Voices, she talks about why good lighting is never noticed, how the spacing of tunnel lights can trigger epileptic seizures, and what it means to work on infrastructure that millions of people use every day.
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    11 mins
  • 18 - Light Voices #5 – Tzu-Hao Kuo

    18 - Light Voices #5 – Tzu-Hao Kuo
    May 5 2026
    Tzu-Hao Kuo grew up in Taiwan, studied architecture, spent three years guessing at lighting as an interior designer – and then moved to New York City to finally learn it properly. In this episode of Light Voices, he talks about MEP consulting, a mirrored column installation, and what lanterns in a Taiwanese mountain town taught him about wayfinding.
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    14 mins
  • 17 - Light Voices #4 – Katrina Matejcik

    17 - Light Voices #4 – Katrina Matejcik
    Apr 21 2026
    Katrina Matejcik is a lighting designer, freelancer, and professor – and she loves all three. In this episode of Light Voices, she talks about her path from architecture to light, what it felt like to light a gallery installation at MCA Chicago, and why connecting with a lighting designer might open doors you didn't know existed.
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    11 mins
  • 16 - Light Voices #3 – Quincy Drane

    16 - Light Voices #3 – Quincy Drane
    Apr 7 2026
    Quincy Drane is an architectural lighting designer in New York City – and president of BUILD, the Black, United in Lighting and Design organization. In this episode of Light Voices, he talks about his path from architecture to lighting, what the job really involves, and why daylight will forever have his heart.
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    9 mins
  • 15 - Light Voices #2 – Jo Calver

    15 - Light Voices #2 – Jo Calver
    Apr 2 2026
    Jo Calver runs two design companies in the UK – and she's on a mission to make people understand what light really does to a space. In this episode of Light Voices, she talks about layering, circadian rhythms, common lighting mistakes, and why light is the unsung hero of every interior project.
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    19 mins
  • 14 - Light Voices #1 – Nicola Gillespie

    14 - Light Voices #1 – Nicola Gillespie
    Mar 10 2026
    Nicola Gillespie is a London-based lighting designer – and she never planned to become one. In the first episode of Light Voices, she talks about how she discovered her passion, what lighting design really involves, and why it's so much more than just picking a pendant.
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    9 mins