Monarch Landing Senior Living Residents Bask in the Light of Lumetta’s LuminairesNovember 2021

Monarch Landing is a 62+ Life Plan Community situated on a beautiful 60-acre campus in Naperville, Illinois.

The addition of a state-of-the-art long-term care component of the campus was earmarked as the first phase of an extensive expansion. Designed as a residential household model, the building included 28 assisted living, memory support residences; 48 short-term rehabilitation residences; and 48 skilled care residences.

Architectural firm Perkins Eastman created a fresh impression for current and future residents. Building amenities included a physical therapy suite, café, spa/beauty salon, secured access to and from existing independent living buildings, education/conference room, non-denominational chapel/multi-purpose room, and additional wandering courtyards and gardens.

The inspirational tag line, “Prairie Elegance,” shaped an aesthetic that emphasized an inviting, warm, and comfortable setting with crisp, clean, timeless lines and rich, earthen hues, all set within natural landscapes and gardens.

With this approach in mind, Perkins Eastman specified Lumetta’s signature Tapered 22” Cone Pendants to integrate with and complement the renovated café. The dramatic juxtaposition of the handcrafted decorative metal outer frame in an F4 Powder Coat Earth finish against the washable, antimicrobial D141 Sand Lumenate® diffuser, was the perfect enhancement to the bistro’s environment.

“Lumetta’s Tapered Cone Pendants were selected based on their overall height, design and finish capabilities. Our volume ceiling needed a substantial fixture that would not feel lost in the space, and given our prairie inspired design for the interior, we really loved how we could select finishes that related to this aesthetic. The parchment like diffuser, dark metal accents and vertical and horizontal banding tied in nicely with this style,” stated Jen McDermott, IIDA, Associate Principal, Perkins Eastman.

Monarch Landing was also delighted with the look and feel of the new café lights, which presented a warm and welcoming atmosphere for residents, visitors, and staff alike. With the community’s clear vision and the architectural firm’s expertise, the lighting renovation allowed the residents to continue enjoying family meals, celebrating milestones or grabbing a bite to eat while basking in the illumination of Lumetta’s luminaires.

Architect: Perkins Eastman
Contractor: Skender
Interior Designer: Perkins Eastman / Shuster Interiors
Photography: Sarah Mechling

Raritan Valley Country Club Passionate About Lumetta’s Custom Box Pendant Lights and SconcesOctober 2021

After a major renovation to the facility, Raritan Valley Country Club members enjoy an expanded clubhouse building.

RVCC contracted with architectural firm Judd Brown-Designs of Pawtucket, RI to execute the design and expansion of the clubhouse from 25,000 to 32,000 square feet, creating essential space for dining and special events.

The renovation increased Raritan Valley CC’s casual dining and bar area accommodations and allowed the club to embrace the emerging trends of their younger members.

“The architecture of the existing building necessitated a complete overhaul and return to the design elements that were architecturally more consistent with the shapes, volumes and forms of the building’s shell,” states the project summary.

JBD wanted a lighting solution that would mirror the Frank Lloyd Wright inspired architectural renovation. The firm specified Lumetta’s Custom Box Pendants and Sconces with decorative metal design elements and washable, antimicrobial Lumenate® diffusers.

The classic, clean-lined luminaires immediately enhanced the luxurious and timeless country club’s atmosphere. The light reflecting off the ceiling and dispersing softly throughout the space created a dramatic but comfortable mood to the environment.

Lumetta creates custom and modified lighting to bring your design vision to life. Contact your agent today and put us to work on yours.

As always, made in the USA by our designers, engineers, and artisans.

Photo courtesy of Warren Jagger Photography

Lumetta Announces Social Service Alliance with Award Winning Non-Profit DownCity DesignOctober 2021

Lumetta is pleased to announce a new social service alliance with DownCity Design, a non-profit community design studio located in Providence, RI.

DownCity Design offers free after-school, in-school, and summer programs for youth K-12. Their 18 free youth programs engage 450 underserved teens annually in teaching the design process and offering an introduction to design fields including architecture, graphic design, product design, and construction/fabrication. The studio has transformed the lives of over 2200 youth who have participated in their programs.

Lumetta donated a significant amount of recycled PET fiber Designer Board Felt to the design studio to be repurposed in their free Fashion Design programs–where students learn or get better at hand sewing, machine sewing and fashion illustration. The contribution helps lower program expenses and allows the agency to save essential funds for future projects.

There is a considerable need for premium supplies for the up-and-coming artists and the timely donation of felt material helps ensure that the designers will have what they need to do their best work. “We are deeply privileged to partner with DownCity Design. They have accomplished so much, and we are grateful for the leadership and skills they bring to Providence’s community of underserved youth,” said Bowen Wheatley, Design Lead.

For more information about DownCity Design: downcitydesign.org

Gateway Pediatric Dentistry Knows How to Light Up a RoomOctober 2021

Gateway Pediatric Dentistry, in St. Albert, Alberta, CA, recently decided to brighten up their third location’s office space and make it even more child friendly. WOW Lighting and Controls Inc. specified Lumetta to throw some light on the subject.

The illumination of the children’s play area with Lumetta’s largescale Shadow Drums added a punch of color and helped to visually lower the ceiling for the clinic’s smaller patients. Lumetta’s Shadow Drums are highly desirable for their exceptional quality and craftsmanship, and their appeal of playing on the double layers of opaque and transparent shades—creating vivid yet subtle lighting.

Lumetta’s Custom L2 Pendants with contrasting abstract inner shade imagery were a natural choice to add color to the space while keeping with a classic shade shape. The colorful inner graphics make for a delightful surprise for the young and “young-at-heart” and can be custom designed to any color or pattern for whimsy or drama. The complementary interior and exterior shades are an eye-catching combination.

Lumetta’s luminaires are designed and manufactured using our exclusive Lumenate®, a washable, antimicrobial diffuser that aids in preventing the spread of bacteria and viruses. Check out all Lumetta’s customizable lighting solutions to create your own kind of magic.

Sales Agency: Wow Lighting and Controls
Specifier: Jennifer Buchanan Interior Design
Photography: Curtis Comeau

Rogers Behavioral Health Enchanted with Lumetta’s Echo LuminairesOctober 2021

Rogers Behavioral Health recently completed a renovation and expansion of its main campus in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin to better serve patients and their families.

Lumetta’s ultra-modern Echo luminaires were chosen to highlight the main campus lobby and sections of the residential areas of the OCD, Anxiety, and Depression Center for adolescent care. The new lobby pictured here creates a positive first impression for families and visitors.

Residential care settings offer children, teens, and adults treatment in a tranquil setting away from the stresses of daily life. Patients receive specialized care for OCD and anxiety, eating disorders, depression and other mood disorders, trauma, and PTSD, as well as a medication-assisted withdrawal management for alcohol and opioid addiction.

Echo is a preferred luminaire for its masterful combination of projection of light, geometry, and pattern—suggesting movement and evoking design in a contemporary way. Designers have always delighted in choosing the customizable Echo for its dramatic use of multiple patterns, colors, and finishes, allowing for many combinations and options to create dramatic and coordinated interiors.

The final installation was nothing short of magical—the soothing playful lighting enhanced and soothed the environment and made for a comfortable setting for patients, their families, and Rogers staff.

The Art of Light: St. Clair Hospital’s Dunlap Family Outpatient Center Beautifully Enhanced by Lumetta’s Drum LuminairesOctober 2021

Partner Testimonial – Wild West LightingOctober 2021

“For well over 20 years, Wild West Lighting has partnered with Lumetta to push the limits of what lighting can do. With this incredibly talented team we have successfully completed and revamped a variety of applications including healthcare facilities, commercial office space, and more.”

“Lumetta has established a reputation as a premier manufacturer of innovative decorative lighting solutions for hospitality, retail and several high-end applications. By integrating industry leading technology, Lumetta fabricates each fixture from scratch. This allows for all the products to be easily altered in design, scale, light source, and diffuser effects to create a custom look. The team’s commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction is second to none, which is apparent throughout the organization.”

Dylan Kramer
Wild West Lighting

Covid-19 Vaccine UpdateOctober 2021

Delta Variant

The CDC recently announced the urgent need for the COVID-19 vaccination and recommended that everyone in high transmission areas wear a mask in public indoor places, even if they are fully vaccinated.

A significant increase in new cases has reversed what had been a steady decline since January 2021. There is now an alarming rise in COVID-19 hospitalization rates throughout the US.

The Delta variant is more infectious and is leading to increased transmissibility when compared with other variants, even in some vaccinated individuals.

Delta is currently the predominant variant of the virus in the country. Below is a high-level summary of what CDC scientists have recently learned about the Delta variant.

• The Delta variant is highly contagious, more than 2x as contagious as previous variants.
• The Delta variant might cause more severe illness than previous variants in unvaccinated people.
• The greatest risk of transmission is among unvaccinated people who are much more likely to get infected and transmit the virus.
• Fully vaccinated people get COVID-19 less often than unvaccinated people.
• Anyone infected with the Delta variant, including fully vaccinated people with symptomatic breakthrough infections, can transmit the virus to others.
• The CDC is continuing to assess whether fully vaccinated people with asymptomatic breakthrough infections can also transmit the virus.
• Fully vaccinated people with Delta variant breakthrough infections can spread the virus to others—however they appear to spread the virus for a shorter time.
• Vaccines in the US are highly effective, including against the Delta variant.
• The COVID-19 vaccines approved in the US are highly effective at preventing severe disease and death, including against the Delta variant.
• The vaccine provides the best protection against serious illness and death.
• Vaccines are crucial to limiting the spread of the virus and minimizing severe disease. Even with the risk of breakthrough infections being low, there will be thousands of fully vaccinated people who become infected and are able to infect others.
• Low vaccination rate is causing a rapid surge in cases involving the Delta variant, which also increases the chances of more concerning variants emerging.
• Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself, your family, and your community.
• High vaccination coverage will reduce the spread of the virus and help prevent new variants from emerging.
• The CDC recommends that everyone aged 12 years and older get vaccinated as soon as possible.
• Given what we know about the Delta variant, vaccine effectiveness, and current vaccine coverage, the wearing of masks is needed to reduce the transmission of this variant.
• As we build on the level of vaccination nationwide, we must also use all the prevention strategies available, including masking indoors in public places, to stop transmission and stop the pandemic.
• Everyone who is able, including fully vaccinated people, should wear masks in public indoor places in areas of substantial or high transmission.

For more information: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html

Lumetta Has Its Finger on the Pulse of Lighting DesignOctober 2021

Pulse Design Group is recognized for designing cutting-edge buildings, interiors and locations and wanted to showcase their own innovative designs to their clients.

When the agency recently moved into their new 10,000-SF headquarters, located on the tenth floor of the 46 Penn Centre building, in Kansas City, MO, their team custom-designed the space featuring an open floor plan and plenty of space to safely collaborate and accommodate staff growth.

The finished product is a welcoming environment that fosters collaboration, innovation, and creativity – the perfect stage for a team of healthcare forward-thinking architects, interior designers, medical equipment planners and virtual reality developers.

As PDG is in demand for their contribution to state-of-the-art architectural design, it was essential to incorporate the agency’s innovation into all their projects. This included revealing the latest design and technology in the office’s lighting solutions.

Mercer Zimmerman specified Lumetta’s Custom L2 Drum Pendant for PDG’s new office waiting area. Because the agency’s sole focus and passion is on healthcare projects, Lumetta’s luminaires were chosen to highlight the space. Lumetta’s exclusive Lumenate® shades are antimicrobial and can easily be wiped down and cleaned–exactly the type of fixture that would be specified for healthcare facilities.

Photography: Courtesy of Pulse Design Group
Specifier: Mercer Zimmerman

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Lumetta Announces Community Service Partnership with Providence ¡CityArts!September 2021

 Lumetta is honored to announce a new community service partnership with Providence ¡CityArts! that focuses on workshops connecting art with ideas that are relevant to youth, ages 8-14. 

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Lumetta’s Custom Acoustic Lattice & Element Dividers Transform the Acoustics and Aesthetics of Any Interior SpaceAugust 2021

Our light-weight sound-absorbing acoustic panels help create separate quiet spaces that look extraordinary while improving the surrounding acoustics and insulating your world.

The dividers create temporary or permanent partitioning for private spaces–reducing ambient noise and distraction. These suspended dividers can be joined, mounted to the floor and are height adjustable.

And with our exclusive washable, antimicrobial Lumenate® incorporated into the panels, customers and employees can maintain safe social distancing and stay focused, while enjoying the seamless fusion of sound management and decor.

Our Custom Acoustic Dividers are more than 1/2″ thick, but never bulky or heavy. Our 60% recycled 9mm PET designer board material construction in your choice of 20 vibrant colors makes these panels eco-friendly and responsibly sourced.

You can add more dividers to build a partition–creating temporary or permanent rooms, walls, or workgroups.

Our flexible dividers help absorb and block out ambient noise and provide you with visual privacy–giving an air of sublimity to an otherwise open, unassuming space.

Lumetta’s New Acoustic Dividers – Audio and Visual for the Senses.
Contact us for color swatches.

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Custom Acoustic Dividers Are Used In:

Offices – Restaurants / Bars – Schools / Universities – Retail Space – Hotels

Hospitals / HealthCare Facilities – Communal Living Settings – Religious Structures

Public / Municipal / Government Facilities – Commercial and Home Theaters

And So Much More!

Contact your rep for more information: https://sandbox.lumetta.com/contact/

Covid-19 Vaccine Booster ShotsAugust 2021

Booster Shots FAQ:

When Will the COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shot be Available?
COVID-19 booster shots will become available in the fall, 8 months after eligible individuals receive their second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna.

Who Will be the First People to Get a Booster Shot?
The people who are most at risk will be the first to be eligible for booster shots. This includes healthcare providers, residents of long-term care facilities, and other older adults.

Why is the US Waiting to Start Offering COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots?
COVID-19 vaccines in the US are highly effective in reducing risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death, even against the Delta variant. However, the virus constantly evolves, and experts are looking at how the vaccines are working, including how new variants, like Delta, affect the efficacy of the vaccine.

Will People Who Received Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen (J&J/Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine Need a Booster Shot?
People who received a J&J COVID-19 vaccine will most likely need a booster shot. The data needed to make this decision aren’t available yet.

Can People Who Received Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen (J&J/Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine Get a Booster Shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Vaccine?
There aren’t enough data currently to support getting an mRNA (Pfizer BioNTech or Moderna) vaccine dose if someone has gotten a J&J/Janssen vaccine.

If We Need a Booster Shot, Does That Mean the Vaccines Aren’t Working?
COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective in preventing severe illness, hospitalization, and death, even against the Delta variant. However, public health experts are seeing reduced protection against mild and moderate disease with the Delta variant.

What’s the Difference Between a Booster Shot and an “Additional” Shot?
Some people who are moderately to severely immunocompromised do not build enough (or any) protection when they first get vaccinated. Getting another dose of the vaccine can sometimes help them build more protection against the disease. CDC recommends these people consider receiving a third dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine at least 28 days after they complete the initial 2-dose mRNA COVID-19 vaccine series.

A “booster shot” refers to another dose of a vaccine that is given to someone who has built enough protection after vaccination, but that protection has decreased over time.

For more information: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html