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March 20, 2009
We are delighted to announce the launch of theReform site, designed and built by Lightroom! Working with Stacie and Erin was truly a pleasure, they are are so positive, trusting of Lightroom, and enthusiastic. 'I cannot tell you how thrilled we are with the new website. It is everything we wanted: very slick, but with a sense of humor. Thank you for your vision and ideas. I have sent an email to Mario thanking him - I hope he knows how thrilled we are!' --Stacie Monro
March 10, 2009
Lightroom is Social
Lightroom is on twitter, follow us! Lightroom is on facebook, friend us!
March 3, 2009
Village Vets + Lightroom Recognized
The Village Vets and Lightroom have been awarded with an Award of Excellence City from the Decatur Preservation Alliance.
February 24, 2009
Dominey Wins National AIA Award
Dominey Pavilion has been chosen to receive an Honor award in the Objects category in the 2009 Small Projects Award Program. Lightroom will be recognized during the Best Practices in Small Project Design session, which will be held during the 2009 AIA National Convention in San Francisco. The AIA received more than 100 outstanding projects, and the jury had a very challenging time making their final selections. The selected projects represent an outstanding collection of small project design. Images of the Dominey Pavlion will be shown at Small Project Practitioners events at the AIA Convention, including a formal display of the winning projects in the exhibit hall.
February 19, 2009
Modern Sustainable Residential Design
William Carpenter's new book will be coming out next month. Go to Amazon now to reserve your copy!!! This book offers lessons for architects and interior designers who want to conceptualize and implement sustainable design strategies in Modern residential design. Recognized architect and educator William J. Carpenter offers solutions for incorporating sustainable aspect into a home design from conceptualization to implementation. Examples feature some of the best Modern sustainable residential projects from the U.S. and abroad.
February 9, 2009
Galbraith Design Studios Launched
We have launched the elegant new website for Marc Galbraith ASLA which emphasizes his thoughtful and modern aesthetic and approach to design and landscape architecture. We have also completed his identity package including logo, style guide, stationary, business and note cards and consultation on the interiors of his new offices in Buckhead. Marc is the dream Lightroom client!
February 4, 2009
Dominey Wins CDHA Award
The 15th annual CUSTOM HOME Design Awards received 513 entries in nine categories. Just 24 projects were singled out for accolades. The Dominey Pavilion won a Merit award in the category outdoor spaces. Full coverage of the winning projects will appear in an upcoming issue of CUSTOM HOME and at the Custom Home Online website.
January 24, 2009
UK Exhibition
Our entry for the Royal Institute of British Architects Make me a Home Exhibition in Durham, UK has been selected for exhibition and publication. The exhibition will take place in The Cube Gallery in Manchester will run until the 28th February. Opening times for the Exhibition are : Mon through Fri 12-5.30pm and Saturday 12-5.00pm.
January 10, 2009
Even Slovenia loves Lightroom
Sanda Velic hired Lightroom to rebrand her company, cleverly named S&A (S-and-A = Sanda, get it?). Specifically, she wanted business cards similar to ours. And, really, who would not? Working closely with our favorite printer, we took this opportunity to perfect the card and provide Sanda with a version that even we envy. These cards are exciting because they require the recipient's interaction to activate the card's information. The original idea was that at first it appears blank, then, by holding to the light, the info that is printed on the interior of the card is revealed. We also provided Sanda with an identity package in digital form, so we could simply email it to her and print in Slovenia. We are all about saving our clients money (and energy) here at Lightroom!
January 1, 2009
Sambo Shirt in the Works
A while back, Standard Deluxe approached Bill Carpenter about designing a Sambo (Samuel Mockebee- founder of The Rural Studio) shirt. Today, we finally had some spare time and help to make it happen! Christian Ayala (designer/architect/friend of Maria) came in town for a day. The designs he came up with are very exciting and very "Rural Studio." We can't wait to show you the final product and for Standard Deluxe to print the shirts! We're also working on a few Norman Jaffe shirt, oh my!!! Stay tuned...
December 1, 2008
Make Me A Home!
Lightroom entered the Make Me A Home competition! A 23 hectare site with over a mile of south facing riverside frontage along the River Tees, immediately adjacent to the eastern edge of Stockton-on-Tees town centre. The Northshore Development Partnership Ltd (aka Urban Splash and Muse Developments) is working closely with Tees Valley Regeneration and English Partnerships to create homes, offices, shops, hotels, bars, restaurants, cafes, leisure facilities and a new extension of Durham University's Queens Campus, all tied together with lots of lovely public space. They've got the Masterplan, beautifully crafted by Ryder Architects and Grant Associates, and now they need us to bring our own little piece of magic to the plans. We're going to our mark. We're going to make a home sweet home.
October 28, 2008
Lightroom does Lyric
The Lyric Oxford is a new music venue in an existing historic silent film theater on the square in Oxford Mississippi-- we collaborated with Matt Christiosi and went for a torn ticket theme evocative of 1950's torn concert tickets and vintage posters. thelyricoxford.com
October 26, 2008
Tony Staffiero hired as Lightroom consultant
Tony will be helping with web design and technical assistance.
October 26, 2008
Lightroom published in Print Magazine
Our Christmas card was a gift we made for our clients-- We made it out of Cherrywood and collaborated with the brilliant ThingFarm to digitally fabricate them. It becomes a christmas tree ornament-- but we like to look at them all year. Everyday is Christmas at Lightroom.printmag.com
October 16, 2008
William J. Carpenter, PH.D., FAIA Published
Bill Carpenter has been featured in the book Becoming an Architect, a guide for those considering a career in architecture. The book can be purchased here at Amazon.com
October 15, 2008
Tucker, GA
Lightroom has been selected by Oakhurst Capital Partners to design a mixed use project to energize the city of Tucker, Georgia. The phased project encompasses an entire city block and contains restaurants, offices and retail uses.
October 14, 2008
Marc Galbraith
Landscape architect Marc Galbraith has hired Lightroom to create the branding and strategy for his modern landscape architecture company. We are excited to create his website, graphic design work, portfolio book and viral films for this amazing designer.
October 6, 2008
Mario Knezevic hired as Lightroom Intern
Mario a recent graduate of Georgia Institute of Techology joins the Lightroom team.
September 16, 2008
Maria Sykes hired as Lightroom Intern
Sykes a recent graduate of Auburn University School of Architecture joins the Lightroom team.
September 1, 2008
Reform hires Lightroom
Reform hires Lightroom to design it's branding and strategy for their residential design company in Decatur. Lightroom will be designing the website, building signage,logo and yard signs. see www.reforminc.com
August 1, 2008
Lightroom Summer Fellows Fly Away
Daryn Shapurji(Purdue; Visual Communication Design), Adam Sauer(Ga. Tech.; MARCH), and Dana Ryan(SPSU; BARCH), have wrapped up their summer fellowship with lightroom. All of them have amazing talent in their field of study, and showed it through their outstanding work. They have set the bar high for the next interns. We will be looking for some new talent for the Spring Semester(09) and for next summer(09). See our contact page for the application. The deadline for the Spring Fellowship is November 15th, 2008 and the deadline for the Summer Fellowship is February 15, 2009. We have worked with schools to offer academic credit and IDP credit as well. Filmmakers, graphic artists, architects
"I am a twenty one year old designer from Purdue University. I will heading into my Senior year with the intention of getting a Bachelors in Visual Communication Design. I started the Lightroom Fellowship on May 19th and ended August 1st. In that time span I did a whole bunch of broad design work. Bill plunged me right into big time design, that students very rarely get a chance to touch, let alone control. I started out rebranding and website designing a local Decatur, Georgia company. I had my first client meeting two weeks into the fellowship. I convinced them on the rebrand, and website layout that day. They enjoyed the new look so much that they asked Lightroom and I to come up with a three foot by twelve foot building sign, and yard signage. I remade the Lightroom Portfolio book. I turned it from a 50 page book into a 105 page colorful book with a new scheme, layout, images, and text. I also committed myself to seeing it through the publishing and printing process with lulu.com. Bill gave me the opportunity to make his new business card as well as Lightrooms. I went on to design the Lightroom t-shirt which can be seen in the "lightroom business cards" section under Print Media. Bill likes to keep you on your toes with new fun ideas. So throughout the summer when I could squeak in some time, I made a Lightroom Myspace page, Lightroom Portfolio Powerpoint, as well as my very own individual typeface. Towards the latter end of the summer, Stability Engineering came to Lightroom with the need of a new refreshing trifold brochure. I worked very closely with my client to give him something individualistic, creative, but still projected their statement and company philosophy. I convinced Stability Engineering on a horizontal trifold brochure with large images and minimal text. Bill recently finished one of his biggest projects, The Village Vets, which is just a few doors down from Lightroom Studio. Throughout the summer, Lightroom Studio and I have worked on a movie, "217", which goes into length about the process, idea, and people behind The Village Vets construction. I helped film, direct, and "story board" out how this film should flow and move. Lastly, I designed two movie posters for the film "You're Rejected". It is a low budget film about one man's struggle between the different types of relationships that are accepted by him and society. Both movie posters are drastically different design but try to communicate the same message to the audience. Not only did I learn a lot about design and programs, but people and the long process it takes to complete a project through the end. This fellowship has really helped me see the business and production side of design. The free will that Bill gives you on projects and ideas is priceless. He is very open to new ideas, and thoughts that could at times be considered "way out there" only to find out it being the best idea." Daryn
"My summer began with Bill handing me a set of sketch drawings for a house located in Oakhurst and telling me to “run with it.” At first this task seemed incredible daunting and impossible however after a few pin-ups and discussions I quickly realized that this collaborative environment is what makes Lightroom Studio such a special design firm. Since taking the Oakhurst House from schematic design to construction drawings I have learned a tremendous amount about design and the process of taking an idea to something tangible. I have since worked on several other projects, including an addition to a 1950’s pre-fab Lustron House, an extension to the Lightroom Studio here in Decatur, and I put together 5 Lightroom projects for submission to the 2008 AIA Georgia Design Awards. As Bill said to me this morning, each one of the projects I worked on this summer, will in fact be built and that is something that not many interns can say after a summer of work. The sketches and diagrams I created over the summer in my sketch book are a tribute to constantly enveloping studio environment of the Lightroom. This summer felt much like an extension of school, in that I wasn’t as much given tasks to complete, more importantly I was given design problems to solve. In addition to architectural projects, I worked on the development of a film documenting the process of building The Village Vets, which is a Veterinary Clinic in Decatur, Ga Lightroom designed, that is located just up the street from the Lightroom Studio. Additionally, I completed a checklist for certificate of occupancy at the Village Vets and went to a construction site to see the progress of the Hall Residence, where I got to witness first hand the interaction of the architect, client, and builder. A very complex group of people all working to accomplish a single goal, COMPLETION!!! All in all this summer has been incredibly fulfilling and I’m leaving with an extreme since of accomplisment of what I have achieved this summer. I have learned so much and I can only thank Bill and Lightroom for giving me this exceptional opportunity." Adam
I have thoroughly enjoyed my time interning at Lightroom Studio. I had the pleasure working side by side with two other interns, while simultaneously working on my own projects. I benefited from having an additional architecture intern to work alongside with and to collaborate with on ideas; I also learned a great deal from the graphic design intern, who opened my eyes to a different way of designing. Of all of the projects I worked on this summer the book publication was the focus of the majority of my summer’s work. The Sustainable Modern House is now with the publisher, and I anxiously await its release in spring 2009. The book has exposed me to many aspects of sustainable, modern residential architecture. I enjoyed reading through all the case studies that support the book’s text; I was inspired by many of these projects and will incorporate ideas I have learned into my own design work. In working on this project I was responsible for organizing all of the chapter text, arranging all of the case studies, following up with all contributing authors and architecture firms to obtain images that met the publication requirements, making sure all images and drawings were accompanied by an appropriate permission release, the art log and permissions excel files that document every image. The most challenging aspect of the book’s process was writing most of the 350 or so image captions; in order to write thorough, intellectual captions I had to learn as much about each project as I possibly could. The other main project I was involved in was the design development of the Waldron Residence. The renovation project taught to work with existing building conditions, an aspect not often taught in a studio setting. For this project I was required to visit the home and observe and measure the existing conditions. Based on these measurements I drew in AutoCad and SketchUp the home as it currently exists, and the new designs that I helped to develop. Learning what it is like to design when working with a budget was another new aspect of design that I have had little previous experience with. There were other smaller projects that I also worked on while I completing the other larger projects. I drew a new SketchUp model for an already completed project, the Beal’s Residence. The model consists of a massing of the home and its exterior surroundings. I worked with the other architectural intern on completing the first floor and second floor punch list for Village Vets prior to its opening. Perhaps the most pleasurable project was designing my own chair. As of now the chair only exists as hand sketches and a SketchUp model, but I look forward to building a physical model of it. The chair incorporates a built in table with an ottoman that tucks beneath. The ottoman can be used for both additional seating and storage space. Thank you for exposing me to many different functions of a modern architecture design studio. It has reaffirmed my desire to pursue a career in modern architecture upon graduating from school; I have also realized that residential architecture can be fun and challenging! Dana
August 1, 2008
LoftLife Sheds Some Light On Lightroom
A new modern design magazine / web blog, "LoftLife" which focuses on loft design and art interviewed Lightroom and Bill on his philosophy and design style.
Check out the blog here.
August 1, 2008
Lightroom and Vennilla at Cannes: Recipient of a jury prize for short films
Lightroom collaborated on a short film titled "A Pizza Story" with Vennilla films and the film was selected for screening at the Festival du Cannes and it received a jury prize.
July 23, 2008
Lightroom does Lustron
Lightroom has been selected to design a new guesthouse for the very rare Decatur Lustron featured in the museum of Modern Art Home delivery exhibition. The house is located on Drexel avenue less than a mile from our studio
July 23, 2008
Re:form selects Lightroom to design it's new branding and Website identity
Re:form, a top notch Decatur Architecture and Histric Preservation from has selected Lightroom for this exciting new project Re:form.
July 23, 2008
The Modern House in Print
William Carpenter's second book is in production. The book features many houses from Dwell magazine and is being printed and published by the presitigious John Wiley and Sons in New York. Look for it in Spring 2009.
July 3, 2008
Lightroom Receives Print Magazine Award
The Lightroom Christmas Cards were selected out of a national competition to receive a design excellence award.
November 23, 2007
Hall Residence Construction
Keith Hall, owner of Decatur Modern, has selected Lightroom to design their new home.
November 19, 2007
Maverick Selects Lightroom
Donnie Henry is a developer with a modern edge who has selected Lightroom to design the first of many modern homes for the Atlanta area. And these houses will be hot! Check out the first Maverick.
Email Donnie for more info.
November 15, 2007
Elvis Website Launch
The Elvis Presley Foundation and GSG Entertainment selected Lightroom for the Elvis website launch.
November 11, 2007
Village Vets Breaks Ground
The Village Vets project is that rare opportunity where there is an enlightened client and developer. They hired Lightroom to design the state of the art clinic, a 24 hour emergency hospital and office suite. You can visit the Village Vets website by clicking here.
November 08, 2007
FakeChecks Launches
Lightroom was selected out of a national search to design the very high profile Fakechecks campaign website. The site is estimated to have 10 million hits in it's first 3 months of going live. Check out their site here.
November 03, 2007
William Carpenter Speaks
William Carpenter was invited be a featured speaker at the AIA London/ AIA National Design Conference.
March 13, 2006
Confianza Launches
Lightroom launches a new web presence for Confianza, an independent, full service advertising agency in Atlanta, Georgia. Go see the new digs.
February 23, 2006
Auburn University Lecture
Lightroom has been invited to speak at Auburn University School of Architecture on March 15, 2006 and present recent work.
January 19, 2006
Atlanta Botanical Gardens
Lightroom worked with a team of talented folks headed up by Armchair Media, to deliver a fresh new face for Atlanta's finest botanical garden. We developed the flash, including those adorable flower animations. Go see the new Atlanta Botanical Gardens.
January 08, 2006
Confianza Means Courage
Confianza, an ad agency in Atlanta, has enrolled Lightroom to develop a new web presence to showcase their work.
January 01, 2006
Foodloop Demo
Curious as to how thefoodloop works? Play the video now online at thefoodloop.com
September 22, 2005
Huey + Partners
We worked with the team at Huey+Partners to develop a new flash-based website showcasing their portfolio. Go have a peak at the new website: Huey Partners.com
July 18, 2005
Jewelry on the Edge
The new Mark Edge.com is now online.
Atlanta designer Mark Edge has brought Lightroom in to create a new web presence for his new collections. Mark���s designs are enjoyed by celebrities like Courtney Cox Arquette, Jane Fonda, Vanessa Williams, Martina McBride, Drew Barrymore and loyal wearer Sophia Choi of CNN Headline News.
July 05, 2005
2005 Lightroom Fellow Selected
Lightroom has selected Ms. Katie Chapman for the coveted 2005 Lightroom Fellowship. Katie studied Sociology at the University of Colorado and has been accepted at the prestigious Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, Ca. She was selected for the fellowship because of her unique gift in photography and excellent communcation skills. Her tippy-the-turtle was the tops also. This summer she is working on architecture and web projects, building her website and journal, and working with us on our latest film project. She was selected from an international field of applicants from as far away as Romania. Congratulations Katie!
June 12, 2005
Lightroom Selected by Decatur Modern
Decatur Modern has selected Lightroom to design its new loft project. We will work with founder Keith Hall to set the standard for modern living in the southeast. Lightroom will design the landscape, interiors, architecture and identity for this ultra modern dwelling.
May 19, 2005
It's a Cinch to Use
Introducing the food loop, the world's first silicone trussing device and our latest website launch. Check it out the food loop website
May 11, 2005
Lightroom Selected to Design Beals Residence
And the results shall be fantastic.
May 05, 2005
The Unveiling
Our design for the 2005 Decatur Arts Festival Poster is revealed at Sage Restaurant, a lovely bistro located on the Courthouse Square in Downtown Decatur.
April 14, 2005
Lightroom at Rialto Center May 5th
Join us on May 5th, 2005 as Lightroom unveils Intra, a lighting fixture that blurs the boundaries between design and art. The show is being held at the Rialto Center in downtown Atlanta through May 31st. The reception is the only time you can get free drinks, so we suggest coming then. There will also be a screening at 7pm. Here's the DIRECTIONS/FLYER.
April 05, 2005
The Cycle Theory
The Cycle Theory, a new short film by Lightroom, is online. Go watch it, we dare you.
March 30, 2005
Lindsey Dowell Photography Launches
Lightroom recently collaborated with Atlanta photographer Lindsey Dowell on a new web presence that leaves us... well, breathless. Have a look at the new digs.
March 02, 2005
We Heard You Were Creative
Check out the application for the Lightroom Fellowship, a summertime internship for emerging designers.
February 07, 2005
Goodbye Yellow, Hello... Yella
Lightroom has teamed with the talented folks at Armchair Media to deliver a new web presence for YellaWood- a new generation of pressure treated pine from Great Southern Wood. You should know Jimmy from the billboards by now. "For building outdoors, Yella's your color."
January 30, 2005
Lindsey Dowell Photography
We'll be working with Atlanta photographer Lindsey Dowell on a fresh new web presence. The site will showcase his portfolio of photography work. And it shall be smokin' fine.
January 13, 2005
Design Selected for Decatur Arts Festival
Lightroom's design has been selected as the poster artwork for the 2005 Deactur Arts Festival. The poster will be unveiled May 5th at Sage on the Decatur square. The concept: We knit a quilt of typefaces from Decatur landmark buildings and businesses togther to express the community's unique diversity.
December 22, 2004
Shadowlight Pictures
Lightroom launches Shadowlight Pictures just in time for the holidays. Shadowlight is an Atlanta-based film production company. They've won awards for a number films, including two shorts made during the 48-hour Film Project.
December 15, 2004
Lightroom Selected to Design Dominey Studio
Todd and Heather Dominey have chosen Lightroom to design a studio adjacent to their home in Atlanta's Oakhurst neighborhood. An outside covered area will offer a gathering space centered on an exterior fireplace. Todd is a designer and writer (Dominey Design, What Do I Know). The studio will function as a workspace for Todd. It will be delightfully modern.
November 10, 2004
Printer Friendly
Thomas and Bohannon Printing is a highly esteemed print shop in Atlanta that truly gives a damn about the artistic and technical details of offset printing. Lightroom is going to develop their online presence. It will be dazzling.
October 11, 2004
Lightroom Selected to Design Bush Residence and Studio
Lightroom has been selected to design a new Atlanta recording studio for Train keyboardist Brandon Bush. (winner of a grammy in collaboration with Shawn Mullins on the Souls Core album) We are designing a new art studio for his wonderful and talented wife Dianne and a new sculptural house in the Fourth Ward District of Atlanta.
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October 03, 2004
Standard Deluxe Names Lightroom
Standard Deluxe, the finest print shop this side of the Mississippi, has hired Lightroom to develop and implement their new web presence. See images from our trip down to Waverly.
October 01, 2004
Prologue Films
Director Kyle Cooper has engaged Lightroom to design an interior build-out for his film studio, Prologue Films, located in the sunny Malibu foothills. He is best known for his titling sequences, including such classic works as SE7EN, Donnie Brasco, Spiderman and Identity.