2024-12-04T04:03:37-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150175752/how-lighting-design-in-hotels-is-becoming-less-gender-binary Alexander Walter 2019-12-23T15:17:00-05:00 >2022-05-13T12:01:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/55/557142d84335676731a2a2419474dd33.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Brian Orter has always understood the importance of setting the mood and the power of lighting to transform a space or a moment. [...] Today, Mr. Orter runs Bold LLC, a company that provides architectural lighting design for private homes, restaurants, bars and hotels. With a team of 30 people split between New York City and Los Angeles, Mr. Orter has worked with architecture and design firms [...].</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>The New York Times</em> in conversation with Brian Orter of NYC/LA-based architectural lighting design firm <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150175753/bold" target="_blank">BOLD</a>. The short interview covers the many ways to do it wrong (and the few to do it right) and how hotels are slowly ditching masculine and feminine design for a less binary experience.<br></p>