Lighting Designer Eileen Pierce Joins SBLD Studio

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Eileen Pierce

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Eileen Pierce

Lighting designer Eileen Pierce has joined New York-based SBLD Studio as an associate principal. Pierce brings 15 years’ experience and has worked on a number of award-winning projects, with a particular focus on museums and galleries and private art collections. Her portfolio of work includes the Frick Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Christie’s Rockefeller Center Expansion, and The LeFrak Lakeside Center in Prospect Park.

“Eileen is a dynamic and talented lighting designer and we are extremely excited to have her spearhead the firm’s art & display lighting studio,” said Susan Brady founder and principal of SBLD Studio.

Pierce is a member of the Designers Lighting Forum of New York, the United States Green Building Council, and a committee contributing member for the Illuminating Engineering Society. She has recently served on the committee that was active in updating the Recommended Practices for museum and Gallery Lighting.

Pierce received her MFA in Lighting Design from Parsons, The New School of Design. Prior to joining SBLD Studio, Pierce was as associate with Renfro Design Group; she received her initial professional training while with Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design.

About the Author

Elizabeth Donoff

Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community. Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.

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