HLB Lighting Design adds Miller to its principal team

According to HLB, Jeffrey Miller, FIALD, has re-joined their New York studio as a design principal focused on business development in several new geographic areas for the firm. Miller's collaboration with HLB Lighting Design will build on his vast experience and strong design skills in several market sectors including, hospitality, life sciences/healthcare and high-rise buildings. With a career that spans over 30 years, founded in theater where Jeff learned the artistry of light he then joined Jules Horton Lighting Design in 1979 thus kick starting a distinctive and diverse career in lighting design. Miller is known to be an inclusive design leader, dedicated to close collaboration and well regarded for creating visually stunning designs with rigorous attention to the human factors of light. He is recognized for a wide range of projects including the famed Grand Hyatt Hotel in Hong Kong with Hirsch Bedner & Associates. He led the lighting design for the Manitoba Hydro Place in Winnipeg, with Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects -- Canada's first LEED Gold office building. Other projects of distinction include the McCormick Tribune Student Center on the IIT Campus in Chicago for Rem Koolhaas/OMA, and the recently completed Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou, PRC for Skidmore Owings & Merrill, the world's first zero net energy high rise. During his tenure as president of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), Miller created the IALD Quality of Light Initiative, led the successful re-branding of the association and formed the IALD Office of Public Policy, which has successfully engaged policy makers on issues critical to the design profession and the general public. He has been a featured speaker in venues throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. "We are excited to have Jeff on board, as he shares our enthusiasm for the highest quality lighting design," said Barbara Horton, HLB president. "Jeff's extensive relationships and industry knowledge will greatly enhance our opportunities for growth."