Notes on product selection, connected lighting, project planning, and facility performance.
A personal story from a lighting specifier about a costly mistake ordering a Flos Mayday lamp for a client project, revealing the critical difference between residential and commercial requirements, and how it changed my entire approach to specification.
2026-05-28 by Fatima El-Sayed
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