Derek Porter is co-owner and principal designer of Derek Porter Studio where he leads philosophical interests, collaborative thinking and detail development for all architectural lighting design and product design projects. As an extension of his lighting design practice, he studies light and space through work in photography and sculpture. Parallel to his art and design practice, Porter is instrumental in the evolution of lighting design education and is currently director of the Master of Fine Arts Lighting Design program at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City. The program is globally recognized for daylight and electric lighting integration, cross-disciplinary study and broad ranging theoretical research in light, space and human perception.
Session Title:
Light: Nature, Technology and Human Inhabitation
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