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The light is changing
Let’s reimagine what’s possible with light.
For your home
Online Residential Lighting Design Course
Step beyond basic lighting and design your home with confidence, using a layered approach that brings depth, warmth and balance to every space, and guides you to the right products along the way.
Online and self-paced, with short video lessons and downloadable guides. For homeowners, interior designers, architects, electricians and design enthusiasts.
CPD for professionals
Designing with Light: The Professional Lens
An industry-focused course that gives built environment professionals the skills and awareness to design consciously with light, balancing technical knowledge, aesthetics, wellbeing and function across interior and exterior spaces.
A hybrid course with workshop days at our Kilkenny studio and live online lectures. Now also available as group training for companies and practices.
Coming soon
Online Healthy Lighting Home Course
Discover how natural and artificial light affect your wellbeing, energy and sleep, and learn to create a healthier home through thoughtful lighting.
Short video lessons explore the intensity, colour, spectrum and position of light, with lighting layouts, product recommendations and downloadable guides you can revisit anytime.
Insights
Lighting advice, research and news
From our studio.
LED Tape Lighting: Why Aluminium Profiles and Diffusers Are Essential
LED Tape Lighting: Why Aluminium Profiles and Diffusers Are Essential
Alternative Kilkenny Arts Festival: Our Lighting Design Studio Becomes a Theatre
Alternative Kilkenny Arts Festival: Our Lighting Design Studio Becomes a Theatre
The Science of Light Just Met the Craft of Lighting Design
The Science of Light Just Met the Craft of Lighting Design
Talks & events
Speaking, keynotes and studio events
Our Managing Directors, Willie and Monica Duggan, are available for guest speaking, keynote presentations and industry talks. Recent appearances include IALD Enlighten Americas 2026 in Austin, Texas, and Design Kenmare, and our studio has hosted events for the Alternative Kilkenny Arts Festival.
Lighting education in Ireland
Lighting design courses and CPD from a practising studio
Our courses draw on decades of experience across landmark projects such as Central Plaza, Carton House and Liffey Valley, and light art installations including IMMA Éirigh, bringing together creative thinking, technical expertise and the science of light.
Whether you’re lighting your own home or upskilling a design team, every course is taught by people who design and supply lighting every day.
Training for your team
Want a workshop for your practice, or a speaker for your event?
Who is the Online Residential Lighting Design Course for?
It’s for homeowners, interior designers, architects, electricians and design enthusiasts who want to design layered, balanced lighting for homes with confidence.
Is the residential lighting course online?
Yes. The Online Residential Lighting Design Course is online and self-paced, with short video lessons and downloadable guides.
What is Designing with Light: The Professional Lens?
It’s our CPD course for built environment professionals, covering how to design consciously with light by balancing technical knowledge, aesthetics, wellbeing and function. It’s a hybrid course with workshop days at our Kilkenny studio and live online lectures.
Can our company book group lighting training?
Yes. Designing with Light: The Professional Lens is available for companies and practices that want to upskill their teams through group training and professional development.
When will the Healthy Lighting Home Course be available?
The Online Healthy Lighting Home Course is coming soon. You can register your interest by emailing [email protected].
Are Willie and Monica Duggan available to speak at events?
Yes. Our Managing Directors, Willie and Monica Duggan, are available for guest speaking, keynote presentations and industry talks.
