Architectural Lighting Design Insights

Please join us in welcoming Josi Kander, Architectural Lighting Designer and Project Manager, to Adaptive Design Group! Josi joins our team as an Architectural Lighting Designer and Project Manager, bringing with her an impressive blend of academic achievement and real-world design experience. With a PhD in Engineering Education, a Master’s in Building Systems Engineering, and…

Lighting isn’t just functional — it’s foundational. ⁠ At Adaptive Design Group, our Adaptive Method™ of layered lighting is intentionally designed to enhance and support each layer of the built environment. This featured project focuses on the Interior Design layer — where thoughtful illumination brings textures, finishes, and furnishings to life.⁠ ⁠ Lighting isn’t just…

Success in Luxury Residences THE MODERN DESIGN TEAM™ Great architecture isn’t created in silos—it’s built through synergy. At Adaptive Design Group, we believe the most success in luxury residences come from seamless collaboration between the architect, interior designer, and our team of lighting and technology experts. We don’t just enhance the design—we help bring it…

Lighting that dazzles—without ever distracting. ⁠ At Adaptive Design Group, we believe the best architectural lighting isn’t seen—it’s felt.⁠ ⁠ When light is thoughtfully integrated into the architecture from the very beginning, it does more than illuminate. It elevates. It enhances. It disappears into the structure while quietly guiding focus, mood, and experience.⁠ ⁠ We…

Adaptive Design Group and Basalte: Leading in smart home technology. @basalte continues to set the standard for merging sleek European design with cutting-edge smart home technology. Their Design Series at the Salt Lake City showroom brought together the best in architecture, interiors, and innovation—all in service of elevated living. As specialists in lighting design and…

Trust in Adaptive Design Group For over 30 years, Adaptive Design Group has been a trusted asset to discerning homeowners, visionary architects, talented interior designers, and dedicated builders. Why? Because we offer a fully integrated suite of services that ensures every project is beautifully lit, flawlessly engineered, and thoughtfully executed: 🔹 Architectural Lighting Design
🔹 Electrical…

Make your home glow Not all light is created equal. What makes your home glow with such elegance and intention? It’s the result of the Adaptive Method®—our proprietary, trademarked approach to layered lighting that brings depth, emotion, and precision to every detail of the home. From exterior to landscape, we design lighting to elevate architecture…

Beyond the Algorithm: The Human Art of Lighting Design As AI and automation increasingly enter the world of architecture and design, it is easy to assume that lighting design can be generated solely by software. But in the luxury residential arena, nuance, emotion, and architectural intent demand far more than data—they require artistry, intuition, and…

Let’s illuminate your vision “We are Artists with Light and Experts with Technologies…” – Glenn Merlin Johnson, Founder of Adaptive Design Group At Adaptive, lighting is not an afterthought—it’s a defining element of architecture. We bring both artistry and engineering to every project, designing luminous environments where innovation supports elegance. Technologies are critical—not only to…

The Art of Illumination at Basalte We’re proud to share that our Founder & Principal, Glenn Merlin Johnson, was the keynote speaker at the inaugural design series event hosted at @basalte’s USA showroom in Salt Lake City. Glenn presented The Art of Illumination—a topic rooted in decades of experience designing lighting that enhances architecture, honors intention,…