Gregory Kay
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Gregory Kay is a lighting designer, engineer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tech Lighting and the founder, owner, and president of Lightology, a lighting retailer and electronic retailer, and PureEdge Lighting, a manufacturer.
Kay holds eleven patents and design patents as inventor or co-inventor of lighting designs and technologies.[citation needed] He was one of the original forces in the proliferation of contemporary low-voltage lighting systems in America, helping bring the style from Europe and developing fixtures for the US market.[1][2][3]
Kay’s lighting designs and light fixture designs have been influenced by lighting designer Paul Gregory of Focus Lighting and lighting artist James Turrell.[citation needed] His fixture designs place an emphasis on manipulating light to create precise and varied lighting effects, catering to architectural lighting design.[1][4]
Kay began his career as an electrician in his native Detroit, becoming a master electrician in 1979. He then went into business with roller skate distributor Midwest Skate Company and became a roller disco lighting specialist.[citation needed] The business drew the attention of Paul Gregory of LiteLab (and later Focus Lighting), who was also known for designing the dance floor in the 1977 movie Saturday Night Fever.[5]
In 1983, Kay became interested in the world of contemporary design after attending New York’s first Light World Convention, where he first saw low-voltage halogen lighting incorporated into contemporary fixture designs. He decided to apply his technical knowledge of lighting to create fixtures that catered to this emerging design trend.[5] Later that year, he moved to Chicago and opened Tech Lighting, the first contemporary lighting showroom in the city of Chicago.
Kay founded Tech Lighting in 1983 at the corner of Superior and Franklin Streets in Chicago.[1]
Drawing from his technical background as a master electrician, Kay organized a proposal that resulted in a revised National Electrical Code.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Klages, Karen E. (March 13, 1994). "The Bright Side: Why Gregory Kay Has Us So Wired Up About Lighting". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ Grisham, Susan (May–June 2004). "The Height of Lighting Savvy". Contract Lighting: 60–62.
- ↑ Bazer, Gina; Lisa Cregan; Nadine Ekrek; Dennis Rodkin (Jan–Feb 2008). "Best of Chicago Design: Light Master, Gregory Kay". Chicago Home and Garden: 76–77.
- ↑ "Style Makers: Greg Kay – Lightology". Luxe Chicago. 2 (4): 126.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Lightology". Sonneman A Way of Light.
- ↑ Sherrod, Pamela (November 3, 2002). "Illumination is their trade". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ "Designer Profile: Gregory Kay". Lightology.
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