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INSIDE: AMA BLUE LIGHT CONTROVERSY • SATURATED COLOR EXPOSURE • LIGHTING CONTROLS • RAND ELLIOTT ON COLOR, LIGHT, AND AL PLACE • CHERYL ENGLISH COLOR EXPLORATIONS SEPT/OCT 2017 More than just a recessed linear slot system ©2017 LF ILLUMINATION LLC EF400 Recessed Modular Lighting and Utility System EF400 gathers all necessary components of an architectural ceiling into one clean continuous slot. Along with LF’s state-of-the-art adjustable and linear LED lighting modules, the EF400 channel can host utility equipment such as HVAC, surveillance, public address, WIFI, fire sprinklers, and more. EF400 includes modular housing units with a magnetic strip for variable placement of lighting. Also available are housing units with fixed position lamp holders and a simple mounting rail to use our light units without the need for a housing. 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Trim assembly includes: • Light engine • Optics • Lensed trim waclighting.com 1-800-526-2588 CONTENTS FEATURE 40 EVERYDAY EPHEMERALITY Architect Rand Elliott on color, light, and place. Detail of Liz West’s artwork “Our Colour Refl ection” at Kraftwerk Berlin. DEPARTMENTS 10 COMMENT 28 TECHNOLOGY Color Saturation Rethinking exposure to saturated colored light—red and blue, 12 BRIEFS specifi cally—can be a means of ARCHLIGHTING.COM Liz West at Kraftwerk Berlin; increasing daytime alertness and As always, check out our website Tree of Ténéré at Burning Man; nighttime sleep. for expanded article coverage, and SoftLab and Focus Lighting’s videos, and news. Also, subscribe One State Street feature wall. 36 PRODUCTS to our email newsletter, AL Notes, The latest in lighting controls and fi nd