About Richmond Art Company About Our Senior Lighting Specialist Lighting Articles Types and Qualities of Light Newest Kid on the Block: LEDs and OLEDs Energy Saving: The Bright Thing to Do Lay of the Land What¹s Good About Fluorescent Lighting? Control Systems: The What, Why and How Track Lighting Recessed Ceiling Lighting: Can Do or No-Can Do? Interior Lighting Good Kitchen Lighting Reflections of Bathroom Lighting Computers and Your Eyes Dining: When Lighting Sets the Mood Bedtime Tales: Good Light, Dear Reader, Good Night Brightening the Corporate Image Exterior Lighting Architectural Lighting The Illuminated Garden Security Lighting		About Richmond Art Company About 1890, only 25 years after the end of the Civil War, Richmond Art Company opened its doors, trading mainly in fine arts. Over the years the scope of the business grew. The company expanded its retail operations to corporate furnishings, accessories and gifts. It also added what was known then as decorating services. During the 1920s and 1930s, Richmond Art Company served Virginia, the Carolinas, Maryland and other states further north. Their interior design services have been used by such notable organizations and establishments as The White House (invited during the Roosevelt administration to design and restore all of the public areas), Duke University, the Governor¹s Mansion of Virginia and the Wickham House (circa 1875) of the Valentine Museum, one of the South¹s leading examples of its unique social history. Today Richmond Art Company offers primarily lighting design services and products through the expertise of its senior lighting designer, William L. Joel, II. About Our Senior Lighting Specialist, William Lee Joel, II Bill Joel received his B.A. from Brown University with creative design courses at the Rhode Island School of Design. He did further studies in interior and lighting design at the New York School of Design and Pratt Institute. A professional member of AID-ASID from 1963 to 1993, Bill received a Fellowship from ASID in 1978. In 1992, he became one of the first Certified Interior Designers in the State of Virginia. His work experience includes residential/commercial/institutional remodeling and new structures, as well as a number of feasibility studies, all with an emphasis on effective, energy-conscious, quality lit environments. Bill has also served as a member of the FIDER Board of Visitors and Accreditation Committee, Foundation for Interior Design Eduation and Research; set and lighting designer for the Richmond Forum and Barksdale Theatre; and guest speaker on various radio and TV spots. For more details, consult Marquis Who¹s Who in America and Baron¹s Who¹s Who in Interior Design; or contact us at Rich@RichArtCo.com. (c) 1997-2006, Richmond Art Company, All rights reserved.