A presentation by Claudia Kappl-Joy, highlighting the various ways thru which CLL, Concept Lighting Lab engages with design, projects, and teams

Based in Tucson, Arizona, United States, Claudia Kappl-Joy is the co-founder of the award-winning Lighting, and Interior Design Consultancy Studio, CLL—Concept Lighting Lab, LLC, with Rick Joy. She holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture (TU in GRAZ, Austria) and Architectural Lighting Design (KTH in Stockholm, Sweden) and has more than 20 years of professional experience in both fields.

Claudia is a regular faculty advisor at The University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (Arizona CAPLA), inspiring Students from the faculties of Architecture, Landscape, and Engineering Schools to engage in Lighting. She Co-chairs Award Juries, attends Reviews and Desk Critiques and regularly lectures at international conferences at the intersection of Science, Light, and Design.

She is a Certified Lighting Designer (CLD), a Professional Member of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), an Associate Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), a Women in Lighting (WIL), and holds a registration for Technisches Buero fuer Innenausbau (WKO) in Austria. Claudia is fascinated with the ephemeral quality of light and its essential role in creating moving atmospheric space.

This lecture is part of SCE's Fall 2025 Public Programs Series, learn more about other events by clicking here.