NEW YORK CITY

STEVEN ROSEN, IALD
PRESIDENT & PRINCIPAL

What a great job! Not only does Steven enjoy a career that spans performance, architecture, museums & corporate communications-he also gets to work with a lot of very cool people. In 2002, Steven was honored with the LDI Lighting Designer of the Year.

It was Mr. Rosen’s keen interest in applying theatrical lighting techniques to traditionally non-theatrical environments that led to the creation of Available Light. The originality and grand scale of Steven’s designs is evident in such one-of-a-kind projects as: Thunder Lagoon, a computer-automated Tropical Rainstorm experience, and SportsLab, a 100,000 square foot touring theme park/exhibition all about sports.

Project designs for Museums include: The American Presidency, America on the Move & Price of Freedom at the National Museum of American History; The ZeitHaus at Volkswagen’s AutoStadt in Wolfsburg Germany; The Longyear Museum in Boston; The Liberty Science Center, The New England Aquarium; The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Genetics, Net World, U-505 & The Burlington Zephyr at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry; the Kansas City Jazz Museum; Chicago Nature Museum; Crayola Visitor's Center and the Virginia Air & Space Center.

Architectural Lighting Designs include: MIT Building 7 Dome Renovation-for which he was bestowed the International Association of Lighting Designers’ top honor, the Radiance Award; Genuity Network Operations Center; The Lodge at Sea Island, Georgia; Art Technology Group; Stamford Health Systems; the Carolina Ice Palace; Harvard Business School; Schwab Center at Stanford; Tuck School of Business; Duke University; Boston College; and Unilever UK.

Steven’s theatricality translates into a wild, compelling vision for trade show & special events clients, including: the 150th Anniversary of the Horseshoe Curve, Bristol-Myers; Reebok; Make-A-Wish; Novartis; EMC; Akamai; Nortel; Land Rover; the Charlotte Hornets; the Boston Celtics; Sony Corp; The FleetCenter; & First Night Boston.
Steven began his professional training at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, holds a BFA, cum laude, from Webster University in St. Louis, and an MFA in Stage Design from New York University.

Mr. Rosen has taught lighting design for NYU Tisch School of the Arts & Emerson College; he has guest lectured at RISD, Harvard University, NYU, The Boston Design Center, Northeastern University, Princeton, LightFair International, LDI International, Lux Pacifica in New Delhi, the IES, ASTC, TS2, BuildBoston, DLF & the Lighting Research Center.

He is a member of the International Association of Lighting Designers, the Illuminating Engineering Society, USITT, United Scenic Artists, DLF & StageSource.