Focus Lighting
Hilary Manners is a seasoned lighting design professional with extensive experience in architectural and theatrical lighting. Currently serving as Senior Designer and Project Manager at Focus Lighting since July 2008, Hilary has contributed to notable projects such as Greywind, Russ & Daughters 34th Street, and the Oculus at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. Prior experience includes work as an Architectural Lighting Designer on projects like Aureole NYC and Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, as well as a freelance Lighting Temp at the Guggenheim Museum. Additional theatrical lighting design experience spans from 1999 to 2008, with credits on Broadway productions including Thoroughly Modern Millie and A Streetcar Named Desire. Hilary holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Lighting Design from New York University.
Focus Lighting
Focus Lighting is an award-winning professional architectural lighting design firm located in New York City. Since 1987, we have continually created unique and successful lighting design solutions for projects of all sizes including hotels, resorts, retail, restaurants, museums, nightclubs, offices, and private residences around the world. The Focus Lighting team’s creative process is informed by a combined experience in theater, architecture, and design. Together the team generates projects that create an emotion with light and engages its audience. We believe that light and its perception within an environment are essential to the human experience. Light brings a sense of drama, composition, balance, and excitement to each of our projects.