Lana Nathe, Founder & Principal Designer

Lana is an innovative designer who proficiently crafts robust lighting solutions for residential and commercial projects.  With over 30 years of experience, her concepts set the mood, highlight architectural structures and works of art, and shed light on natural landscape features. Her completed work for over 1200+ private residences nationally, has captured the attention of clients, city officials, and editors alike.

Lana began her design career under the tutelage of Hans von Malotki at Buro Licht Design in Koln, Germany.  She later followed her passion in lighting to New York at Fisher Marantz Stone Lighting Design. In 2005, Lana put her established skills in architectural lighting design to work and launched Light Insight Design Studio.  In 2007, Lana founded “illuminaleBOSTON08”, Boston’s first evening lighting festival, which coincided with Boston’s Inauguration of the Rose Kennedy Greenway project completion.  100+ Team members and 10 different locations around the city were illuminated for five evenings.  Each site showcased energy-efficient and creative lighting and proved that exterior lighting can aid in creative place-making by adding excitement and beauty through light.

Her portfolio includes custom residences, gardens & landscapes,  galleries & museums, hospitality/restaurants, retail, corporate offices, houses of worship, urban place-making, and facade lighting.

Professional Affiliations:

  • International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), Associate Member, iald.org

  • Designer’s Lighting Forum of New England (DLFNE), Past President, Executive Board Member since 1999, dlfne.org

  • The Luxury Collaborative (TLC) Founder/ Board Member since 2017, theluxurycollaborative.com

  • Light Boston (City of Boston organization), Board Member since 2018, lightboston.org

Education:

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interior Architecture & Design | North Dakota State University; Fargo, ND

  • Industrial/Product Design | Fachhochschule fur Gestaltung; Kiel, Germany

Certifications:

  • WBA / State Office of Massachusetts / Women Business Assistance

  • NCQLP/ National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professional / LC Certification

Meg Bertini

Meg is a Boston-based designer who earned her Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design at the University of New Haven.  She has held various positions in the design industry, including Space Planner for Creative Office Pavilion, Interior Designer at Miller Dyer Spears, and Sales Representative for Lumenpulse.

Her interest and experience in lighting grew while she was working with Reflex Lighting in Boston, where she assisted clients, designers, and architects in selecting lighting fixtures that fit the specific parameters for their needs. 

Meg is also a Registered Yoga Teacher and is pursuing her Master of Education degree in Elementary Education at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA. 

Marina Tarsi

Marina is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She learned to utilize light as a design element through her passion for architecture. She understands that lighting can create endless possibilities within any given space. 

With a fondness for STEM, Marina chose Architectural Engineering as her career path. A course in architectural lighting design at WPI piqued her interest in the field. After submitting a fixture design for a student scholarship competition, she won third place from the Illumination Engineering Society. She is completing a travel study program in Venice, Italy, for a community project.

Marina enjoys reading books and writing poetry in her free time.

Miya Rioux

After studying CAD Drafting for three years and architectural design for one year at the Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical School, Miya Rioux is continuing her education in Interior Design at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.

Miya has completed a one-year residential interior design internship at SV Design, Siemasko + Verbridge, in Beverly, MA. She was enamored with the knowledge and experience she gained working in the field. Miya believes lighting design helps accentuate architecture and interior design, defining a building's character and focusing on what inhabitants see and experience: "Lighting sets the mood; it doesn't just stand as a way to improve function, but it creates the experiences we have walking through any space."