Philosophy

Our mission is to conceive timeless designs by channeling the spirit of collaboration within the firm and with our clients.

Light as a medium allows us to support and enhance space in meaningful ways. In crafting dynamic compositions between layers of light and architecture, we seek to evoke feeling within the built environment.

Experience

The compact size of our firm allows for a highly collaborative design process that harnesses expertise needed for each individual project. We view ourselves as equal parts leader and member of a design team.

 
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Services

Tucci provides a full range of architectural lighting design services. We provide municipalities, home owners, architects and engineers with the following professionally rendered plans and specifications:

  • Lighting Design
    Schematic, Design Development, Construction Documents & Administration

  • Lighting Layouts in AutoCAD & Revit

  • Fixture Schedules and Cutsheets

  • Photometric Calculations

  • Energy Code Compliance

  • Equipment Cost Estimates

  • Mounting Detail Development

  • Automated Control System Design

  • Value Engineering

  • Submittal Review

  • Punch List Preparation

  • Final Focus

  • Maintenance &
    Lamping Plans

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Team

 

Marissa Tucci
Principal

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Marissa has been practicing lighting design in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2006. Before forming an independent practice she served as a lighting designer for Interface Engineering and Banks|Landl Architectural Lighting Design. Her experience includes the interior and exterior lighting design for residential, corporate, hospitality, educational, healthcare, and mixed use spaces.
Northern Arizona University, B.A. Interior Design

 

Jennifer Cedar-Kraft
Designer

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Jennifer has a background in both lighting design and outside lighting sales. She held a lighting designer position at notable engineering and lighting design firm Silverman & Light before exploring a role in sales at the Bay Area based rep agency, Archetype Lighting Sales. Her transition back into design in 2018 has allowed her broad experience in the industry to come full circle.

Nogah Brandt
Senior Designer

Nogah has always appreciated the important role that light plays in defining a space. She is passionate about collaborating with the design team to come up with the best solutions for projects of all scales and styles. Nogah is committed to her projects from conceptual ideas, through technical details and project management all the way to end-user satisfaction and wellbeing.

 
 

Sara Duffy
Senior Designer

Madden Kuljis
Designer

Madden has participated on designs for a variety of project types - Residential, Hospitality, Corporate, and Commercial. They are interested in creating with intention and has an eye for weaving light into a physical space. As a highly-skilled, thoughtful, and well-rounded designer Madden possesses the tools to expand the beauty of the lighting world through an artistic eye.

A thoughtful communicator and creative designer, Sara is adept at listening to client needs and translating them into efficient, elegant and high-quality designs. After completing a degree in architectural design, Sara immersed herself in the lighting industry, gaining experience in custom lighting manufacturing, research and development, and sustainable design. Her expertise and collaborative nature results in well-executed designs, no matter the project type or scale.

Bodhi
Occasional Office Dog

Bodhi is a team-player, focused on bringing happiness and tennis balls to the office. She is passionate about making everyone feel welcome by providing wiggles and a head to pet. Although not professionally trained in Lighting Design, she is excited to learn and be apart of the team.