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.

Becky Lam
Senior Designer

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Becky's approach to design is informed by her professional experience in architecture, visual merchandising, and business development. She is equally attuned to the conceptual ideas of each project as well as how the details are executed. An architect by training, she brings a high degree of thoughtfulness and craft to spaces of all scales and types.


 
 

Nogah Brandt
Designer and Project Manager

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Nogah is passionate about improving people’s well-being through lighting. With a background in architecture and a decade of experience in management in the Tech industry, she is proud to be a part of a versatile team. Always pushing to fine tune her technical skills as well as implement company-wide process improvements.  

Jannille Parodi
Operations Manager

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.

Jannille joins our team with a robust background in business operations in the technology sector, showcasing skills in optimizing operations and fostering business growth through strategic planning. Excited about her role in architectural lighting, Jannille is honored to be a part of our outstanding team.