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.
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 & AdministrationLighting 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
Team
Marissa Tucci
Principal
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
Michael Svendsen
Director of Operations
With a decade of experience in the art and design industries, Michael brings a strong background in business operations, logistics, and project management working with high-touch clientele in the Bay Area. Whether working internally with the Tucci team, or liaising with Designers, Architects, homeowners, and contractors, Michael implements systems that start with thoughtful planning and end with high-quality results.
Sara Duffy
Senior Designer
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.
Becky Lam
Senior Designer
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.
Haley Laurence
Senior Designer
Haley approaches lighting design through the lens of storytelling, using light to shape atmosphere and create meaningful experiences. She brings over a decade of work spanning a wide range of project types, from intimate boutique hospitality spaces to dynamic experiential environments and expansive lighting master plans. Her collaborative approach, refined sensibility, and passion for the artistry of light result in compelling designs that are thoughtfully conceived and expertly executed.
University of Sydney, Master of Science - Illumination Design
Jennifer Cedar-Kraft
Designer
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.
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.
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.