Event Recap: A Night of Light at Lutron

Lutron's recent Night of Light event at their DDB showroom was a huge success, hosting over 100 industry professionals including architects, remodelers, and builders.

Gourmet seasonal hors d'oeuvres, spirits, wine and cocktails infused with fresh Asian pears from the Lutron founder's own Subarashii Kudamono orchards had the guests happily enjoying the evening.

"Lutron's Night of Light event was a great success," said company representative, Meredith Koons. "Networking events such as this one offer industry partners, specifiers and the design community a much more personalized, one-on-one interaction with one another while enabling future growth of their businesses together."

The evening marked the second event hosted by Lutron with partner AEC Network, a networking organization for architects, engineers and constructors.

Event Recap: Lutron Lights up the Night

Last Thursday, Lutron and Poggenpohl invited designers to celebrate the winter holidays with gourmet seasonal hors d'oeuvres, spirits, wine and fresh Asian pears from the Lutron founder's own Subarashii Kudamono orchards.

A new Poggenpohl kitchen and bathroom installation demonstrated the seamless integration and dynamic features of Lutron lighting.

"It's really exciting to celebrate the holidays with Poggenpohl and kick-off our newest ventures with them and product lines," said Graham Davis, Lutron's Manufacturing Representative. "And you really can't get any better than the bar filled with drinks from the Lutron's orchard and hors d'oeuvres made with the asian pears. Have any of us ever seen a better looking fruit?"

According to Lutron Showroom Manager, Katherine Rumbaugh, they host events five to six times a year and are always really thrilled with the outcome.  “Tonight has been so successful and it really succeeded in being what we always strive for it to be," she said. "Having such a great mix of designers, architects and engineers is exactly what Lutron is about!"

When we asked Poggenpohl Designer David Jones what he thought of the event, he said, "What more could we ask for? I came up with the title, ‘Light Up the Night’ and that's just what we're doing!"

The evening included raffling off three gift bags stuffed with Lutron and Poggenpohl goodies, Asian pears the size of footballs, and a fabulous assortment of Subarashii Kudamono pear wine and vodkas.

In addition to the DDB Showroom, you can find Lutron in the Audio Video Interiors Showroom at the PDC and at the Total Window Inc Showroom at the DCOTA. Poggenpohl is available at the DDB in Lutron or in their own showrooms at the DCOTA or PDC.

Lutron Founder Shares Love of Asian Pear

While on a business trip to Japan in 1973, Lutron founder Joel Spira was bestowed a gift of an Asian pear, or Subarashii Kudamono, which means "wonderful fruit" in Japanese. Immediately enchanted with its flavor, Mr. Spira was determined to get more. After returning to Japan, he discovered it was quite difficult to obtain the fruit. Undaunted by the challenge, he endeavored to grow his own, and that's exactly what he did.



Back in Pennsylvania, Joe’s wife Ruth joined him in the effort to create new and unique varieties of Asian pears. They worked with experts from the US and Eastern Asia and soon had begun their own orchard situated in the fertile Lehigh Valley.

Now, the orchard has thousands of trees with many varieties of Asian Pears, though none is known to be better than the Subarashii Kudamono.

Taste it for yourself this Thursday at Lutron’s winter holidays celebration from 5:30 to 8pm and check out the orchard website and order some for the holidays!

Photo credit in text; http://fruitguys.com/