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Hervé Descottes + L'Observatoire International: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America
Hervé Descottes is a French lighting designer, business owner and author. He established the lighting design firm L'Observatoire International in New York City in 1993 after eight years of design practice in Paris, France. Descottes personally creates the lighting concepts for all projects designed by L'Observatoire International, and oversees project development through project completion. He is the author of Ultimate Lighting Design (teNeues, 2005) and co-authored Architectural Lighting, Designing with Light and Space (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011) with Cecilia E. Ramos. In 2008, Descottes was named Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture for his work in lighting design.
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- Herv Descottes LObservatoire International Norman Bel Geddes Designs America
- Herv Descottes LObservatoire International Illuminating the Arts
- Awards
- References

A comprehensive list of projects and awards is at the L'Observatoire International article.
Hervé Descottes + L'Observatoire International: Illuminating the Arts
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