Studio Collective designs hotel lobbies, bars, and restaurants that people photograph and post. The secret isn't the furniture — it's the lighting. Specifically: lighting by mood, not by function. Every space has at least three lighting scenes. Most homes have one — the ceiling fixture that came with the apartment.

Lighting by Mood is a 46-page guide that transforms how you light your home. It's structured as a room-by-room walkthrough, with each chapter covering:

• The Three-Source Rule — every room needs at least ambient, task, and accent lighting — where they go, what temperature, what fixture type
• The Dimmer Mandate — every light source should dim — the guide explains why and how to retrofit
• The Color Temperature Map — which Kelvin temperature belongs in which room at which time of day — 2700K doesn't belong everywhere, and neither does 4000K
• The Hotel Trick — the lighting move every hospitality designer uses that almost no residence implements — the guide reveals it
• The Darkness Design — what you don't light is as important as what you do — how to use shadow deliberately

Includes: a lighting audit worksheet, a room-by-room fixture recommendation guide (vendor-agnostic — no affiliate links, no sponsors), and a one-page "Lighting Brief" template to hand to an electrician.

This is the lighting thinking behind Hotel Figueroa's lobby transformation — where refurbished skylights diffuse natural light by day and layered warm sources make it intimate by night. Scaled to your home.