Meet the instructors
LDX is taught by real working professionals with deep educational experience.
DAVID WARFEL, Founding Designer
David is a visionary leader in the residential lighting industry dedicated to sharing the incredible gift of light with others. David is a nationally-recognized innovator, speaker, author, and educator and has completed designs on the Las Vegas strip, onboard Royal Caribbean cruise ships, in theaters nationwide, and in dozens of residential projects from coast to coast. David, initially trained as an architect, is former chair of the graduate theatrical lighting design program at the University of Illinois, led the creation of the ProSource Lighting Technology Certification and the SHINE Pro lighting fundamentals certification course, and has addressed audiences nationally and internationally in acclaimed lectures and webinars.
Jessica Doyle, Education Leader
Jessica has a masters degree in Architectural Lighting from the New York School of Interior Design and began her career as a theatrical lighting designer in Chicago. Now serving as Education Leader at Light Can Help You, Jessica brings her experience designing residential lighting projects to virtual and live classrooms, overseeing internal training for LCHY and onboarding of new staff designers. Nearly every designer photographed below began their residential lighting careers under Jessica’s tutelage.
THE LIGHT CAN HELP YOU TEAM, LDX Support & Education Contributors
Light Can Help You’s team of lighting professionals teach courses, develop tools, and serve as the skilled foundation for LDX Support. With backgrounds in architecture, interior design, electrical engineering, theater, manufacturing, and integration, the LCHY team has a wide breadth of experience ready to put to use helping LDX participants.
About light can help you
What is Light Can Help You
Light Can Help You is a fully distributed team of lighting professionals working in virtual studios to deliver exceptional lighting design across the North American continent and beyond. We leverage cutting-edge digital technologies to accelerate our process while preserving the hand-crafted individuality that reflects our clients’ unique needs. The end results are beautiful, functional spaces delivered to clients across a wide range of budgets and locales.
Our Work
Our team has completed hundreds of residential projects in the past few years, the culmination of decades of experience and practice. From modern to traditional, lake house to farmhouse, seaside to mountain, our work ranges from modern to traditional. Sadly, no photograph will convey what is most important to us: light that supports our clients living their best lives.
Our Services
From our fast and simple CORE service to our bespoke Unlimited service, we are pioneering new approaches to lighting design to offer a wide range of services. Explore to find a service that fits your budget and timeline.