Bold, dynamic, unafraid of taking risks, Teal Brogden is an inspiring design thinker who reaches deep for the artistic essence to the core of a design challenge. Her curiosity fuels exploration that allows the possibilities within a design to come forward. As an avid listener, Teal enjoys the refinement that comes with vetting concepts in a collaborative team forum, and strongly believes there is balance innate in light and shadow, art and science, aspiration and pragmatism, and ultimately in the final solution.
Teal’s combined background in the arts and engineering puts her at ease with both the ephemeral and technical challenges intrinsic in lighting design. Her longtime love of dance informs her interest in the importance of composition, nuance, and rhythm, while studies with a master mathematician helped her to appreciate the elegance and fit of the right solution.
Teal joined the firm’s San Francisco office in 1991 and spearheaded the opening of the Los Angeles office in 1994. She works closely with HLB’s design teams and considers herself fortunate to collaborate with multi-talented designers on a regular basis; the legacy of meaningful work endures as new opportunities build upon past successes.