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Family: Married, daughter and son, in college and high school
Some Personal Favorites:
Inspiration: My Dad
Buildings: Chrysler Building, Sydney Opera House
Architects: Stanford White (designed my favorite personal project, Lovely Lane Church)
Antoni Gaudi (for sheer boldness unlike anyone until Gehry)
Furniture: Henri van de Velde, beautiful sleek pieces ahead of their time
Styles: Art Nouveau
House: I'd love to renovate a classic Queen Anne.
Artist: Caravaggio- the first master of light and dimension
Music: Rock / Chris Cornell, and I still have an affinity for that overproduced 70's rock
Odd personal fact: I was "this close" to being a syndicated cartoonist.
Activity: Volleyball

Principal, Mike Noon has been specifying and designing lighting systems for over 23 years, and has owned and operated Palindrome since 1999. He is a Deans Award Graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh with a BS in Interior Design, and has been LC certified by the NCQLP since 1998. He is an Associate Member of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), a member of the Illumination Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) and past-President of its Maryland Chapter. Mike is also an AIA Affiliate and ASID Allied Member.

As an early adopter of computer modeling and analysis, Mike has been specifying lighting for DC metro area architects, designers, engineers, and other lighting consultants since the mid-80's. His lighting analysis and rendering images have been used by Autodesk International and Lighting Analysts, Inc. for worldwide promotion of their respective VIZ and AGI32 design software.

Palindrome projects have won the IIDA Award of Merit, Baltimore Historic Preservation Award for Lovely Lane Church, and the NAHB Grand Award for Bear Creek Ski Resort. Prior specification projects also garned two AIA Baltimore Grand Prize Awards. Mike's work and interviews have been published in Corporate Interiors No's 3 and 4, Designer Kitchens and Baths,and Chesapeake Homes, Architectural Record, Computer World, and Solutions at Home magazines.