Perhaps best known for giving Park Central Square its sparkle at Christmastime, Creative Outdoor Lighting derives most of its business in architectural accent lighting. Designing lighting systems with fixtures, wiring and transformers is Ranft’s bread and butter, having studied theater design and production at the University of Central Missouri.
“It’s a specialization, to some extent,” he says of the trade that’s best applied working alongside homebuilders or landscape architects. “You go to your medical doctor, but you don’t…