How to avoid a newbie lighting mistake.
#interiordesign #designthinking #designinspiration
Most lighting sucks. There are many ways to screw it up, but, I’m going to give you a very simple design principle so you can avoid a common mistake.
THREAD.
#interiordesign #designthinking #designinspiration
Most lighting sucks. There are many ways to screw it up, but, I’m going to give you a very simple design principle so you can avoid a common mistake.
THREAD.
Bad lighting is an active participant in the detriment of the visual experience, working against the desired architecture/ID/landscape ambience. It’s the jarring soundtrack which doesn’t suit the occasion. A negative sensory imposition.
Today, we focus on the Horizon Line.
Today, we focus on the Horizon Line.
Whether it’s due to cost, convenience or lack of experience, everyone sticks lighting at high level, usually in ceilings - light blasts down indiscriminately from overhead. This simulates a midday sun.
Which is fine, if...
Which is fine, if...
If you want a midday feel - permanently. But you probably don't at other times of day or night. There are many occasions when more subtle lit effects are desirable. Wrong type of light at the wrong time = this becomes a jarring soundtrack, stuck on repeat play.
Back to the sun...
in the early morning and late evening, the elevation of the sun is very low, close to the horizon. There’s a primal response in our biology, it makes us feel a certain way, there’s a beauty and an enchantment which isn’t present at other times.
in the early morning and late evening, the elevation of the sun is very low, close to the horizon. There’s a primal response in our biology, it makes us feel a certain way, there’s a beauty and an enchantment which isn’t present at other times.
It’s the reason photographers love the Golden Hour.
We can use this inbuilt resonance to our advantage, to simulate some of the qualities of the sun’s golden hour within our designs.
We can use this inbuilt resonance to our advantage, to simulate some of the qualities of the sun’s golden hour within our designs.
https://twitter.com/_lightcapital/status/1521444992073539584
When you want to create coziness and warmth, light shouldn’t emanate from above alone, in fact it should be minimised or eliminated. Lighting placed at, or below, eye level (aka the horizon line) inspires a deep subconscious resonance with firelight, the setting sun, candlelight.
It's why, unknown to them, people turn table lamps on in the evening, light a candle for a meal, stare mesmerically into the flames of a fire.
Lighting at or below the horizon line inspires an undeniable sense of warmth and coziness
Lighting at or below the horizon line inspires an undeniable sense of warmth and coziness
This effect isn't just for small spaces, it can be used at scale, as seen here in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan - wall mounted lamps at the horizon line.
To summarise:
1. Most lighting is the equivalent of the wrong soundtrack
2. Blasting light from above simulates midday sun - permanently
3. Mount lighting at various points in elevation to vary atmosphere
4. For night time venues give particular attention to the horizon line
1. Most lighting is the equivalent of the wrong soundtrack
2. Blasting light from above simulates midday sun - permanently
3. Mount lighting at various points in elevation to vary atmosphere
4. For night time venues give particular attention to the horizon line
That's a wrap!
If you enjoyed this thread:
1. Follow me @_lightcapital for more of these
2. RT the tweet below to share this thread with your audience
If you enjoyed this thread:
1. Follow me @_lightcapital for more of these
2. RT the tweet below to share this thread with your audience
https://twitter.com/_lightcapital/status/1531569450104893441
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
