Inspired by Light: A design guide to transforming the home

Description

Lighting has undergone a revolution in recent years, with new tools and technologies at our disposal: never before have there been so many options to achieve the transformative effects of light. Yet all too often, lighting – which does not just enable functionality, but also mood, aesthetics and flow – is misunderstood, or plain badly done. With so many options available, it’s also all too easy to make mistakes; and with new technologies such as LEDs lasting a long time, these mistakes can be expensive.  Offering practical insight and visual inspiration on successful lighting solutions and schemes, this is the most accessible lighting design guide, offering a toolbox of techniques to apply in practice. Written by one of the UK's leading lighting designers on both commercial and residential projects, it features a variety of real-world projects – large and small, old and new, interior and exterior, UK and global. Cover Page Half Title Page Copyright Page Title Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Page ABOUT THE AUTHOR Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction Page PART 1 TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF LIGHTING 01 How lighting can support the architectural scheme 02 Principles and practices of lighting design 03 Lighting techniques 04 Working with LED 05 Controlling your scheme 06 How to create a lighting plan PART 2 LIGHTING THE HOME 07 Front doors and first impressions 08 Staircases 09 Living rooms 10 Dining rooms 11 Kitchens 12 Bedrooms and dressing rooms 13 Bathrooms 14 Unusual spaces 15 Leisure rooms and pools PART 3 CASE STUDIES 16 Contemporary terraced house 17 Traditional terraced house 18 Barn conversion 19 Alpine chalet 20 Contemporary villa 21 Duplex penthouse Glossary of terms Index Image credits