Lighting is the use of various light sources to improve the brightness of the corresponding place. Modern artificial lighting mainly uses electric lighting devices, and modern lighting design is mainly divided into lighting design interior and outdoor lighting design, and under the two, it can be subdivided into lighting design for home or industrial lighting design, urban lighting design, specific lighting design in public places, etc.

 

INTERIOR LIGHTING DESIGN

Indoor lighting design is a professional design for the illumination and color temperature of various architectural environments. The indoor lighting design should not just meet the requirements for brightness, and interior lighting design also has the function of decoration and atmosphere creation.

Lighting Design For Home

As an important part of interior architectural design, lighting design for home is being paid more and more attention by people. Home lighting design uses the clever second interaction of light and shadow to show the appropriate interior lighting design. At the same time, lighting design for home is also a good way to refresh your home.

# Lighting design for living room

The living room, a relaxing and social area in the home, is close to the main entrance of the house and is also the facade of the house. From rest to entertainment, to meeting guests, the living room carries many functions. Therefore, the lighting design living room is a relatively complex lighting design system:

  • Main lighting or large range lighting in lighting design living room. Under normal circumstances, the design of this type of lighting design for living room is mainly based on the larger size ceiling lamp and pendant lamp hung on the middle of the ceiling, or it is designed in the form of light strips without main lamps;
  • Auxiliary lighting or spot lighting in lighting design living room. In addition to the main lamp, the wall lamp in the living room lighting design system could be installed on the TV wall or near the display cabinet, and the table lamp or floor lamp in the living room lighting design system could be placed on the coffee table or next to the sofa.

* Further reading: Practical Living Room Light Should Be On Your Option List.

# Lighting design for kitchen

A kitchen is an area where people can prepare and cook food. It basically consists of a kitchen island and a stove area. There are relatively more oil fume and water vapor in the kitchen, the lighting design kitchen should pay more attention to the simple shape, and the lighting design for kitchen should also be made of easy-to-clean materials such as metal or glass. For the choice of lighting design kitchen, it is recommended to use a pendant lamp or ceiling lamp with higher brightness.

# Lighting design in bedroom

The bedroom is a space for rest, and the bedroom should give people a warm and comfortable feeling. In other words, in order to match the whole setting of the bedroom, the lighting design in bedroom should also be simple and comfortable. It is recommended to choose a small-volume pendant lamp or ceiling lamp for the lighting design bedroom, in addition, the lighting design for bedroom can also use a small-volume bedside wall lamp or table lamp. Generally speaking, the lighting design in bedroom should not make people feel depressed, because a good lighting design bedroom can also give a good sleeping environment.

* Further reading: Hight-end Perch Light Colloction In Kiki Lighting.

# Lighting design system for bathroom

The particularity of the bathroom determines the higher requirements for the bathroom lighting design. The design of bathroom lamp pays more attention to its waterproof and anti-oxidation effect. While having a certain decorative effect, it is recommended to choose glass or acrylic material, if choose metal, it is best to do the waterproof and anti-oxidation treatment.

* Further reading: Interesting Bathroom Wall Lighting Ideas Are Ready.

 

Lighting Design System For Industry

Industrial lighting is mostly used in factories or places engaged in related production. Industrial lighting design is different from general home lighting design, industrial lighting design is more inclined to the functionality in lighting design. The requirements of industrial lighting design for lamps are mainly concentrated in two aspects: lighting brightness and energy saving. Of course, industrial lighting design also pays more attention to the safety of lamps. Different production sites or factories will have different industrial lighting designs.

 

Lighting Design For Specific Public Places

Lighting design interior, in addition to the general lighting design residential and commercial industrial lighting design, there are other categories of lighting design interior, such as shopping mall lighting design, lighting design in theatre, restaurant lighting design, lighting design office, etc.

The lighting design used in public places is similar to lighting design for home, but there are still differences in different public places:

  • Shopping mall, supermarket, restaurant usually use decorative pendant lamp, ceiling lamp or small wall lamp, table lamp as auxiliary;
  • The lighting design for theatre, stage or gallery tends to use track light, spotlight, downlight, wall light or large chandelier;
  • As lighting design office, it will mostly use simple pendant lamp, ceiling lamp, table lamp or embedded LED lamp.

 

OUTDOOR LIGHTING DESIGN

As the name implies, outdoor lights are lamps used outdoors, which are balanced with aesthetics on the basis of practicality, and can usually be seen on both sides of road, building exterior wall, and festive decoration.

There are also many types of outdoor lighting design, including street light, landscape light, floor light, wall light, spot light, flood light, etc. Because outdoor pendant lamp are rarely seen, outdoor lighting is quite different from general lighting design interior.

It is worth noting that the specificity of outdoor lighting design is determined by the environment. Because of wind, sun, rain, dust, etc., the level of dustproof, waterproof and high temperature resistance of outdoor lighting design should higher than these of general lighting design interior, to choose good material and make good setting of the power supply.

 

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