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Defenders of Lighting Identity  Light Identity Design as a Service What exactly is brand identity  What does it have to do with lighting design  And how do you create a brand identity without a designed lighting scheme  Branding is a...

The 8th Edition of the festival, started in last november Amsterdam Light festival is actually a big outdoor exhibition This years theme “disrupt” is marked all over each and every piece Festival can be discovered by boat tour specially made...

There are a lot of important factors when choosing the right light fixture We really care about the selections such as lumens per watt, color temperatures but how about light distribution The importance of distribution of light is actually in...

After all articles about natural light and the way to use it, here is a small checklist prepared, contains points to be taken and most needed questions to be asked while designing with natural light Determination of the availability of...

SUNCATCHERS Vertical light reflector, called suncatchers, can significantly improve the performance of clerestories Except for south facing openings (which already receive the maximum light), the duration and intensity of illumination can be improves with vertical reflectors On north facing...

We have great news: Korhan Sisman will be participating ‘Lights in Blokzijl’ as a workshop headThe first edition of Lights in Blokzijl will be held on December 2019 in the small historic center of Blokzijl, in the north of the...

Light from above is a classic theme of architecture Skylights and clerestories have long histories as apertures Toplighting differs from sidelighting in several significant ways Exterior views are replaced with views of interior sunlit surfaces, such as Pantheon, Rome There...

To use of sunlight as a source of ambient illumination can cause glare and heat gain  These can be controlled with shading the openings Shading devices can be categorized as horizontal, vertical, or a combination, often referred to an egg...

Building shape and massing The massing of a building determines the quality of light distribution In general, narrow forms with greatest access to exterior openings will be easiest to illuminate with natural light Before electric light was common, buildings were...

Room Proportion There is no universal answer to the question: “How deep can a room be effectively illuminated with natural light” Room proportion determines light distribution, not size For example, given the same proportion and opening, orientation, and reflectances these...

Planning for Solar Access Master planning of an area or region is an ideal opportunity to provide solar access Planning for solar access at the largest scale can very simplify the design for natural light at the building scale  Solar envelopes Solar envelopes are...

    Daylight can be defined as diffuse light through clouds or partially cloudy skies In a cloudy climate, the diffuse sky is often the main source of useful daylight     For climate conditions in which cloud cover exists...

There are a lot of important factors when choosing the right light fixture We really care about the selections such as lumens per watt, color temperatures but how about light distribution The importance of distribution of light is actually in...

The sun is a powerful source of light Properly used in building design, sunlight can be energy efficient and aesthetically pleasing However, if not carefully designed, building may overheat, be too bright or have a poor distribution light For all...

An another source of natural light is Reflected light, which can be defined as light reflected from natural and man made surfaces The sun illuminates surfaces, creating secondary sources of light Light-colored surfaces reflecting sunlight are typically the second-brightest sources...

As we mentioned on our previous article to effectively use natural light, first we must try and understand its abilities Sunlight can be defined as direct-beam light through clear or partially cloudy skies Partially cloudy skies are also partially...

To use natural light effectively, first we need to understand its abilities Available daylight patterns are modified by factors such as close by landforms, vegetation, and structures the variety light conditions create dramatically different perceptual environments and architectural responses ...

Natural Light Lighting designer’s main source is natural light Sun is a natural source and it has sustainable unlimited energy In this article series, we want you to inform about natural light more Let’s begin with ‘What is Natural Light’...

If we want to know more about light, we should start know the basic metrics to describe ‘light’ Let’s make it as simple as wecanThere are different units for measuring quantity of light and it sometimes can get complicated Luminous...

A painter has great depth of understanding of colour and qualities A lighting designer is a painter and architecture is his canvas Our knowledge of colour comes from an early study in the first decade of the 20th century, the study classified colours...

The human eye and brain together translate light into colour   Colour perception by humans is personal It entirely depends on factors such as expectation, experience and the nature of the object being viewed We are able to perceive these colour due to light emission Where...

Light is controlled by optics through absorption, reflection, diffusion, diffraction, refraction, polarization, and interference These are often used in combinations When light reflects “specularly”, as occurs with polished objects, the angle of the incoming incident light is equal to the...

Light comes in 3 general forms; point sources, linear sources and area...

In order for an observer to gain visual information, four important details should be considered The object’s characteristics, as discussed in Form & Surface For example, whether it is two-dimensional or three-dimensional, where depth is largely influential The simplest way to...

Visual distraction occurs in several forms, such as unwanted reflections, glare, loud patterns, or even the hundreds of LED signs painting the buildings of Shibuya, Tokyo We call this visual noise, as the brain is usually unable to filter them out Architecturally,...

To begin to understand form or space and what they require, as mention in “visual perception” we need to identify their basic characteristics For example, whether it is two-dimensional or three-dimensional, where depth is largely influential, the simplest way to do so...

Visual performance is highly dependent on contrast, meaning that an observer should easily be able to separate an object from its surroundings For this to happen the brain uses brightness perception, which is highly dependent on previous experiences and the brain’s expectation as...

As humans, our ability to visually perceive our surrounding environment is highly dependent on light Our eyes are constantly at work collecting surrounding visual data When passed to the mind in a process called active information seeking, around 90% of the collected...

All light sources produce 3 types of radiation infrared(IR) and ultraviolet(UV) and visible radiation, whether natural or artificial As its name gives away, visible radiation is the light we see, it actually consists of multiple colours all having different wavelengths,...