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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 openings, suncatchers […]

We have great news: Korhan Sisman will be participating ‘Lights in Blokzijl’ as a workshop head.The 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 […]