Design
Lighting integrates all the interior elements — architecture, color, interior design, texture — and makes them whole. Think of your favorite room, at dusk. What is it that makes you comfortable? Do you sit by the lamp? Do you enjoy seeing your favorite art work accented? Can you see a balance between the interior architecture and the lighting? Do you feel good moving through the space?
This is what we do as lighting designers. We listen to the owners, the architect, the interior designer, and then craft a plan to develop patterns of illumination within a space to meet their expectations. Everything we do results from the client’s expectations, whether it be excitement, contentment, drama, or just plain good lighting.
What we do is not difficult for us, because we love doing it, and we have studied how to do it for many years. But we have found that lighting design is a missing element in many projects. Tens of thousands of dollars are budgeted for tile or plumbing fixtures or door hardware or landscape, but very often no amount is budgeted for lighting or lighting design. We often think, “How could someone spend a million dollars or more on this space and not think about how it is illuminated?”
How could this happen? Owners hire an interior designer, an audio and theatre consultant, a bathroom and kitchen consultant, an art consultant, and so on, but most often do not include a lighting designer.
In our northern climate, dusk arrives at 5:00 p.m. for many months of the year. In southern climates, nights are inviting times to be with friends. We spend a great deal of our lives without the natural light of the sun.
Think about that experience. What is your nighttime environment like? Does the lighting accentuate your architecture, highlight your art, illuminate your tasks? When you look about your home at night, does what you see bring you pleasure?
There are also practical considerations in designing the lighting for a space — energy consumption, standardizing lamp types and wattages so that future re-lamping is not a nightmare, working with the lighting control system, and choosing equipment that performs within your budget.
When we have completed a project, we expect it to look simple. We expect it to integrate seamlessly with all the other design aspects of the space. We expect it to become a welcome part of your life.
This is what we do as lighting designers. We listen to the owners, the architect, the interior designer, and then craft a plan to develop patterns of illumination within a space to meet their expectations. Everything we do results from the client’s expectations, whether it be excitement, contentment, drama, or just plain good lighting.
What we do is not difficult for us, because we love doing it, and we have studied how to do it for many years. But we have found that lighting design is a missing element in many projects. Tens of thousands of dollars are budgeted for tile or plumbing fixtures or door hardware or landscape, but very often no amount is budgeted for lighting or lighting design. We often think, “How could someone spend a million dollars or more on this space and not think about how it is illuminated?”
How could this happen? Owners hire an interior designer, an audio and theatre consultant, a bathroom and kitchen consultant, an art consultant, and so on, but most often do not include a lighting designer.
In our northern climate, dusk arrives at 5:00 p.m. for many months of the year. In southern climates, nights are inviting times to be with friends. We spend a great deal of our lives without the natural light of the sun.
Think about that experience. What is your nighttime environment like? Does the lighting accentuate your architecture, highlight your art, illuminate your tasks? When you look about your home at night, does what you see bring you pleasure?
There are also practical considerations in designing the lighting for a space — energy consumption, standardizing lamp types and wattages so that future re-lamping is not a nightmare, working with the lighting control system, and choosing equipment that performs within your budget.
When we have completed a project, we expect it to look simple. We expect it to integrate seamlessly with all the other design aspects of the space. We expect it to become a welcome part of your life.