One home, many different spaces where we live our busy lives. So how do we light them? Starting with the living room and the kitchen, we explore the various parts played by lighting in the home, from function or decoration to creating a specific atmosphere.
We complete our personal scale of notes for facade lighting by musing on the solos of architectural details, and the timbre, tone and extension of the light.
With musical notations in our hands, we discuss lighting building facades as if each one were a musical score to be interpreted. In this first part: the harmony of the architectural composition, the arrangement between the different levels of depth and, finally, the rhythm of the various elements. Music, maestro, please!
We’re continuing on our way through the pathways, exploring the installation characteristics and emotional qualities of the different types of fixtures available for lighting walks and walkways.
Lighting effects on the paths to our front doors, in built-up areas and near bodies of water. Read the first part of our article all about lighting outdoor pathways.
In the second part of our visit to places of worship, we walk along the aisles of the churches, pausing to take in the ceiling vaults, the frescoes and the high altar, and to observe the light that vitalises the spiritual atmosphere from the inside.
To set foot in place of worship is to find oneself catapulted into a reflective dimension far removed from everyday life. What role does light play in creating this august atmosphere? In this first part, we focus on exteriors, passing from the parvis, or church courtyard, to the facade, and looking up towards the bell tower.
In the previous instalment, we followed a flâneur as he wandered around a modern-day metropolis observing the relationship between light and urban design. We continue our walk with him now.
The urban fabric is often the perfect backdrop for social medial photos. We reflect on the role of lighting in a city's Instagrammability from dusk till deep into the night.
In the pool, light takes on different roles and forms depending on the activities taking place there. Some swimming pools are the natural habitats of athletes, others are hangouts for cocktails and parties, and yet others are filled with thermal waters and are places for treatment and relaxation.
In the second part of our shopping tour, we’re focusing on display details and the colour values of light.
The soundtrack to 2020 has been our doorbell rung by the express courier with a parcel for us. Shut away inside our homes, some of us have dismantled and reassembled furniture, others have become expert bakers, and many of us have given vent to our needs and wishes by clicking “add to cart” and “proceed to checkout”. But it goes without saying that the feeling of entering a real store, the so-called shopping experience, is something completely different.
In this third step, we concentrate first on the variable of colour: the colour of the finishes on lighting fixtures for landscape lighting, and which colour of light is best suited to foliage – cool white, warm white or coloured?
In this second part of our walk in nature, we’ll look at lighting other parts of a garden: tree trunks, smaller plants and flowerbeds.
Never have parks and gardens been as important as they are in these historic times. After the weeks of #stayathome due to the coronavirus crisis, walks in nature were the first step towards a slow return to normality for many of us. That is why we have chosen to start the new L&L blog section here, with a tribute to nature, which is so important to us.
