Lighting Inspiration

Below are some images of lighting images. Some are interesting and some are purely functional, but they are used in everyday design, and they are are essential to good design. Lighting can perform tasks, highlight features, set moods, or simply appeal to the visual eye. Here are some examples of lighting used in today's design world:

Accent Lighting:

Irrigation and Lighting Specialists

Outdoor Accent Lighting

Purely functional, these lights are not meant to be seen. Instead, it is what they do that makes them powerful. They rely on their light to sculpt and highlight other designs. These accent lights are placed to light up the brick behind them, as well as provide warmth.

Ambient Lighting:

Roberto Giacomucci Bamboo Lights These floor to ceiling lights are not task lights. This is to say, they do not illuminate large areas of space. They are not meant to serve as a main light source, but they do provide visual interest and mood to a space.

Lago Designs

Beam Bed

Visually appealing, this light source makes a bed more than a place for sleeping. It makes it a piece of art, a destination point. It almost seems that this lighting serves as a metaphor for the resting cycle. Each day starts in bed and then radiates out from it.

Illuminaire

These LED lights are meant to highlight characteristics of the space. The colors and placement create a mood or atmosphere. They light the essentials of the space; unlike other light sources, these highlight the minimum and nothing else.

Focal Lighting:

Ross De Alessi Lighting Design

McKesson Corporate Headquarters

This space used lighting as a method of wayfinding. The focal lighting guides the user to through the space, acting as a navigation point and entrance to the hallway beyond. The stepping nature of the lights further invites people towards it. It brings the light to a more personal level as it guides.

Pendant Lighting

Studio Italia Designs:

Lace So

This pendant light makes an otherwise simple design a work of art. Every inch of the light is exposed, displaying all of its components. Detailed with hand blown glass applications, each piece is unique.

Recessed Lighting:
Studio Italia Design

Cambio

Most recessed lighting is meant to provide lighting without visibility. These, on the other hand, are designed to stand out. Equipped with a transparent diffuser, this particular lighting sees the need for design and beauty in even the most simple of products.