The art of artificial lighting

Many great minds have labored to create this amazing phenomenon. People kept going to his dream until the end of the XIX century it became a reality. Thanks to Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Alexander Lodygin, and many other world famous scientists, mankind has been successfully using electric light. Today we already can't imagine my life without lighting: fine lamps decorate our homes, street lights illuminate the nooks of gardens and streets... the Man turned the light in art.





How to transform a space with lighting?Modern designers have learned well that a good lighting is 80% of success. Changing the lighting can visually increase or decrease the room or garden area, hide the flaws and emphasize the advantages of the illuminated object. Artificial light helps to emphasize and highlight the main idea.

Artificial lighting can be divided into three main types:

• General;
• local;
• combo.

General lighting is used to what most people. The chandelier that hangs in the middle of the room, can be very relevant in the interior and absolutely no interest in the other. Street lights that are located at the same distance from each other, are also considered as General lighting.

If the lights emit a specific area, this type of lighting is called local. This technique is good because it can be used to concentrate the light in a certain place. In recent years, the local light has become a popular solution for bedrooms and offices, and many designers refused from the use of the total light in these rooms. As for landscape lighting, this type is more than appropriate solution. Local light may, for example, to successfully select a gazebo or terrace.

But none of the above types of lighting cannot be considered universal. It is only the combined light. This method of lighting is considered the most popular today. And all because it includes both General and local lighting.

Source: Lustron.ru