Lighting design = light? No, it is more important than you think!

When I decided to write a dry article, I thought about what to write for a long time. I read a lot of selected articles in "Live a Good Life" and found that there were many articles on storage, color matching, ceiling and skirting, but the lighting seemed to be forgotten by everyone.

Lighting design is a very important point in decoration design, but it is often ignored, so I finally decided to talk about lighting design.

In many people's minds, lighting design = light.

Where to put the lamp and what kind of lamp to use is the lighting design.

Every time I hear such words, I will sigh in my heart. Lighting design not only has lights, but also light! Now it's time to renew our ideas and re-recognize lighting.

In addition to natural light, there are three kinds of light in interior design, ambient light, contour light and focused light.

These three lamps all have their own centralized lighting methods. I found three pictures on the internet, but the pixels are low. Let's try to have a look first, and then I'll talk about these three kinds of lights in detail.

Ambient light illumination mode ▼

Side lighting mode ▼

Focus lighting mode ▼

Ambient light refers to the conventional light source with the largest illumination range. The direct light source and direction cannot be seen clearly, and the illumination is soft. ▼

Contour lights emphasize the contours of walls and ceilings, create a sense of hierarchy in space and increase indoor beauty. For example, it is very common in recent years to increase the value and atmosphere. ▼

Secondly, focus lights, with relatively small lighting range and concentrated lighting, are mainly used to create local atmosphere, such as spotlights that we often use in background walls or places with decorative paintings. ▼

Lighting design is to combine the characteristics of the above three kinds of light and put it in a space with suitable lighting to ensure that the home can be very comfortable or even more beautiful at night.

Take the kitchen as an example. Is it often blocked by your own shadow when cutting vegetables at night?

Don't take it for granted that this cannot be changed. In fact, all you need is a spotlight. ▼

Under the cabinet, direct focused light will be used, and vegetables will be blocked by shadows, so you can cut vegetables with the same momentum as a hotel chef during the day.

This kind of lighting can also be used in the bathroom to illuminate the sink. It is very important to wash your hands in special times. ▼

Not only the kitchen and bathroom, but also the lighting design of the bedroom is often ignored by us.

Have you ever got up at night to go to the toilet, turned off the light, couldn't find your slippers, and turned on the light and felt like you were going blind?

Yes, this problem can be completely solved.

Now more and more families choose to install bedside lamps, which is good, but there is a better way to use side lights.

The side light is very soft, which can not only increase the atmosphere, but also provide low-light lighting at night. ▼

So lighting design is to use lighting?

Not only that, using the characteristics of light to improve the comfort of life is only part of it.

In fact, many people copy their homework and do lighting design at home, but at night, both the face value and the feeling are worse than others.

Not because someone else drew a picture, but because there is still one thing you haven't done well in lighting design-color temperature.

Everyone should have seen it when they bought light bulbs. In addition to wattage, there is also a string of numbers ending in k, which is the color temperature value of the lamp.

Under the irradiation of high color temperature light source, if the brightness is not high, it will give people a cold atmosphere;

Under the irradiation of low color temperature light source, too high brightness will give people a sultry feeling.

We went to a lamp shop to buy lamps, and the boss usually introduced warm color light, cold color light, neutral light and natural light, which are actually the four most commonly used color temperatures.

The color temperature of neutral light is 4000K, which is relatively cool.

Warm white light color temperature 3000K, yellowish.

The color temperature of cold white light is 5000K, which is closer to natural light.

So the closer to natural light, the better?

Of course not!

According to the ultimate law in the Ultimate Bible of Lighting Design, the working area is suitable for cold white light with a color temperature of about 5000k, and the leisure area is suitable for warm white light with a color temperature of about 3000k K. ..

Warm white light can make people in a relaxed and comfortable state, so it is more suitable for leisure and not for office. ▼

Cold white light closer to natural light is more suitable for office work, which not only won't make people sleepy, but also is good for eyes and not easy to get tired. ▼

Good control and application of ambient light, contour light and focused light, plus appropriate color temperature, can make the home equally comfortable at night, even more comfortable than during the day.

Let's not talk about lighting design today. In fact, lighting design is a relatively large design category, covering many points. I dare not say that I have mastered it all in eight years, much less that I can finish writing an article. Let's call it an entry-level version this time. Let's have an advanced version next time.

Finally, I will show some lighting designs in my recent works for your reference.

This answer comes from the design of Zhong Siqun, a good life user. For more decoration strategies and home experience, welcome to visit the good living APP.