30/07/2024
Going Dark 2024
This October, we’ll be a partner at Going Dark, the international workshop created by Traverso-Vighy and Light Collective with the aim of promoting responsible lighting.
Tag: #outdoorlight
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25/07/2024
The Royal Saltworks, Arc-et-Senans, France. Interview with Thierry Walger, Le Point Lumineux
The Royal Saltworks, or Saline Royale, has been the subject of a meticulous lighting project. The French lighting designer tells us about his approach.
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15/12/2023
Brass, a new look for our outdoor lights
Introducing a new material for our outdoor lighting catalogue: elegant, durable brass – now available for the entire Smoothy family of recessed fixtures.
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20/01/2022
Casa Albero by Giuseppe Perugini: notes for a lighting design
We looked at Perugini’s experimental work known as Casa Albero (treehouse) and imagined what it would look like with exterior lighting. How could the identity of the architecture best be rendered with light? What details should be emphasised?
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23/12/2021
Seven notes...of light on a facade. Orchestrating a building’s external lighting. Part 2
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.
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02/12/2021
Seven notes...of light on a facade. Orchestrating a building’s external lighting. Part 1
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!
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07/10/2021
Light pollution in the dock – a legal thriller
A crime committed after dark, the usual suspects in the dock, a judge's final verdict: we follow the investigation into the crime of light pollution step by step.
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23/09/2021
Let me show you the way – the myriad forms of walkway lighting
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.
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09/09/2021
Let me show you the way – light-filled paths to guide our steps
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.
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24/06/2021
Restoring the church of San Giovannello in Marsala: a tale of family ties and lighting design
A 15th-century church destroyed by WWII bombs, and a family of architects who passed on the task of restoring it from generation to generation. A wound in the urban landscape healed and given back to the city with the help of lighting design: a testimony to history and family values.
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29/04/2021
Illuminating places of worship – Exteriors
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.
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18/02/2021
Illuminated cities – Squares, stations and parks. Light at the service of public places
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.
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04/02/2021
Illuminated cities – Urban light amid identity and Instagrammability
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.
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15/12/2020
If life is a series of steps ... Fifteen ways to light them
Even if stairs sometimes give us a few headaches, we shouldn’t be tempted by the lift! Here, we have assembled lighting examples taken from the case studies we have collected over the years, so that they can serve as an inspiration when you’re working on an uphill task :)
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19/11/2020
Garden greenery – Colour, light and the colour of light
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?
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05/11/2020
Garden greenery – Illuminating tree trunks and other elements
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.
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22/10/2020
Garden greenery – Illuminating the foliage on trees
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.
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21/10/2020
Is this a canopy? – an Italian mystery story
There was once a winery in Cerignola, on the Strada Statale 16, a state road that – just imagine – runs all the way from Padua in the north of Italy to Otranto way down south in the province of Lecce. In fact, it’s the longest road in the Italian network...
