First, what is lighting?
Since humans have used fire, we have started lighting, and now we are gradually using more high-tech lighting fixtures. However, in ancient times, our fire lighting was mostly used at night.
When it comes to modern lighting, whether it is hotels, shopping malls, or our daily office and home, lamps and lanterns have long been out of the scope of night lighting.
The concept of lighting means that we use the reflection effect of objects on light, so that the human eye can still see the illuminated object when the light is dim. Lighting using non-artificial light sources (including sunlight, moonlight, and animal light) is called natural lighting. Lighting that uses artificial light sources is called artificial lighting.
Generally, according to different uses, artificial lighting can be divided into two categories: living lighting and industrial lighting. Among them, living lighting includes home lighting and public lighting.
Home lighting refers to the living room lighting, living room lighting, bedroom lighting, study lighting, dining room lighting and bathroom lighting in the residence.
Public lighting refers to commercial lighting, school lighting, stadium lighting, exhibition hall lighting, hospital lighting, office building lighting and road square lighting.
Industrial lighting includes industrial and mining lighting and traffic lighting. Industrial and mining lighting refers to general lighting, local lighting, accident lighting, special lighting, etc. in the factory floor. Traffic lighting refers to vehicle lighting, ship lighting, railway lighting and aviation lighting.
In short, whether it is natural lighting or artificial lighting, it is ubiquitous. For modern society, lighting design is becoming more and more important.
So, what is lighting design?
Here, we borrow the sentences of lighting design masters to explain:
A design that pays equal attention to the environmental feeling and function of light, natural light and artificial light can exist at the same time. Knowledge of nature and man and nature is important. It is the normal living environment of human beings, and feelings and functions are inseparable.
Lighting design is an art that wants to connect light with our life. Sunlight, lighting, candlelight, moonlight, all have light. The same element has different characteristics and characteristics, so that the sense of “design” should leave our life.