lighting to define
More than any other single home design element, lighting gives form and shape to space.
The way we see the shape of an object depend on brightness of it's certain parts and on it's shadows distribution.
This is means that lighting can manipulate the visual shape of an objects. Lighting can make any interior object appear
bigger or smaller, sharper or less defined. The important thing here is to choose the right angle of projected light.
If a voluminous object is illuminated from all sides it will appear flat. This
is because when light of same intensity comes from all sides objects tend to visually loose volume.
lighting to enhance
Balance plays an essential part in the lighting of the home. The best results in a home interiors are achieved using a combination of direct
lighting and indirect (or reflective) lighting. The combination of this two types of light is very important.
For example, when working on displaying objects such as human statue that has a very
define forms, deep relieves, more important role will play a soft reflected light.
On the opposite side, if you are displaying large volume object like round jar, for example,
the strong direct lighting will play a more important role
Using lighting fixtures that give direct lighting it is necessary to avoid
unwanted shadows, that can change the shape of illuminated object as well as the shape of interior in whole
Inconsistently illuminated surface gives an impression that different parts of it
are located on different levels
Experimenting with lighting fixtures that provide different
types of lighting (soft, hard, direct, indirect, up light or down light) you can
create a variety of lighting dynamics in your home interior
