Lighting Design: How Interior Design Consultancies Use Feature Lighting – Part I
Clients will often employ Interior Design Consultancies because they crave a touch of flair, and because they need some professional help with style and coordination. In this three-part series which I call “How Interior Design Consultancies Use Feature Lighting,” I draw on my experience working with some of London’s top lighting design experts to explain how feature lighting may be a critical part of giving clients the results they desire.
Feature lighting is truly breathtaking when interior design consultancies use this type of illumination to bring focus to valuable or attractive possessions. Many London homeowners have a variety of these types of objects – including trophies, ornamental glassware, sculptures and ceramics. The interior design consultancy will work with the client to decide whether to showcase these objects alone or in groups, perhaps in bespoke glass cabinetry.
Feature lighting needs to be fine-tuned by the interior design consultancy in accordance with the object to be illuminated. Pictures, photos or paintings commonly require a “picture light.” London interior design consultancies will often choose low-voltage halogen options with remote slimline transformers as a fashionable and versatile solution. Their sleek profile is a major benefit in smaller London residences. Interior design consultancies rely on halogen illumination because it is snow-coloured, avoiding the yellow tinge that is associated with tungsten alternatives. This results in improved colour temperature consistency. For best results, the interior design consultancy needs to choose a picture light that offers a good throw of illumination. This is directly impacted by the dimensions of the picture light arm. Professional interior design consultancies know that a beautiful London-designed short-armed picture light which is ultraslim and sophisticated will only be suitable for the smallest picture.
Interior design consultancies will specify that picture lights should be secured right next to the frame, or even onto the frame itself. In low-ceilinged London residences, wall-mounted lights can be a little impractical. Accordingly, interior design consultancies will conduct initial dimensional studies to make sure that the light will illuminate the picture, rather than the adjacent wall.
Lily Candice is regular article writer for Interior Design London – Global Interior Design Consultancy Company in London, UK for interior design services.
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