Lighting For Special Occasions – Positioning Lights for Waterfalls
Interior designers today are highly-qualified multitasking professionals – it’s not just about pretty fabrics and gorgeous furniture any more – design professionals need to understand flooring, structures, plumbing constraints, heating systems, security features, electrical outlets and much more besides. One of the most important parts of an interior designer’s job is lighting, and this can one of the most technically challenging and complex elements of the profession. In this four-part collection of articles which I call “Notes from a London Interior Designer,” I draw on my substantial experience from working alongside some of London’s most celebrated interior designers to reveal the secrets of this fascinating field.
Water and light truly are a perfect match, particularly when the water is dynamic, maybe creating beautiful arcs in the air thanks to a powerspout, or cascading down an attractive rockery. One technique that many interior designers love when illuminating waterjets involves placing underwater narrow-beam fixtures at the location of each spout. The effect is to uplight the arc of water, causing it to shimmer and glisten fabulously. One can either specify an LED lighting system, or one can use a technique pioneered by some of London’s top interior designers, namely to install miniature fibre optic light sources in the water jet fixture itself. If you use a bubblejet system, the water outlet will be much deeper and therefore the lighting will make it appear almost as if millions of tiny candles are floating on the surface of the water. If a higher jet is needed for a fountain or cascade, London’s Best Interior Designers will choose to install the illuminator next to the jet rather than inside the water fixture itself. The result will be that the light illuminates the entire length of the water spray.
If your interior designer recommends low-voltage illuminators, there will always be a need to situate the transformer in a conveniently hidden place – perhaps next to the water recirculation motor or buried underground. If your interior designer specifies fibre optics, the illuminator electronics must always be positioned as near to the fibres as possible.
his brings to an end my series of articles called “Notes from a London Interior Designer: Lighting for Special Occasions.” Thank you for reading!
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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