The Architecture Of Light: A textbook of procedures and practices for the Architect, Interior Designer and Lighting Designer. - Softcover

Russell, Sage

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0980061709 ISBN 13: 9780980061703

Publisher: Conceptnine, 2008

Synopsis

The Architecture of Light makes lighting design approachable. This vivid, image packed text of lighting concepts and techniques serves as the perfect companion for lighting design students and professionals alike. Built around a successful teaching curriculum, this text provides a logical step by step progression through the phases of conceptualizing, refining, drafting and presenting lighting design. Written by a practicing professional lighting designer who is also an award winning design instructor, The Architecture of Light presents a perfect blend of visual design tools and fundamental lighting knowledge. In addition to theory and discussion, The Architecture of Light also provides complete chapters of common lighting details, case studies and a catalog of specific lighting tools. Every architect, interior designer and design student deserves a working knowledge of lighting design and this single book makes it possible.

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About the Author

Sage Russell is a designer at Lumia Light Studio in San Diego, California with project experience spanning from hospitality, corporate and casinos to galleries, restaurants and residences. Sage also lectures nationally on lighting design and instructs at The Design Institute of San Diego.

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Light is truly a designer's medium. It is among the most powerful tools we have to affect change in how we perceive and experience the environment around us. Light belongs as a controllable tool of space design, just as form, scale, and material do. Light translates vision, and it is vision that gives us a major portion of our experi-ences. This book delivers a unique type of training; one that makes designing with light an intuitive vis-ual process that can deliver a whole new appreciation for what architecture and design are capable of. Here you will find a procedure for conjuring ideas and the visual tools for translating those ideas. A designer with this type of understanding will be inspired and equipped to enrich their design through the application of light. This knowledge is for architects, landscape architects, interior designers, planners and lighting designers aspiring to develop intuition and confidence in designing with light. It is these people who are responsible for bringing organization and emotional experience to the environments we interact with every day. The concepts and processes put forth in this book are intended to be immediately useful to any designer who wants to include light as an ally in design. My goal in assembling this book is to provide information to the people that are poised to make the most of it. Often times those who have the best chance of applying designed light to maximum effect are deprived of the necessary knowledge. Consequently lighting decisions often fall by the wayside, and powerful design opportunities are missed. Regardless of where your familiarity with lighting design is currently, this book will provide you with a more meaningful understanding of the role of light in the designed environment. Within these pages, you will find creative procedures and graphic techniques for generating and communicating lighting design concepts. This intuition and tool set will help you to make lighting design decisions with confidence and joy. My intention is not to create lighting technical experts, but rather to provide a working familiarity of the power and effect of light. I hope to empower those with the opportunity to design with light to go forward with confidence, lay claim to light as a design tool, and use it to add impact and meaning to their design.

Edition details

• Publisher: Conceptnine
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0980061709
• ISBN 13: 9780980061703
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264