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"Johnson generously shares the expertise he's gained in 22 years as a lightning designer...now based in Utah, he jets around the country planning lighting for high-end clients with names like Spielberg, Getty and Newton-John."
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A practical guide to residential lighting, both new and remodelled, this text presents step-by-step instructions for lighting solutions for each room in the house and exterior surrounding areas.
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Art of Ilummination: Residential Lighting Design
14 Jan 2000
Format:Paperback
This book IS NOT for the average Homeowner or person building a new home. This book is more geared, in my opinion, to a lighting designer. I purchased the book in order to find out as much as I could about residential lighting tips for my new home and was disappointed to find that it wasn't very helpful in this regard.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
A cogent, coherent way of thinking about illumination
27 Mar 2001
Format:Paperback
Those looking for "connect the dots" instructions for various lighting projects will probably be happier looking for more detail-oriented books, perhaps books in the Sunset or Black and Decker series.
That said, I rate this above the other dozen or so books I have recently acquired on this topic in preparation for working on a new house. The reason is simple: this is the book that suggests ways of thinking about lighting and demonstrates the consequences of planning -- or not planning -- in various ways. To think usefully, not to mention creatively, about lighting, I felt I needed a way to think about the overall impact. While other books provide lots of specific information about particular situations, this is the one that offers more of a systemic outlook.
But it is not lacking in specifics. It offers enough detail about every technical aspect of lighting that I finally feel able to listen more intelligently to lighting specialists and electricians. The information seems up-to-date, at least in terms of what's available in the market where we live, and it is the single book on the topic that I would not part with as we begin the day-to-day slogging through making another house into our home.
Don't buy this book if what you really want is a specific recipe to cook up half a dozen recessed lights and some task lighting in your kitchen. You'll be disappointed. But if you're willing to tease apart the vagaries of your particular space and suss out the special uses of your own kitchen, this book will reward you by empowering you to develop and evaluate lighting solutions for yourself.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
More of a Sales Brochure
21 Mar 2001
Format:Paperback
Though creative, this book seems to be nothing more than a sales brochure for Mr. Johnson's firm. There is not enough substance in the book to allow anyone other than Mr. Johnson or his associates to create the design schemes shown in the book. Mr. Johnson's ADAPTIVE design is creative, but is given only in a generalized sense. There is no real design criteria (lumens/ft2, wattage for varying spaces, etc.)to help the reader know if all ADAPTIVE design elements are actually achieved if someone other than Mr. Johnson were to design the lighting scheme. Mr. Johnson's work is very beautiful and artistic. I only wish the book had more substance.
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