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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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First of its kind, a hands on training manual on lighting.
In practicing lighting design for the past 20 plus years for the custom residential market, I realized that a book of this magnitude was critical to the forward progress of the industry. Lighting Design is one of the most exciting elements in homes today and it is equally rewarding when the client can witness and experience the fruits of the lighting designer's labors. Myself and others involved in this exclusive industry have largely been educators due to the fact that there was no forum. It has been our responsibility to inform the architects, interior designers and ultimatly the homeowners of the benefits of a well planned lighting system. The difficult part of our industry is that there is very little (or no) training, schooling, publications or other means that specifically focus on residential lighting design. So, without a program in place or a manual to refer to, I realized I should bring this exciting, rewarding practice to the forefront. The Art of Illumination, Residential Lighting Design is a hands on guide book for all residential design and construction disaplines. It is also a wonderful resource depicting some of the world most exclusive homes of which I have had the pleasure to illuminate. This is a must have resource, I hope you enjoy it!
In practicing lighting design for the past 20 plus years for the custom residential market, I realized that a book of this magnitude was critical to the forward progress of the industry. Lighting Design is one of the most exciting elements in homes today and it is equally rewarding when the client can witness and experience the fruits of the lighting designer's labors. Myself and others involved in this exclusive industry have largely been educators due to the fact that there was no forum. It has been our responsibility to inform the architects, interior designers and ultimatly the homeowners of the benefits of a well planned lighting system. The difficult part of our industry is that there is very little (or no) training, schooling, publications or other means that specifically focus on residential lighting design. So, without a program in place or a manual to refer to, I realized I should bring this exciting, rewarding practice to the forefront. The Art of Illumination, Residential Lighting Design is a hands on guide book for all residential design and construction disaplines. It is also a wonderful resource depicting some of the world most exclusive homes of which I have had the pleasure to illuminate. This is a must have resource, I hope you enjoy it!
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Art of Ilummination: Residential Lighting Design, 14 Jan 2000
By Jim Coudon - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Art of Illumination: Residential Lighting Design (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.
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A cogent, coherent way of thinking about illumination, 27 Mar 2001
By Patricia Tryon - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Art of Illumination: Residential Lighting Design (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.
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More of a Sales Brochure, 21 Mar 2001
By "cecilj@sisna.com" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Art of Illumination: Residential Lighting Design (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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