The flexibility, versatility and safety of Optic
lighting’s™ fibre optic lighting kits
allow you to redefine the way you experience your
living space.
By opening up the design potential
of space-light-colour interactions you can discover
a new world of ambience, atmosphere and mood in
your home surroundings.
To get you started in your exploration
of Optic Lighting’s™ design possibilities,
we’ve condensed our extensive experience
into this quick list of style hints.
1.
Be sensitive
To truly unlock the design
potential of fibre optic technology, it
is essential that you remain sensitive to
your context. What are the surroundings
used for? How big is the space? Will you
need to carry out tasks that need clear
illumination? What features of the room
or garden would benefit from emphasis? Consider
interaction with other electrical illumination
and, of course, inherent natural light.
2.
Be creative
To get the most out of
your kit let your creativity run free; open
your mind and think beyond conventional
lighting applications. Explore the images
throughout this site for examples of how
your kit can transform the most mundane
and unlikely aspects of your home into intriguing
focal points.
3.
Be complementary
Choose fittings, colours,
and beam intensity / direction that will
complement the other elements of your living
space. Consider how lighting effects in
different parts of the home relate to each
other. Try and ensure that adjoining rooms
are luminated in balance to achieve a subtle
shift rather than an abrupt break of continuity.
4.
Be subtle
Experiment with lighting
effects as a gentle backdrop to your home.
Use diffuse settings and shifts in the tonality
of the colourdisc to influence ambience
and mood. When using a more directional
beam to illuminate walkways or highlight
specific features, avoid colours that clash
with the focal points.
5.
Colour
Much research has been
undertaken recently into the power of colour
to achieve certain therapeutic effects.
Use this brief chromatherapy guide to explore
this area further.
Red: energy, empowerment,
and stimulation.
Orange: pleasure, enthusiasm and sexual
stimulation
Yellow: stimulating to the sense and intellect
Green: brings calm and balance
Blue: promotes communication and knowledge
and eliminates toxins
Indigo: sedative, stimulates intuition
Violet: soothing, relaxing, calming.
6.
Aesthetics
As well as using your lighting
kit to accentuate features in your surroundings,
its aesthetic potential can be harnessed
to create self-contained decorative focal
points. See our Starceiling kit for examples
of Starart – fibre optic lighting
effects strong enough to be displayed as
works of art.
7.
Be safe
Optic Lighting™ technology
overturns conventional approaches to interior
and exterior design by being completely
safe and easy to install in wet, humid and
aquatic environments. Explore aesthetic
and mood altering effects with the confidence
that our kits are completely safe, even
outdoors and in wet, humid environments.
8.
Be playful
Undoubtedly, you will get
the most out of your kit by enjoying experimenting
with its endless possibilities. Keep a completely
open mind and don’t be afraid to explore
ideas that may seem a little off-the-wall
at first. Use convention as a starting point
and remember that rules are there to be
broken.
