When you get home from a busy day out, there’s nothing quite like relaxing in the living room. This room is designed for nothing but relaxation, and as such lighting needs to be able to put people at ease.
Ajay Vasdev, Founding Director of lighting design and consultancy company, Asco Lights, understands how important it is to remember that everyone is different, and as such their living room needs will be very different; “It’s not good enough to take a brief and run with it. To create truly memorable, practical and liveable lighting you need to completely understand your client. What do they use their spaces for, when do they use them?” It is very important for lighting designers to take time to understand exactly what is being asked of them, as it is the clients tastes that are being represented, rather than their own. ” Great lighting design comes from understanding a client’s aspirations for their space, knowing their movements and most important focal points and designing around their personality and that of their family. Lighting design is the at of illuminating someone’s life the way they wish to view it.”
After obtaining an understanding of the needs of a client, it is important to assess the space in which the lighting will be placed. As Vasdev explains, the space says as much to the designer as the client, and it is important to work with the space and features provided; “Every room has something of interest that a client will wish to illuminate. It might be an architectural feature or a reading space, a work of art or a wall full of family photos. These are the accents that punctuate the living room’s background lighting, and are often the personality that makes a space home.”
