Streamlight: 5 Lighting Mistakes to Avoid

Streamlight is a lighting solutions company. They design, supply and install quality lighting for corporate, hospitality and residential spaces. They also work with amazing international brands and bring the latest innovations to South Africa.

As agents for Karman Italia, Streamlight are always on the lookout for innovative lighting to enhance our interiors. Here they bring you five interior lighting design mistakes that can be avoided.

1. Sources of light that are excessive or insufficient for the environment

It is clear that every room needs to be illuminated in the best way possible. Less obvious is the right amount of light to be introduced in various environments.

The intensity of light sources is not always calibrated ad hoc. In fact, often lamps whose brightness is inadequate for the spaces are used.

First of all, think about the dimensions of the space to be illuminated. Next, choose the type and number of lamps needed to give light to each room.

2. Layered light

In many cases, we do not think about the distribution of light on different levels. Gradations of ambient lighting, task lighting and accent lighting (respectively ambient, activity and accent lighting) contribute to increasing the overall lighting quality of the environment and ensuring greater visual flexibility within the room.

We suggest aiming for quality and comfort by using more solutions to better illuminate the spaces, in such a way to provide layered lighting in your interior design.

3. The incorrect and non-functional arrangement of lamps

Angles that enjoy optimal lighting and others obscured by low light points are the consequences of the improper positioning and use of lamps.

Let’s assume that you are dealing with the design of a studio. You decide to install table lamps on the desk which, guaranteeing high levels of task lighting, will allow you to read, write and work in total comfort. But, on the other hand, the whole room lacks ambient lighting, so moving around becomes impractical.

This is a concrete example of an impractical lamp arrangement that is unsuitable for illuminating every corner of the room. To avoid making the same mistake, we recommend that you do not give up on lighting solutions targeted for each activity and location.

4. Wrong sized lighting systems

This is a mistake made by many. The ideal lighting for interior design should commensurate with both the spaces and the elements of furniture.

For example, choosing to match a lamp of considerable size with furniture objects already rich in aesthetics could overload the atmosphere and make it suffocating.

The same result could derive from the introduction of a solution that is too large in a small and intimate space since it would be too unwieldy.

5. The same type of lamp used for rooms with different uses

In each room different activities are carried out, so different lamp models are needed, useful for each workstation and ideal for creating unique atmospheres.

Giving light to every room with the same solution will make the room or the structure you are dealing with cold and aseptic, overall lacking in personality.

Find the latest Karman Italia lighting, as well as other amazing brands, now available locally through Streamlight.