Designing with Light - Jason Livingston

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Résumé :

Preface to the Second Edition ?xiii

Preface to the First Edition ?xv

Acknowledgments ?xvii

About the Author xix

Chapter 1: The Lighting Design Profession ?1

The Lighting Designer's Scope of Practice ?2

Professional Lighting Design Credentials ?5

Digital Resources ?7

References ?7

Chapter 2: The Design Process and Lighting Design ?9

What Is Lighting Design? 9

Phases of the Architectural Design Process ?10

Beginning the Lighting Design ?14

A Lighting Design Process 15

Digital Resources ?17

References ?17

Chapter 3: Designing with Light ?19

Thinking About Light ?19

Thinking About Luminaires ?24

Thinking About Lighting Architecture ?27

Thinking About Variety and Contrast ?29

Thinking About Everything - Layers of Light ?30

Communicating Design Ideas ?31

Approaches to the Lighting Design Process 36

Additional Considerations ?50

Digital Resources ?50

References ?51

Chapter 4: What Is Light? ?53

Light Is Illumination 53

Light Is Rays of Vision ?54

Light Is a Material ?54

Light Is Rays ?55

Light Is Colored Rays 55

Light Is Waves 56

Light Is Particles ?56

Light Is Waves, Again ?57

Light Is Waves and Particles, aka Quanta 59

Light Is Art ?60

Light Is a Tool ?61

Digital Resources ?62

References ?62

Chapter 5: How We See ?63

From Light Source to Vision ?63

The Eye 64

How We See Color ?68

Visual Performance ?71

Digital Resources ?74

References ?74

Chapter 6: Light and Perception ?77

Perception ?77

Impressions 78

Lighting, Architecture, and Impressions 79

Light and Behavior ?86

Digital Resources ?86

References ?87

Chapter 7: Distribution of Light ?89

Interaction of Light and Materials ?89

Types of Distribution 96

Other Distribution Issues 98

Digital Resources ?101

References ?102

Chapter 8: Light Sources and Lamps 103

Light Sources ?103

Lamp Shapes ?115

Lamp Sizes ?118

Lamp Bases 120

Beam Angle and Field Angle 122

Describing a Lamp ?124

Selecting a Light Source ?126

Lamp Information for Consumers ?127

Digital Resources ?128

References and Suggested Readings ?128

Chapter 9: The Science of Color in Light 131

Why Understand the Science of Color? ?131

The Special Nature of Vision ?131

Colorimetry 132

Standard Observers 132

Chromaticity Diagrams ?135

Colors of White Light ?139

How Do We Define White Light? ?144

Chromaticity Differences 146

Color Rendering ?149

Light Source Color Characteristics 163

Other Issues in Color 164

Chromatic Light ?169

Additive and Subtractive Color Mixing ?171

Digital Resources ?174

References and Suggested Readings ?174

Chapter 10: Designing with Color in Light ?177

Selecting Color Temperature 177

Tunable Lighting ?180

Using TM- 30 188

Using Colored Light ?193

Color and Meaning 196

Color and Environment ?197

Sources of Colored Light 204

Digital Resources ?207

References ?208

Chapter 11: Lighting Fixtures or Luminaires 209

Luminaire Components 210

Common Luminaire Types 213

Mounting Conditions ?223

Outdoor Luminaires ?224

Luminaire Consideration Summary ?226

Reading Manufacturer's Literature ?226

Modifying Luminaires ?230

Biographie:

Jason Livingston is Principal at Studio T+L, a leading lighting design firm based in New York City. He is Co-Chair of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Color Committee, Adjunct Faculty at the New York School of Interior Design, Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design at The New School Open Campus, and Visiting Associate Professor at the Pratt Institute. His areas of expertise include interior lighting design, theatrical lighting design, color, and lighting education.