1st Edition

Lighting Design A Perception-Based Approach

By Christopher Cuttle Copyright 2015
150 Pages 74 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

150 Pages 74 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

150 Pages 74 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

By reading this book, you will develop the skills to perceive a space and its contents in light , and be able to devise a layout of luminaires that will provide that lit appearance. Written by renowned lighting expert Christopher (Kit) Cuttle, the book: explains the difference between vision and perception, which is the distinction between providing lighting to make things visible,... Read more

Introduction  1. The Role of Visual Perception  2. Ambient Illumination  3. Brightness Patterns  4. Illumination Hierarchy  5. Lighting Patterns  6. Luminous Elements  7. Getting it all together

Biography

Christopher Cuttle, MA, FCIBSE, FIESANZ, FIESNA, FSLL, is a lighting designer, educator, and author who lives in New Zealand. He gained broad experience of lighting in the UK before taking up academic positions in New Zealand (Senior Lecturer in schools of architecture in Wellington and Auckland) and in the USA (Head of Graduate Education in Lighting at the Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York). His books Lighting by Design (2003, 2nd edition 2008), and Light for Art’s Sake (2007), are both published by Routledge.