Lorenzo Simoni

My Lighting Handbook - 3rd ed. Lorenzo Simoni

This book follows from my lighting design course for students of a Master's in Interior Design at Scuola Politecnica di Design in Milan, Italy, and my lectures and courses to lighting professionals, but I believe it can be useful to non technical readers as well. The objective is to present the design of a lighting system in an interior in a more conscious way. When the designer imagines the concept for his interior, he defines implicitly much of the lighting system. Unfortunately, many of these decisions are done unconsciously: the designer is in a certain sense too used to light and not at all familiar with it. Light is not considered an inherent property of every component of the interior, just something that is somehow there. Where it comes from and how it got there are questions that remain not only unanswered, but unasked. There is a rush to producing a light plan that should magically solve every problem, but it often turns out to be completely disconnected both from the concept and from the actual technical requirements of the interior. This book attempts to correct this situation. The book is split into five parts: fundamentals of lighting science; lamps; luminaires; work-flow, and lighting calculation software.