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After food, nothing comes close to awaken and arouse our senses as lighting does. Nothing. Without light we are completely lost, helpless, depressed, disoriented. Everyone knows that Life needs light.
Interior architects use lighting to emphasis and de-emphasis the overall space, height, and room. In stores, lighting plays a major role in the psychology of the customer. Lighting is used to focus the eyes of the person in the room. Some examples are, museums and jewelry stores use lights to get the visitor to focus on certain things. Focused lighting helps our concentration as it reduces distractions.
Lights are used in a decorative sense, with color, and intensity. Special use of lights creates moods, from very alert to very docile, quiet, or intimate mood. Playing with warm or cold shades of lights create optical illusion depending on the purpose of the space and the mood you want to create.
Art Deco was a design style starting about 1925 lasting into the 40s with some decline in popularity. In the 1980s the style surged again. Art Deco is an opulent style incorporating broad, geometric, and strong colors. If you are lucky enough to live where there is an old cinema that has been preserved, you’ll get a glimpse of what it was like. If not, take a look at some of the pictures here. This site is dedicated to the beauty of art deco lamps.
