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CELEBRATING WINTER LIGHTS,
CANARY WHARF INVITES
LUXURY DESIGN STUDIO TO
REVEAL 2019'S TOP LIGHTING
TRENDS
In celebration of Canary Wharf's annual For residential projects, when looking
Winter Lights Festival, luxury design at lighting within the home, you need
studio Goddard Littlefair has been invited to consider the activities that take place
to reveal 2019's top lighting trends. The within each space and ensure there is
Winter Lights programme, which sees adequate brightness for them. Where
over 200,000 visitors each year, transforms there is plenty of space for each activity,
dark January evenings into a spectacle of this is relatively straightforward but,
light, colour and movement. The festival when space is at a premium, the ability to
comprises 21 installations from artists have multi-functional spaces with flexible
from around the world and is one of many lighting is essential.
free events hosted on the Canary Wharf
Estate each year. What's going up in 2019...
Leading London design studio Goddard Warm Lighting
Littlefair is the mastermind behind the
lighting and interiors for Canary Wharf's
landmark development, One Park Drive.
Positioned at the head of the dock within
a new residential district, Wood Wharf,
the development has been thoughtfully
designed to be the very best in city and
waterside living.
Natural or warm light is far more flattering There is a science behind finding that
than the cold and intrusive blue-based right balance of warmth and we often
lighting we see so much of nowadays, work with technical lighting designers
especially in kitchens. There is a place to establish exactly the right level of
for that kind of lighting, but more in the luminosity for a space.
commercial world. It doesn't tend to
create the intimacy you need for creating
a real home. Take inspiration from the
Jo Littlefair, Director & Co-Founder of Scandinavian way of living instead, where,
Goddard Littlefair comments; for example, you'll see candles burning
all day. That glowing light harks back
“Lighting in the home is all about to our earliest roots, when we cooked
balancing shadow and light. Dark spaces on open fires and gathered together for
are just as important as light ones and you warmth. We still subconsciously associate
can play on this easily to create different warm light with a sense of belonging and
moods, define spaces and emphasise community. It really allows us to let go of
certain architectural elements. our boundaries and relax.
We design projects to captivate our On the spectrum from ultraviolet to
audience, whether that's a residential infrared, blue light is produced at the start
purchaser, a hospitality client, a spa-goer of the day, energising us and suppressing
or a hotel guest. We want to invite them melatonin, the hormone that makes us
in and put them at ease and lighting is a sleep. Natural warm light occurs at the
fantastic tool to help us achieve that. end of the day, which brings out the
melatonin and makes us sleepier.
Hidden Light
Lighting has become much more
subliminal and we have actively moved
away from stark downlighting. We always
use ambient sideways light, rather than
anything from the ceiling. It is much more
natural, flattering, warmer and cosier.
For many, lighting within the home is
an afterthought, but, if you consider it
as another element of the architecture,
you can cleverly build it into the overall
design.
Indirect or hidden lighting works best
when you can't see the source and yet it's
able to add another dimension.