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The Language of Lighting: Applying Semiotics in the Evaluation of Lighting Design.
Check out the complete article at Leukos Journal – free access
https://doi.org/10.1080/15502724.2018.1518715
Author: Dr. Thomas Schielke
The article offers an introduction to semiotics and includes international case studies like daylight, light art, retail lighting, facade lighting of historic buildings, media facades and urban lighting. The international case studies range from Frank Lloyd Wright, Norman Foster and Tadao Ando to Olafur Eliasson and Snøhetta.
Architectural lighting provides optimum visibility for tasks but illuminations convey meanings as well. Therefore, this article at Leukos Journal discusses semiotics as a method for lighting design within the design process and critically reflects the appearance of light and architecture. Semiotics provides a useful instrument to identify the meaning, which helps to improve the quality of lighting design. The relevance of semiotics for lighting design is shown in three aspects:
1. the influence on the lighting design process;
2. how light intensity, distribution, and spectrum are interpreted as signs;
3. the evaluation of different lighting design tasks like daylight, lamp and luminaire design, interior and exterior lighting, as well as media façades.
Learn more and read the complete paper:
https://doi.org/10.1080/15502724.2018.1518715
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