Happy International Day of Light
Each year on May 16, we are celebrating International Day of Light, the anniversary of the first successful operation of the laser in 1960 by physicist and engineer, Theodore Maiman. The International Day of Light celebrates the role light plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development, and in fields as diverse as medicine, communications, and energy.
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Light plays a crucial role in our lives. On the most fundamental level, through photosynthesis, light is at the origin of life itself.
Flexibility is a major benefit of lighting design. With the ever-growing advancements in technology and lighting control, setting the perfect mood for your space is easier than ever. With the ability to affect the mood, shape, and size of a room, lighting design is the most important element to consider when designing a space.
Lighting has biological and physical effects that can impact the health and wellbeing of humans. Biologically, good lighting design can help stabilise your circadian rhythm, helping improve your overall mood and contributing to better nights sleep. Psychologically, good light can help reduce depression and even increase cognitive performance such as reaction time.
To put things simply, lighting can influence your mood and your productivity. People receive about 85 percent of their information through their sense of sight. Appropriate lighting, without glare or shadows, can reduce eye fatigue and headaches;
Knowledge of physics, optics, electricity, ergonomics, business, codes, environmental issues, construction, vision and the art of design are all essential to creating great lighting solutions. Lighting professionals must be well grounded and continually educate themselves to provide the best possible service.
Light is a technically difficult yet astonishing medium that requires mastery of varied and continually evolving disciplines. Light is a language, it provokes emotions, it communicates and, moreover, it has the advantage of being universal.
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