The Aesthetic Side of Lights

Light plays a huge impact in all living things. Without light our ecosystem will collapse. Plants cannot process its food without light. Without plants animals and humans don't stand a chance of survival too.

Nowadays light does not only meant to provide us with our energy source, protection and security but it also provide us for our aesthetic needs. Man craves for all things that are pleasing to the eyes including light. Lighting designers here and abroad created and innovated the lighting fixtures in answer to our aesthetic needs.(credit goes to the photographer)

The Love Month

February, known as the month of love is here again. Star-crossed lovers in general are all looking forward to this month to express their love towards each other. They would express their love by sending bouquets of lovely flowers and delicious chocolates or treat their love ones to a candle-lit dinner in an elegant and expensive restaurant. A few lovers would wait for this month to make a wedding proposal. Its kind of cheesy to some but to those who are in love, they find it romantic.

Most of the time their proposal are made in restaurants decorated with something which spells out romance such as the interior and exterior lighting designs, center table, chairs, wall and counter tables because such decorations exudes a cozy and romantic atmosphere which will normally result to a positive response. Moreover some romantics would go an extra mile to express their undying love by setting up a romantic dinner for two themselves.(credit goes to the photographer)

The Importance Of Light To Man

Light is of great importance in this world. We all depend on it. We wouldn't be able to do anything in the dark. As the song goes, "it is better to light just one little candle than to stumble in the dark." 

Lighting designers vary their design lighting depending on the our needs. They designed night lamps to make sure that we have a good night rest and brightening our bedrooms. They created streetlights and car blinkers to make sure that we won't get lost while travelling at night or to avoid accidents. They created display lighting to showcase the best products we have in our shops, boutiques, or business establishments. And most of all they are committed to design lighting fixtures for our enjoyment.  Notice how pretty our parks, museums, plaza's, offices and building units look at night? They are made possible by the various interior and exterior lighting designs which are meticulously made by our creative designers.

If you'll ask me, the best lighting designs are not designed by man but by our dear mother nature. The great sun which is one of our sources of energy provide us heat and lighting during the day while it lends it light to the moon at night. Stars on the other are use for navigation since time immemorial. It is through the stars that the three magi are able to find Jesus Christ in Bethlehem.

I don't know a single person who loves total darkness. Living in a pitch black world is like living in eternal fear and confusion. None of us would want that. Remember that light gives meaning to our insignificant lives. All of us seek it even in the afterlife.

Iwag Festival, A Festival of Lights

Pototan, Iloilo, Philippines, known as the Christmas Capital in the Visayas because of the amazing display of lights known as the Iwag Festival never cease to impress visitors here and abroad. A group of excellent lighting designers gather their heads to ensure that they have some new lighting designs to display every Yuletide Season. (credit goes to the photographer)

Christmas Village

Soldiers

The Light House

Lighting Innovations

Light is a very significant element in our lives. It signifies peace, purity, goodness, and hope. Without the light, our eyes meant nothing. What good will they do if all we can see is an ocean of nothingness? We are given eyes to see by Our Creator so we can enjoy the beauty of nature He created for us. He made the stars and the moon to light up the skies at night and the sun during the day.

Presently, we don't have to depend our lighting sources in the celestial bodies or torches anymore. There are other options such as the incandescent lamps, florescent lamps,   halogen lamps and LED lamps to name a few. These lights are either powered by electricity or chemicals. They are invented and innovated by lighting designers to meet our lighting needs. (Photographer: Arvin Tonogbanua)

Nature's Display of Lights

by Arvin Tonogbanua

Nature has its own lighting designer. This amazing picture only shows how magnificent and amazing our Creator is.  Ad maiorem Dei gloriam!

The Beauty of Plazuela de Iloilo

Florete Land Inc., did an incredible job in developing a place where you can dine, party and enjoy a good night stroll all together. Kudos to their team of architects for making sure that anyone who come to visit does not only enjoy the panoramic view but the lighting designs as well. They made sure that we both enjoy the beauty of the day as well as the night.

Moods and Lighting Fixtures

Experiments show that the color of lights has a huge impact in affecting our moods. The brighter the color of the lights the livelier and more active we are. Lighting designers has to ensure that their lighting designs capture the mood we want to create in every area of our homes and business establishments. For example the spa in Conrad Bangkok Conrad Luxury Hotels and Resorts is using lighting fixtures which has are neither too dark nor too bright. Such lighting fixture design makes a relaxing effect thus making it a perfect place to unwind after a long and tiring day at work.

13.5" Twigs & Leaves Ceramic Ceiling Light

At work, lighting fixtures should be bright to ensure that employees are active all day long. But it should not only be bright. It should also have an appealing effect. Lighting designers should never stop creating new designs that will capture not only our eyes but our hearts such as the  13.5" Twigs & Leaves Ceramic Ceiling Light which I found in one of the online lighting fixture' stores. This ceramic lamp makes a great decor and lighting fixture for commercial and residential complex. I like this lighting fixture because it is handmade. Handcrafted products are known to be expensive because you do not only sell the product. Artisans pour their heart and creativity to create such a masterpiece. These type of lighting fixtures are not mass produced thus making each lamp unique or one of a kind.

6" Lantern Pendant Light w/ Diamond Pattern

Lighting fixtures are part of our day to day existence. Business establishments, offices, residential spaces need these lights as they provide security, navigation and aesthetic beauty. But we should not use just any lighting fixtures. We should ensure that the lighting fixtures we have at home or offices must be safe and environmental friendly. If we can afford it, we should buy handcrafted lighting fixtures as it is one way of helping our artisans and their family. It is also one way of promoting our artisans' creativity and artistic creations.

Importance Of Lights To Our Lives

Lighting fixtures has been one of man's greatest achievements. It's invention has paved the way towards economic progress. It has helped improved so many lives as well. Can you imagine living in a place without any lighting fixtures at all? We may survive a week or two without any lighting fixtures available. But a month or more without them is like living in Dark Ages.

However, not many of us are blessed with lighting fixtures. There are still some places here and abroad which are not yet blessed with lighting fixtures. It seems that the government does not have enough funds to finance a lighting project in these areas yet since. I understand that it will cost millions of dollars to finance these type of projects. Not only that these areas are remote. The terrain is also impossible. I suppose that the government should work on the the road projects and power plants first before they can start on the lighting projects. However if road projects and powers are still not possible then the government should settle on funding solar panels which will power the lighting fixtures in the homes of every member of the community. 

It actually takes a brave soul to pass the road without any lamp post or lamp to guide your way. But it takes a braver and strong soul to live in a place without decent lighting fixtures. The place is not only pitiable and lonely but spooky as well. You cannot do anything else but pray and wait patiently for the morning to come. I only wish that the government officials  of these communities will take action for the betterment of these communities. Lighting fixtures are probably just a small thing for us who has not experienced living in a house illuminated with lighting fixtures. But to the members of these communities they are everything