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The evolution of the LED luminaire

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The evolution of the LED luminaire   The luminaire changes skin! Evolution or revolution, lighting is changing unprecedented, driven by the development of new technologies. The lighting as we know it is living its last years. Our way of understanding light will evolve, in a context of energy savings leading to a gradual disappearance of incandescent bulbs. New solutions are emerging, such as the low energy lamp, the LED and the OLED (organic light emitting diode). Promising technologies for energy impact, but whose benefits are still difficult to grasp. Rethinking the luminaire This upheaval brings about a change in the way the luminaire thinks. Some manufacturers and designers no longer dissociate light source and support, but reason overall, even consider disposable lamps that last 15 to 20 years. Another innovation still little is known, the OLED, which offers powerful and non-aggressive ambient lighting, allows designing lamps without lampshades, hig...

Which luminaries to choose for a living room?

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Which luminaries to choose for a living room? Lighting creates a mood! Enlighten without aggressing, enhance and emphasize, create a cozy atmosphere, sift to warm... The light is magic and can, alone, change everything in a house. Today follow our practical tips for the main room of your home, the living room. In this room devoted to relaxation, place a warm atmosphere and a soft light! Combine with small, one-off lighting to read effortlessly or create purely decorative effects. View from above: In this seventies living room, a large floor lamp fulfills its functional and decorative role. Its long curved arm projects the light well in the center of the room and turns when the time comes, to serve as a reading lamp above a sofa or armchair. For reading precisely, no need for great enlightenment! A simple table lamp will fulfill this function at best, the basic rule being that it, ideally located near the seat and at a height of 1 to 1.20 m, does not heat ...

Which lights for your dining room?

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Which lights for your dining room? The lighting of the dining room here must take into account the general atmosphere of the room, but also it must be flattering for the dishes and dishes presented. Do not forget some important notions for the comfort of guests: they must see each other, give them the feeling of dining in a warm atmosphere and above all do not dazzle them! You have several solutions to light your dining room: the solution of the central lighting in the ceiling with several lights distributed on the table and in your dining room. Everything depends on the use and mood of your room, practical or festive! The suspensions or the chandelier above the middle of your table is part of classic lighting. Adapted to your decoration, they must allow a large diffusion light down. Equipped with your dimmers, this will allow you to adapt the light intensity to the atmosphere you want to give to your dinner: bright or "candlelight"! Centralized Class...

The LED bulb is a recessed spot!

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The LED bulb is a recessed spot! Often unknown to individuals and under the rather rustic name of "LED Gu10" bulb, actually hides for professionals a bulb serving mainly as a recessed spot in kitchens, corridors, walls, stairs, over a shower, etc.  This bulb combines all the qualities required both technical and aesthetic very significant for the cost of space development and energy saving made the first year of purchase. How to choose your led bulb or in other words its recessed spot? The Gu10 LED bulb is called because its bayonet base with its 2 pins is spaced 10 mm. On the shop of 01 fixture, there are Gu10 LED bulbs with a power more or less strong which is calculated in lumens is the amount of light scattered. Power in Lumens is the criterion to be used when looking for a light bulb to illuminate a specific place like a table border or a room more spaced like a corridor or a banister... There are also GU10 bulbs of different colors (red, green, bl...

10 tips for optimal lighting in winter

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10 Tips for optimal lighting in winter How sad are these days that are getting shorter in winter and that plunge us into darkness more and more a little more each day, specialist lighting, you will find lighting tips for your interior, to maintain a pleasant brightness and to deceive the dark atmosphere that prevails and all without work! 10 tips to follow to let light in winter: 1 -    Increase the wattage of your bulbs to balance the poor brightness and thus reduce the light absorbed from the walls. 2 -    Multiply the light sources with different types of lamps: suspensions, table lamps, floor lamps, sconces and thus illuminate different spaces to make your interior life and visually enlarge. As a reminder, a less well-lit area provides a feeling of reduced space. 3 -   In interior design, do not forget that dark walls absorb the brightness and therefore reduces your space. If your room naturally lacks light, it is best to have ra...