Object
Objects can be accentuated with great effect to turn them into real eye-catchers. The appearance of objects can be made to look unusual by selecting a strong grazing light. The opposite of such dramatic lighting is a uniform, large area lighting solution.
Object, free-standing
Observation

Objects in the room or area can be illuminated with spotlights or floodlights. When illuminating an object head-on with one spotlight in the direction of vision, the modelling effect is weak. Two spotlights, with sculpture accessories, shining from different directions create a balanced, three-dimensional effect. The brightness contrasts are milder compared to when using just one spotlight. Illuminating from below produces an interesting but mysterious effect since the light is coming from an angle which is unusual for the observer.
Narrow-beam spotlights place emphasis on the object alone, whereas floodlights show the object in the context of its surroundings. This reduces the modelling effect. Lighting from below can have the effect of making things look very strange.
Arrangement
Objects in the room can be illuminated with an angle of incidence of 30° to 45° to the vertical. The steeper the incident light, the stronger the shadows.
Applications
Accent lighting for
- park and garden complexes
- sculptures
Preferred luminaire groups
- spotlight
- floodlights
Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodo
ERCO, Lüdenscheid
Rhenish State Museum, Bonn
Let The Dance Begin, Strabane
object on the wall
Observation

Objects on the wall can be illuminated with spotlights or floodlights. Spotlights highlight the object and create a decorative effect. Due to their even illumination of the complete wall surface, floodlights accentuate the object less than spotlights.
Narrow-beam spotlights accentuate the object while floodlights show the object in the context of its surroundings.
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Projects on this guide topic
Centenary HallBochum
Brandenburg GateBerlin
Palace of International ForumsTashkent (Uzbekistan)
Spreitenbach CentreSpreitenbach (bei Zürich)
Hotel NixeBinz
Private residence near DüsseldorfDüsseldorf
Benrath CastleDüsseldorf-Benrath
ECE Center Thier-GalerieDortmund
New York Times BuildingNew York City



Wide and focussed
Vin Contoret
Oseana
Yellow Fog, Olafur Eliasson installation, Verbund AG
General and dedicated
Humboldt University, Cour d'honneur
ERCO Light Garden
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design (Museum of Architecture)
Nicetoile shopping centre
STADE DE SUISSE Wankdorf
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Chiesa Dives in Misericordia
Expo Shanghai 2010 - German Pavilion
Coburg Palace, Hotel Residenz
Ernst-August-Carree / Brasserie Bruxelles
Foreground and background
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple, Ceylon Road
US Air Force Memorial
Indre Quay
Looking in and looking out
Spatial patterns and lighting patterns
Xanadú leisure and shopping centre
Lufthansa Aviation Center
NORVEG Cultural Centre and Coastal Museum
Sheikh-Zayed-bin-Sultan-Al-Nahyan Mosque







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