Course: The best light for living and working II

Discover how light shapes our spaces — whether an office, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, or outdoor area. Combine direct and indirect light, daylight, and lighting control. This is how you create visual comfort, atmosphere, and orientation while also protecting the night sky. Deepen your knowledge of lighting design for clients with the following lessons.

Kochen und Essen – Beleuchtung für Koch- und Essbereiche planen

Light accompanies us through everyday life — from the first morning light to the blue hour. It creates focus while we work, brings warmth to the dining table, offers calm in the bedroom, and turns the bathroom into a place of retreat. Indoors and outdoors alike, it brings together orientation, atmosphere, and well-being. The result is a home that changes with the time of day, its use, and the mood — naturally, flexibly, and close to people. Explore this light oriented towards human needs.

Lessons in this course

Arbeiten im Homeoffice – Leben und Arbeiten

Working from a home office

Workplace lighting: indirect & glare-free

Fundamentals3 minutes
Kochen und Essen – Beleuchtung für Koch- und Essbereiche planen

Cooking and dining

Lighting for cooking and dining areas

Fundamentals5 minutes
Schlafen und Ausruhen – Beleuchtung für Schlaf- und Ruheraum planen: Komfort und Tag-Nacht-Rhythmus

Sleeping and resting

Planning lighting for bedrooms and rest areas

Fundamentals4 minutes
Bad und Erfrischung – Lichtplanung für Bad und Sanitär: Spiegellicht, Orientierung und Atmosphäre

Bathroom and refreshment

Lighting for bathrooms and sanitary areas: mirror, cove, accent

Fundamentals4 minutes
Leben und arbeiten innen und außen – Außenbeleuchtung & Gebäudebeleuchtung außen: Dark Sky | ERCO

Living and working, indoors and outdoors

Exterior lighting & exterior house lighting: Dark Sky

Fundamentals3 minutes

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