Lighting design for bathrooms and sanitary spaces: mirror lighting, orientation, and atmosphere
When you arrive at your accommodation in a hotel or on a cruise ship, is a glance into the bathroom often the first thing you do? Bring that feeling of arriving, freshening up, and unwinding into your own home.
Rely on a variety of light sources in the bathroom.
A combination of different light sources offers more flexibility, greater visual comfort, and better lighting quality than a single type of light source.
Avoid rigid grid arrangements and too much diffused light.
Combine different types of light. This way, your bathroom retreat supports grooming, relaxation, and well-being at any time of day or night.
Cove lighting, meaning concealed illumination, accent lighting for focal points, and precise mirror lighting. This illuminates the face evenly and pleasantly.
Add light below eye level. It makes orientation easier at night and creates a soft atmosphere.
Keep in mind that distracting reflections and unpleasant glare can arise particularly on glossy surfaces.
Bathroom lighting complete—keep it up!
The most important points
- 1Combine several light sources rather than a single one for greater flexibility and visual comfort.
- 2Avoid diffused light on glossy surfaces to prevent reflections and glare.
- 3Add light below eye level for gentle orientation at night.
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