Exploration into lighting dynamics for the design of more pleasurable luminaires

Authors:
Jettie Hoonhout;Lillian Jumpertz;Jon Mason;Tom Bergman
Affiliations:
Philips Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands;Philips Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands;Philips Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands;Philips Research, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Venue:
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces
Year:
2013

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Abstract

In this paper a study is described that shows how user perception studies can potentially provide designers with guidance into how to design pleasurable lighting effects using dynamic lighting. The advent of the LED within the lighting industry has been the driving force behind this study since the lighting designer is now faced with many new and often unexplored parameters that this lamp type can offer. One aspect of this complexity is the simple means of including dynamics within a single luminaire. To explore this topic, a luminaire was specially constructed to test with users different lighting dynamics that would represent different moods. The key conclusion from the study is that there are certain lighting dynamics that were perceived as being significantly different from one another and were categorized by the participants as being of a similar mood in the high to low arousal spectrum. These findings showed that there is potential for lighting designers to apply such sequence types and be more confident that their end users will perceive the luminaire as they originally intended.