<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[SKETCH LIGHTING]]></title><description><![CDATA[The art of light, that's more than just art. ]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:07:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.sketchlighting.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Vocabulary of Light]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thirty weeks. Thirty foundational ideas. One complete vocabulary for thinking, talking, and designing with light. Here is what you now know — and why it changes everything that follows.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/the-vocabulary-of-light</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ee334c7e6fe29f60d7</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light Is Not a Utility — The Case for Treating It as a Material]]></title><description><![CDATA[Somewhere in the history of construction, light was reduced to a line item. This is the single most expensive misconception in the built environment — and here is the evidence.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/light-is-not-a-utility-the-case-for-treating-it-as-a-material</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ee334c7e6fe29f60d2</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Every Lighting Brief Starts With the Sun]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before a single luminaire is specified, the most important question in any lighting brief is what the natural light does in this space, at what times, and in what seasons. Everything else follows from that answer.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/why-every-lighting-brief-starts-with-the-sun</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ee334c7e6fe29f60da</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural Light as the Reference Standard in Lighting Design]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every lamp ever manufactured has been compared against one benchmark it has never fully matched. Understanding what natural light actually is — and what it does — makes you a better specifier of everything else.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/natural-light-as-the-reference-standard-in-lighting-design</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ee334c7e6fe29f60d3</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Light Makes a Space Feel Smaller — And When That Is the Goal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everything that makes a space feel larger works in reverse — and sometimes that is exactly what a space needs. Intimacy is a design objective, and light is its instrument.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/how-light-makes-a-space-feel-smaller-and-when-that-is-the-goal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ee334c7e6fe29f60d9</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Light Makes a Space Feel Larger]]></title><description><![CDATA[Light does not change the dimensions of a room. But it absolutely changes the experience of them. Here is the specific technique that makes spaces read as larger than they are.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/how-light-makes-a-space-feel-larger</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ee334c7e6fe29f60d6</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Dark Rooms Cost More to Light Than White Ones]]></title><description><![CDATA[The colour of your walls is a lighting budget decision. Most clients do not know this — and most designers forget to say it. Here is what reflectance costs in fixtures, energy, and maintenance.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/why-dark-rooms-cost-more-to-light-than-white-ones</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ee334c7e6fe29f60db</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Room Geometry and How It Dictates Light Distribution]]></title><description><![CDATA[A square room and a long narrow corridor require completely different lighting strategies — even at identical floor areas. Room geometry is not background context. It is the brief.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/room-geometry-and-how-it-dictates-light-distribution</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ee334c7e6fe29f60d4</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Ceiling Height Changes Your Entire Lighting Strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The single variable that changes almost every other lighting decision is one most people never think about until it is too late to change it. Here is how to design for ceiling height from the start.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/how-ceiling-height-changes-your-entire-lighting-strategy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ee334c7e6fe29f60d8</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contrast Ratio in Lighting — How to Use It With Intention]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your eye does not perceive brightness in absolute terms. It perceives brightness relative to everything around it. Contrast ratio is the tool that puts that perception to work.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/contrast-ratio-in-lighting-how-to-use-it-with-intention</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ee334c7e6fe29f60d5</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light and Shadow — The Design Element Everyone Forgets]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most common mistake in lighting design is not too little light. It is too much — leaving no room for shadow. Here is why shadow is not the absence of good lighting, but an essential part of it.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/light-and-shadow-the-design-element-everyone-forgets</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ed532301fe59f8056e</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glare — Why It Is a Contrast Problem, Not a Brightness Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Squinting is not discomfort. It is your eye's defence mechanism activating — and it means your lighting has failed. Here is what glare actually is and how to design against it.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/glare-why-it-is-a-contrast-problem-not-a-brightness-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ed532301fe59f8056a</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Purkinje Effect — Why Colours Shift at Night]]></title><description><![CDATA[As light fades, colours do not just get darker — they shift. If you have never consciously noticed this, you will not be able to explain why some spaces look wrong at night even when the lighting seems adequate.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/the-purkinje-effect-why-colours-shift-at-night</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ed532301fe59f80571</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photopic vs Scotopic Vision — Your Eye Has Two Visual Systems]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your eye operates two entirely different visual systems depending on the light level. Most lighting design only accounts for one of them — and that gap has real consequences for low-light environments.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/photopic-vs-scotopic-vision-your-eye-has-two-visual-systems</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ed532301fe59f80569</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the Human Eye Adapts to Light and Darkness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your eye is not a camera with a fixed exposure. It constantly, silently adjusts — and that adaptation process has direct, practical consequences for every space you design.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/how-the-human-eye-adapts-to-light-and-darkness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ed532301fe59f8056f</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Light Source Family Tree — Filament, Arc, and LED]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every light source ever made works by one of three principles. Knowing which is which tells you the failure modes, the performance ceiling, and the replacement strategy for everything you specify.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/the-light-source-family-tree-filament-arc-and-led</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ed532301fe59f80568</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luminaire, Lamp, Fixture — Do You Know the Difference?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three words used interchangeably on site every day. They do not mean the same thing — and using them correctly leads to faster problem-solving, cleaner specifications, and fewer errors.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/luminaire-lamp-fixture-do-you-know-the-difference</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ed532301fe59f8056d</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Direct vs Indirect Lighting — When to Use Each]]></title><description><![CDATA[The direction light travels before it reaches your eye changes everything about how a space feels. Understanding the difference between direct and indirect light is fundamental to designing spaces that perform and feel right.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/direct-vs-indirect-lighting-when-to-use-each</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ed532301fe59f8056b</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflectance — How Your Surfaces Shape Your Light]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can have a perfect lighting scheme on paper and a dim, flat space in reality — if you ignored reflectance. Every surface in your project is either amplifying your investment or absorbing it.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/reflectance-how-your-surfaces-shape-your-light</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ed532301fe59f80570</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luminance — What Your Eye Actually Sees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lux measures light falling on a surface. Luminance measures light leaving it. Confusing the two is one of the most common errors in lighting specification — and it has real consequences.]]></description><link>https://www.sketchlighting.com/post/luminance-what-your-eye-actually-sees</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6352ed532301fe59f8056c</guid><category><![CDATA[Weekly Tips]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>info779312</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>