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Summary: The Art of Illumination- Very Illuminating!
Review: Glenn M. Johnson's book, The Art of Illumination Residential Lighting Design, is an extrememly helpful book. I am a lay person. I have no background in lighting design, architecture, or electrical engineering, I just want to build my dream home. Through the easy reading of this wonderful book I have discovered the many (more than I had imagined) interesting techniques for lighting outside, inside, and especially for lighting specific things such as art, furniture, and accessories. I had no idea there were so many types of fixtures, lamps, and control systems from which to choose. This opens up a large realm of possibilities for me. The ADAPTIVE Method is ingenious. This organized approach of planning and implementing my lighting project takes all the guess work out and keeps all of the people involved on the same team! My confidence level that my project is turning out right is high. Speaking of 'high' , I highly recommend this magnificent book!
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Summary: The Art of Illumination- Very Illuminating!
Review: Glenn M. Johnson's book, The Art of Illumination Residential Lighting Design, is an extrememly helpful book. I am a lay person. I have no background in lighting design, architecture, or electrical engineering, I just want to build my dream home. Through the easy reading of this wonderful book I have discovered the many (more than I had imagined) interesting techniques for lighting outside, inside, and especially for lighting specific things such as art, furniture, and accessories. I had no idea there were so many types of fixtures, lamps, and control systems from which to choose. This opens up a large realm of possibilities for me. The ADAPTIVE Method is ingenious. This organized approach of planning and implementing my lighting project takes all the guess work out and keeps all of the people involved on the same team! My confidence level that my project is turning out right is high. Speaking of 'high' , I highly recommend this magnificent book!
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I purchased this book as I'm building a home. As a resource for unusual and striking architectual and accent lighting this book has it all. The photos and descriptive drawings have allowed me to work with my electrician to hopefully produce a great lighting design without an incredible cost.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I purchased this book as I'm building a home. As a resource for unusual and striking architectual and accent lighting this book has it all. The photos and descriptive drawings have allowed me to work with my electrician to hopefully produce a great lighting design without an incredible cost.
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Summary: In the dark
Review: If your looking for insights on residential illumination and lighting design, this is not the book for you. The book has very narrow, esoteric focus, mainly on the author's opinion of the importance of lighting designers. Poor graphics and photographs, very limited scope; misleading and misinformation abounds. Aimed neither at the consumer, builder, nor design professional, the author probably sprained his arm patting himself on the back. More lighting design information is available from the free pamphlets by the checkout counter at Home Depot.
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Summary: In the dark
Review: If your looking for insights on residential illumination and lighting design, this is not the book for you. The book has very narrow, esoteric focus, mainly on the author's opinion of the importance of lighting designers. Poor graphics and photographs, very limited scope; misleading and misinformation abounds. Aimed neither at the consumer, builder, nor design professional, the author probably sprained his arm patting himself on the back. More lighting design information is available from the free pamphlets by the checkout counter at Home Depot.
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Summary: First of its kind, a hands on training manual on lighting.
Review: In practicing lighting design for the past 20 plus years for the custom residential market, I realized that a book of this magnitude was critical to the forward progress of the industry. Lighting Design is one of the most exciting elements in homes today and it is equally rewarding when the client can witness and experience the fruits of the lighting designer's labors. Myself and others involved in this exclusive industry have largely been educators due to the fact that there was no forum. It has been our responsibility to inform the architects, interior designers and ultimatly the homeowners of the benefits of a well planned lighting system. The difficult part of our industry is that there is very little (or no) training, schooling, publications or other means that specifically focus on residential lighting design. So, without a program in place or a manual to refer to, I realized I should bring this exciting, rewarding practice to the forefront. The Art of Illumination, Residential Lighting Design is a hands on guide book for all residential design and construction disaplines. It is also a wonderful resource depicting some of the world most exclusive homes of which I have had the pleasure to illuminate. This is a must have resource, I hope you enjoy it!
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Summary: Good Resource
Review: The first half of this book focuses too much on why you should hire a lighting designer and promoting the professional associations he belongs to. Some of the photos are of very poor quality. Otherwise, it is well illustrated.If you are looking to learn about how to design good lighting for a home you are going to build, then you should read this book. Glen Johnson does have a lot of good experience, and covers the basics well. Could do better though.
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Summary: Good Resource
Review: The first half of this book focuses too much on why you should hire a lighting designer and promoting the professional associations he belongs to. Some of the photos are of very poor quality. Otherwise, it is well illustrated. If you are looking to learn about how to design good lighting for a home you are going to build, then you should read this book. Glen Johnson does have a lot of good experience, and covers the basics well. Could do better though.
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Summary: Art of Ilummination: Residential Lighting Design
Review: This book IS NOT for the average Homeowner or person building a new home. This book is more geared, in my opinion, to a lighting designer. I purchased the book in order to find out as much as I could about residential lighting tips for my new home and was disappointed to find that it wasn't very helpful in this regard.
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