Indoor Comfort: Lighting Design

Visual perception is, of all the five senses, the one with the most immediate impact when it comes to receiving information and assessing our environment. Visual comfort, an aspect which is often overlooked in interior design, makes a very important contribution to perception of indoor comfort, along with the thermal comfort resulting from the microclimate in the space, acoustic comfort, olfactory comfort and tactile comfort. This is why we are hearing more and more talk of holistic interior design. In this essay, we look at the issue of visual comfort in relation to artificial lighting