Lighting Design: Facets of A Single Phenomenon

Abstract

Lighting design today is one of the most actively developing types of design project activities. The definition of the profession reflects a wide range of established practice, which implies the presence of various theoretical positions. However, all experts without exception note the multi-level structure of the new profession, its pronounced interdisciplinary nature, which presents an additional burden for the designer. The scope of creative, engineering and social tasks, as well as IT technologies related to lighting design, reflects the nature of a complicated stage in the formation and development of the profession. The purpose of this publication is to acquaint the professional audience with the complex nature of light design, to identify a number of disciplines that make up its basis. This will allow to outline the ways of formation of new kinds and genres of lighting design, to identify its main priorities. The task of the designer is to choose a direction of activity at various levels: functional, applied, or easel direction; adhere to traditional urban light, work in the genre of multimedia light show, author’s light sculpture, etc. The multidisciplinary nature of the profession is united methodically by the scientific platform of creative activity. The design and artistic component becomes a priority in the hierarchy of innovative professional synthesis of that particular direction. Thus, lighting design is included in the sphere of project creativity, including the scientific and technical base of the new profession. The innovative potential of that activity has a significant impact on the process of its development, on the creation of a product and - as a result - on the quality of life of a wide range of consumers. In the work on the material, an analytical method of art history research was chosen. This allowed us to describe the emerging multidisciplinary problems of lighting design in a fairly broad and comprehensive manner and to outline ways to solve its current problems. The vocational education system is called upon to play a special role in this process.