Designer ceiling lights
Room lighting for connoisseurs If you are specifically looking for a designer ceiling light, you are a connoisseur. You are familiar with names such as Artemide, FLOS or SLAMP. Perhaps you have already chosen your favourite brands and prefer the creativity of an Ingo Maurerto the highly functional elegance of a Bopp. In any case, you know one thing: that you can furnish your four walls even more stylishly with designer ceiling lights.
What does a modern designer ceiling light look like?
Do you expect an extraordinary design from a designer ceiling light? Then you will definitely find what you are looking for. But design has always meant more than just "eye-catching". The masters of the Bauhaus school, such as Professor Wilhelm Wagenfeld, already understood this a century ago: simple, purpose-orientated design is not only timeless, but also simply stylish! "It is no exaggeration to say that original design classics are in most cases companions for decades," emphasises Carsten Hotzan, Managing Director of Tecnolumen.
Many newly designed, modern designer ceiling lights are therefore actually simple in design. LED lighting technology has made its contribution to this. This compact lighting technology enables slim, rod-shaped designs, for example. With their straightforwardness and focussing on the purpose, these clearly correspond to the Bauhaus idea. In addition, high brightness from an unrecognisable light source simply looks futuristic.
What's more, these designs are particularly popular in modern living spaces:
Gold-coloured designer ceiling lights create striking contrasts in bright interiors. Today, impact metal surfaces are particularly IN: The surface is not smooth, but has an individual structure (as if worked with a hammer). Gold-coloured lights inspire in every living room - but imagine welcoming your guests in the hallway with a light like this!
Wooden light frames are the first choice when it comes to cosy furnishings. They can be found in Scandi style as well as in modern, uncluttered minimalism. There is something graceful, warm and soft about wood, which significantly enhances the feel-good ambience in the living room.
Glass lampshades do not have to be matt and hemispherical. Modern glass looks like this: thin, high-quality glass panes conceal enormously bright LEDs behind them. The design is maximally tidy, appears light, but never fragile. In the kitchen, for example, such a minimalist design emphasises a top modern interior with high-gloss stainless steel fronts, networked kitchen appliances and ergonomic systems.
Which designer ceiling light suits which room?
Where do you want to impress your guests and feel like an absolute lighting connoisseur?
The living room is perfect for a designer ceiling light, because this is where you spend most of your time (and your guests too). In addition, the ceiling light is the first choice for generating the necessary general lighting anyway. Do you only use a few light sources in the room? And the ceiling light is supposed to be the main source of brightness? Then make sure that the luminaire is not only decorative, but also provides plenty of light. An ornate design that partially conceals the light sources can also reduce the brightness. But with all good designer ceiling lights, you don't have to worry about this! Because being a lighting designer also means fulfilling the customer's lighting requirements. "In the case of a brand like Fontana Arte, the amount and type of light go hand in hand with the impression that customers have of objects [...].The design of the housing is therefore just as important as the light that the luminaire produces_", Fontana Arte designer Francesco Librizzi aptly puts it.
The bathroom sets an important limit to your design wishes: the protected areas in the bathroom. The most important feature when choosing a designer ceiling light for the bathroom is the protection rating, which indicates the level of protection against moisture and foreign bodies. As the bathroom is a wet room, the use of a luminaire with an appropriate protection rating is even mandatory. IP44 luminaires are often used in the bathroom. However, the closer you get to the shower or bath, the higher the protection rating needs to be. You are also welcome to seek advice from our specialist consultants. You will find the contact details below.
**Stylish designer ceiling lights come into their own in the bedroom. In the form of a gold-coloured textile ceiling light, for example. Textile ceiling lights inspire not only with their cosy appearance, but also with their pleasantly soft light. This is because the fabric shade acts as a diffuser, making the light a little more cosy. Playful models such as the Veli from Slamp or the slim LED models from Escale are also popular. The important thing is that everything in this room is trimmed for cosiness. For one person this is wood, for another a chrome ceiling light. What does cosiness mean to you?
In the office, on the other hand, playful models are ruled out from the outset**. Cosy lighting such as that provided by textile ceiling lights makes people more willing to close their eyes instead of leaving them open and struggling through the mountain of paper. Simple Bauhaus lamps or minimalist LED ceiling lights provide stylish lighting in an office where the design aspect is not neglected. Incidentally, while warm white light is best in the living room, universal white light ensures functional efficiency in the office. Pay attention to this when purchasing LED light sources (for designer ceiling lights with socket) or designer lights with permanently installed LED lighting technology.
Which brands produce designer ceiling lights?
Most world-famous design brands also produce excellent ceiling lights. Nevertheless, there are fewer designer ceiling lamps than, for example, designer pendant lamps or designer table lamps. Why is that? This is because ceiling lights are often out of sight due to their high installation. A pendant lamp that projects into the room or a table lamp that stands on the side table is much more likely to be seen. And most designers want their creations to be seen!
Designer ceiling lights that the designer wants to be seen are therefore somewhat more expansive by themselves. Classic Bauhaus luminaires, on the other hand, are unobtrusive - it's the light that counts.
That's how different designer ceiling lights are:
- Designer ceiling lights from Slamp are creatively and playfully shaped.
- Artemide relies on high functionality for its ceiling lights as well as for other lighting categories.
- Ceiling lights from FLOS inspire with their structured light or material (e.g. the "Ariette").
- Bopp packs high-quality LED technology into minimalist designs.
- Ceiling lights from Tecnolumen are Bauhaus products and combine functionality with a design that was just as up-to-date a hundred years ago as it will be in a hundred years' time.
- Also take a look at the designer lights from Lampenwelt.com ...
... or search in our Brand World for your favourite design company.
What lighting technology do designer ceiling lights use?
Many designer ceiling lights continue to equip their ceiling lights with conventional lampholders. And why not? After all, you can screw or plug an LED lamp into any socket. However, there are several advantages for designers to rely on permanently installed LED lighting technology. This is because it allows completely new designs thanks to the compactness of the small LEDs.
Furthermore, LEDs are simply contemporary for modern designers. Because developing a good design for lighting products is not just about the design, but also about the technology.
LEDs stand for:
- high energy efficiency: good for the environment and your wallet
- Long service life: maintenance-free lighting pleasure
- Instant 100 % brightness: no long wait for the perfect light
- excellent light quality: cosy light and very good colour rendering
And since ceiling lights provide the basic lighting for a room and people are used to dimming ceiling lights in living rooms, designer ceiling lights are also often dimmable. Even those with LED lighting technology. However, make sure that "Yes" is specified in the "Dimmable" line in the product details. If the dimmer is not included (recognisable by a "Not included" in the "Dimmer" line), please contact our technical support team and ask for compatible dimmers. You can find the contact form below.
*Do you have further questions about designer ceiling lamps, well-known brand models or dimmability? Our specialist advisors will be happy to help you. _Here_ you will find our contact form.
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