Lighting Techniques for Interior Design

With the right lighting, you can make any room in your home a cozy, comfortable, and multifunctional space. In this online course, learn to design lighting for homes alongside Mónica Vega, designer and founder of studio LumLum.

She teaches you how to choose the most appropriate light for each room in a home, based on the time of day and the designated activities for those areas. She also explains how to create a lighting scenario that showcases your design proposal.

Begin the course by getting to know Mónica Vega and how she made a career out of expressing ideas and emotions through light. Discover her biggest influences and sources of inspiration.

Dive into the basic concepts of lighting design for indoor spaces. Learn when to use direct and indirect light, and what differentiates architectural lighting units from decorative ones.

Now it’s time to apply these concepts and design the lighting of an entire home. Start with the kitchen and see how to find the perfect balance between pleasant and functional. Move on to the living room and the bedroom, creating atmospheres that promote rest and relaxation. Finish up by focusing on the bathroom, the most intimate and often most overlooked area.

Finally, Mónica teaches you what a lighting control system is and the best way to integrate it into your home. She also helps you create a lighting scenario that showcases your design proposal and shares tips on how to present it.