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LED light has had a big impact on how we look at light and really opened up the creative process. It has made it possible to do things that prior to its existence wasn’t.
Besides the trend of massing light sources and lamps there is a trend to use oversized lamps and light installations and design the room to support it.
Lighting has always played an essential role in humans lives.
At first it was mainly provided by fire. But our scientific progress made it possible to use oil lamps (mainly olive oil, fish oil or beeswax) and candles made of beeswax. From the beginning of the middle ages the best candles was made out of animal fat, later by whale oil and finally by stearin and paraffin which both increased the longevity and quality of the light.
It might cost more and it might not be to everyone's taste, but tearing a building down or covering old derelict surfaces with new skin might not be the most appealing solution. The trend, in for example China, has been to tear down rather than to preserve. The learnings, from for example a post-war Berlin, are that preserving half-ruined buildings and their interiors and combining them with modern interiors and fittings can create a much more intricate and personal experience.
