Lighting Design (Milan)

In the last few years the use of light sources has become more refined and the lighting scheme has become fundamental in architecture and design.
At the same time, the need of companies, public and private corporations and professional studios for skilled professionals of lighting, able to design and measure the illumination of spaces and buildings has increased.
This course aims to mould skilled professionals, who are able to control and manipulate light, and to work in the research, design and marketing fields in connection with the Italian business system of companies that produce lighting devices.

The course contemplates:

• The acquisition of an historical-critical knowledge of lighting design;
• The acquisition of knowledge of lighting/technique;
• The planning, the simulation and the measuring of the optical waves;
• The design of light bodies;
• The design and the measurement of light in interiors;
• The design and the measurement of light in exteriors.
• The Lighting Designers that attend the Master will be later able to relate themselves to all the companies of the Italian Lighting System, since their acquisition of skills will influence, directly or indirectly, the companies of the System.

Projects

This course envisages three projects that will be developed in collaboration with enterprises from the industry and world renowned teachers.
Their role lies in the commissioning of projects and as councillors offering know-how and technical support. Visit to production sites will be organized.
The 3 projects will be: Light objects, Light in Interior, Light in the City, the theatre for tomorrow.

Skills

1. Historical and critical themes:
Culture of light, history of illumination and the use of light in different application fields, from figurative art to Lighting Art, from show business to domestic illumination, from Lighting Design to Design of lighting devices.
2. Technical and operating themes:

Knowledge of sources, optical waves, devices, lighting–technical measurement, computer systems for simulation and measurement: Lighting technique, Optical waves design, Electrical regulations and safety,
Lighting Sketching
3. Software and model making:
Rhinoceros, 3D Studio, Photoshop, Flash, Light Cad (Dialux/Relux)