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Four Tips for Choosing the Right Lighting How to find the right fixtures and light for your space WORDS BY ERIN SLOBODIAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY GERRY THOMAS
It’s one of the only things in your home that will
Knowing how you want to feel in each room can
motivate you or relax you. That’s how the founder
help you to choose the right fixtures.
of Edmonton’s Vivid Concepts Lighting + Design describes lighting. In terms of importance in
Don’t buy based on price.
design, Nick-Cole Fleshman says that lighting
“It’s counterproductive because you will find
should be number one. “It’s really like jewellery.
fixtures that don’t work the way you want them
You get dressed and you look really good but
to. Most of the time you won’t find what should
without the jewellery to compliment it, the
be put in the space. You can fail in scale and
outfit is not finished.”
you can fail in finding the right fixture for the required function.” For example, what you find
Vivid Concepts Lighting + Design specializes
might not give enough light.
in medium to high-end lighting collections. It is a design-driven business whose customers
Make an appointment with a professional
are focused on lighting as a special feature in
lighting designer. “Come in and sit down with
commercial or residential projects.They collaborate
us so that we can pull together a collection of
with architects, designers, engineers, and builders.
pieces that will be unique to each space.” A professional lighting designer at Vivid Concepts
Fleshman has four lighting tips for people
+ Design can help to pull all the elements
to keep in mind when embarking on
together to find the perfect lighting and fixtures.
design projects: Fleshman says lighting is very fashionable. There Find photos of rooms you like. Having visuals will
are new collections every year and her team
help to understand the way you want your space
goes to major shows in Europe that represent all
to feel. Then you can find the right fixture that will
the latest in lighting fashion. “We can curate with
work the way you want it to.
a designer a really fine collection of fixtures all from different manufacturers from all over the
Understand how you want to feel in each room.
world. The end result is a collaboration of fixtures
“Lighting is all about a feeling. It affects your mood.
that are unique in each space and room. They’re
It creates romance. It creates a feeling so that you
there together but they are not the same and
can cook or clean or relax,” explains Fleshman.
that is what makes our projects quite unique.” ▶
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