How It Works

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Around 40 per cent of the electromagnetic radiation emitted from our Sun is the full-colour spectrum of visible light. With the exception of green-coloured wavelengths, plants on Earth absorb all other colours, particularly red and blue wavelengths.

Artists & Illustrators

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Have you ever looked around your garden and enjoyed every plant you have lovingly nurtured, only to realise that you can find nothing that inspires you to paint? It’s easy to tell yourself that this shouldn’t be the case. If William Morris’s famous q

Earthmovers & Excavators

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It’s rare nowadays to see truly impressive manufacturing feats in Australia. A lot can be pinned on the obvious – there just is not as much manufacturing in Australia as there once was. However, while the industry has shrunk, there are still homegrow

Visi

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Pure and graphic, the minimalist aluminium rods of STICKS – designed by Arik Levy for Vibia – can be used to transform linear light into a floating sculpture, to brighten corners and to highlight architectural elements using light. Create your own la

Log Home Living

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from rustic materials to unfussy furnishings, this nostalgic cabin porch boasts all the ingredients for a serene spot to kick back and relax. Details like a big pile of pillows, accent lighting that’s just right and a classic color scheme come togeth

Architectural Digest India

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The Delhi design world was dazzled recently by ‘Light First’, a collaboration between iGuzzini, a renowned lighting brand from Italy, and six leading Indian designers—Harmeet Singh Issar, Kanchan Puri, Manav Bhargava, Vibhor Sogani, Sarvdeep Basur an

Homes & Gardens

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BEST WAY TO LINK INDOORS TO THE OUTSIDE Extend the same flooring from the house to the exterior. OUTDOOR MUST-HAVE Lighting can make all the difference. Think lanterns, candles, cordless dimmable lamps… FAVOURITE WEATHERPROOF FABRIC The fun, colourfu

3D World

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Pietro Chiovaro replies Many elements can help us to achieve engaging lighting effects in a scene, and if our aim is to achieve realism in our image, the lighting is the first thing to improve. There isn’t a formula to do it since the light placement

PC Magazine

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Casper Glow $89.00 4/5 Stars PROS Attractive modern design. Small and portable. Easy to set up. CONS Pricey. Limited customization. No Google Home or Alexa integration. When you think of Casper, you probably think of mattresses, but the company

The Pastel Journal

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Step 1: I first create a general road map by drawing the main shapes lightly with a black China wax pencil. Subsequent pastel will go cleanly over the wax lines. I start with the things I find most exciting and work out from there. I place a vibrant

ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME

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PROJECT Dining Room DESIGN Joyce Downing Pickens, JDP Interiors Sconces | Thomas O’Brien, Circa Lighting • Chair | Vintage • Dining Chairs and Chandelier | Rejuvenation • Credenza and Dining Table | Custom Made • Art | Clients’ Own ■

CQ Amateur Radio

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When working with such a setup, please be extremely careful to never look directly into the output beam of the laser or any direct reflection of it, regardless of the output power. The light beam can cause serious damage to the eye, especially for hi

WellBeing

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WORDS / LINDA MOON According to Dr Jacob Liberman, a pioneer in the fields of light, vision and consciousness, lack of sunlight and our use of artificial lighting are contributing to an epidemic of modern health problems. As the most primal energy, w

Your Family

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Melissa Davidson from The Lighting Warehouse offers advice for bringing your outdoor spaces alive at night: ‘Whether you’re adding lighting to your outdoor spaces for practical, security, landscaping or aesthetic reasons, lighting has a tendency to t

Gun Digest

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It’s after sunset, and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum are parked around the corner of the liquor store, smoking a joint and listening to Pearl Jam on the radio. Their piece-of-junk Ford Probe is idling because they’re afraid that if they turn it off, it

Airgun Shooter

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RABBITS CAN become lamp-shy (where they’re afraid of the beam of your lamp) after frequent shooting pressure, but there are ways to get around the problem. Mat usually starts his autumn rabbit lamping season with a white beam and then switches to red

DESIGNLINES

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WHEN Jordan Söderberg Mills set out to create an Instagram filter you could hold in the palm of your hand, he turned to glass prisms and physical optics over HTML5. His miniature cubes are completely analogue and can be rested on an iPhone camera to

Essentials South Africa

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As with any dark colour, it’s important to balance it with large areas of neutral – use it with white, nude, pink and pale greys, as well as lighter blues, for a gentle, natural combination. Creamy tones will look dated, so keep whites bright and pur

Futurity

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Millions of birds die each year in collisions with planes and current solutions—such as fireworks and herding dogs—are useless once a plane takes off. Now there might be another way, researchers report. A new study shows that red and blue LED lights

Homes & Gardens

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Sophie’s company, Studio Ashby, is celebrated for its considered approach and use of interesting colours, art and bespoke pieces. 1 . THIS THREE-BEDROOM APARTMENT is situated in Holland Park Villas, a new-build development by Native Land. Pictured

You South Africa

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Rich colours add warmth to a space and can be matched with pops of brighter colour or soft neutrals. Metallics, velvet, wood and greenery work well on their own or together to create depth and cosiness in a space.  Opt for warm light with pendants,

Sporting Shooter

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SINCE I discovered Z-Vision’s three-coloured hunting lights, they’re all I’ve used. There are two key things you need to know about them. First, they are three-in-one lights, with three different coloured LED lights on a rotating internal dial, so yo

House and Leisure

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FROM LEFT Noble desk lamp R899, Superbalist.com; Moonlight floor lamp R9 184, KLight; Wireflow chandelier by Arik Levy for Vibia R253 034, Streamlight; O round handblown glass pendant R5 500, Woltemade; Mano table lamp by Pietro Chiesa for FontanaArt

Popular Science

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Brian Klutch Through The Looking Glass Understanding how light travels is the key. Why do the black and white bars on this piece of patterned paper seemingly switch direction? The answer lies in the shape of the glass—and what’s inside. First, a few

India Today

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“Table lamps can be used in an engaging way of using light in a diffused manner. The lamp can be used as a design element in terms of form or shape and the way it distributes light in terms of up lighter or down lighter and the way it creates differe

Robb Report

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Skating-rink seating. Gone are the days of furniture pushed up against the walls—banish it! Find the style center of your room, and strategically place a pair of sofas back-to-back to add interest and conviviality. With its clean, sexy lines, the G

Robb Report

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So you’ve gone to the trouble of getting the latest and greatest gaming system. But is your display up to the challenge? For the best in purpose-built gaming monitors, look no further than the new 49-inch Odyssey G9 from Samsung ($1,700), a leader in

India Today

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“The lighting preferences should be sorted during the initial design phase of a new build or renovation project. There is more to lighting than just deciding how many downlights to put in each room. Depending on the location, wall sconces or uplighti

Landscape Architecture Magazine

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Every autumn for the past five years, the Waller Creek Conservancy has hosted a temporary exhibition of site-specific lighting installations along Austin, Texas’s Waller Creek. The exhibition, known as the Creek Show, has served as a platform for bot

Trade-A-Boat

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Underwater boat lighting brand Lumishore have tested Propspeed’s Lightspeed coating and say it protects underwater lights and does not degrade lumen output or change the lighting’s colour. The transparent coating, designed to protect underwater asset