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Interior lighting design: our suggestions

Lighting design is one of the most important elements in the decoration of a living space.

Choosing the right lighting strikes a balance between style, functionality and personal taste.

The Covid involved a radical change in the life habits of each of us and the priorities in our lives.

Reclaiming the spaces, making your home cozy and functional, reflecting the personality of those who live it has become a widespread priority.

Less is more has become a statement useful to interior decor and also to the choice of lamps.

Horo, designed by Pierre Gonalons, with its simple and essential lines, certainly goes in this direction. The simplicity and the ability to decorate with taste and various spaces make Horo a winning choice!

Another focus of the season is the passion for retro atmospheres. The time of solitary confinement that we spent has made us nostalgic, eager to recreate the world of our childhood, or that golden age that we dream of being able to live again. So also in the interior lighting we see the return to the 60’s and 70’s, to the economic and creative boom that has involved the whole world.

Vegas designed by Marc Sadler is a collection of sculptural volumes, precious and impactful, that illuminates the house with a sign of style very marked.

The passion for retro and vintage taste will certainly make you appreciate Olympya design by Masiero Lab, which with its classic shapes and reassuring colors is a choice of lighting design that will accompany you over time.

Sustainability and attention to the environment are values that are back in vogue. So natural materials enjoy a renewed interest.

Flashwood design by Giovanni Battista Gianola is the Masiero’s suggestion made of wood with integrated LED lighting, in full respect of the environment.

We talked about current trends in interior lighting design, but what really matters when choosing the lighting of your home is harmony. The house is the place where you share family experiences or take refuge in the intimacy of a time for yourself. All this requires harmony in the colors, in the shapes, in the space that you live.

The creation of a warm and welcoming space goes through the choice of interior lighting, which contributes to create the right atmosphere for each of these moments. The balance between aesthetics and functionality, design and practicality is the focus of Masiero’s lighting proposals.

Choosing designer lamps for your spaces means leaving an imprint of your personality, making the space unique, modeling the light and shadows, shapes and lines, colors and volumes. I mean, make it real.

Author of the article
Alessia D’Alesio
Global Marketing & Communication Manager, Masiero

Lighting ideas for open-space kitchen and living room

The open space kitchen and living room was born in American architecture and is increasingly popular in Italians homes. It is a focal space of the house, the one where the family comes together to spend time together and share conviviality thanks to the large spaces reformulated on a human scale.

Within the space it is appropriate to delimit the areas, distinguishing the kitchen from the dining room and the living area. To do this in addition to the furniture you can use the lighting design to emphasize this distinction.

The search for lighting solutions of an open space should start from the study of space. The most important lighting points should also be chosen according to the type of lighting you want, recessed spotlights, LED spotlights or chandeliers.

The furniture plays a primary role in the choice: a suspension in the middle of the room integrates perfectly with an elegant and classic space, while minimal solutions such as spotlights or design suspensions illuminate better a minimal space. In the choice it is to consider that straight and geometric lines follow the verticality of modern furniture, while the rounder shapes can soften the whole.

Thanks to the creation of separate areas within a single space the family will have the areas suitable for every moment. A very important light point is the one that will light up the dining table, where the moments of conviviality are spent.

The relax area, with its sofas and armchairs, is the most relaxing heart of the house where you can spend your free time having long evenings chatting, reading books and watching movies with friends and it needs a dedicated lighting.

The ideal is to establish more points of light in this area, perhaps using floor lamps next to the armchair, rather than a chandelier that lightly illuminates the room or spotlights that are the ideal solution in the darkest corners. To light up a dining table or the island in the kitchen, it is ideal to choose a suspension with a straight and clean line.

You can range from the Olà collection, choosing the oval suspension, perfect to illuminate the kitchen island giving a touch of preciousness

to the billiards of the Sound, which is characterized by the characteristic shape and minimal at the same time.

The living area needs a more intimate atmosphere, to be illuminated with the elegant crystal pearls of Cristalis

or with the captivating design of Blink


or with Crek and its precious handmade glass plates.

You can add a touch of color with soft light by choosing Cupole.

If there are areas of particular interest for architecture or furniture elements to enhance, you can use wall lamps that allow you to light up even the most narrow areas as corners and niches. Among Masiero’s various proposals in terms of wall lamps, Palm stands out for its originality and flexibility, being a modular wall decoration system.

If you need to renew the lighting of the open space kitchen-living room, but you do not want to undertake a whole path of lighting design, you will simply replace the suspension of the room with something special.

You can choose Olympya: changing even a single detail so important will give new life to the entire room.

Author of the article
Alessia D’Alesio
Global Marketing & Communication Manager, Masiero

How to manage living room lighting

Choosing the correct lighting for the living room is very complex and requires special attention, because very different activities take place in this area of ​​the house. This space is in fact used for leisure, conviviality, relax, sometimes for work and must therefore be welcoming and comfortable.

There are several factors to consider when choosing the lighting in the living room, such as the size of the room, the natural light present, the furnishings style and, last but not least, how you intend to use this area of ​​the house.

When managing space, it is essential to identify the activities that take place there, in order to choose the most functional light. As far as style is concerned, it is essential that the design of the lights integrate with that of the furnishings, playing with the same leitmotiv or with contrasts, as long as they are studied.

The choice of the type of lighting is wide, it can range from suspensions to retractable spotlights, from wall lamps to floor lamps and table lamps, with classic or contemporary style, country, vintage or shabby chic, made in the most varied materials and shades of infinite color.

In order to better illuminate the living room it is essential to ensure the right light throughout the space, creating:

  • General lighting through a central chandelier
  • An intermediate lighting, ideal for emphasizing a specific area, such as the bookcase
  • Accent lighting, with a purely decorative purpose

Masiero offers a wide range of products suitable for lighting the living room.

Se hai una stanza di grandi dimensioni e sei amante del classico rivisitato con il colore, il Maria Teresain vetro colorato è perfetto per te.

If, on the other hand, you are a lover of the classic revisited in a modern way, you can choose between Darshan in its different colors

Vertical view of contemporary main room

and Olympya, where you can use a mix of suspension and wall lamp to light up your home.

Are you looking for a chandelier that has a different allure between on and off? Horo with marble effect glass is perfect for you.

If there is a dining table in the living room, you will need to think about adequately lighting it, to see well during dinner and chat pleasantly with the diners. Vegas will make your table sparkle providing the functionality of illuminating evenly.

If the living room is small, you can make it welcoming by choosing wall lamps, such as the Palm, a real wall decoration system.

Ceiling lamps that radiate light evenly are also an excellent choice.

Depending on your taste, you could choose a piece from the Impero&Deco collection, such as the VE 760 available in different shapes and sizes.

Vertical view of contemporary main room

If you want to create a reading corner, it is appropriate to use a floor lamp to be placed next to an armchair. The floor lamp will guarantee the correct light to read without straining the eyes.

Ideal for highlighting the room, the Sound floor lamp will give character to your living room, just like the Horo floor lamp.

Lighting is really essential in the living room, as it can be a functional and decorative object at the same time. Our proposal is really wide, suitable to satisfy the most varied style and size needs. Our proposal is really wide, suitable to satisfy the most varied style and size needs.

Author of the article
Alessia D’Alesio
Global Marketing & Communication Manager, Masiero

Ancient Greece as a source of inspiration for Olympya

Good taste and balance are the hallmark of the new Olympya chandelier, inspired from ancient Greece – the cradle of beauty and cultur. Its simplicity of form is counterbalanced by the excellence of the materials and by its craftmanship.

The central structure of Olympya resonates of a Greek temple; the metal frame is tinted in a refined galvanic finish and covered in transparent glass. Metal and glass are the hallmarks of the arms, which branch out from the central structure and punctuate the space around them with geometric patterns.

Each arm is rendered unique by very special oval pendants in “Crek” style glass, a typical hand-made process which allows the incorporation of small air bubbles, making each drop a unique piece.

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