Custom Design May Mean Custom Fixtures

NightScenes is an outdoor lighting design company which also installs, maintains and services professional grade outdoor lighting systems. As a design company, occasionally we come across a project which requires us to think outside of the box a little, and maybe design a light fixture to meet the needs of the project and the tastes of the property owner.

I know my friend James Solecki of Intregra-Bespoke Lighting Systems helped a former lighting manufacturer develop a very nice dark sky friendly fixture which we like for use on boat docks. It probably came about by seeing a need and filling it for a client. Of course, isn’t that where all great invention comes from?

We recently have been working on a project here in the rugged Texas Hill Country where our client wanted a fixture which would just disappear into the landscape, but also had a contemporary design. Their landscape architect showed us a picture of an interesting fixture, but it didn’t appear to be very functional. Yes, looks can be an important element in a fixture design, but if the purpose of the fixture is to safely illuminate a walkway and it doesn’t do the job, then it’s just a piece of art, not a lighting fixture. So we decided to see if we could take the basic concept of their design and turn it into a functional fixture. We took the idea to a local metal shop showed them what we wanted. Twenty-four hours later, there was light! We had a functional fixture incorporating the design elements our client wanted so we could safely illuminate the walkways around her property.

Now, as a result of this innovation, NightScenes will have a new product that we can use again in future outdoor lighting designs, and my local metal shop is getting into the lighting fixture making business! A potentially prosperous outcome for everyone because this client decided to use a lighting design company, instead of a company that installs lights.

Maybe your project is special too and needs some out of the box thinking. Let us know if we can be of some help by dropping us a note at info@night-scenes.com