Designer track lighting is becoming the protagonist in homes and the outdoors: here are the best solutions for the indoors and outdoors.
There is a “new category” of lamps in which form and function go hand in hand: designer track lighting. This solution is the perfect union between the technical systems used in public spaces and decorative products with modular and reconfigurable systems. These lamps not only illuminate but also help define the interior’s style.
The main characteristics of this type of lighting are flexibility, adaptability to any environment, and the ability to mix an industrial soul and suspensions with a more classic mood.
These lamps allow you to free yourself from the generic arrangements. They provide you with unlimited options because they can be positioned with precision and ease according to your needs, over a table, at the kitchen worktop, or in the living room.
In this article, we will help you discover track lighting with the following points:
- When to choose designer track lighting
- Modern lighting systems, between design and technology
- The advantages of designer track lighting systems
Stant
When to choose designer track lighting
Designer track lamps look good in any context: in more classic apartments they are a modern break; in more contemporary contexts they do not interrupt the cleanliness of the finishes and create an essential and minimalist setting.
Furthermore, the products are equipped with adequate IP protection and are perfect for illuminating covered outdoor areas such as patios, dehors, or gazebos.
Opting for a designer track lighting system can be a stylistic choice or a necessity. It is a solution that adapts to any lighting project by virtue of the nature configurable at will.
The lamps are made up of an electrified or simply supportive structure – the track – that can be mounted on the ceiling or the wall, and the lighting fixtures are then hooked to the track. In this way, the light can be pointed in any direction, using a single power supply.
The number and size of the light points are at the discretion of the designer, to be assessed on the basis of the lighting parameters that one wishes to respect, or the style one wishes to give to the room.
Some advantages of using track lighting is not being bound to the electrical system or to specific arrangements for suspensions or appliques. As a result, it is possible to freely design the position and number of light points without carrying out invasive masonry and wiring work.
Another strength of designer track lighting is that it can be reconfigured over time. You can modify the "path of the track" on the ceiling and walls, but also move the lighting fixtures based on new furnishing arrangements.
Finally, it is possible to increase or decrease the number of spotlights and suspensions based on changing needs or evolutions in taste.
Leda
Modern lighting systems, between design and technology
Designer track lighting is a safe, durable, and perfect choice if you want to consume less energy thanks to certain characteristics: compact drivers that can be easily housed in a niche or simply fixed to the wall, reduced consumption, and the possibility of adjusting the brightness of the lamps.
From an aesthetic point of view, the tracks are generally white, designed to optically disappear from the surfaces, or black, if you want to create a graphic effect on ceilings and walls. Available in straight or curved sections, they allow you to define load-bearing structures with ever-changing geometries, creatively assembling the various segments.
The lighting fixtures follow different aesthetics: one more professional, the other more decorative. The spotlights belong to the first group, perfect for when you want to have precise light, because they are adjustable and equipped with precision optics. In the second category, we find the diffusers in glass or plastic, opal or transparent, and the suspensions.
The latter can be installed on flat surfaces and can create wavy compositions with elements fixed at different heights.
Which outdoor lighting systems to choose
Thanks to the complete freedom from any constraint of systems and arrangements, designer track lighting can be easily used even outdoors. Terraces, covered patios, dehors, and gazebos are thus transformed into comfortable and safe spaces even after sunset.
Like any outdoor lighting fixture, track lighting is also distinguished by an adequate degree of resistance to water and atmospheric agents.
For a decorative twist outdoors, Karman proposes Leda, conceived by the duo Luca De Bona and Dario De Meo. It is a modular suspension that can be configured by mixing a wire with LED strips wrapped in a transparent and flexible silicone tube. This particular mix gives life to a sort of architectural maxi-series.
The best interior lighting systems
Perfect in any public or private space, ideal in any room of the house, designer track lighting systems can illuminate every corner with precision, maintaining an aesthetically pleasing modern style.
This lighting system can turn out particularly useful in multifunctional spaces. You can choose whether to focus on specific points of the environment or to uniformly illuminate a more or less extensive space.
Track lighting looks great in the kitchen, where a more technical touch can be ideal for focusing the light on the worktops or central islands. Karman, for its clients’ kitchens, proposes two interesting high-quality systems:
- The minimal Airtek One , designed by Edmondo Testaguzza, is pure and minimal with a light aluminum structure you can hang the spotlights on.
Airtek One
- The lineare Turn It, designed by Rocco Este, is characterized by an ingenious sliding system inside the profile to comfortably insert the spotlights from below.
Turn It
In the living room, above the sofa, or over the dining table, a designer track lighting system with a deco touch can be a winner. From the Karman collections:
- Filomena by Matteo Ugolini, where the track turns into a cable and the light points are conical diffusers you can play with following your creative flair
Filomena
- Stant by Edoardo Testaguzza, whose kit also includes curved section rails that create circles and vortices, and its assembly system is deliberately visible, as in a work of high-tech engineering
The advantages of designer track lighting systems
The aesthetic qualities and practical advantages of designer track lighting systems are undeniable, and are the basis of the success of these products. It is a category of lamps increasingly loved by the market and increasingly used in lighting projects in public or private environments.
The LED sources, with a long life and low consumption, and the possibility of varying and reconfiguring the system according to new needs, are certainly excellent strengths. Designer track lighting systems also stand out for their versatility, the possibility of customization, and for their ease of installation.
There are many characteristics and qualities that a lighting designer, but also a "private" client, should take into consideration when choosing and purchasing lighting.
