Designing a Quality Lighting Environment

As the technology behind lighting systems becomes more sophisticated, successful lighting designs rely less on the quantity of light used to illuminate a space and more on the quality of the overall lighting environment. Designing a Quality Lighting Environment will teach users how to skillfully integrate the principles of design and the fundamentals of lighting to create spaces that are functional, safe, and aesthetically pleasing.

Susan M. Winchip is a professor of interior and environmental design in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University. She has published monographs and in several academic journals, including Journal of Interior Design Education and Research, Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Quality in Higher Education, and the College Student Journal. She has received several instructional development grants from the College of Applied Science and Technology, and the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Illinois State University.