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Solving Under Cabinet Lighting Challenges: The Role of Magic Lite’s 5CCT LED Task Bar
This article explores the common challenges faced by contractors, distributors, and specifiers when dealing with under cabinet lighting, including shadows, energy inefficiency, and difficult installations. It highlights how Magic Lite’s 5CCT LED Task Bar, particularly the compact 10-inch model, provides a customizable, energy-efficient, and easy-to-install solution that eliminates shadows and offers flexible lighting control.
Magic Lite Goes Off Grid on The Magnetawan River
Barry and Lorraine Burton’s off-grid home on the Magnetawan River is a testament to sustainable living. With a 24-volt DC solar power system, their home is powered entirely by renewable energy. Magic Lite’s LED lighting solutions enhance this eco-friendly setup, proving that sustainability and comfort can coexist.
Wall Washers: The Unsung Heroes of Lighting Design
Wall washers are a sophisticated tool in the lighting designer's arsenal, designed to emit a uniform light across a surface, minimizing shadows and highlighting textures, patterns, and colors. This article aims to shed light on less commonly discussed aspects of wall washer lighting, its applications in both interior and exterior environments, and how Magic Lite’s specific wall washer offerings can add substantial value to professional lighting projects.
A match made in (lighting) heaven
Layering multiple lighting solutions is a great way to create the right mood while also ensuring a space is safe and lit appropriately for the task or activity that will take place there. We combined multiple Magic Lite products to share examples of how to create functional, cohesive and enjoyable spaces.
Lighting: Improving Wellness and Productivity at Home
Lighting plays a key role in how to work at home productively and also transition psychologically between our professional and personal lives. Here we explore how to create a human-centred lighting system for your home.
Applying the art to architectural outdoor lighting
How can buildings inspire a sense of community and culture even by night? Ellen Godson, LC, IES, explains how the latest lighting trends are creating a sense of architainment 24/7.
How to use lighting to make your backyard an oasis
Investment in outdoor spaces is booming across the country. How do you ensure you get the most enjoyment of your space? Lighting design consultant, Ellen Godson LC, IES shares how lighting can help optimize an outdoor space.
T-LED Edge Light gives an ordinary open ceiling a sense of geometry
Magic Lite’s T-LED was a natural choice for an office interior that required an out-of-the-box lighting solution.
Bright Ideas in Exterior Lighting
How about some exterior lighting inspiration? Click through to see three innovative and interesting examples of lighting being used to create interest and enhance outdoor spaces.