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Lighting Design References

Explore industry references for hospitality and decorative lighting. These projects are credited to their original makers and are not XY Lighting completed projects.

Ring and Cylinder Installation for a Riyadh Cultural Atrium

A 12-metre atrium composition of brass rings and opal cylinders turns a circulation void into the building’s signature.

Project type: Cultural

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The atrium is the first interior guests see after security. The architect wanted a piece that could be read from three floors at once, without blocking daylight from the skylight. We composed concentric brass rings with a field of suspended opal cylinders, each on its own drop length taken from a laser survey. All rings are 2700–3000K tunable white, DALI-2, with a daylight-linked scene that holds the cylinders just above the ambient skylight so they never look dull at noon. Cylinders are hand-blown glass with a brass cap and a replaceable LED engine. The installation was trial-hung in our Zhongshan hall against a taped floor plan, then shipped as a numbered kit with a rigging drawing for the local contractor. Two commissioning nights locked the evening scene that now photographs as the project’s identity image.

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Brass Globe Chandelier for a Shanghai Hotel Lobby

A custom branching chandelier and matching floor lamps set the arrival sequence for a five-star lobby on the Bund.

Project type: Hospitality

Location: Shanghai, China

The brief asked for a single sculptural piece that could hold a 7-metre lobby volume without competing with the limestone architecture. We developed a brass branching chandelier with hand-blown opal globes, sized on site from a 1:10 mock-up and a lighting mesh in DIALux. Each globe is an independently dimmable LED module at 2700K, CRI 90+, wired to a DALI-2 scene set for daytime check-in, evening arrival, and late-night quiet hours. Matching floor lamps and table lamps carry the same globe language into the lounge alcoves so the room reads as one family of fixtures. The chandelier was assembled in Zhongshan, pre-wired, and shipped in two crates with a numbered hanging plan. On-site commissioning took two nights after the stone work was complete. The finished lobby now uses one fixture language from the porte-cochère through to the lift lobby.

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Ciel Dubai Marina — Sculptural Crystal Lobby Lighting

Industry reference: a sculptural hotel lobby lighting case presented by R&C Deco Lighting.

Project type: Hospitality / decorative lighting reference

Location: Dubai Marina, United Arab Emirates

Reference / inspiration (not an XY Lighting completed project). R&C Deco Lighting presents a Ciel Dubai Marina lobby lighting case featuring a sculptural crystal composition. Attribution here follows the maker’s published project reference. Design inspiration: consider the relationship between a sculptural chandelier, the lobby volume, and the guest arrival sequence when preparing a custom decorative lighting brief. Original maker: R&C Deco Lighting.

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Earls Las Olas Fort Lauderdale — Coastal Hospitality Lighting

Industry reference: VISO combines rattan-inspired textures and custom glass for restaurant lighting.

Project type: Hospitality / decorative lighting reference

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Reference / inspiration (not an XY Lighting completed project). VISO describes working with the Earls design team on custom lighting for Earls Las Olas. The project pairs rattan and wood-like textures with slump-glass forms, while addressing the demands of an exposed rooftop restaurant. Design inspiration: balance a relaxed decorative material palette with site-specific engineering when planning hospitality lighting. Original maker: VISO.

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Villa Genesis Menton — Diamant Crystal Chandeliers

Industry reference: WRANOVSKY coordinates crystal chandeliers and wall lights for a boutique hotel.

Project type: Hospitality / decorative lighting reference

Location: Menton, France

Reference / inspiration (not an XY Lighting completed project). WRANOVSKY documents customized Diamant crystal chandeliers and wall lights at Villa Genesis hotel. Blue and green decorative trimmings coordinate the fixtures with different parts of the interior. Design inspiration: use coordinated chandeliers and wall lights, with variations in decorative color, to connect the rooms of a boutique hotel or a villa-style interior. Original maker: WRANOVSKY.

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Kahler Grand Hotel Rochester — Historic-Inspired Lobby Chandeliers

Industry reference: 2nd Ave Lighting and PFW Designs reinterpret historic lighting for a hotel lobby.

Project type: Hospitality / decorative lighting reference

Location: Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Reference / inspiration (not an XY Lighting completed project). US Lighting Trends describes two custom lobby chandeliers from 2nd Ave Lighting, developed with PFW Designs for the Kahler Grand Hotel renovation. The fixtures draw on the hotel’s earlier lighting while updating its interior. Design inspiration: use historic fixture proportions as a starting point when developing decorative lighting for a heritage hospitality setting. Original maker: 2nd Ave Lighting.

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Five Luxe JBR Dubai — Underwater-Inspired Glass Lighting

Industry reference: Sans Souci brings marine-inspired glass compositions into a Dubai hotel.

Project type: Hospitality / decorative lighting reference

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Reference / inspiration (not an XY Lighting completed project). Sleeper reports on Sans Souci glass installations at Five Luxe JBR, including a large lobby chandelier whose glass forms and lighting scenes evoke the marine world. Design inspiration: develop a decorative lighting concept around the setting of a hotel, then carry a related material language across arrival and guest spaces. Original maker: Sans Souci.

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Branching Chandelier for a Hangzhou Lakeside Villa

A residential chandelier scaled from our hospitality globe family, with matching table lamps for the living room and garden view.

Project type: Residential

Location: Hangzhou, China

The owners wanted the warmth of a hotel lobby chandelier in a private living room that opens to the lake. We scaled the branching globe language down to a 1600 mm span, used a quieter brass tone, and kept every globe on a separate dimming channel so the room can sit at 10% after dinner. Table lamps on the sideboard share the same opal glass so the chandelier does not feel like a one-off. Drivers are 2700K, CRI 95, TRIAC dimmable to match the house’s existing wall controls. Cable drops were cut on site after the sofa placement was confirmed. The fixture was finished, photographed, and crated as a single piece. Installation took an afternoon. The living room now holds the view at dusk without turning on the downlights.

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Glare-Controlled Linear Light for a Singapore Boardroom

A single architectural linear and a cove wash give a 14-seat boardroom video-call grade lighting without downlight scallops.

Project type: Corporate

Location: Singapore

The headquarters boardroom had floor-to-ceiling glass on one side and a dark timber wall on the other. Recessed downlights were producing glare on the conference camera and hot spots on the table. We replaced the grid with one custom linear pendant, a table-integrated task slot, and a wall-wash cove. The pendant uses a low-glare opal lens at 3000K, CRI 90, with DALI-2 dimming tied to occupancy and a video-call scene that lifts vertical illuminance on faces. The cove keeps the dark millwork from falling to black on camera. All drivers sit in a remote cupboard so the ceiling stays silent. Lead time from approved drawing to delivery was 18 days. After commissioning, measured UGR on the sitting line stayed under 19, and the video-call scene now runs as the default weekday preset.

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Linear Pendants for a Dubai Dining Gallery

A run of custom linear pendants zones a long communal table while keeping the bar and booths on separate scenes.

Project type: Restaurant

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This restaurant needed three light levels in one room: a bright, even wash over the communal table, a tighter glow at the bar, and a quieter field for booth dining. We designed a family of linear pendants in brushed brass with an opal acrylic diffuser, hung at 1900 mm above the table so faces stay modelled and plates stay readable. The pendants use 2700K integrated LED with CRI 95 and a 0–10V / DALI hybrid driver, so the operator can drop the dining scene without dimming the bar bottle wall. Timber slat walls are grazed from a concealed linear slot so the room still has vertical light when the pendants are at 20%. All fixtures were finished to a project-matched brass sample, packed with a hanging template, and commissioned against a four-scene preset. The result is a dining room that can move from lunch service to late supper without changing a lamp.

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