Designer Linear Lighting
Browse Visual Comfort & Co.’s diverse range of designer linear lighting fixtures, crafted by expert designers to bring ample light and modern style to your home. Whether you’re looking for something bold or understated and large or compact, you’ll find it in this collection.
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Different areas in a home call for different lighting solutions. That’s why we carefully curate our collection of linear lighting fixtures, giving you a wide range of options to suit specific layouts. Our linear lighting fixtures feature many forms and styles, but their unifying characteristic is length. Their long and narrow profiles make them excellent for hallways and long rooms, and above rectangular dining tables and kitchen islands. In this collection, you’ll discover suspended continuous light fixtures, linear chandeliers, linear pendants, and linear lanterns. Created by world-class designers like Thomas O’Brien, Avroko, Suzanne Kasler, and Chapman & Myers, these fixtures empower you to select the fixtures that suit your exact aesthetic preferences and lighting needs.
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The Design and Structure of Linear Lighting
Linear lighting comes in many forms and styles, but the unifying characteristic is length. Their long and narrow profiles make them excellent for hallways and long rooms, and above dining tables and kitchen islands. Below are some fixture types to consider.
Suspended Continuous Light Fixtures: Hung from the ceiling using cables or rods, these fixtures provide consistent light across a beam or stem, often using LED strips.
Linear Chandeliers: Like traditional chandeliers, these fixtures feature multiple separate bulbs. What sets them apart is their long shape, making them ideal for providing ambient lighting above long tables and kitchen islands.
Linear Pendants: Designed to provide focused task lighting, these fixtures hold several pendant lights in a row, making them excellent above tables, kitchen islands, and long countertops.
Some Benefits of Linear Lighting
Here are just a few of the reasons linear lighting has become increasingly popular.
Uniform Lighting: Linear fixtures provide consistent illumination across their length, reducing shadows and achieving even light distribution.
Versatility: The variety of designs, styles, and sizes makes linear lighting suitable for a wide range of lighting functions and aesthetic styles.
Energy Efficiency: Especially when using LEDs, linear fixtures can offer significant energy savings and reduced maintenance costs.
How to Choose Linear Lighting Fixtures
First and foremost, you’ll want to ensure the fixtures you choose provide enough of the kind of light the area calls for. That might be task lighting for your kitchen or ambient lighting to make a space visible and easy to navigate. It’s also important to consider scale, ensuring your fixtures will fit the room’s dimensions. These functional considerations will help you narrow down your options. From there, take aesthetics into account, making sure your fixtures complement and enhance the decor style you’ve established.