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light seam | Retail

application

Light Seam in retail interiors is the illumination of the intersection of two perpendicular planes, usually to supplement general illumination, accent feature walls, or highlight particular design elements.

research

Light Seam is the resultant effect when a reveal, or gap, at the intersection of two interior planes is illuminated. The practice is most commonly found at the juncture of the wall and ceiling planes, causing the wall to appear as if it extends above the ceiling. Identified in a previous study of retail Intypes, Light Seam was named to describe a specific type of recessed cove lighting that occurs at this intersection of the wall and ceiling, washing the wall in light and visually separating the ceiling almost as if it were floating.¹ This Intype was later researched in depth as part of the Intypes Project in a study of Light as an Element, broadening the practice to include illumination within the narrow recess between the edges of any two architectural planes.² Most recently Light Seam was found to be an archetypical practice in workplace design as well, most commonly used

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