Lighting’s Best Kept Secret Revealed : High Tech Dimmers

There’s More to Lighting Than ‘On’ and ‘Off’

A room can be completely transformed by lighting, yet the control of it via dimmers remains one of the most overlooked and underused aspects of home interior design.

Quality dimmers - such as those from Lutron, whose founder invented the electronic dimmer in 1961 – can be used in rooms to create dramatic or subtle changes of ambience to suit both mood and occasion.

Lutron has often been referred to as lighting’s ‘best kept secret’, since its products have mostly been found in the homes of lighting designers, interior designers and architects, plus any celebrities they work for. Indeed, its products are seen in some of the most stylish and sophisticated private residences throughout the world – as well as in major arts and cultural buildings such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Now its products can be bought at Harrods and a variety of specialist lighting showrooms.

What makes Lutron’s dimmers stand out is an over-riding commitment to technology and design - which results in a significant ‘step-up’ from the usual dimmer experience.

This is because Lutron’s dimmers are designed by some of America’s best engineers (many drawn from prestigious colleges such as The Massachusetts Institute of Technology), are made using top-quality materials and, finally, are tested far above industry standards.

This high-end engineering is complemented by a range of stylish, snap-on, faceplates to ensure the dimmers look as good as they function.

Lutron doesn’t offer the low-tech and ‘clunky’ rotary switch system – instead, it provides more contemporary looks and greater control via slide, tap and Infra-Red (IR) functions. The range includes the slide-function Lyneo (£22.50-£151.00 RRP), the digital tap and IR-function Rania (£60.00-£204.00 RRP) and ‘Solina’, a dimmer for floor or table lamps (£32.00-£40.00 RRP).

Stockist information can be found via www.lutron.com/europe or 020 7702 0657.