Lighting formulas
Exact parameters for north light, low winter sun, evening lamplight and the overcast day that flatters every material.
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The 2026 Spatial Lighting
The 2026 Spatial Lighting
& Material Masterlist
The exact formulas and spatial parameters we use to achieve honest materials, depth, and believable architectural proportions in modern renderings. Yours free.
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Ninety six pages of things we normally keep to ourselves.
Material recipes
How to describe oak, unlacquered brass, limewash and bouclé so they read as themselves and not as plastic.
Proportion rules
The ratios that make a room feel considered, and the ones that quietly make it feel wrong.
Full room walkthroughs
Complete parameter sets for a kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, hallway, study and living room.
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Formula 07
Formula 12
Formula 23
One formula, so you know what you are getting.
North-facing room, late morning
Cool indirect daylight at a low angle, soft shadow falloff, slight blue cast in the shadows and warm bounce from the floor. Keep contrast gentle. This is the light that makes matte plaster look expensive.
Unlacquered brass, six months old
Warm reflective metal with a soft patina, fingerprints left visible, catching light along the edge rather than across the face.
In the full masterlistEvening, single warm source
Warm reflective metal with a soft patina, fingerprints left visible, catching light along the edge rather than across the face.
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