Smart light in the bathroom – The perfect illumination and much more

The bathrooms of today combine functionality and well-being in one room: they are used for personal hygiene and grooming while also providing a retreat to relax and recharge. This is why people make them cosy and furnish them to their taste – with stylish sanitary ware, furniture and possibly even a smart illumination system that always provides the right light.

Mood-setting light

Stimulating or relaxing, invigorating or calming – light really does set the mood. However, the effect of light not only depends on the brightness, but also on the light colour or colour temperature. Warm light that we find cosy and comfortable has a temperature of between 2,000 and 3,000 kelvins. Light in a neutral white with about 4,000 kelvins produces a clear, functional atmosphere. A colour temperature of 6,000 kelvins generates a daylight white, a light colour that is very similar to natural daylight and has a stimulating effect.

Bathrooms in the right light

The different effects of light can be used creatively and to their advantage especially in the bathroom – and that at any time of day or night. Early in the morning, dimmed light that slowly adapts to accommodate the personal waking state is very soothing. After a refreshing shower, natural light conditions help best with styling, shaving and putting on make-up. But then in the evenings, soft mood light makes a relaxing soak even cosier. And a subtle nightlight is a pleasant way to make a night-time visit to the bathroom safe.

Mirrors and cabinets as smart light sources

The perfect light sources that offer all these light options are illuminated mirrors or mirror cabinets such as the current More to See Lite and My View Now ranges from Villeroy & Boch. They are fitted with high-quality LED systems that are dimmable and whose light colour can be adjusted. LED lights have also been built into the furniture from the new Subway 3.0 bathroom collection – as practical drawer and bottom lighting. A beautiful side effect: LED technology has a very long lifespan and is extremely energy-efficient. Moreover, it can be connected to standard smart home systems via a Zigbee® Home Automation kit. The illuminated mirror, mirror cabinet and illuminated furniture can then be controlled via an app or voice command.

A mind-reading bathroom

But smart features can do so much more: various devices and functions can be connected individually to each other or time schedules set via special programmes. For instance, the brightness in the bathroom can be coupled with the time of day – from a soft wake-up light in the morning to a safe nightlight when it’s dark. Moreover, the bathroom lighting can be connected to other smart home-enabled devices so that the radio always turns on the early-morning news at the right time or the Bluetooth speaker plays the favourite playlist during a soak in the bath. Then joined by a relaxing emotion light and a Villeroy & Boch hot tub – and that’s all that’s needed to transform a bathroom into a smart wellness refuge.

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