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Design decision

Lighting, chosen with your style.

Select your ELS style and room — we curate the fittings, finish, light colour and placement as one coordinated composition. No questionnaire unless you need project-specific lighting design.

It's a design brief, not a quote — lighting is ELS-specified and supplied by your electrician (ALUMAX supplies any fitting it makes). Costs read as direction only.

Your ELS style
The complete lighting mood

Warm, architectural, softly dramatic.

3000KTextured black or dark bronze
Recommended fixture family
AmbientTaskAccentFeatureNight

Concealed cabinet strips, deep recessed spots, wall washers and one simple dining pendant.

Wall lightingWall washers plus two or three adjustable feature-wall spots — graze the timber and textured panels, warm only.
Choose
  • Deep-baffle adjustable downlight
  • Continuous under-cabinet linear light
  • Concealed display-niche strip
  • Dark-bronze or black dome / linear dining pendant
  • Two or three adjustable feature-wall spots
Avoid
  • Cool-white light
  • Shiny chrome fittings
  • Exposed LED dots
  • Dense grids of downlights
  • Timber-look fittings competing with the cabinetry
Room applications
Living roomWall wash or cove + two adjustable accents + a floor/table lamp; no centre downlight beneath the fan.
DiningOne centred pendant ~750–850 mm above the table + a dimmable ambient perimeter.
KitchenContinuous under-cabinet task strip + deep recessed lights aligned to the worktop edge + an optional island pendant.
BedroomSoft perimeter or wall wash + paired bedside lights + a wardrobe strip + a sensor night light.
WardrobeVertical or front-edge internal linear lighting; avoid lighting only from behind the user.
Bathroom / vanityVertical mirror lighting + ceiling ambient light + a wet-area-rated shower fitting.
EntranceOne decorative or wall-washing focal light + a concealed shoe-cabinet strip.
Hall / staircaseLow-level sensor lights or step lights; minimal ceiling fixtures.
StudyIndirect ambient light + a dedicated desk light + optional shelf lighting.
Display cabinetryConcealed vertical strips or shelf-front lighting; no visible LED dots.
Choose your level
Warm Wood Modern — Clear, practical lightWarm Wood Modern — Better focus and depthWarm Wood Modern — Integrated scenes and detailsBetter focus and depth
AI design concept. Final fixture count, lumen output, CRI, beam angle, drivers, circuits, dimming compatibility and electrical scope require selected-product data and approved technical documentation.
Talk to ELS about the lighting

ELS specifies the lighting design; your electrician supplies and installs it (ALUMAX supplies any fitting it makes). Colour temperature is fixed per collection; cost is confirmed on a site review, never here.

Why lighting is a design decision here

🌞 Twelve hours of flat daylight

Equatorial light arrives overhead and even, so it flatters nothing and models no depth. After dark the room is entirely yours to shape — which is exactly why lighting is a design decision, not a wiring afterthought.

ELS field guidanceELS's own observation across Sarawak homes; the design response, not a measured figure.

🪭 Plan around the ceiling fan

A ceiling fan is non-negotiable here, and a downlight sitting under its sweep throws a strobing blade shadow across the room. Lighting the walls and the task — not the middle of the ceiling — sidesteps the problem entirely.

ELS field guidanceA recurring Sarawak site issue ELS designs around; general lighting behaviour, not a product claim.

🎨 Colour that survives the humidity

Warm timber, food, fabric and skin only read true under high-CRI light — the ELS default is CRI 90+ anywhere seen up close. One colour temperature per connected space keeps warm rooms from turning muddy where two meet.

ELS field guidanceCRI 90+ and single-temperature-per-space are ELS spec targets, not a specific product's rating.
How to read our claims

We grade every strong technical claim by its evidence and review them on a schedule. A manufacturer test is not a design lean — we label which is which rather than dress one up as the other.

Manufacturer-testedA figure the product's maker publishes from their own testing or datasheet.
Industry standardEstablished material science or building practice — not specific to one product.
ELS field guidanceWhat ELS has repeatedly seen on Sarawak sites. Experience, not a lab result.
Design recommendationA judgement about how a space should look or feel. Reasonable people may differ.

Claims last reviewed 2026-07-23. Figures are planning guidance, not warranties — real performance depends on the specific product, its installation and the site's exposure, and is confirmed on the product datasheet and after site measurement.

Not sure of the whole scope yet?

Lighting is one layer of the room. The free Renovation Pre-Check tells you the whole picture — risk level, likely trades, budget confidence and your decision list — in a couple of minutes.

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