Slide 1

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 2

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 3

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 4

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 5

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 6

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 7

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 8

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 9

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 10

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 11

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 12

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 13

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 14

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 15

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 16

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 17

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke


Slide 18

LIGHT & SYMBOLS

“VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES”
ONLINE SURVEY
STATISTICS & RESULTS

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

ASSIGNED TASK

To get an overview about the most popular visualization tools used in the
profession of lighting from all over the world.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Approach: Establishment of an “Online Survey”

Objective:
Recording all its inputs
to come up with
statistics for a better
understanding and
consideration of the
language of lighting .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Content:
The survey lists several
effects of light,
luminaries, lamps and
material properties.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The freeware
„LimeSurvey“ was used
for the online-based
survey.

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

Participants were asked
to rate the following
tools according to time
consumption & quality of
result.
- Photography
- Sketches
- 3dsMax
- AutoCAD
- Photoshop
- Dialux
- Relux
- AGi32

The free online tool
„lime-survey“ was used
to do the survey

Questions could be
easily answered by a
drop-down menu
(right)

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

In addition, participants
had the ability to add
their prefered tools, by
selecting the option
„other“.
For questions, critics or
comments, a contact
information was present
on all slides to interact
with the participants.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

We decided to abandon
the use of images to be
sure that the participants
are not influenced by
our choice of the shown
images.

No images!

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The last page of the
survey contains
questions about
anonymous personal
data.
It gives us a better
understanding of the
results according to
region they belong to,
years of experience,
office size and gender .

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Survey - Visualization Tools used in Lighting Design

The survey was sent to
lighting designers,
engineers, manufacturers and lighting
design students from all
over the globe.
In total we wrote to
about 1000 contacts.

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques

Results...

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Glare effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between different tools – Luminance effect

Condition: According to Best visualization

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Condition: According to Time consumption

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: America

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Europe

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Usage of main calculation tools – Illuminance effect

Region: Asia

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Region: Rest of the world

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Remarks on tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

08 Visualization Techniques
Comparison between tool’s popularity according to years of experience

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke

Thank you..

Waleed Magdy Fakousa
Panagiotis Ireiotis
Grischa Witt

Wismar University

Light course: Light for communication
Thomas Schielke