The Bold Bathroom: Creative Cables Lights Up Ceramics
- 07 Apr, 2025
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Two bathrooms become veritable theatrical sets. One is wrapped in a warm, saturated, assertive red. The other plays with geometry and glossy midnight-blue tiles. Both are bold and expressive, defined by daring palettes. And in both spaces, light sets the tone—balancing volume, colour, and atmosphere.
In the heart of Logroño, architect David D. Iriondo has turned two bathrooms into vibrant expressions of character and colour through a brave, curated use of tiling. One space is cloaked in garnet red, a hue that radiates warmth and personality; the other is immersed in a deep, rich blue. In such expressive settings, light plays a pivotal role—not just functionally, but in accentuating materials, geometry, and emotional tone. That’s why Creative Cables proved to be the perfect partner.
Red Bathroom Lighting: a warm embrace
Garnet-coloured tiles cover the floors and walls like a second skin. Their glossy, almost glass-like finish creates a shimmering effect: every light point reflects, vibrates, multiplies. Here, the lighting must reinforce the sense of warmth and substance. The key elements?
- Colour temperature: 2700K, to further warm the ceramic tones.
- Ceramic or satin-finish metal lamp holders to soften reflections and preserve chromatic depth.
- A wall lamp, symmetrically placed above the mirror, acts as a focal point without disrupting the colour harmony.
With a tone-on-tone fabric cable (copper, rust, or burgundy) and a matte metal or ceramic lamp holder, the lighting becomes one with the palette. The result is intimate and vibrant—light that becomes part of the material rather than an external addition.
Blue Bathroom Lighting: depth and precision
The second bathroom is its polar opposite—a cooler palette with cobalt-blue tiles that react geometrically to light. The challenge here is not only aesthetic but optical: the lighting must avoid flattening the space and instead enhance shadows, highlight reliefs, and create a sense of motion.
- Colour temperature: 3000K–3500K, more neutral to preserve the true essence of the blue.
- The glossy ceramic finish reflects light with heightened contrast, enhancing the geometry.
- A contrasting cable (mustard or graphite, for instance) can underscore the lamp’s presence without breaking the room’s balance.
In this setting, the lamp itself becomes technical, precise, almost sculptural.
Light as Colour’s Companion
When working with bold surfaces—glazed tiles, embossed ceramics, saturated colours—lighting cannot be neutral. It must be purposeful, considered, in tune with the visual rhythm of the space.
Three lighting approaches that deliver:
1. Targeted lighting to enhance materials
A lamp with an adjustable joint or a wall-mounted system with an extendable arm allows for precise accenting. The mirror-like effect of tiles, for instance, can be amplified with a narrow beam of warm light, adding dynamic reflections and unexpected depth.
2. Light temperatures that speak the colour’s language
In spaces with rich tones, colour temperature should be selected with the same care as one would choose a textile or finish. A warm light (2700K) enhances the depth of forest greens or terracotta; a more neutral tone (3000K) faithfully reflects vibrant blues and yellows.
3. Shapes and materials that converse with the surface
A glazed ceramic lamp or an opal glass bulb—perhaps paired with brushed brass details—can echo the tones and reflections of the tiling. The result? A stylistic coherence that doesn’t imitate but harmonises.
A Tailor-Made Approach to Lighting
What inspires us most about this project is the message: even in ‘functional’ spaces like the bathroom, every element should speak the same language—including light.
Thanks to our modular system and the compositional freedom we offer—with cables, lamp holders, finishes, light sources and accessories—every bathroom lamp can be bespoke. Not just another light point, but a design object that seamlessly integrates into the space.
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