A high-quality residential light switch is often a detail that makes the difference. Light switches are among the few small-scale interior design elements with which users come into direct contact by hand. While standard products are typically indistinguishable, it is often a pleasant surprise to discover a well-designed light switch.
Light switches are manufactured in a large range of materials and colors to correspond with various wall finishes or design schemes. Switches are most commonly made in plastic or porcelain, but are also available in glass, metal, wood, aluminum, stone and in a range of veneered finishes. Common material characteristics are shatter resistance, UV resistance or durability for easy maintenance. Some products market the use of materials based on silver ions for an antibacterial effect to ensure the non-proliferation of bacteria and viruses.
Products are typically manufactured in series consisting of a base design with a single switch with variants that offer a range of shapes and colors, duplex or triplex switches, or in combination with electrical outlets. Switch types can include flip switches, push switches, switches for dimming lights and those for raising and lowering blinds. Some products can be softly lit and thus easily found in the dark. A range of innovative smart lights are also available for more enhanced control such as programmed lighting scenarios or energy-saving systems that monitor daylight.
Listed below are ten of the most popular residential light switches on the market:
1. Gira E2, Gira
The project consist of the remodel of an apartment located in an old building in Barcelona’s Gracia district. The former 90 m2 apartment, was heavily partitioned with up to 6 rooms and gave off a dark appearance...
2. Logus 90, EFAPEL
Teofilo private apartment is located in belongs to a historic district with unique characteristics
3. Livinglight with Netatmo, BTicino
The world in one room: condensing the life of a large apartment in the space of a small studio. The home is concentrated in one main space defined by the kitted-out walls. A large window overlooks a terrace and expand...
4. MÀTIX, BTicino
Mexico City is a historical setting with an enormous cultural and architectural heritage protected in its magical neighborhoods. Tacuba is one of them, located northwest to the downtown, this neighborhood has undergon...
5. AIR, BTicino
Re-verse penthouse is the two-level penthouse portrayed for a young couple with children who consciously choose to move into an abnormally distributed, almost upside-down dwelling.
6. Esprit, Gira
Krakow is considered as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. Today, the second largest city in Poland is still referred to as the country's unofficial capital. Just four kilometres from the centre as the crow f...
7. LS 990, Jung HQ
The modern villa was built on a plot of land on the outskirts of Reutlingen on a popular mountain trail, directly below the Achalm Mountain. To the north, towards this path, it appears like a stone, solid and closed a...
8. Living Now with Netatmo, BTicino
Residential and restoration project of an apartment located in a historical building of the 20th Century, in Nomentano district of Rome.
9. ELECTRICITY, Buster + Punch
Location: 37 I. Chavchavadze ave., Axis Towers. Tbilisi, GeorgiaArea: 60 m2Year: 2019-2022Photographer: Guram Kapanadze
10. Sentido design switch, basalte
