Down lights down

Down lights (or recessed lights) have been around for over a century but they really only took off in the 90s because developers, in the interests of reducing costs, had dropped ceiling heights so far that the lights had to be recessed to draw attention away from this fact.

Thus millions of dwellers have had to put up with dozens of lights where one might have once done the job. This is because, being recessed, down lights only light up a small area of a room.

Of course we were all sold on the (erroneous) energy efficiency of the things and the flush aesthetics.

Nix. Their time is up