Show & Tell: Lighting a Jewelry Store

by Robin Muto on October 17, 2009

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LED's light ceiling coves and jewelry cases. Accent track lighting is Metal Halide

~Part Two~

I finally had my opportunity to meet with David and Olivia Cornell.  The three main criteria for lighting the new store was: make it brighter, make it bluer (which showed off the diamonds better) and decrease the amount of heat generated by the light fixtures.  I presented my ideas to create a successful retail lighting plan and also demonstrated some samples of different lamps so they could actually experience the different light qualities first hand.

It was the LED  light strip that created the most excitement, especially because it had cool colored light on one side and  warm colored light on the other.  David’s eyes lit up when it was plugged in;  he grabbed the strip and started holding it up to our hands and faces to see skin tones and how it rendered the jewelry we were wearing.  If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then this LED strip was worth an entire proposal.

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