On 07/02/2012 12:11, Nightjar wrote:
On 07/02/2012 10:11, Adrian Brentnall wrote:
On 07/02/2012 09:55, Nightjar wrote:
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... Unless, of course, you simply plan to heap lots of stuff
inside and hope that people will find something they want. They probably
won't bother to look though.

Touch of negativity going on here..?

Merely an observation on many arts and craft places, of which we have
quite a few in the area.

Fairy nuff!
We have a very good idea of how we _don't_ want it to look
- try to get away from the 'craft market' look and more 'studio/gallery'
It's going to be an interesting time!


We _do_ understand the need to have attractive, bright, uncluttered
displays - which is why I'm asking about lighting....

A lot of retailers don't seem to understand the principles of displaying
goods.

Agreed.
And it's one of those things like background music in films - if done
properly it's not 'obvious', but it has the desired effect.


As an additional thought, you can get low energy downlighters, which,
while not as good as steerable spots, could give you areas of higher
light levels where you can place displays, without being too expensive
to run.

Ah - good idea.
The SEI document that I referenced elsewhere has a very interesting
comparison section, which makes it very clear why LED spotlights have
some way to go g

You're right about the shop window - we need to work on making that as
enticing as possible...

Fun, fun, fun!

Thanks
Adrian