On 07/02/2012 15:00, fred wrote:
On Feb 7, 2:22 pm, Adrian wrote:
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 gog

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

Fun, fun, fun!

Thanks
Adrian

HI Adrian (that glue held well !)

HI Paul
Ah - that's good news. Good stuff, that glue!


Just my tuppence worth but switching is important as well. You will
need to be able to control the lights for maximum efficiency. Perhaps
a well lit entrance with the rear lighting being brought up when
necessary.

My initial thought was 'hang on - it's only a little shop' - but, having
said that, there are two rooms, and one could easily pop a PIR in place
of the light switch for the back room... which could then be illumined
only when folks/customers were present... Might save a few quid on the
electricity bill, so long as the on/off switching didn't kill the bulbs
prematurely g


We also use a master switch beside the exit door which controls all
the lighting in the premises. Useful for a large premises.

Yes - there's one of those. Seems to be wired in flex rather than cable,
which in turn is housed within a piece of square trunking that's fallen
off the ceiling g. Job #1.

At least it comes to the main door @ the front of the premises, so you
can kill the shop lights on the way out at night.
I guess it might be worthwhile keeping some low-energy lighting on
inside the shop at night just for security purposes.
And we'll want the shop window lighting on some kind of timed display....

Suddenly it becomes a project!
And that's even before you start thinking about stuff like shopfitting...

Adrian