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Types Of Retail Lighting |
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This webpage describes different types of retail lighting.
The subject areas are ambient lighting, accent lighting, architectural lighting and task lighting.
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Ambient Lighting
The main lighting; the lighting that provides the main illumination of the shop or retail outlet. |
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Accent Lighting
Directional lighting that is used to light up small areas for instance products on open display or products in display cabinets. Sometimes called ‘focus’ lighting as the light is focussed on a product or an area of the shop. |
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Architectural Lighting
To quote the Wikipedia article on architectural lighting, architectural lighting is:
‘Architectural lighting design is a field within architecture and architectural engineering that concerns itself primarily with the illumination of architecture’.
Architectural lighting can illuminate the outside of buildings (see ‘UK House Of Commons’ image below) or the inside of a retail outlet, for instance a restaurant (see ‘Aquadulza Restaurant’ image below).
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Aquadulza Restaurant, Varese, Northern Italy. http://www.acquadulza.it |
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Task Lighting
Task lighting is lighting that helps someone do a task. Task lighting could be an ‘anglepoise’ lamp or the lighting at the point of sale in a shop. Task lighting makes the job easier, it helps the worker.
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