Our challenge was to come up with a scheme of lighting that would bring out the colour and surface quality of each piece of jewellery across the store. To enhance gold jewellery, a warm CoB (chip on board) of 2700˚K was required, whereas a cooler CoB of 4000˚K would work better for silver or clear stone. To meet the requirements for both colour temperatures, we supplied twin 18W Nova fittings with one warm and one cool LED within the recessed downlight. The recessed downlights had a pivoted support called a gimbal to allow the lights to have a full 360˚ adjustment and therefore could be directed at any product.

Through consultation with the client we suggested accent lighting within the store to highlight products and create a sense of drama. To give a variety of highs and lows, we combined the Nova fittings with medium 18W Phos downlights at 25˚ beam angles. All the lights had a 97 CRI rating, to bring out the colour and make sure the product would stand out as much as possible.

For the window displays where light levels were higher, a brighter 25W CoB was required to offer more punch and to pick out elements of the displays in daylight. We selected our 15˚ Kuper track lights, again combining warm and neutral temperatures of 2700 & 4000K. The clients sourced their own brass hexagonal wall lights, which complimented the rest of the lighting scheme.