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Comfort Zone
Retailers are emphasizing the comforts of home with decorative lighting.

The comforts of home are invading the retail scene as stores cozy up to intimate areas that offer a relaxing refuge for shoppers. And decorative lighting pairs perfectly with plush furnishings, giving these casual corners a warm, residential style. $ . . .  » MORE
    Comfort Zone


Spotlight at Cannes
France’s Boulevard de la Croisette adds color-changing metal halides to it luxe landscape

The Boulevard de la Croisette is comfortable in the celebrity spotlight. Every year, the famed 1.2-mile stretch along Cannes’ Mediterranean shoreline welcomes the Cannes Film Festival, hosted at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres. The reno . . .  » MORE
    Spotlight at Cannes


Rheon Café
A warm and inviting ambience emphasizes hand-made sweets and strudels in this New York café.

Rheon Café, a new casual dining concept by Rheon Automatic Machinery Co., is the Japanese baking equipment manufacturer’s first U.S. foray into creating fresh-baked goods. Working with Tobin + Parnes Design Enterprises (New York), Rheon . . .  » MORE
    Rheon Café


Making the Light Decision
What does lighting have to do with customer service? Everything.

It’s no big secret that today’s consumer devotes less time to shopping than in the past. So the stakes are higher to compete for those few precious moments she has to make her decisions. Good customer service is a way to ensure a positive . . .  » MORE
    Making the Light Decision


Chef’s Special
Sculptural metal chandeliers light up Landmarc restaurant in New York's Time Warner Center

In 2004, chef/owner Marc Murphy created a successful recipe with his Landmarc restaurant in New York’s TriBeCa neighborhood. Three years later, when the opportunity arose to bring his contemporary bistro uptown to the Time Warner Center, Murphy . . .  » MORE
    Chef’s Special


Spotlighting Yesterday and Today
ETC lighting in former factory building in Poland reflects its past and present

A former textile-manufacturing complex in Lodz, Poland, has a new lease on life as a shopping/entertainment destination. ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Middleton, Wis.) installed lighting in one of the development’s refurbished buildings tha . . .  » MORE
    Spotlighting Yesterday and Today


A Light in the Window
Gene Moore Awards honor display excellence

Lighting in store windows always works best when nobody notices it. Gene Moore, the iconic visual merchandiser at New York’s Bergdorf Goodman, Bonwit Teller and Tiffany’s for nearly 60 years, said, “Lighting is at least 50 percent o . . .  » MORE
    A Light in the Window


Review: Lightfair International 2007
Philips' low-mercury lamps one of this year's award-winning products

Sustainability and LEDs loomed large at this year’s Lightfair. At the show, exhibitors reflected the move toward eco-friendly products with skylights, daylighting systems, occupancy sensors and advanced control systems and other energy-saving l . . .  » MORE
    Review: Lightfair International 2007


Best in Glow
Lighting designer David Apfel says retailers are upping the ante with in-store lighting presentations

Retailers have more to consider when creating a lighting program than just illuminating the space. Cost, energy-efficiency, lighting codes and aesthetics are all factors that can make or break a lighting presentation. But even with all of these poten . . .  » MORE
    Best in Glow


Light Bright
Chanel shows off its mastery of makeup lighting

Coco Chanel once said, “The real aim of makeup is not to adorn but to beautify.” So it makes sense that only the most flattering environments should be created for cosmetics. Especially at Chanel. One critical ingredient in . . .  » MORE
    Light Bright


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