Light Series 2

Retail: Express Fashion
This are the lights in Express from my hide out in the dressing room, I wasn't allowed to take photos outside, so this is the best I could do. Everything in the store is white, with the exception of the floor which is polished concrete. This gives the store a very industrial feel, but it isn't the warmest environment, and it doesn't really showcase the clothes as well as it could. I like the luminaires on the ceiling, these boxes and zigzags direct you through the store, and add interest. These point lights focus on the models very well, but they are hot and uncomfortable everywhere else, especially the dressing room when they are beating down on you. They need a third type of lighting fixture to solve this problem, something that diffuses light, but still creates a nice ambient light. In the mean time they could lose about half of the recessed lights, which would create more shadows, and patterns of light and dark, which would make the trip through the store more interesting and dramatic.