As we know lighting ambient is an important element for a business service place to attract clients' attention, no matter the restaurant, fruit store, clothes store, coffee shop or shopping mall. So does the shoe store. A good lighting design will reflect the real color of the shoes well or not, subject to the lighting effect, and influence the customer’s shopping appetite. The shoe store is also according to different shoe styles divided into different kinds of shoe stores. But whatever which kind of shoe store, its lighting design primary is to get the customer’s attention, those from walking outside on the stress or strolling in the shopping mall, cause delivering good lighting deserves greater attention for people make more than 95% of all their decisions without consciously thinking but for first feeling. So how to design the store lighting with the ability to address target groups and differentiate brands? The below content will reveal it with some collecting sample pictures.
Areas Of The Shoe Store:
In the shoe store, divided into several zones according to different display requirements. They are the entry and exit areas, commodities display areas, shoe fitting areas, trial fitting mirror areas. Different lighting designs for different functional areas.
Lighting For Entry And Exit Areas: This area is better to choose the natural white color light that is close to the daylight outdoor or choose the lighting color close to the shopping mall outside to meet an overly coordinated lighting from outside the shoe store and inside the shore sore.
Lighting For Merchandising Areas: most often, the function shoes are displaced on the wall cabinet, shoe cabinet or other decorative shelves. Considering there will be a shade for each frame, so mounted a linear LED light next to the frame or mounted recessed closet light under most shoe fame to highlight the shoes, giving the client a good visual of the product by better presenting the color of the shoes. In other cases, track light with adjustable beam angle is also suitable for illuminating the commodity areas, it acts as a supplement for light, filling with the blind spot and some dark areas.
Lighting For Shoe Fitting Areas: The fitting area is offered for clients to try shoes, therefore the sofa or chair should place under the bright areas were under the direct ceiling lighting.
Lighting For Trial Fitting Mirror Areas: The mirror is usually mounted on the wall near the shelves and the chairs, so the mirror light can replace of the tube light lighting for both frame and mirror.
Lighting For Other Areas: Apart from the exhibition stand, mirror area, shoe fitting area, the counter, warehouse, and aisle need adequate lighting as well. Particularly the warehouse lighting, there is various sizes of shoe that need to distinguish when the salesman find someone for client trying. Without considering the ambient of the shoe warehouse, conventional fluorescent lamps are enough, but using LED light instead is more energy saving.
Flooding light and Spot Light For The Shoe Store
Referring to the flooding light and spotlight, there may be related to the accent lighting and basic lighting. In general, the spotlight was used to accent lighting for the exhibition stand, counter, and model. As for flooding light, the downlight or panel light is better for lighting the aisle, fitting areas, entry and exit areas, shoe warehouse, etc.
What Lighting Angle Should Be Choose For Shoes Sore?
Accent lighting prefers to use a narrow beam angle. In the shoe store, lighting angle of 24° is used to light the shoe rack and exhibition stand, 38 ° is suitable for lighting the lower level shoe rack. The model usually applied a lighting angle of 15°,24°, 38° to be accent lighting.
What About The Color Temperature That Should Be Choose For Shoe Store?
The mix and match design of color temperature is an important factor to determine the harmony and unity of illumination, it also plays a decisive role in the whole store lighting style. Normally, in addition to accent lighting areas needing adequate lighting with CRI 80 to CRI 90, temperature nearly 4000k, and the warehouse need bright lighting with color temperature from 4000k to 5000k, other parts of the shoe store can design by personal style, such like use 2700k - 3500k temperature color to create a warm lighting tone or use 4500k-6000k temperature color to create a cold and sober atmosphere. About the color mix and matching reference, here is advice to read RGB Trichromatic Theory making a further consideration for the lighting project.
What Smart System Can Shoes Store Apply For?
LED Smart Lighting With Wire Control and Wireless Control is widely used in most commercial and business places, as does shoe store. Installing the smart lighting for the shoe store, it’s convenient for business owners to control the lights in phases while opening the store or closing the store.
