Lighting in Design August-September 2016

Q’Dos interior reflects quality lighting

M agnet supplied a range of light fittings for the newly refurbished Q’Dos fashion outlet at the Gateway Theatre of Shop- ping in Umhlanga. “The design objectives of this project required special lighting to accentuate the distinct styles, textures and colours of the exclusive Q’Dos cloth- ing collection and to create an enchanting ambi- ence,” says Kaylen Reddy, Magnet’s lighting solu- tions engineer. “The installation encompassed four different types of light fittings, with high luminous flux, to suit the area illumination of the environ- ment.The fittings include downlights, recessed and surface ceiling lights, and strip lights. “SLV fittings – chosen for their design and the

latest LED technologies – create an ideal lighting effect. The SLV SUPROS range consists of three downlights, one surface-mounted rotatable down- light, a recessed downlight and a pendant option, which was not used in this design.” The luminaires, which contain built-in LED lamps, have a colour rendering index of >80 Ra, an emitting angle of 60 degrees and a luminous flux of 3000 lm. The expected service life of these ceiling lights is approximately 50 000 hours.The driver-on- board technology in all fittings of this series allows direct connection to the 230 V supply. This energy efficient lighting range has been designed with flexibility for personal styling. Integrated and wide flooding reflectors can be

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