Lighting Martin Howard’s Antique Typewriter Collection
Details are important and small powerful lights are the way to make them stand out strong.
When viewing the outstanding collection of Antique Typewriters by Stratford collector Martin Howard, it is clear that the right light was necessary. Howard is Canada’s foremost collector and restorer of 19th-century typewriters. He is both an admirer of these beautiful typing machines and also an expert in the their history, from design oddities and those that changed the world. The collection of typewriters ranges from the earliest years of the industry (1870–1900) and features rare and historically significant examples.
Howard’s collection is internationally recognized and featured in the 2016 American documentary California Typewriter, directed by Doug Nichol which explores the lasting effect of typewriters and culture featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, David McCullough, and Sam Shepard, who share their passion for typewriters. The collection has also been showcased in various major displays and exhibitions, such as the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and the Academy Awards.
With such a pristine collection, Howard turned to Lumicrest for lighting that would best showcase his ever evolving selection of typewriters. Each typewriter varied in height, width, orientation and unique details that required a custom and incredibly adaptable system. The Lumicrest team worked closely with Howard to make his vision of a perfect lighting solution a reality and give his antique writing machines a proper showcase.
The Digit Showcase Lighting System is a sleek, micro cylindrical LED spotlight system for showcase and cabinet display lighting. Trusted by museums, hospitality, retail and residential showcase and shelf lighting applications.
Compact, magnetically mounted narrow beam luminaires for showcases and shelves. Easily repositioned, discreet in appearance, and expandable at any time to suit changing display needs. Every time Martin Howard adds to his collection, he can now easily adjust the lighting as needed.
To create incredible rear fill lighting, Lumicrest provided Howard with High Performance Spectrala Dotless LED Strip complete in Surface-Mount Workhorse Aluminum Channel. See below in the comparison how this fill lighting completely changes the entire display to best show the rear details and reduce harsh shadows. This Spectrala Dotless LED Strip at 3000K provides 850 lumens per metre with 95 CRI and R9 > 90 offering superb light quality.
Learn more and view the Marin Howard Antique Typewriter Collection at: www.antiquetypewriters.com
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Experience True Colours with High CRI Lighting
CRI is a measure of how complete and accurate the colour spectrum is in a beam of white light, and how well colours will be represented when illuminated by that light. The higher the CRI the better.
LED lights typically found in big box stores typically have a CRI of around 80 or sometimes 90.
A CRI above 90 is considered the minimum for use in an application where accurate colour rendering is a required, such as in art galleries, museums or retail apparel displays.
So if it’s important to you that all the colours in your art, furniture, retail displays etc. be vibrant and fully visible, then you want the highest CRI possible … Continue reading
Apturi III: All luminaires in the Apturi III family are beam-adjustable, which means you can adjust them at any time from a 10° spotlight to a 60° wall-wash floodlight. No changing lenses, Apturi III lets you do it with a flick of the wrist.
For lights with a dedicated beam angle such as Modulux, please see the video below for selecting the lens:
When to choose a wide beam lens and when to choose a narrow beam lens? This video helps you understand the differences and make the best choice.
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The “colour temperature” of any white light indicates the shade of white.
Very Warm White – Warm White – Soft White – Natural Soft White – Natural White – Pure White – Cool White
(actual colour may vary due to screen settings, best to see in-person)
“Warm white” generally means a yellow-ish type of white, and “cool white” means a blue-ish kind of white. Somewhere in between lies “daylight white”, which is pretty much the whitest kind of white. Cool, warm and daylight are pretty imprecise terms though. A more accurate system indicating the tint of the light is called the colour temperature, or Correlated Colour Temperature (CCT).
A standard incandescent lightbulb is rather yellowish at about 2,700K and a normal halogen is slightly “cooler/whiter” in color, about 3,000K.
For interior lighting in homes, especially in the Western world we have grown accustomed to incandescent and halogen lighting, so we have a comfort with the “warm” colours they produce.
In more industrial settings, and for higher intensity lighting ie. “high bay” lighting, higher color temperatures of 4,500 to 5,000K are accepted. Metal Halide lights (HID) have traditionally been employed for this application, but of course LEDs are now available to do this job more efficiently.
Some specialty applications such as jewelery case lighting often use “cool” bluish lights of 6,500K or higher, in order to accentuate the sparkle and clarity of diamonds, silver and jewels.
Integrated Track Heads are mainly 3000K (as it’s the most popular CCT).
2700K is similar to the color of a regular incandescent or halogen light, which looks a little yellow or “warm”. 3000K is a little bit more white, but is still in the “warm” range. 4000K is approaching sunlight colour temperatures, but still a bit on the warm side. …Continue reading