November 26 2021

Idol Hair, 241 Victoria Park Road, London

Project Summary:

Location: London
Sector: Office
Client: Idol Hair
Lighting Package Value: 3K
Duration: 4 months
Size: 500 sq ft
Photography: Clevedon Aaron

The recently revamped cutting edge hair salon Idol Hair in the heart of East End in London sees a total reinvention of approximately 500 sq ft of contemporary retail space. The salon boasts an excellent location and eclectic clientele. The revamp has been driven by founder and owner, Marc Luickx who spotted an opportunity of creating covid- safe environment for his clientele.

Lighting for a hair salon

Originally founded in 1993 as Studio 29 by Marc Luickx in a warehouse at Vyner Street as a visionary creative hub combining hair salon with art, the salon relocated to its current location in 2002. The small 6 chair salon is located on the ground floor of a Victorian style property in London’s East End.

We have been approached directly by Marc Luickx in March 2021 with the request for helping with replacing tungsten halogen tubes in his salon with new track lighting. The client had a clear idea of what style of track lighting they liked and our internal team worked closely with them, making sure the new track lighting would provide good quality illumination for their specialist colouring work.

THE DESIGN BRIEF.

The hairdressing industry experienced testing times during the covid pandemics and some salons used the pandemics as an opportunity to upgrade their interior design. The innovative concept of self contained pods came from the idea of traveling first class, where the passengers feel safe in their pods, away from everyone else, but still isolated. The salon was redesigned into 6 self contained pods, which means minimum traffic within the space. Each pod features bespoke cabinetry including the hair wash basin.

Best lighting for a hair salon
Innovative hair salon

SPECIFICATION.

The client researched the hair salon lighting ideas and wished to use track lighting. We evaluated the Suna zoom track the client liked and ensured that the luminaires will provide good illumination for the space and comfortable light for the salon.

Track lighting for retail

The main illumination of the salon is a track system consisting of 16 Suna track spots with a 30 degree beam angle and 4000K colour temperature emitting soft white light, whilst keeping the glare at bay. The client liked the contemporary matte black finish with an industrial look and feel.

Interior design lighting
Innovative feature lighting
Commercial lighting for hair salons

The revamp was completed in June 2021 and the final result is a clean, crisp and contemporary-looking environment where people can relax whilst having their hair done.

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Spotlights for interiors

It was great to work with your company! Having a direct person to call and speak to all along the project was really helpful. Billy knew exactly what we needed and understood the need for great lighting in a hair salon. The whole process was smooth, friendly and very professional.The lighting is amazing and many clients compliment us on the style and quality. Definitely a great asset to our new salon.

MARC LUICKX, OWNER

Project in figures:

16 Suna Track Spots

16 Suna track spots were used in order to achieve the right look and feel.

14 Metres Global Track System

14 metres of Global track system were used in this project.

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