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Project Overview:
The Heard Museum in Phoenix Arizona has celebrated Native American art and culture since 1929. As part of a two-year, $4 million renovation, the museum reimagined its retail store as a true extension of the galleries. Its refined environment features jewelry, pottery, basketry, paintings, sculpture, Katsina dolls, and weavings all displayed with the same care as the museum’s permanent collections.
The Challenge:
The Museum Store’s barrel-vaulted ceilings posed a significant design challenge. Traditional round downlights could not integrate cleanly into the architecture, and the store required museum-quality lighting that would:
The Glint Solution:
Glint’s low profile, recessed downlights solved what traditional downlights could not, discreetly integrating into the vaulted ceiling while delivering powerful, controlled illumination. The joystick adjustability gave museum staff the ability to easily re-aim fixtures as exhibits and merchandise changed, without tools or complex commissioning.
Mark Greenawalt, Lighting Design Engineer at Creative Designs in Lighting, explained:
“The Glint fixture was such a perfect product for this installation. Having the barrel-vaulted ceilings made it challenging to have a typical round adjustable downlight and the thin linear nature of the Glint solved this dilemma. The ease of aiming this fixture with the joystick also made it user-friendly for the museum staff to aim the lights at the evolving floor displays.”
By reducing glare, maintaining consistent color quality, and offering intuitive adjustability, Glint helped transform this store into a beautiful and naturally inviting space, elevating the shopping experience to match cultural and artistic mission of the Heard Museum.
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Project Name: The Heard Museum Store
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Lighting Designer: Creative Designs in Lighting
Architect: PHX Architecture
Photographer: Mark Greenawalt, Creative Designs in Lighting
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