TYSON LIGHTING DESIGN – CASE STUDY

THE CLUB HOUSE, LIVERPOOL – JANUARY 2016

The ProjectL i ve rpoo l One now o f f e rs i t s v i s i t o rs a t as te o f t he Ham pton ’ s

i n i t s l a t es t d r i nk i ng and d in i ng o f f e r i ng . Bas ed on Chavas s e

S t ree t , t he l uxu r i ous C lubhous e has a t as te o f New Eng land

and t akes i t s i nsp i ra t i on f rom the enchan t i ng beach houses o f

t he c h i c and a f f l uen t New York ho l i day des t i na t i on .

Tys on L igh t i ng was c om m iss ioned t o de l i ve r t he l i gh t i ng des ign

f o r t h i s im ag ina t i ve , v i s ua l f eas t . Low l eve l am b ien t l i gh t i ng

was us ed t o c om p l im en t t he pas te l c o lou r s c hem e and s eas ide

wa l l pa in t ed m ura l s wi t h c l ea r g l as s pendan t s hung t h roughou t

t o k eep a l i gh t and f res h f ee l . S im p le ye t beau t i f u l pendan t s

were f as h ioned f rom na tu ra l m a te r i a l s uc h as wi c k e r and

neu t ra l f ab r i c s l i k e hes s ian was us ed t o re f l ec t t he s andy

t ones .

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The Crystal Glass Chandelier

To add t he wow f ac to r t he c l i en t i ns t ruc ted Tys on L igh t i ng t o c om m is s ion two f ea tu re

pendan t s . The f i r s t be ing a 1 .5 m e te rs i n d i am ete r and 2 .6 m e te rs h i gh s t unn ing c hande l i e r

ado rned wi t h c rys ta l dec an te rs and d rops , c ham pagne f l u t es , c u t g l as s and t i n t ed g l as s

gob le t s .

The Crystal Glass Chandelier

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Now pos i t i oned c en t ra l l y i n t he g rand s t a i rwe l l a t t he

C lubhous e t he opu len t c hande l i e r w i t h i t s c om p lex a r ray o f

c rys ta l p r i s m s i l l um ina tes t he room wi t h re f rac ted l i gh t

p roduc ing a b r i l l i an t l y b r i gh t f ea tu re add ing f em in in i t y and

p i zazz t o t he s c hem e.

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The c ham pagne c hande l i e r f ram e work wh i c h was n i c k e l p l a t ed

t o p roduc e a m i r ro r f i n i s h was i ns ta l l ed and d res s ed on s i t e by

t he Tys on t eam ens ur i ng eve ry th i ng f rom des ign t o c om p le t i on

ran s m oo th l y f o r t he c l i en t .

The Crystal Glass Chandelier

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The Balloon Concept & Detail

The Tys on des ign and m anu fac tu r i ng t eam b rough t t o l i f e Pau l

Dans on ’ s m ag i c a l ho t a i r ba l l oon i n wha t has p roven t o be a

grand and rom ant i c f ea tu re pendan t . The f ram ework f o r t he

eye c a t c h ing c rea t i on wh i c h i s 1 . 6 m e te rs i n d i am ete r and a

g igan t i c 3 . 2 m e te rs h i gh was m ade us ing s t ee l rod wh i l s t ro l l ed

s t ee l and dec o ra t i ve band ing was us ed t o c rea te t he bas k e t .

The Balloon Finish

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The c l i en t ’ s w i s h was t o us e a r i c h bu rgundy c o lou r f ab r i c , w i t h

l a rge t as s e l s and dec o ra t i ve c o rds t o d rape and s wag a round

t he f ram e o f t he ba l l oon , c rea t i ng a t hea t r i c a l as pec t t o t he

f i t t i ng wh i c h c on t ras ted pe r f ec t l y aga ins t t he raw s tee l

f ram ework . Ac c o rd ing t o Tys on L igh t i ng des igne r , M i k e

Radfo rd , t he b igges t cha l l enge was search ing f o r su i t ab le

m ate r i a l s and dec o ra t i ve c o rds t ha t m a t c hed and c om p l im en ted

eac h o the r t o em be l l i s h t he ba l l oon .

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Designer CommentsMik e c om m ented t ha t “The p roc es s o f m ak ing bes pok e one o f f s b r i ngs i t s

cha l l enges bu t , wi t h e f f i c i en t p rob lem so l v i ng t h roughou t t he p ro jec t , i t

br i ngs even b igge r rewards a l l owing c rea t i v i t y t o b l os s om ” .

The p roc es s f o l l owed by t he Tys on L igh t i ng t eam in o rde r t o b r i ng a c l i en t ’ s

v i s i on t o a rea l i t y o f t en beg ins wi t h a s im p le s k e t c h and a b ra in s t o rm ing

m ee t i ng wi t h t he c l i en t where buzz words , des c r i b i ng t he l ook , f ee l and

f i n i s h o f t he p iec e a re t h rown a round t o de f i ne t he c l i en t ’ s v i s i on . The

s k e t c hes a re t hen deve loped i n t o Tys on ’ s 3D s o f tware So l i dwork s

P ro fes s iona l m ak ing i t eas y t o m an ipu la t e any c hanges requ i red f u r t he r

down t he l i ne i n t he des ign p roc es s . The i deas a re re f i ned wi t h pos s ib l e

va r i a t i ons o f m a te r i a l s and f i n i s hes t ha t c an be ac h ieved . Onc e t hen

c onc ep t i s f i na l i s ed t he Tys on L igh t i ng des igne rs us e CAD d rawings t o

f i na l i s e he igh t s , c om ponen t s and f i n i s hes i n an t i c i pa t i on o f t he c l i en t ’ s f i na l

s ign o f f .

Mik e re f l ec t ed t ha t “ I t ’ s t he c ha l l enges and res o l v i ng t he d i f f i c u l t i es t ha t

m ak e t he p ro jec t s m ore reward ing . P ro jec t s s uc h as t he C lubhous e pus h t he

boundar i es i n c rea t i v i t y and f o rm f o r l i gh t i ng p ro jec t s . The deve lopm en t

s t age i s t he bes t t im e t o f o res ee any i s s ues and res o l ve t hes e i n advanc e

t o avo id s l owing down p roduc t i on . O f c ou rs e , s om e i s s ues c an on l y be

i roned ou t du r i ng m anu fac tu r i ng f o r exam p le wi r i ng and h id i ng a c on t ro l

gea r e f f i c i en t l y o r f i nd ing a s u i t ab le m e thod o f s us pend ing c ham pagne

g las s es s t ra i gh t and t rue . W ork ing on t he C lubhous e has b rough t ano the r

ou t s t and ing p ro jec t t o Tys on ’ s doo r where , as a lways , we pu t ou r a l l i n t o

ac h iev ing ou r c l i en t ’ s v i s i on c rea t i ng s how s topp ing bes pok e f i t t i ngs wh i c h

have pus hed t he boundar i es i n f o rm and f unc t i on - t he i dea l app roac h f o r

c l i en t s who wan t som eth ing ext rao rd ina r y ” .

Tys on L igh t i ng ’ s Manag ing D i rec to r , Andrew G ibs on added “C lubhous e i s an

i ne f f ab le p ro jec t f o r Tys on ’ s where we have p roud l y s t re t c hed t he

boundar i es o f ou r c rea t i v i t y and m anu fac tu r i ng p rowes s . W i t h m any m ore

bes pok e p ro jec t s i n t he p ipe l i ne 2016 i s s u re t o be s em ina l yea r f o r ou r

t eam ” .

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