TORONTO – A pizza restaurant franchise owner installed 276 Iluminarc fixtures programmed with custom scenes to give his Toronto location a distinctive look in the family-style chain. Design Electronics installed and programmed the lighting, AV and system control components.
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TORONTO – A Boston Pizza franchise owner broke away from the relaxed, family-style setting and created the first modernized restaurant in the chain. To set this location apart, a design team installed 276 Iluminarc interior lighting solutions programmed with custom scenes.
Rob Jones, project manager for Niagara Falls based Design Electronics, and Darren Fousert, systems technician for Design Electronics, installed and programmed the lighting, audiovisual and system control components.
The team used a combination of Ilumipod Logic 6, Ilumipod Logic 12 and Ilumipod Logic Tri-4 interior lighting solutions to provide variable and controllable lighting in the dining areas. To create grand focal points, the team constructed light boxes and transformed them into glowing panels using a combination of Ilumiline Logic 12 and Ilumiline Logic 24 linear wash lights. The light boxes project ambient lighting from the ceiling and walls on the first and second floors.
To accentuate the bar area, all three types of Ilumiline fixtures mounted below and behind the bar create a subtle glow. Fousert designed 30 pre-set programs to allow restaurant staff to easily modify the mood of the restaurant. He created a special effect exclusive to this franchise — when a sports game is on, the lights flash the team’s colors simply by pressing a wireless button. All the fixtures are easily controlled from a 12-inch touch panel located at the bar or wirelessly using an iPad.
“We thoroughly investigated different types of interior lighting solutions and found that the biggest advantage of the Illuminarc line is the ease of installation and control capability,” Fousert said. “This is one of the first franchises full of LED and DMX-controlled lighting.”
