Brands

Carrying a brand is not the same as recommending it on every project. A fitting earns its place on a schedule when it does the optical job, survives the environment it is going into, can be maintained by whoever inherits it, and can be delivered inside the programme. A well known name that fails any one of those is the wrong answer.

On most projects the schedule ends up mixing an international architectural range for the technical work, a decorative selection for the pieces people actually look at, and a local product where lead time or budget makes that the sensible route. Where the right product sits with a brand we do not carry, we will say so and source it rather than bending the design to fit the stock.

Brand logos and a one line description for each brand are still to be added, and the categories below are provisional until Chris confirms which are agencies and which are stocked lines.

Recessed, surface and track ranges, linear and profile systems, wall washing, accent optics and the technical performance behind them. These are the fittings that do the work and are largely not meant to be noticed.

Locally manufactured and locally held product. Shorter lead times, easier replacement and, on a great many projects, the right answer regardless of budget.

A lighting scheme is only as good as the way it is switched and dimmed. Switch plates and sockets are also one of the few pieces of hardware a client touches every day, so the finish matters as much as the function.