Barber & hair salon

Allow for 0.70 hexagons per m² in a living room — more than a garage, because you work on details there and light needs to come from everywhere. The grid should extend about one meter around each workstation.

Because an isolated spot overhead darkens undereye circles and hardens features. The problem isn't the amount of light, it's the cast shadows. Light coming from multiple directions at once eliminates them.

4,000 to 5,000 K at workstations. Below this, the light tends towards yellow and masks reflections; above, it tends towards blue and cools skin tones. Warm light remains for reception areas.

This is the number one criterion in lighting. A CRI higher than 90 is necessary to reproduce reds and coppers — precisely the most delicate shades. A "CRI" announced without a number means nothing.

Because the light strip serves two purposes at once: it illuminates without shadows, and it becomes the visual signature of the salon — the one recognized in customers' Instagram photos.

No, if the grid is distributed: no panel is alone in the line of sight. The point to check is the shampoo bowl, where the client looks at the ceiling in a reclined position: shift the grid or lower the intensity in that area.

In a professional setting, yes, for the connection. A full lighting track represents a power load that can exceed what the existing lighting circuit can support: have the line checked before purchasing, not after.

No. Two batches never have exactly the same shade, and on a fully covered ceiling, the difference is noticeable to the naked eye. Only one batch for the entire living room.