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Until Phantom entered the world of lighting manufacturing, architects, builders, and interior designers have had to rely upon lighting supply distributors whose first priority was to sell what was in stock. Custom orders have often been difficult to fill through these lighting supply sources simply because “brick and mortar” business models require existing, standard inventory be moved out the door first. Many distributors shy away from custom orders or professional lighting equipment because it is more expeditious and cost effective to move simple, standard fixtures out into the open market. While there is nothing wrong with this, the rise of the Internet now makes it possible to combine all of the strengths that traditional lighting supply distributors have previously been known for. There is a new generation of lighting fixture manufacturer that is dedicated to direct, initial personal consultation, targeted referral to the right technical specialist in our international distributor network, custom manufacturing per client demand, and rapid product delivery and support. As a result, specific benefits flow from this more efficient business model to a number of professions within the design community at large.
Phantom Lighting supplies custom lighting fixtures to architects who often find standard cove lighting fixtures too large and inflexible to install in eclectic interior architecture. In such instances, architects can turn to Phantom as a custom cove light supplier for high-end residential and commercial interiors. The Phantom CM series cove lighting fixtures offer a potential radius fit of up to 360 degrees, making it possible to bend the strip to fit the full circumference of a domed ceiling, or to wind it gently along the contours of a serpentine ceiling cove. This high level of adaptability makes the CM series flexible cove light the architect's dream when it comes to lighting theme-oriented restaurant interiors such as Houston's Aquarium. Because cove lighting strips are fully dimmable, the lighting intensity can be manipulated at will, making them ideal for ambient lighting in places of public entertainment, and simultaneously well-suited for the custom residential home market where lighting itself is a key element of interior decorating.
Architects can also create some very unique and sophisticated lighting effects with our Contour Projector products. These flush mounted ceiling projectors present a clean and sophisticated look, and can be fitted with gobos to project images onto walls in commercial environments. Perry's steakhouse in Austin, TX recently did this. They had a pattern gobo made to represent their logo and projected it into the main lobby. Architects involved in restaurant and hotel planning can use this versatile combination of pattern gobo and projector to supply lighting effects that give their clients a winning, competitive edge in branding.
As a supplier of shelf and cabinet lights, Phantom offers the residential builder an enormous range of options for undercabinet lighting, kitchen cabinet lighting, truss lighting, and art lighting projectors. Phantom Lighting low voltage linear lighting strips are designed for all types of custom cabinet, display and task lighting applications.Phantom's high-performance xenon linear lighting strips outperform inferior rope lights and provide a low-profile fixture with proven glare shielding. This is of vital importance to the builder working in the custom home market for a number of reasons. It is very difficult to control reflective glare produced by rope lights due to their unshielded design. They are difficult to conceal in many places, and they tend to have a relatively short life expectancy. As a better alternative, Phantom Lighting supplies a much more resilient and flexible strip that is already mounted onto an onboard glare shield, ready to produce shielded light the minute it comes out of the box. In addition to glare shielding, Phantom cabinet lighting systems are also built for concealment. Rather than using visible, external wiring to conduct current, our lighting transformer supplies power to festoon lamps along the strip through metal shelf supports and bus bars. As a result, this unique and patented design can be used as a light in or under any custom cabinet.
The Contour Projector allows builders to install something that sets the home apart. Many spaces in a new home like the fireplace, dining room, library, den, and family room are ideal spots for lighting fine art. Lighting supply companies normally offer builders eyeball lights to provide a general overhead light that will also illuminate images hung on the wall. The Contour Projector lighting fixture is a much more precision lighting instrument that uses a “lighted from within” effect to create a magical glow around the artwork.
Because of our strict policy of build-to-order manufacturing, lighting designers can rely upon our custom lighting supply process as a technical extension of their creativity. As artists, decorators have little time to waste muddling through tech-speak and complicated installation procedures. They need a lighting supply manufacturer that can provide them with technology that is sophisticated in its delivery power, yet easy to use. Interior designers are welcome to directly contact our headquarters to express their plans for interior design. After an initial consultation, our staff will direct them to the very best lighting agent in their area to meet their specific needs. This is more than simply a referral to a distributorship, because each Phantom Lighting Representative often represents multiple lighting suppliers, and consequently tends to specialize in one or more particular form(s) of lighting. Our aim is to get the designer to the right specialist who can intuitively grasp the creative intentions of their proposal and direct that energy into the most applicable hardware that will materialize the artist's vision. This makes it so much easier for the designer to propose the wall art, furniture arrangements, draperies, and specialty displays most suited for the homeowner with the full confidence that Phantom Lighting will supply the very best art lighting projector or display lighting strip to showcase the designer's masterpiece in an entirely new light.
Phantom Contour Projectors are "State of the art" optical framing projectors designed for fine art illumination. The user friendly design and high performance optics make this one of the most effective art lights on the market today!Our lighting supply resource network is especially useful to the interior designer in this last respect. Because so many decorators will hang fine art in dining rooms and libraries, and decorate mantles and fireplaces with small statues and three dimensional abstracts, it is often difficult to find an art projector light that will properly and safely illuminate the piece without clashing with the surrounding design scheme. Contour Projectors overcome this challenge by hiding near the ceiling and concealing not only themselves, but the actual light they project. Viewers never see the beam of light emanating from a recessed lighting projector. All they see instead is a statue or painting that appears to appears to glow with its own special aura of luminance over the fireplace, on the wall, or in the den.
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RLLD Commercial Lighting offers a comprehensive selection of indoor and outdoor commercial lighting supplies to contractors, builders, architects, and designers. All of our lighting fixtures and accessories are made exclusively in the United States by established and reputable manufacturers. Our products are either standard commercial grade or specification grade lighting fixtures, lamps, poles, mounts, and other accessories. This allows the commercial lighting contractor to rely upon RLLD Commercial Lighting as a single point of procurement. We have no quotas to fill with any specific manufacturer or product, and thus enjoy an impartial distributor relationship with multiple manufacturers. Commercial lighting designers can trust us to supply them with equipment they need to buy for their clients, not that we need to sell for ourselves. This gives the contractor more freedom of choice and the client more options to choose from.
In many respects, you might say that RLLD Commercial Lighting is a virtual lighting agency. Unlike many competing entities that are entrenched in brick and mortar and limited to specific geographic regions, we have unlimited supply and distribution network that stretches from Coast to Coast. We deliberately restrict our offerings to American-made products, however. We believe in supporting American industry, and we are convinced that United States still manufacturers the very best commercial lighting supplies found anywhere in the world. This allows us to pull stock from a number of key geographic centers and fast track commercial lighting supply orders in as little as 2 weeks. Contrast this to the industry standard 4-6 week delivery time, and you can clearly see the advantage of working with a virtual lighting agency whose expedited drop shipping gives the contractor the power only to propose, but to deliver.
Contractors who operate only in specific areas often encounter parts shortages at the worst possible times. In regions of the country where light fixture regulations and dark sky laws suddenly change, the unavailability of the best commercial lighting supplies can cost a company a bid. Brick and mortar distributors in these areas usually cannot help because they are limited by the same geography and suffer from the same parts shortage themselves. Contacting manufacturer agents on a state or regional level often does little to improve the situation either. These agents are usually loyal to one or two major manufacturers and are going to take advantage of the contractor's desperation by pushing only the commercial lighting supplies their representative distributorship is paid commissions and bonuses to source. This limits the proposal to someone else's profit margin, and it serves neither the lighting designer nor the client at the end of the day.
RLLD Commercial Lighting strives to break the proposal free of such limitations. Not only do we maintain an impartial stance toward manufacturers during the procurement process, but before we even invoice a purchase order, we take an active role in planning, consultation, and systematic site analysis. We offer every commercial lighting contractor a free photometric analysis of the client's location. We detail necessary light levels in order to ensure compliance with mandatory foot candle requirements, and we recommend locations for fixture placements that will contain illumination within the boundaries established by dark sky laws and restrictions on glare. This gives the contractor not only the advantage of being able to pick and choose from any number of top-brand manufacturers, but it also cuts the time of fixture selection by more than half. The client has an easy to read, visual reference at the end of this process which makes winning the final bid a matter of simple demonstration rather than strenuous persuasion.